Somber Rhombus – VR_Sip

Recommendation: ☀☁☁ VR_Sip is a six-track EP from Stoic Parallelogr- I mean, Somber Rhombus. VR_Sip came out in November 2015 on Advanced Materials, a Louisiana label notable for releasing vaporwave, ambient, and drone releases inspired by cyberpunk culture. Most of these albums have a somewhat dark-tinge to them as originally connoted by the work “cyberpunk”- after all, Neuromancer and Blade […]

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Advanced Materials releases “Sludge God” by Bottomfeeder

Accompanying a redesign of the Advanced Materials discography page is a new album from the artist Bottomfeeder. Sludge God is a single thirteen-minute track of noisy cyberpunk music, kind of akin to the ambient hardvapor available through HVRF but without any gabber or techno beats accompanying it. It’s quite different from the rest of the Advanced Materials catalogue (the catalogue […]

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Advanced Materials releases “Techno-Animism” by Outworlder

Techno-Animism is a glitchy release of dreampunk/ambient vaporwave from the artist Outworlder, available through Advanced Materials. It’s a four-track EP that kinda goes all over the place, starting off with extremely ambient space-type music before going into a whirlwind of glitches akin to Phantomsmasher by the time “Vision of Uttu” rolls around. It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check […]

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ガンツ フェルト – オーシャンビュー

Recommendation: ☹ Is gangster vaporhop a thing? Well, I guess it is now. オーシャンビュー1 by ガンツ フェルト2 is classic-style vaporwave that uses aggressive hip-hop for some source material instead of easy listening or adult contemporary. The majority of tracks are original material by the artist, in addition to a few repetitions of select sampling cuts that were taken from music […]

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Advanced Materials releases “ΔΔΔ™: Future Human Breeding Ground” by けさイーズ

Well, with an album title like ΔΔΔ™: Future Human Breeding Ground, you know you’re in for some mildly dystopic vaporwave. Out on Advanced Materials, this release by けさイーズ is pure classic-style vaporwave with slight elements of vapordrone music. Tracks are primarily sample-based and utilize extreme pitch/tempo adjustment in addition to utilizing lots of CD-skip effects and distortion. Recommended for fans […]

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Advanced Materials releases “Retail Endeavors” by Budget Crisis

By the sound of the title, you’d think that Retail Endeavors by Budget Crisis would be a mallsoft album – and you’d be right. This release is deranged ECCOJAMS-influenced mallsoft that’s looping out of the never-fixed speakers in some nameless mom-and-pop convenience store on South Street. It’s a bit darker than most mallsoft albums, with more focus on drone and […]

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Advanced Materials releases “Affairs and Engagements” by Woodland Associates

Affairs and Engagements is classic-style vaporwave released by Woodland Associates out on Advanced Materials. This album kicks off with the sub-two-minute “Is This the End?”, which wastes no time in utilizing the slowed-down tempo approach of ECCOJAMS to unsettle rather than to chuckle along. The album follows this generally languid pace, with “Be Real with Yourself…” almost being seductive, despite […]

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