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Wow, we haven’t heard from BALENTSバランス in a while. BALENTSバランス was mostly active around 2013, where he released a string of albums (some of which found themselves on the original Vaporwave Ultra Guide archived by /mu/). He also acted as the creative head behind the Beer Wizard label, which folded following financial difficulties. Commercial Break is a full-length of all […]
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Elemental 95 is back with the first of several releases announced last week. Beat Tape 1 : 圧力 is a split album between BALENTSバランス and 病人KNIFEDOG, the former being the head of the Beer Wizard label. Both side utilize lo-fi vaporhop music, with BALENTSバランス’s having more to do with classic-style vaporwave/lo-fi hip-hop and 病人KNIFEDOG’s side having breakbeat influences. Worth checking […]
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Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ HUMAN MUSIC脂肪豚1 is the first proper album by BALENTSバランス,2 a producer who later went on to found the Beer Wizard record label. Produced in a span of 24 hours,3 HUMAN MUSIC脂肪豚 mostly consists of samples from old video game soundtrack.4 Each song is heavily reverbed and resampled, with a murky aesthetic that sounds like as if a tape […]
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