LILLITH双生 – (SEASON_1) Deathpowder
Recommendation: ☀☀☁ | A change from the Japanese artist’s previous experiments with vaporhop and classic-style vaporwave to one more deeply influenced by dreampunk and industrial techno.
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OKO Sound reissues two albums: “Dream EP” by E N T I T Y and “Dreams Love Chaos City” by Subaeris
OKO Sounds reissued two albums yesterday that were previously only available through the now-defunct Crystaltone label, which deleted its catalogue earlier this year. Dream EP by E N T I T Y is an ambient vaporwave/dreampunk release of shifting synthesizers and airy drones – it’s also about as long as an average full-length instead of an EP. Dreams Love Chaos […]
Continue reading »Crystaltone closes down
The UK-based label Crystaltone has closed down, removing the entirety of its catalogue from streaming services such as Bandcamp following disputes between the label and artists HKE and w u s o 命. Crystaltone focused on ambient vaporwave, dreampunk, and slushwave in its releases. At the moment, there are no known statements from the owner of Crystaltone. Some of the […]
Continue reading »サイバー ’98 – Organic ~ Android
Recommendation: ☀☁☁ Take a walk on the dark side of dub with Organic ~ Android by サイバー ’98.1 Originally released on Deathstation (es) and later reissued on the Crystaltone label with new artwork, Organic ~ Android is an ambient vaportrap album with additional ECCOJAMS influences. It’s a stylish, nocturnal sense of the cyberpunk world, one that’s fit for a smokey […]
Continue reading »[Catch-Up] Crystaltone releases “Suppose to Be…” by Sangam
Here’s the first release of 2017 by the community-chosen best artist of 2016: Sangam. Supposed to Be… is out on Crystaltone, a UK label that specializes in forward-thinking electronic music, vapor[wave], and dreampunk. This double album is an ambient vaporwave/dreampunk release that merges the dreamy, surreal soundscapes of telepath’s Virtual Dream Plaza project with the ethereal yet grounded qualities of […]
Continue reading »Crystaltone double release: “Dreams Love Chaos City” by Subaeris and “コネクション” by ポリフォニー
Here are two new albums from Crystaltone to help celebrate the recent Thanksgiving weekend. Dreams Love Chaos City is new music from an HKE project called Subaeris, which primarily utilizes polyrhythmic hip-hop, trap music, and dreampunk to create cyberpunk cityscapes. コネクション is by ポリフォニー, which is almost certainly a telepath project or at least an extraordinarily good imitation of him. […]
Continue reading »Crystaltone releases “Lonely Streets” by w u s o 命
Something new out from the UK label Crystaltone: Lonely Streets by w u s o 命. This album is seven tracks of ghost tech-influenced dreampunk with bits of cyberpunk-ish ambient music (which I guess is what “dreampunk” is?). It’s a gentle yet subtly haunting affair that will please fans of everything that’s come out of Dream Catalogue for the past […]
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