the vaporwave resource network
Orange Milk Records is an experimental label (and it could almost be called a collective) that includes artists within glitch music, electronica, and vaporwave including HCMJ, tech honors, Giant Claw, Nmesh, and more – along with a host of projects under other monikers. The label dropped four albums at once this Friday, all from artists who have not released before […]
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PLUS 100 is an Atlanta, GA label run by VAPERROR, who’s well-respected within the vaporwave community for releasing the vaportrap album Mana Pool back in 2013. Most of their releases over the last year have been reissues of community-recognized albums and other albums from VAPERROR’s artists past. Scared of the Dark is eight tracks in a half hour that’s filled […]
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From Within is albinotron’s first album for Norwegian label Asura Revolver. From Within is probably AR’s darkest release so far, incorporating similar ambient aesthetics but including elements of glitch music, musique concrete, and noise alongside IDM percussion – although the IDM sounds like it’s been put through the wash a few times. Choice track is “Uncertainty”. Massively recommended for fans […]
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Vaporwave is such an interesting media. It’s one of the few genres – hell, music scenes in general – where you’ll see an artist release multiple albums on multiple labels and everyone is just kinda like “hey that’s great, glad you got something out of them” instead of bringing in contractual obligations and all that jazz. Someone should write an […]
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Virtual Dawn is a short, four-track EP from Polaroid Panther that’s available through the Seikomart label. Virtual Dawn consists of a vaporhop and sample curation works that merge pure sampled material with original material. “In my mind” is either a direct sample or some pretty impressive modern funk – I honestly can’t tell which. None of the four tracks sound […]
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One of the cool things about vaporwave, synthwave, and other retro-themed electronic music genres is their ability to elicit very specific memories of things artists might have experienced growing up, whether they be in reference to the early digital age or not. Here’s a good example with Cubed Blocks by Light Blending In, which has an album artwork that features […]
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Is Antifur a hardvapour label anymore? I dunno y’all, I’m confused. But hey, the music is interesting. Summercamp EP is a three-track release from AUT2M (who’s released on labels like Pyramids and BLCR Laboratories). It incorporates IDM music that prominently features samples of children at play. Summercamp EP is available for $4.21 USD as a digital download. Check it out […]
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