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Following the release of Intro to Bog last week by Pinkertons is the almost equally enigmatically-titled Kazantip ’97 by Head;Ache. This is a seven-track mini-album of hardvapour music with lots of industrial and gabber influences, even going into a bit of trap on “Deep Trip”. Kazantip ’97 references the themes of the original crop of hardvapour albums back in late […]
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Recommendation: ☀☁☁ The Soviet Uprising is the first chapter in a series released on HVRF that imagines a near-future third World War. It’s great for HVRF (also known as the Hardvapor Resistance Front1), which uses an ultranationalist and far-right aesthetic in its imagery, music, and social media – to the extent of re-tweeting American nationalist figures on Twitter such as […]
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Here’s something new from Dark Triad Records, a label that releases music primarily of the hardvapor and industrial music bent. I’M BETTER NOW mixes classic-style vaporwave, industrial music, and dark techno, with significant nods to noise music. “Relapse (jumps)” and “Wedding Night” deserve particular mention. It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check it out below: I'M BETTER NOW […]
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The vaporgoth artist Chinese Hackers released a compilation of b-sides from all previous albums, appropriately titled B Sides. The album is eight tracks of his patented vaporgoth sound that merges vaporwave and industrial music, creating an unsettling and oftentimes creepy effect. Most of the songs are highly ambient in nature – often more so than the main releases. B Sides […]
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Bandcamp label VK 250 released new music from neu orpheus via the 7-inch (for vaporwave, that is) single back to ’93 / HEIL, comprising the two mentioned tracks. It’s a darkvapor, noisey release with an industrial vibe. The single is available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check it out below: back to '93 – HEIL by neu orpheus 0
Continue reading »Industrial/noise music label BLCR Laboratories – home to Employee#6817 – released 2.0 by FRNKM yesterday. This three-track extended-play plays up the “noise” side of “vapornoise,” with significant influence from late 80s/early 90s techno and industrial. It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check it out below: 2.0 by FRNKM 0
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Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ humans is the debut release by zoal, a Los Angeles artist who produces a unique blend of industrial-electronic music and vaporwave. Similar to The Darkest Futures on Dream Catalogue, zoal’s modus operandi is to make samples as unrecognizably distorted as possible, with nods to the beat-tastic styles of Skinny Puppy and The Prodigy. A short four-track, ten-minute release. […]
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