AOTW | 29 October – 4 November: Trademarks & Copyrights – Flashback

Of all the vaporwave artist names, Trademarks & Copyrights has to be the most self-aware. From the genre’s inception, issues of copyright and whether or not vaporwave artists actually own their songs have been in the forefront of discussion. Just take a walk over to the vaporwave subreddit or check out some early archived posts on 4chan; each week, there’ll […]

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Lost Angles releases “HOH [ H E A D O F H O U S E H O L D]” by Production

Y’know, a lot of old-school vaporwave wasn’t as rooted in overt sample curation as belied by modern albums based in pitch-/tempo-shifting. A lot of the original “classic-style” vaporwave incorporated glitch and noise aesthetics that played up the idea of found sounds and decrepit – if nostalgic – appreciation of early digital aesthetics. HOH [ H E A D O F […]

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Lost Angles releases “Badge of Honor” by Jack Mackrel & The Muddy Skids

Upon looking at the album title and artist name, I figured this would be another edition of “tumblewave” – a loose aesthetic of vaporwave that samples from country and western music instead of adult contemporary or muzak. Nope! Badge of Honor by Jack Mackrel & The Muddy Skids (available through Canadian label Lost Angles) certainly present itself with an American […]

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Lost Angles releases “Worldport” by nano神社 (✪㉨✪)

nano神社 (✪㉨✪) is so adept at merging samples together, I incorrectly labeled him as cut-and-paste sample curation two years ago in an early (and since removed) article. His work is anything but, and it shows with new album Worldport released through Canadian label Lost Angles. This thirteen-track full-length (plus three cassette-only bonus tracks) utilizes careful editing to make new tracks […]

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Lost Angles releases “540 Air” by 「サンセット Network❾❶」 / 「newtype」

540 Air is a new album of fun times from the Lost Angles label. This is a split release between 「サンセット Network❾❶」 / 「newtype」, who are not unknown to collaborations and splits in the past. 540 Air is twelve tracks of sample curation from either artist that are produced in a late night lo-fi type of milieu. It’s available as […]

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