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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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Artist: nano神社 (✪㉨✪) Album: Sunsets Track: “Synchronicity” Subgenre tags: Vaporwave, synthwave Label: Business Casual Format: Cassette, digital Video release date: 3 August 2017 +1
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Sunsets is some honest-to-God New Wave music released by nano神社 (✪㉨✪) through Business Casual. nano神社 (✪㉨✪) has been releasing music for several years now within the scene, mostly along the lines of VHS pop and future funk music. Sunsets demonstrates the Floridian artist at a whole new spectrum of pure synth-driven throwback, feeling live vocals and saxophone playing, too. Do […]
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VCR issued two albums over the past two days: Toonami Tapes, Vol. 1 by nano神社 (✪㉨✪) and elegant night by particle dreams. Toonami Tapes, Vol. 1 is a twenty-one track celebration of the Cartoon Network block Toonami, a staple of early-2000s network television that typically aired anime like Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo, and Yu-Yu Hakusho. It’s produced by Floridian artist […]
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That’s a goofy fuckin’ album artwork. I dig it. Accessing Akashic Records is a twenty-five minute single track album recorded and released by nano神社 (✪㉨✪), who made his name in vaporwave/future funk with works such as the SEGAS series. Accessing Akashic Records is a bit of a change from nano神社 (✪㉨✪)’s previous uptempo, twisted-party style of music; instead, we have […]
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Recommendation: ✂ (“Get in the Summer Groove,” “Katz Lounge”) The issue with SEGAS is the same issue with S U R F I N G’s Deep Fantasy: equalized funk tracks with minimal additional processing packaged as personal compositions on behalf of the artist. Just listen to The Avalanches if you’re interested in this kind of music.1 nano神社 (✪㉨✪)23 does add […]
Continue reading »VHS Pop artist nano神社 (✪㉨✪)1 dropped SEGAS III today on DMT[REC] as a pay-what-you-want digital download. True to form, SEGAS III is extremely chopped and screwed samples of adult contemporary music with funk vibes and spoken word samples. Most tracks utilize musical glitches and edits that sound like a digital media player freezing during playback. For fans of ECCOJAMs and […]
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