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Paid Thank You is the first release out from Scolex Recordings since the end of May 2016. Scolex Recordings utilizes similar cyberpunk and digital-era themed tropes that frequently dip into the avant-garde and dystopic (e.g. Eulogy by Employee#6817). Paid Thank You by Crazy Gnome utilizes elements of musique concrete, trip-hop, and industrial techno music to create a commentary on materialistic […]
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蜃気楼MIRAGE and waterfront dining have a new split-release out on Elemental 95. It’s called Songs for Lovers, and it mostly utilized a minimally-if-at-all sampling style. 蜃気楼MIRAGE brings six tracks; waterfront dining brings five, and for the most part they utilize smooth jazz and R&B as source material. The album is available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check it out below: […]
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Recommendation: ☹ black horse is the sister album to midi dungeon by Ramona Xavier, publishing as esc 不在. It was released on the same day in August 2011 with almost identical album artwork and similar sample curation aesthetic. The differences lie in that whereas midi dungeon sampled mostly from new age, ambient, and soundtrack sources; black horse is very “standard” […]
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