Saphron Squares releases “OCEAN`89” by 音 LIGHT システム

音 LIGHT システム is one of the progenitors of vaportrap/vaporhop music – along with Blank Banshee. Most listeners know him from Buy Milk, which was one of the earliest releases on Dream Catalogue (and was reissued on cassette not too long ago). Saphron Squares is the artist’s personal label through which he releases most of his work and occasionally other […]

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音 LIGHT システム – everyone has forgiven you please come home now

Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 音 LIGHT システム1 is known for their successful series of vaportrap releases such as Buy Milk (which recently received a nearly-instantly sold out run of cassettes on Vice ’98), but they actually started out playing classic-style vaporwave. everyone has forgiven you please come home now was released in 2013 through Saphron Squares, the collective label for 音 LIGHT […]

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音 LIGHT システム – Buy Milk

Recommendation: ☀☁☁ Buy Milk succeeds where many vaportrap albums fail: it’s charming. It’s not obnoxiously in-your-face like most of bl00dwave’s discography, not poppy/peppy like Blank Banshee, and certainly not aggressively hyped-up like most of 2016’s output thus far. Not that any of that is bad, of course! No, 音 LIGHT システム’s1 seventh full-length release is lively and free – and […]

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