the vaporwave resource network
Lucid Sound Driver began releasing music in 2015, issuing music on diverse labels such as Capital Tapes, Inc. out of Beijing and Aurawire. Subjectivity is Blue is their third album, originally released in May 2017 on Illuminated Paths. It has since found a new home on Section 9 Tapes, where today it received a new physical and digital edition. This […]
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MATHEMATICS by M A L O420 is an ambient vaporwave EP originally released on the Elemental 95 label in January 2017. Almost two years later, it now has a home through Section 9 Tapes, which focuses on cassette issues of extant and original material. MATHEMATICS is five tracks long, and there’s a bonus track for this particular issue. It’s available […]
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Section 9 Tapes is a Pennsylvanian label that specializes in cassette issues of vaporwave and experimental electronica releases (here, the “tapes” modifier is by no means decorative). PHTMDRPZ by thisisIdm is their newest release, issued this past Friday night. This is by far the most intense and non-vaporwave album out on Section 9 Tapes, being a straight-up hardvapour album filled […]
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Section 9 Tapes is a label based out of Pennsylvania, USA that specializes in cassette releases. Its roster usually features somewhat experimental artists that operate within classic vaporwave subgenres. L.S.D /// ルッードサウンドドライバ’s newest full-length Tearing Open Your Third Eye is an ambient vaporwave album that hearkens back to the original flavors of dreampunk circa-2013. This release features long, ambient synth […]
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Combine vaporhop and “nu age” music to get Hidden Gems by Bubble Keiki. This album is freshly out on Section 9 Tapes, a vaporwave/synthwave label that specializes in cassette editions for their releases. Hidden Gems is a downtempo album with hi-fidelity production akin to releases you’d hear on Business Casual. The hip-hop influence is somewhat understated due to the strong […]
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I have a conspiracy theory that PZA is trying to release an album on every vaporwave label in existence. MYSTERY IN DREAMS is a new release that mixes classic-style vaporwave with vaporhop. In contrast to the trap-heavy releases present in previous albums, MYSTERY IN DREAMS (and most of PZA’s recent output) is comparatively downtempo, foregoing the previous loud production for […]
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KYS CIty is a split release originally released on ☒’s (read as “Quadratox”) Bandcamp page in September 2016. It now has an official digital and physical release through Section 9 Tapes. This album merges classic-style vaporwave from the former artist with the vaporhop/vaportrap of the latter. It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download; the cassette copies have already sold out. […]
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