the vaporwave resource network
Dragonball Wave III is a hot new full-length release of twenty-one tracks melding vaporhop with classic-style vaporwave. Released through Tiger Blood Tapes, this album by Maitro utilizes classic-style vaporwave samplism to create beat-driven tracks that sound like they could be the lobby music for a high-class resort in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. It’s notable for having little trace of irony (outside […]
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Coinciding with Net Century’s label page revamp is a new full-length from digitalage that hints at a possible change in the label’s musical direction. aquamarine is a twelve-track full-length that applies vaporhop sensibilities to sample curation of instrumental corporate muzak and yacht music, with “atmidnight” being a great example of such. Do you like amen breaks in your adult contemporary? […]
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If there were an album to be described as “spliff-heavy”, then it would be Credit by Julio Returns. Freshly out on Australian label Sunset Grid, Credit is a new eleven-track full-length of midtempo vaporhop music. It opens up with a spoken word samplism of a man talking about the economic particulars of marijuana, and the groove just keeps going from […]
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Close Horizons EP is a new release of vaporhop by ロフト tapes that’s out on DMT Tapes FL. ロフト tapes’s music incorporates classic-style vaporwave edits of music with danceable hip-hop percussion, usually at a fairly moderate tempo. Choice track is opener “Grundy.bbc”. Close Horizons EP is available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check it out below: Close Horizons EP […]
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DUO-R is a new EP from the electronic/vaporwave artist Seabaud. Seabaud’s aesthetic has always been in crystal-clear production of modern electronica that takes thematic and compositional influence from vaporwave, although with far less glitch and screw than vaporwave generally implies. DUO-R is six tracks with a cinematic vibe, as if Seabaud is scoring for a short independent film. Original material […]
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Bag of Dragonite is a newcomer to the Bogus Collective label, and Peachy is their first album. This is a seven-track mini-album that incorporates airy, almost 16-bit dance and synth music within the aesthetic of vaporwave and early digital music. Choice track is the label-recommended “D R E A M W A V E〔Yume Shūha – 夢周波〕”. Peachy is available […]
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⁂V‡▲D‡M∇R⁂ (“Vladiymyr”?) is an eccentric vaporwave producer whose modus operandi is to drop several albums worth ofamterial out of nowhere and then disappears for long periods of time. So… admittedly, like many vaporwave producers. But! ⁂V‡▲D‡M∇R⁂’s shtick is to produce sample curation and classic-style vaporwave works of hip-hop music, especially using old-school hip-hop from the 80s/90s and instrumental beats. Future […]
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