This post is gonna be a megalinks post, since I didn't do any links in the extremely long late night lofi post (which I'm glad everybody enjoyed!). New releases were found in the sea of Bandcamp emails I've received in the last week and a half, and cool albums are...well, cool albums. All links will open up in a new window. Enjoy!
Cool Albums:
Notorious Secret - Entwined Fates - Noto is continuing to bring it in the late night lo-fi department, and this one is a lot of fun. Lots of drama, lots of cool sampling choices, and...maybe the cassette comes with a secret EP featuring a few cool people? That said, this is not an intentional plug or a sponsored whateverthefuck, this album is truly a delightful listen.
chris††† - alone online - This album was hard to listen to, and I'm not even saying it in a rude "oh god it was so terrible" kind of way. It's bleak, and I feel like he got the point across with this very lonely, terminally online concept in a way that felt too real and uncomfortable. You know the photos of the really filthy basement bedrooms, covered head to toe in Monster energy drink cans and food wrappers? This album is on repeat in that room. In a world where COVID didn't exist, I think this album would have done a lot better for him. Bonus: alone time alt, the alternative versions of the tracks.
Chad Manchild's Emojams Vol. 1 - Don't judge the album by the name. This Late Arcane side-project is a banger and a half, and in my opinion, rivals One Mind Stand™'s album in terms of sampled early 2000s music done right. Sorry to compare this album to OMS, I feel like I'm almost insulting Late Arcane by doing so but I'm not! Truly, give this album a listen.
Dirty River - Username please - More mid-2000s nostalgia for you all to check out, this time in the form of long lost Wii music. It seems that this artist is primarily creating barber beats, so I'm not sure if he has other albums like this, but Dirty River, if you're somehow reading this: create a sequel. This is a lovely album.
M1 t e l e v í z i ó - k é p ú j s á g - This short and sweet EP gives me the same feelings I experienced with International Telecom's ３ａ.ｍ.Ｓｉｇｎａｌｓ release, previously mentioned on this blog. Envision Ceefax on in the background as you're dozing off on the couch, and you find yourself within the Teletext in your dreams and the music is continuing on in your head. That sums up this adorable release.
.mp3neptune - You Keep Me Up At Night - Though this album came out during the late summer, it's really scratching the October spooky itch for me. Drove home to this a few nights ago as blue hour was hitting, and my goodness. Unsettling ambient that I highly recommend.
Slime Portal - October Nightmare - On the topic of spooky! I have to give a shoutout to this release introduced to me back in 2015. Definitely in the signalwave/broken transmission genre, it's very much collaged Halloween commercials in the best way, imo a bit ahead of its time because I feel like this would have an audience now if it was given another chance or some sort of reissue. I am 95% certain that this is an old Video 2000 side-project, and if I was not supposed to reveal that, I am so sorry. I linked to the YouTube video for this one, but Vapor Memory was sweet enough to link to the album in the description. Of course, quick shoutout to Vapor Memory. Love you, homie!
회사AUTO - Greatest Hits vol.1 - Originally released on February 2, 2016, but reissued on vinyl on October 4, 2024 by My Pet Flamingo.
德羅斯 & 定常 w a n d e r e r - 徘徊於夢境之間 - Released October 4, 2024
Phorme - Soulless - Released October 3, 2024
Vįr+üål Åįrßñß - ⩑ ⟔ ∴ ⨊ ∵ ⟓ ⩒ - Released October 2, 2024
Diskette Park - Radiant Covenant - Released October 9, 2024
Ghost Particles - Altered Reality - Released October 11, 2024
Unfortunately, I cannot add all of the artists in my tags. My apologies! I tried!
In closing, a very special shoutout to PhotographyNest for creating a hella cool blog recently called Vaporwave2, documenting his favorite albums and showing off some of his cassette collection. He also wrote a very sweet entry about me that left me a bit verklempt. Check his blog out! If you have a cool vaporwave-related or music-related blog, please tell me! We need to create some sort of network.
What about Vaporwave News Network 👉👈 lets link up!
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