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Corrupt Save – Ethernet Café

Robin Ono — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:00:49 +0000

Arizona-based producer Corrupt Save has kicked off September 2022 with what could very well be every Vaporwave year-end list-topper. Released via the unmatched Business Casual label, Ethernet Café is a saccharine sweet, glitchy slice of hypnagogic bliss, muzak for the place good files go when they’re emptied out of the bin. Fragments of eighties pop hooks are looped and repurposed in this digitally rendered no man’s land from which your senses cannot escape from, having lost all ties to its once human origins. Ethernet music is soul music for computers in a world where technology will have finally severed ties with its imperfect creators.

Favorite tracks : Homepage, Downtown, Lonely Heart

Corrupt Save ‘Ethernet Cafe’ is out now via Bandcamp.

Timecop1983 – Multiverse

Robin Ono — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:00:52 +0000

Eindhoven’s finest is back in the game! Over a year after Faded Touch, Timecop1983 is striking back with a fully instrumental EP of awe-inspiring, pristine-produced Synthwave. As the title suggests, Multiverse spans far and wide across worlds, dragging you into the darkest, deepest plains of existence. Once again, Timecop1983’s distorted synths yield truly electrifying results whilst lulling us into a state of sensory bliss. Not a single track is wasted on this brief comeback release and not a single second is spared to hook you into an endless loop of replays. You’ve been warned…

Favorite tracks : Escaping the Void, Signals

Timecop1983 ‘Multiverse’ is out now via Bandcamp.

A.L.I.S.O.N & Hotel Pools team up on ‘Ultrasound’

Robin Ono — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:00:32 +0000

Portland-based producer Ben Braun (aka Hotel Pools) has once again teamed up with French Synthwave producer A.L.I.S.O.N for a brand new full-length record.

Expanding upon the sounds of their self-released 2020 single ‘Lunar’, Ultrasound is a vivid portrait of sonic serenity delivered with true passion oozing out of every track.

Favorite tracks : Lifted, Spiral, Murmurs

A.L.I.S.O.N & Hotel Pools ‘Ultrasound’ is out now via Bandcamp.

Danny Scott Lane channels Japanese chic on ‘Holy Goodnight’

Robin Ono — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:01:03 +0000

Photographer and producer Danny Scott Lane has released an intriguing new entry into the business casual catalogue. Titled Holy Goodnight, the ten-track record channels the vibrant cosmopolitan poptimism of Japanese City Pop and adds a smooth flair of jazz and funky kicks for good measure, amounting to the perfect soundtrack to driving up to the office and confidently asking for a promotion like it’s 1970s’ Japan.

Favorite tracks : 授与な事, Light Nude, Mirror Spit

Danny Scott Lane ‘Holy Goodnight’ is out now via Bandcamp.

Jetfire Prime cools off with ‘Poolside’ EP

Robin Ono — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:39:01 +0000

Liverpool’s own Jetfire Prime has resurfaced with a brand new 6-track EP to keep your synth-hungry senses fired up. Written between February and august of this year, ‘Poolside’ tells the story of a teenager who uncovers dark, troubling secrets that lie behind his local swimming pool’s staff. Suspenseful and exciting, ‘Poolside’ is a short but sweet dose of 80s adventure that will please any fan of cinematic synthwave.

Poolside by Jetfire Prime

Favorite tracks : Opening Up, Janitor, Pool Cleaner

Jetfire Prime ‘Poolside’ is out now via Bandcamp.

L’Avenue drops new album ‘Riviera’

Robin Ono — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:19:23 +0000

After months of teasing throughout the scalding hot summer season, L’Avenue has finally landed another full-length project onto Bandcamp. Glossy and carefree as ever, L’Avenue’s sound is back in full technicolor definition on this 10 track ode to eighties glam synth.

Favorite Tracks : Sun and the Moon ft.Elisa Devane, Pastel Skies

L’Avenue ‘Riviera’ is out now via Bandcamp.

Pastel Graphics drops debut ‘Vector Feels’

Robin Ono — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:08:04 +0000

Oregon-based producer Michael Tenzer is setting the stage for a glistening new chapter in the Bandcamp Chillwave scene with a debut record full of refreshing, synth tunes to zone out to. Pastel Graphics ‘Vector Feels’ is a relaxing ride through the synthetic aesthetic of eighties tech graphics and a nostalgia trip through lost futures promised yet long gone.

Pastel Graphics ‘Vector Feels’ is out now via Bandcamp

Morgan Willis drops new single ‘Feel it’

Robin Ono — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:15:20 +0000

Morgan Willis has delivered on his promise of a hard-hitting return. Released last Friday, ‘Feel it’ follows up on the ladykilling producer’s teasers hinting at a funky, disco-infused electro makeover. Majestic and larger than life, M.Willis’ Nu-Disco track will get your groove on with a distinctly French touch, evoking the likes of Justice and Daft Punk. No info has been given yet as to an upcoming full-length record in the works, though we can hardly wait to hear what else the French maestro has got in store for this exciting new chapter.

Morgan Willis ‘Feel it’ is out now via Bandcamp.

Disc System – In Silico

Robin Ono — Mon, 16 May 2022 20:27:26 +0000

Returning two full years since their last EP release, Michigan producer Disc System has uploaded a half dozen of new files unto the Bandcamp system to soothe your overworked circuits. As per usual with the producer, In Silico runs through a peaceful stretch of ambiences straight out of your dusty old desktop’s REM Sleep Cycle. If you’ve ever wondered what a Windows 95 nursery rhyme sounds like, Disc System has got you covered.

Disc System ‘In Silico’ is out now on Bandcamp.

Evertt – Virtual Vega

Robin Ono — Sun, 15 May 2022 20:12:46 +0000

Leave it up to Puget Sound Collective if you’re feeling worked up and in the need for some Chillsynth to lay you onto a cloud of cosmic, galactic grooves. This week’s featured album release comes from the mexican artist Evertt, whose latest record Virtual Vega is a smooth-sailing glide through a realm of vivid gradient colors and kaleidoscopic patterns of perfect geometry. See you on the other side!

Virtual Vega by Evertt

Evertt ‘Virtual Vega’ is out now via Puget Sound Collective on Bandcamp.

Late Arcane’s ‘non-canon’ is pure Vapor-Funk bliss

Robin Ono — Thu, 12 May 2022 10:04:55 +0000

2022 has a serious contender for album of the year. Dropped at the tail end of April, Late Arcane’s latest record non-canon marks no less than a tour de force for the classic business casual label, delivering a smoothie blend of all the sounds you’ve come to love the label for. Sitting in the sweet spot between future funk and vaporwave, non-canon offers an uninterrupted string of flanged & slowed A E S T H E T I C bangers. Fresh as a chilled Sprite can, bittersweet like a smile after a tearful goodbye, Late Arcane is what happens when a world-renowned mixologist fixes you a cocktail of tequila and mouthwash topped with crushed jawbreaker flakes, a toothpick parasol and a tide pod for good measure.

Late Arcane ‘non-canon’ is out now via Business Casual on Bandcamp.

AON – The Lover’s Lexicon

Robin Ono — Fri, 06 May 2022 11:00:18 +0000

From the humble borough of East Stroudsburg comes a mysterious transmission from an even stranger messenger. As the second LP from elusive Pennsylvania-based producer AON, The Lover’s Lexicon is an open mystery whose cosmic strain of hypnagogic retrowave radiates with wonder and bittersweet bliss. If strolling across distant dunes on a sturdy Space-Cruiser sounds like your idea of a perfect vacation, AON has got the most affordable means to send your mind in orbit amongst the stars.

AON ‘The Lover’s Lexicon’ is out now via Bandcamp