Karate King – NewRetroWave – Stay Retro! | Live The 80's Dream! https://newretrowave.com Stay Retro Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:16:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 https://newretrowave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-10906530_846941002018082_8508920941385779369_n-1-32x32.jpg Karate King – NewRetroWave – Stay Retro! | Live The 80's Dream! https://newretrowave.com 32 32 Retro Recap – February 2021 https://newretrowave.com/2021/03/03/retro-recap-february-2021/ https://newretrowave.com/2021/03/03/retro-recap-february-2021/#respond Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:00:08 +0000 https://newretrowave.com/?p=32092 Brace yourselves, retroheads, it’s that time of the month again. In yet another unwelcome and unexpected turn of events, February of 2021 will sadly have gone by bearing the mark of a grand musical chapter laid to rest. Electronic music’s masked superheroes will have retired with an immaculate legacy at the heart of a mystery destined to forever stay whole.

February will have also been marked with the end of Dreampunk’s pioneering Dream Catalogue Label, who closed shop right after sharing a treasure chest full of outstanding records by promising newcomers and seasoned scene veterans alike. For slick outrun and Synthwave enthusiasts, LAU will have dominated this month with her debut album Believer, whose catchy tunes will have you yearning for the day these songs will finally get a chance to hit the stage. For those with the spare time to dig and dwell into the Bandcamp’s dizzying depths for some postmodern, non-euclidian music, February proved to be a fairly interesting month. Vaporwave is still alive and weird, as you’ll certainly listen to find out in this month’s curated selection. Enjoy!

Top Picks

LAU – Believer

(Aztec Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

Natsukime – Ikigai

(Self-Released)

Stream on Bandcamp

Twin Galaxxies – Imminent Reversal

(Pure Life)

Stream on Bandcamp

CRYOSAUNA – Grid Failure

(No Problema Tapes)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

John Carpenter – Lost Themes III

(Sacred Bones)

Stream on Spotify

Fury Weekend – Signals

(Fixt Neon)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Niky Nine – Black Sharken

(Lazerdiscs Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Yoshimi – 11 Pieces of Fragmented Memories

(Dream Catalogue)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

空手王 – IKARI​​-​​蒸気波LP III

(Karate King Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

Eulalie – A Day at the Videodrome

(Dream Catalogue)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Singles & Honorable Mentions

Daria Danatelli (feat. Vincenzo Salvia) – Не Забуду / Io Non Dimentico

(Sunlover Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

Formula 2080 – Cassetter

(FixT Neon)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Electric Youth – Modern Fears (Pilotpriest Come True Edition)

(Sony)

Stream on Spotify

 

FNKY NGHT – LOVE STORIES VOL.2

(Virtual Sound System)

Stream on Bandcamp

WDE – Codex

(Dream Catalogue)

 

Stream on Bandcamp

Hong Kong Express – L.Y.F.

(Dream Catalogue)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Tito Machete – Sindrome di Standa

(Power Lunch)

Stream on Bandcamp

Sun Corp – Replacement

(No Problema)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Sport 3000 & Waterfront Dining – StarTour Agencies

(My Pet Flamingo)

Stream on Bandcamp

POPCULTR – 2021LIVE

(Pacific Plaza Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Eccodroid – Dematerialize

(Business Casual)

Stream on Bandcamp

]]> https://newretrowave.com/2021/03/03/retro-recap-february-2021/feed/ 0 空手王- A Cruel Angel’s postmodern funk Thesis https://newretrowave.com/2021/02/15/%e7%a9%ba%e6%89%8b%e7%8e%8b-a-cruel-angels-postmodern-funk-thesis/ https://newretrowave.com/2021/02/15/%e7%a9%ba%e6%89%8b%e7%8e%8b-a-cruel-angels-postmodern-funk-thesis/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:27:44 +0000 https://newretrowave.com/?p=31755 Vaporwave/Future Funk producer Karate King (spelt in Japanese Kanji as 空手王) has finally completed his IKARI mixtape trilogy. First unveiled to the world in December of 2017, the IKARI​-​蒸気波LP (tr: Vaporwave LP) series are an anthology of vintage funky sample-based tracks tinted with the existential angst felt plaguing Shinji Ikari of Neon Genesis Evangelion throughout the classic anime series.

IKARI​-​蒸気波LP III by 空手王

With IKARI​​-​​蒸気波LP III, producer Daniel Danielson signs off with a worthy finale to an ambitious project that will no doubt be spinning through the endless, sleepless nights of neurotic anime fans and doomers longing for funky grooves with an unsettling, bitter aftertaste.

(Fainting Heart off of  IKARI​​-​​蒸気波LP II)

As with the previous instalments in the series, IKARI​​-​​蒸気波LP III is also available on Aqua Blue color vinyl.

IKARI​​-​​蒸気波LP III is available now via Bandcamp.

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