Running Late is out now via Bandcamp and Spotify.

Engaged by 80s Stallone

80s Stallone ‘Engaged’ is out now on Bandcamp via TimeSlave Recordings

Favorite tracks: Falling in love at the drive-in, Latigo Beach.

Sunglasses Kid ‘Night Life’ is out now via Bandcamp and Spotify.

Furthermore, the single is also paired with an instrumental ‘Bedroom Remix’ well worth the listen.

With its bittersweet, sensual mood and gripping lyrics, Laura Dre is well on her way to delivering a worthy follow up to her stellar debut.

Laura Dre’s ‘Without Words’ is out now via Bandcamp

Simply put, Leisure bears the unmistakable mark of an artist for whom the eighties aesthetic is a preferred sonic palette rather than a crutch.

Duett’s ‘Leisure’ is out now on bandcamp and other streaming platforms.

To mark this return, Dream Catalogue also premiered ‘Hyperwhatever’, the debut album of label founder David Russo (HKE) and Jude Frankum’s newly formed project THE/END.

When I announced that Dream Catalogue would shut down last year, it was done under the foolish presumption that there was some legacy to protect. It’s become rapidly clear to me, however, that there is no legacy of Dream Catalogue. […]

Rather than let this corpse of what once was fester and be chewed away slowly by maggots, I thought to myself during a recent walk around town, why not dance in the dust around the bones of the skeleton and raise some new spirit out of it. This is my patch of land, after all, and I can graffiti all over it if I so desire.

David Russo (Dream Catalogue)

To read the full statement outlining the label’s reemergence and future projects, click here.

The pain was short-lived and we, for one, look forward to this new chapter for Dream Catalogue!

What can you tell us about the concept behind this new chapter for WOLFCLUB?

We’ve always tried to make cinematic sounding music, songs that you can imagine playing in the scenes of a movie. For this record, we have leant further into that concept and written it as if it were some soundtrack to an imagined or lost film. I was really interested in blending our favourite genres together to try and experiment with our sound more, mashing synthwave and indie rock with our usual melodic vocal lines.

What does Just Drive Pt.1 represent musically within the context of your discography so far?

The new records overall sound is still us but a little bit further down the road. I’ve often written songs on the guitar and then transposed the notes, chords, melody lines into the computer onto synthesizers. This time we decided to leave a lot of those guitar lines in to add a different feel and texture, so that they intermingle with the usual synth and analogue bass sounds we use. We’ve collaborated with some amazing new vocalists as well as some of our past favourites.

Driving and cars have been somewhat of a staple theme in your discography. From your point of view, what is it about the idea of driving that lends itself so well to the eighties retrowave mood?

It’s the idea of escape, getting away, going on a journey into a fantasy world soundtracked by nostalgia. The driving basslines have the feel of movement, of going someplace elsewhere.

Can you name some of your go-to driving music?

Bloc Party, Miami Nights 1984, Com Truise, Lazerhawk, Chvrches, Timecop1984

Do you have a favourite driving game?

I loved Mario kart as a kid and recently found a website online where you can play retro games, so I kind of lost myself for a few days revisiting those old tracks. 

Can you name one of your favourite albums, movies and books?

Sonic Youth – Candle: The album really blew my mind when I first heard it, all this intense wall of noise, I try to capture that spirit in a few of our tracks for the chorus sections, fill them with dense synth sounds to attack the senses.

Book – I’d find it hard to choose just one so I’d go with all of Kurt Vonnegut’s entire catalogue. If I have to choose one I’d go with Timequake.

Movie: ‘Infamous’ Directed by Joshua Caldwell, starring Bella Thorne and featuring 6 of our tracks. It’s been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember to have my music featured in a film, so to have them soundtrack a Hollywood movie was one of my favourite things to have happened.

If you’re reading this on Friday, March 5th, be sure to tune in to the band’s Reddit AMA session at 5pm GMT.  

Drive Pt.1 is now up and running on Bandcamp and major streaming services.

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

As a final sendoff to mark the end of a genre-defining 7-year run, the label adopted a daily release schedule for their final 14 albums, leading up to their final release Good Things Begin in the Quiet by Elegance of the Damned, released on February 23^rd at 6 pm UK time.

We urge you to pay a visit to the label’s webpage for a chance to grab some classic Dreampunk physical releases. For those sleeping on a Dreampunk shopping spree, now’s the time to get your fix.

In the meantime, we thank Dream Catalogue for their great contributions to the Bandcamp music scene and tip our hats to the everlasting legacy they will be leaving behind.

The final releases by Dream Catalogue are all available for streaming on Youtube via Vapor Memory and are listed below.

10/02 – various – Singles, Winter 20/21

11/02 – Kagami Smile – Let My Love Pass You By

12/02 – WDE – CODEX

13/02 –  Soltskval – Hope

14/02 – Kagami Smile – Memory of Cornea

15/02 – Sangam – Alienated Mind

16/02 – Shima33 – Missio Dei Dataforge

17/02 – Yoshimi – 11 Pieces of Fragmented Memories

18/02 – Eulalie – A Day At the Videodrome

19/02 – w u s o 命 – Painted With Voice

20/02 – Somnus – Psyche 2212

21/02 – Hong Kong Express – L.Y.F.

22/02 – AUT2M – Psyche Expression

23/02 – Elegance of the Damned – Good Things Begin In the Quiet

LAU hits the ground running with a dynamic, funkier sound than her work with NINA and nails down the merits of her grand debut with the inclusion of top-shelf guests and remix tracks by Sunglasses Kid, Droid Bishop, Highway Superstar and Maethelvin on the Deluxe Edition of the album. For fans of glossy eighties power-ballads, your favourite retrowave album of 2021 may well just have dropped.

LAU’s debut album Believer and Believer (Deluxe) are out digitally worldwide on February 12th 2021 via Aztec Records.

Recorded in September of 2020 in an East London studio amidst a UK lockdown, Live At Pink Bird breathes redefines the boundaries of Vaporwave by rearranging Donor Lens’ back catalogue for a 6-piece live band performance.

Vocalist Jana Tyrrell takes the lead on vocals and delivers a gripping performance on this 8-track voyage into pure cosmic bliss where the likes of Vaporwave, Synthwave and Future Funk collide and converge. Tune in, sit back and get ready to drift off into pure bliss.

Donor Lens – Midnight Store (Live Version)

Donor Lens – Midnight Store (Original)

The entire live session was also filmed and premiered on Youtube via Vapor Memory:

Donor Lens’ Live At Pink Bird is out now via My Pet Flamingo on Cassette and for digital download.

As with his debut record Graduation, the UK-based retrowave producer has once again delivered an all-killer-no-filler retro-pop classic that fill have you dancing as though your high-school crush just asked you on a date.

Sophomore (Album) by Sunglasses Kid

The album features a fair number of returning guests, including Miranda Carey, SJBRAVO and Phaserland as well as a number of great new additions to the Hellview sophomore class: Jay Diggs, Johnny Silva, Primo the Alien, Iverson, Megan McDuffy, Tim Capello, All the Damn Vampires, Pulsar.Sax and Ollie Wride.

So tune in, stretch out and let the groove move through you. You’ll be dancing like it’s prom night by the time the third track comes on.

Sophomore is out now on Bandcamp and Spotify via Aztec Records