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Episode 12: November 2023 - The Best Vaporwave & Future Funk of 2023

Episode 12: November 2023 - The Best Vaporwave & Future Funk of 2023

This is Episode 12, covering November 2023 and the Best of 2023! While this episode is a bit late in terms of news & reviews, we’re covering the Best Vaporwave and Future Funk of the year and going over the results from our listener poll.

Review: Late Arcane - Extravagance (Business Casual)

Review: Late Arcane - Extravagance (Business Casual)

On "Extravagance", Late Arcane brings the energy- and sometimes entropy- of vaportrap and vaporfunk to the table. The production on this release is dense and detailed, never relying on a single sample while overlaying fat synth bass as well as keys to fill out the sonic palette...

Vapor History: James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual (Oct 25th, 2011)

Vapor History: James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual (Oct 25th, 2011)

On October 25th, 2011 the album Far Side Virtual by James Ferraro was released on the formative experimental label Hippos In Tanks. There is so much to say about the influence of this album- from the sounds to the concept to the album art...

Featured Releases: Late Arcane - Extravagance & Wizard of Loneliness - Beats of the Kingdom (Ep. 11)

Featured Releases: Late Arcane - Extravagance & Wizard of Loneliness - Beats of the Kingdom (Ep. 11)

We mentioned a ton of releases from October 2023 in our most recent episode and did a review of the new album “Extravagance” by Late Arcane + shouted out the Wizard of Loneliness's new album!

Episode 11: October 2023 - The Bandcamp Beat + News & Events

Episode 11: October 2023 - The Bandcamp Beat + News & Events

This is Episode 11, covering October 2023! Our main topic is the Bandcamp Beat: a deep dive into the recent updates on the acquisition of Bandcamp by Songtradr from Epic Games with regards to the recent layoffs and accusations of union busting.

Vapor History: Ailanthus Recordings (Early Releases, September 2011)

Vapor History: Ailanthus Recordings (Early Releases, September 2011)

The early internet music label Ailanthus Recordings was founded by Scott Michael back in 2011. The label's first two releases capture the two sides of underground music that have converged throughout the course of vaporwave..

Featured Releases: GORE - 聖域 & MACROBLANK - ダウンウィズザキング (Down With The King)

Featured Releases: GORE - 聖域 & MACROBLANK - ダウンウィズザキング (Down With The King)

Since Barber Beats have been in the news lately, I got two new Barber Beats albums from September for our Featured Releases..