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Quick Look: “Live” At Lowe’s, May 6th 2015 – Holographic Technologies

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Live at Lowe's Holographic Technologies

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“Live” At Lowe’s, May 6th 2015 BY:

Holographic technologies

Written by: Gbanas92

Published: November 27th, 2021

 

 

Live at Lowe's Holographic Technologies

Maybe mallsoft still has room to grow after all. All it took was departing the concourse. And that’s what we get with “Live” at Lowe’s, May 6 2015: a mallsoft album that feels fresh and exciting amidst an ocean of albums that all fall back upon the same few tropes. Instead of faintly ominous reverb and the idle chit-chat of window-shopping pedestrians, Lowe’s shifts its attention elsewhere. While the people in the store are still present on the album, their presence is much less conspicuous than other entries in the genre. While we do hear the crowd’s footsteps and mumbling on occasion, their influence on the sound comes more from what they are doing. A greater emphasis is placed on the scraping of barrels, rolling white noise of carriages, and piling of mulch bags. The end result is an album playing in the same toolbox as its peers but in a whole new way.

Favorite Track: The Relaxing Music Plays On Repeat While Shopping

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Quick Look: Not all birds fly – Happiness

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Happiness not all birds fly

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すべての鳥が飛ぶわけではありません (not all birds fly) BY: Happiness

Written by: Matsu 

Published: November 16th, 2021

 

 

Happiness not all birds fly
Album Art By Happiness

Drowned out beneath a thick, delicately placed layer of fog, すべての鳥が飛ぶわけではありません evokes a sound that pulls at a deep sense of longing, evoking a sense of hollowness using both tracks that edge between the more mournful side of classic vapor and ones that come closer to the ambient side of things. What stays consistent throughout, however, is a set of effects that make it sound as if the whole album is being played through a dense wall, making the space that it conjures feel all the smaller as everything passes by.

As the album comes to a close, the tracks exert a higher sense of dread to fill the void it created previously, the empty sound that comes from each sample bringing out a forced sort of relaxation. Paired with the darker early tracks, it almost feels like a direct attempt to sedate, as one final act to draw out what it can before the time it has to share is up.

Favorite Track: 雨

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Quick Look: Music to Mood Boards By – Dopes Ov Air

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Music to Mood Boards By Dopes Ov Air

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Music to Mood Boards By BY:

Dopes Ov Air

Written by: GBanas92   

Published: November 11th, 2021

Music to Mood Boards By Dopes Ov Air

Music to Mood Boards By offers a chameleonic variety of sounds. As the opening track samples Anna German, you’d be forgiven for expecting a mellower release, but what we have here is an album absolutely jam-packed with hip-hop drum beats draped across an eclectic mixture of sounds that should be incongruous, but are ultimately rather harmonious. Mallsoft gives way to funk, and then to soul, to bossa nova, and so on and so forth, until the album winds all the way through its diverse spectrum. While the drumbeats sometimes threaten to upset the delicate sense of serenity afforded by listening to this album, they never quite overstep, managing to walk a very fine line. This is a good choice for when you can’t quite settle on one sound to listen to and would rather cycle through a few things.

Favorite Track: Summer Evening

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Quick Look: Luxury Simulator – Luxury Simulator

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Luxury Simulator

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Luxury Simulator BY:

Luxury Simulator

Written by:  oracle fm  

Published: October 13th, 2021

Luxury Simulator

Creating a cohesive narrative in a listener’s head using only audio is a difficult task. Blended in that classic vapor style with slow, melancholic samples and seamless loops dripping with fuzz, Luxury Simulator has no problem with this. And the name of the record is apt, creating a feeling that some out-of-touch corporate entity is trying to recreate the idea of a luxury experience, but not quite getting it right. The kind of experience they’ve seen on TV, but not had themselves.

Each track comes in at around two minutes — the perfect length to satisfy any cravings, but to also beg for just one more spin. The reverb and subtle distortion echo off the walls of a virtual bath house, increasing with every track and culminating in a dizzying fanfare leaving one both hyped up and uneasy.

Favorite Track: View of Skyline (Front Window)

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Quick Look: Ghosts In Long Halls – Looking Through Sheets

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Looking Through Sheets Ghosts In Long Halls

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Ghosts In Long HallS BY: Looking Through Sheets

Written by:  Matsu 

Published: October 5th, 2021

Looking Through Sheets Ghosts In Long Halls

Wrung of their bass and left to dry in idle wind, the sounds used to construct Ghosts In Long Halls are strung together in a way which elicits an atmosphere that is simultaneously haunting, yet inviting. To contrast with this, an air of hesitation is brought out every few tracks through the usage of piano-based samples, the more simplistic nature of the instrumentation within them allowing each individual note to slowly guide the listener along their journey through the piece.

The atmosphere builds and releases between these periods, the tension subtle enough that even a single ripple within the sound is enough to feel like a massive change. The tone leans towards almost ambient at its most relaxing points, managing to just barely dip its hand into such a style of sound before pulling back out, returning to a more focused setting soon after. From this, it manages to carry the best of both worlds, likely to please both fans of classic and ambient vapor alike.

Favorite Track: The Donna

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Quick Look: TERRA ATLANTIS OST – BABEFAKE & SAMSUNG W4ṪER

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TERRA ATLANTIS OST BY: BABEFAKE & SAMSUNG W4ṪER

Written by:  Gbanas92

Published: September 22nd, 2021

You’ve been driving on this road for hours. Some of these signs look familiar. Haven’t you driven by that gas station before? No clue where to go next, you refer to your map, a whirlwind of directions that loop back on themselves, making no sense — and yet exactly as much sense as the situation calls for. And what’s this music that keeps phasing in and out of the car radio? Fleeting. Soothing. Sinister? TERRA ATLANTIS delivers a calming musical experience, but it never lets you get quite comfortable enough to fully relax. While this game soundtrack may be masquerading as utopian,  something ominous lurks just beneath that static. Be wary.

Favorite Track: Onyric Gardens

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Quick Look: “…Is This It?” – Valet Girls

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“…Is This It?” BY: Valet Girls

Written by: Matsu 

Published: August 16th, 2021

Constructed with seamless loops and a love for the classic compositions of early vaporwave, Valet Girls’ “…Is This It?” manages to evoke a sound that feels both longing and haunting in its tone. With a mixture of subtly crushed vocals and impeccably selected chorus sections for its structure, Valet Girls manages to add another compelling addition to the recent string of releases within the second renaissance of classic vapor.

The sample selections are diverse, but are edited in a way that seamlessly connects them. Furthermore, the ways in which they are cut harken back to simpler, bridge and chorus based compositions from earlier years. However, there’s still a wide selection of sounds explored, from the simpler loop and bridge structure of “bedroom-colored glasses” to the more eccojams-reminiscent reverberation utilized within “underground pop civilization”.

Favorite Track: bedroom-colored glasses

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Quick Look: Twisted Metal 5 – POLYMONO

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POLYMONO – Twisted Metal 5

Written by: ≋ＡＢＹＳＳＹＡＬＬ ≋◯≋ ＳＥＡ≋

Published: July 13th, 2021

Strap into the red plastic driver’s seat in this seven track race to the finish. Despite the Gameboy Advance album artwork, the sound of Twisted Metal 5 gives you the experience of playing an old arcade racer with some crunchy speakers on the cabinet. The sound of synth guitars and reverb washed drums evoke the feeling of stumbling upon this old machine in an empty arcade.  Incorporating unique effects as you speed through farms, beaches, and cities. For a blast back to times of Daytona USA and Cruisin’ games then give this album a listen.

Favorite Track: 最終ボス – Dark Tooth

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Quick Look: Atmosphere Absorbency – Mick Rudry

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Atmosphere Absorbency
by: Mick Rudry

Written By: Matsu

Created by combining the sampling choices and ethos of a climatewave album with the type of production that one would find most commonly in a slush piece, Atmosphere Absorbency manages to create an interesting and fresh sound by combining two styles that listeners will find familiar enough to quickly ease into. While the tracks themselves are longer than one might expect coming from other weather-related albums, the use of phaser-based techniques and effects combined with rough distortion help keep the tunes relaxing, yet driving in their pace.

The image of sprawling clouds and endless skies only become more vivid as notes overlap and bleed over each other, another layer within the use of its effects that helps enhance the album’s soundscape. As notes rise and fall, it allows the sampled pieces to feel fluid and dynamic despite their repetition, allowing what is effectively a smaller segment of music to sprawl on and be expanded upon without ever feeling as if it is becoming stale. Fans of signalwave, slushwave, and experimentation between styles of vapor will certainly enjoy this.

Favorite Track: 霧

 

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Quick Look: Pleasure of Conformity – Executive Sound Producer

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Executive Sound Producer 1

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Pleasure of Conformity
by: Executive Sound Producer

Written By: Matsu

Executive Sound Producer 1

Similar in its sound to many of the litany of aliases that DMT Tapes head Vito James has stashed under his belt, Pleasure of Conformity contains a choice selection of loops paired with a heavy use of distortion techniques, making the sound feel as if it were crushed on the roughest, toughest setting of an extra dull blender. This sort of sound is exceedingly rough in the most charming ways, its use helping to bring out a heavy rumbling from the background riffs used in each track to add a deep warmth to each track. While the use of these distortion techniques occasionally borders on drowning out more interesting parts of the samples used, the arrangement of each track is skilled enough to create loops that feel seamless.

The effects applied also help the vocals sound haunting in the most perfect manner, harkening back to earlier techniques of vapor that brought out a haunting drawl from every word spoken. Anyone unfamiliar with the sound of this artist’s projects should check this album out, as his style and approach towards music is certainly experimental at the very least.

Favorite Track: Accomplished Album

 

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