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Quick Look: Sunsets – Paradise of Yesterday

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Sunsets
by: Paradise Of Yesterday

Written By: Matsu

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Album art by Mimi B.

Similar in prose to the more exuberant, rhythm-driven ethos of mid-2010s vapor, Sunsets is a short run of tracks that run akin to the type of sound that 猫 シ Corp. (Cat System Corp) presented in the earlier stages of his career. Each track is filled with bustling energy created by well-cut loops, the sources primarily seeming to be from uptempo funk and disco tracks. By using this style of composition, Paradise of Yesterday manages to evoke both nostalgia for the era of the samples and the time in which albums of this style were more prominently released.

The samples picked to build this short experience feel both cohesive and tonally similar enough to deliver an experience which focuses much more on the sound of the music itself rather than building a story or scenario, an aspect that also feels reminiscent of these older pieces. Overall, this album is excellent for those looking to get a hit of the older sound paired with a more modern sense of production. Its cleaner cuts and slightly longer track durations allow it to focus on really working out the meat from the samples used.

Favorite Track: Sunrise

 

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Quick Look: Morning Appointment – TV2

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Morning Appointment
by: TV2

Written By: Matsu

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A collection of mellow loops, just occasionally dipping into more driving beats to add to the atmosphere. Each track is composed from an excellent selection of hold music, waiting room tunes, and general jingles that are often present within climatewave albums. A heavy layer of static on each track emphasizes this, allowing the listener to sink into the piece and make it feel more cohesive as a result.

As with many releases in its style, Morning Appointment manages to keep itself fresh by having a short runtime, only clocking in with slightly over twenty minutes of music. This allows each track to feel distinct, along with the short, radio-style vocal clips that tend to accompany the longer ones. Overall, the album is very solid, making up for the presence of many others using the same themes by making excellent choice of samples to construct its sounds.

Favorite Track: A Recent Study

 

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Quick Look: Red Twilight – Gavriel

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Red Twilight
by: Gavriel

Written By:Stuad^Dib

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Twilight, by nature, is a transitional state. For many in our extended community, change is often met with anxiety – either mourning what it has taken or dreading what it may bring. But considering that each of life’s lived moments are themselves transitions between the past and the future, one could also say that change is to be cherished. In their inimitable SNES-dripped style, Gavriel seems to share this sentiment. Like getting a head start before a promising day to come or resting after a day well spent, the in-between moment of Red Twilight is celebrated with a sense of relaxed joy and serene gratitude.

Favorite Track: Pacific

 

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Quick Look: Ｆａｍｉｌｉａｒ – ＦｏｒｇｏｔｔｅｎＳｉｇｎａｌｓ

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F o r g o t t e n s i g n a l s
by: F a m I l i a r

Written By: Matsu

Lit up with a heavy layer of static and simple tunes illuminating its foreground, Forgotten Signals presents a collection of tunes that feel extremely relaxing to listen to. Just a single track is enough to make one lean back into their chair and shut their eyes, a broad scape of stars flashing through their eyes as they drift across an endless, blue sky. While the compositions aren’t complex, they manage to squeeze every last bit of emotion out of the segments chosen to build the EP, creating a scene that feels wistful, yet content at the same time.

A short, repetitive signalwave-style section drags the listener back in halfway through, reminding them to wake back up for more tracks that are to come. Each one manages to feel unique from the last while still having the same sort of downtempo, laid-back mood, helped by the backing of cassette static littering the background. As a whole, it serves as an excellent quick listen and a nice EP to wind down the day with. Check it out if you have the time.

Favorite Track: Static

 

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Quick Look: Prime – Office WRKR

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Prime
by: Office WRKR

Written By: Gbanas92 

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A sprawling, meditative excursion to Tallon IV, the famed planet Samus Aran explores in Metroid: Prime. With music that brilliantly mixes the familiarity of one of Nintendo’s greatest series with that of a relaxing ambient album, Prime is a hypnotic aural excursion across an alien landscape. Alternating between twinkling, relaxing pieces, and frantic driving polyrhythms, the release is a must for anyone fond of the Metroid series. While it offers a compelling mix of the new and the familiar, as the wait for Metroid Prime 4 grows ever longer, this release couldn’t be more welcome.

Favorite Track: Artifact Temple

 

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Quick Look: Heart And Reel – P U D E R P O L L I

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마음과 릴 (Heart And Reel)
by: P U D E R P O L L I

Written By: Matsu  

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With multiple releases under their belt and a surge of popularity since the release of 2018’s 都市のバマー (City Bomber), P U D E R P O L L I has been consistently releasing collections of short, driving vapor tracks since 2016. Their newest release, 마음과 릴, offers more of this exact type of music with a collection of classic-style tracks that manage to explore a wide variety of moods and tones. From instrumentation to the emotion drawn from the sound itself, the only constant that seems to be kept throughout is an undeniable urge to groove that comes from listening to each one.

Even at its most wistful, such as the opening and closing tracks, the percussion draws a bob of the head from any listener with a predictable structure within the loops used to allow a consistent rhythm. Overall, these aspects make for a killer combo when combined with the shorter runtime of 마음과 릴. Unless someone’s laser-focused on waiting for the end of it to pass by, they’re just as likely to accidentally spin the whole thing again as they would be to move on.

Favorite Track: J U I C Y  F R U I T S

 

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Quick Look: I think, therefore I am – desert sand feels warm at night

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我思う、ゆえに我あり(I think, therefore I am)
by: desert sand feels warm at night

Written By: Matsu

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Album art By: l u n i t a s

Anyone who has listened to a desert sand album in recent years will go in knowing what to expect from this one. His style of longform, phaser-heavy, high reverb tracks made with chop work stands near superior to pretty much any other artist in the business of slush style vapor. Over the last few years especially, there’s been a resurgence of new artists attempting to recreate this heavily enjoyed style and finding moderate success, though very few of them manage to pull it off to this level.

The only complaint that can be given is that the first track catches the listener somewhat off guard, the ambience-heavy track almost seeming to suggest a more minimal, relaxed album similar to the Seikomart duology or his split with M y s t e r yミステリー (Mystery). However, the album itself is much more upbeat and driving in its usage of samples, something that might surprise someone coming to his work for the first time after hearing the intro.

Favorite Track: 夜の街をさまよう／シミュレーション仮説 (Wander the night city / simulation hypothesis)

 

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Quick Look: Places for People Volume 5 – Places For People

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Places For People Volume 5
by: Places For People

Written By: Matsu

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Composed mainly of muzak and easy listening to construct its atmosphere, Places For People Volume 5 seems to be a classic sort of Utopian Virtual piece from the ground up, making use of slight bits of noises from the world to add into the scenes it builds. Calls from birds, the ambient noise of people walking about, and other sounds that one would expect on a pleasant walk pair well with tunes that wouldn’t sound out of place within an educational program. The samples are well cut and make use of minimal effects as to not distract from the backing pieces, something that helps keep the experience interesting as the listener progresses along.

Each piece is short and only dwells on each loop for as long as it needs to, extracting the value from its sound before moving onwards. This makes for an excellent listening experience, giving only raw value through the mix of music and chatter at each second without wasting any time. Fans of albums with a laid-back atmosphere, short runtime, or general cozy feel to them will gain a lot from listening to this.

Favorite Track: Lawn Care Service

 

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Quick Look: LATE NIGHTS & TRANS RIGHTS – Nanami Blitz

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LATE NIGHTS & TRANS RIGHTS
by: Nanami Blitz

Written By: Voiture <3

Nanami Blitz’s debut project shows off a style that speaks to the artist’s skill as a producer. Future funk may controversially be considered by some to be low-effort (a discussion for another day), but this musician makes it clear that the genre can be as skillful as it wants, and accepts this wholeheartedly; in fact, acceptance is a strong theme throughout the album. A smooth opening into a suite of equally charming tracks — followed by an obligatory burst of hyperactive energy that all future funk needs a little bit of. The album ends with another relatively calm set that maintains the catchiness proudly upheld throughout the release while providing a satisfying winding-down to follow the energetic climax. Keep an eye out for Nanami Blitz’s special brand of future funk in the coming months. Infused with dreamy smoothness, it’s sure to please anybody who loves the style, but just doesn’t have the energy to keep up with a 24/7 sugar high.

Favorite Track:  °˖✧(*/_＼) CAUGHT CROSS DRESSING AT 3 AM😢✧˖°

 

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Quick Look: autogrill – tiny dumpsters inc.

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Autogrill
by: Tiny Dumpsters Inc.

Written By: Gbanas92 

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It’s late at night. There’s not a car on the road, and all you have to keep you company is the radio. But why can’t you get a signal? Surely there must be something coming in clearly, right? And that’s when it happens. A confounding piano melody bursts forth from the static, calming the mind and allaying the growing concern that you’d be hopping between radio stations all night. But before you can get comfortable you lose signal again. Back to frantically flipping between stations. This plan works again, with a calming tune coming in loud and clear, but now once the signal fades, the radio goes silent, never to be heard from again. And we’re left wondering just what to do with ourselves.

Favorite Track: Time Isn’t Real

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