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UK-based Vapor & Ambient producer William Hallworth-Cook has been delighting obscure music fans for over half a decade. Picking up where Telepath and 2814 left off, he’s been instrumental in showing how the internet-based microgenres of Slushwave and Dreampunk have a bright future ahead, both as sampled and unsampled musical styles.
REI-001: Sand! - ザ・ファイ
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US-based composer and annoying spelling afficionado y o u r d i s c o v e r y has managed to release over half a dozen incredible albums in the short few years he’s been producing under this Vaporwave alias.
Never content to blindly follow trends, they always manage to somehow one-up both their own previous work and the settled genre standard.
REI-004: y o u r d i s c o v e r y - FEEDING FRENZY
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Zer0 れい (pronounced Zero Rei) is the musician, artist & certified idiot that is responsible for Rei Records. He’s been unwilling or unable to maintain a consistent genre within his extensive release library, showcasing everything from Middle-Eastern Breakbeats to Understated Ambient.
BandcampREI-005: Zer0 れい - Ronse
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Floridian producer, MC and man of many talents BOSEBY brings you the crossover of your Deep Web dreams. At a glance, his hip-hop combines Vaporwave with Cloud Rap but once you dive in it goes way deeper. Recruiting Vaporwave and adjacent producers from all across the globe with guest vocalists to match and a production style that has no qualms taking elements from genres as disparate as harsh noise, industrial and synthwave. Certainly someone to keep an eye out for, both online and on the stage.
REI-018: BOSEBY - Images of The Underworld
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Andy Curtis-Brignell has been through many styles under this moniker: from his early Raw Black Metal roots on to Post-Rock, Dark Ambient and all sorts of Experimental Electronics.
Not only does his undefeatable work ethic align strongly with the label, he’s unapologetic about speaking out about politics & mental health, which is sadly still a rarity un underground music.
REI-007: Caïna - Take Me Away From All This Death
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MELTNET is without a doubt the hidden gem of the 3rd wave of Vapor’s Funk resurgence. Focusing on sample curation and French House influences over his contemporaries’ Japanophile tendencies, he serves an absurdly smooth cocktail of danceability and killer hooks.
REI-008: MELTNET - 2Exite.
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Neuro... No Neuro (NNN) is a moniker of the electronic musician Kirk Markarian, an abstract music producer/synthesist, painter, and graphic designer residing in the arid desert of Tucson, Arizona.
In both his music & his graphic design he creates a minimalist and sometimes even brutalist world that surprises you at every turn.
REI-009: Neuro… No Neuro - ＮＯＮＯＮＯ
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When it comes to eccentric creative endeavours, if you can think of it then Tim Drage has probably done it. An illustrous Noise career as Cementimental (and as part of Isn’tses), Lego animations, a Harsh Noise Graphic Novel, custom designed synthesizers and so much more…
Truly a Renaissance man for the doomed endtimes that we currently live in, which is wonderfully soundtracked by Disgusting cathedral.
REI-009: Disgusting Cathedral - Adventurers Despised and Rejected
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Classic Vaporwave alias of Captain Ersatz, the last cyberpunk. Ecompassinging a myriad of styles under his other aliases, as IDENTICUBE he serves up an absolutely immaculate blend of eccojams, late night lo-fi, slushwave and traditional Vapor.
REI-011: IDENTICUBE - central fiction
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The newest and most personal moniker of the entity most commonly known as Cardian Matsu. Plunderphonic mastermind behind the Sticky Noises and Shatterfoil labels as well as at least half a dozen obscure and often anonimised Vaporwave projects. Someone actively pushing the genre forward and that’s not afraid to speak their truth.
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DiscogsREI-019: Hello, I'm Real - The World Is On Fire, Yet It's So Very Cold
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An artistic entity comprised of three plunderphonic and classic Vaporwave heavyweights. Spiritually guided by SOFT//:SOUNDS, this community and collaborative effort spans the globe and will blow your mind in more ways than you can count.
REI-020: SOFT//:SOUNDS X doktorb X Sidekick Wave - Tritone Terrarium
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Budapesti producer Eternity Devil burst onto the scene in 2020 and has been an undeniable presence since then. From association with (and parody of) some of the Vapor scene’s most unsavory aspects to releasing on the genre’s most wholesome label, Liminal Garden. It’s been a wild ride with an online presence that’s earnest to a fault, but this incredibly talented producer’s got a grasp on Slushwave, Dreampunk and Ambient that can match any OG.
REI-012: Eternity Devil - Eternity's Endless Haze
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Slushwave Social Club paragon binary deconstructed called it quits in 2023 after an absolutely incredible run of albums, covering everything from minimalist Ambient hypnagogia to all sorts of plundered Slushwave. An absolute master of creating ethereal places for the listener to explore, we’re incredibly curious to see where the next chapter in their story heads off to.
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DiscogsREI-013: binary deconstructed - 私の魂は街を歩く
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Originally only to be found on the well-hidden archives of anonymous collectives WINDOWGLASS CURRENTEVERYWHERE and Hallworth Collective, very few were surprised when it was revealed this project was one of the brainchilds of US producer Kunisaki.
This alias stands out through its thoughtful enveloping soundscapes that bring together wide influences. From Drone to futuristic and minimalist Synthwave across all different flavours of Ambient is constructed a landscape that simultaneously comforts and disturbs.REI-014: Boreal Painter - Width of This Farewell
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Although self-deprecatingly-referring to themselves as a mid-tier future funk artist, that’s not what we’re hearing. Enthusiastic and joyful tracks that harken back to the early days of future funk, back when the name wasn’t fully certain and it was interwoven with the vaporwave scene. Certainly someone we’re hoping will keep producing and collaborating at a prodigious rate, as that’ll quickly turn them into a household name.
REI-015: Corrout - Our Odyssey+
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You’d be forgiven for thinking Ancient Fan Death Studios to be a collective. Their discography although small spans an absolutely jaw-dropping array of styles. From subtlely manipulated dark ambient through to new age, vaporwave, drone & broken transmission there’s something here for anyone with a darker palate. We’re beyond proud to be able to hopefully bring them to a broader audience, as there is plenty here to enjoy for anyone who likes to challenge their perception of electronic or experimental music.
REI-016: Ancient Fan Death Studios - Death Vault
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