Author: Rob Dyson

  • George Clanton – Ooh Rap I Ya [100% Electronica]

    George Clanton – Ooh Rap I Ya [100% Electronica]

    George Clanton’s long awaited follow-up to Slide is finally landing on turntables everywhere. Rob Dyson soaks up the warm nostalgia, as Vaporwave’s King (of Baggy) serves up a stoner Shoegaze treat… Sonically, Clanton’s new, oddly titled, album pays unashamed homage to late 80s shoegaze and early 90s rave beats. In this vein, Clanton stays monogamous…

  • ‘It’s a Vaporwave Christmas’ once again, thanks to Pacific Plaza & friends

    ‘It’s a Vaporwave Christmas’ once again, thanks to Pacific Plaza & friends

    Pacific Plaza Records return once again with a Christmas collection of Vapor-crackers Got the tree up? Done all your shopping? Been to a Santa’s grotto with a sprog? The answer is likely no right now to all these things – but hark and herald; because the season has now officially begun with Pacific Plaza’s third…

  • Beckett – Caller on the Line [Self-Released]

    Beckett – Caller on the Line [Self-Released]

    Beckett’s funk remains in his soul, as 8th album ‘Caller On the Line’ draws on 80s/90s late night radio for inspiration Jon Beckett is one of retrowave’s grafters – an incredibly skilled multi-instrumentalist; he digs deep to weave authenticity into his concept albums and EPs, be that city pop, retro-funk, New Jack Swing; even (more…