Author: Thom Hosken

One to one with US Golf 95:Talking [PlayStation] jungle & the future of Vaporwave

A year on from its release, US Golf 95’s [PlayStation] jungle.psx album gets the platinum reissue treatment. We caught up briefly with the Scottish producer in advance of its re-release, which sees 50 cassettes available with a fresh new design from Pacific Plaza Records. We talked about the VGM revival, translating the sound to the live…

March 23, 2024
👁‍🗨📲 – 👁点击と👁 Review [Kats Kill Records]

It’s Spotify Wrapped season and Eyeclick have delivered an album that sounds like an entire streaming service’s catalogue playing at the same time. Just as artists like Blank Banshee and Internet Club captured the spirit of web browsing a decade or so ago, the duo of Will Wade (Cucks) & Nathan Raile (Enraile, Millennium Edition)…

December 1, 2023
West Coast Rollin’ with Augnos & Enraile [Track Review]

As the video game jungle revival continues at pace, Enraile puts a rough & tough jump-up spin on Augnos’s ‘Chroma Trails’ from the upcoming Gilded Sentience EP (out on Pacific Plaza Records, 23rd June) Enraile uses the arpeggios, atmospherics and PS1-era percussion from the luscious original , then adds extra heft with his signature, contemporary…

June 14, 2023
‘Barber Night Delight’ as Aloe City Wrld host debut live show

Thom Hosken experiences an evening of firsts at Folklore in London as the Internet Barber Beats scene makes its live debut.

February 14, 2023
Satellite Young – Satellite Young [Vinyl Edition, TimeSlave Recordings]

The New Year gets off to the best possible start with Satellite Young’s self-titled classic (2017), given a lick of paint and available on vinyl for the first time. Out on TimeSlave Recordings The three distinct figures of BelleMaison Saikon, Emi Kusano and Tele Hideo stand in front of the modular wall at iconic Tokyo…

December 31, 2022
The Story of ‘That’s Not Vaporwave’

Arguments about the definition of Vaporwave show the scene is “active and alive” – Thom Hosken explores the limitations of genres and the role of the gatekeeper. Late this Summer, there was an explosion in social media Discourse™ that coincided with the ElectroniCON 3/Groove Continental events, the production of the Nobody Here documentary film, the…

October 22, 2022