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‘Record sales’, but is there trouble in vinyl paradise?
The recent resurgence in vinyl production has been great news for indie labels and fans, but there are signs that there might be trouble in vinyl paradiseā¦ A recent think piece on The Guardian laid bare the issues faced by small labels, as the greed of the majors starts to bite back. Leading in some…
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40 Years Later – A Timely!! Retrospective
On the 40th anniversary of Anriās 6th Studio album, Timely!! Patrick Fakeman takes a look (and fresh listen) at what is considered one of the most iconic city pop albums of Japanās 1980s. 1983 – Itās only when you look back at what was now 40 years ago that you can see just how much…
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šāšØš² – šāē¹āå»āćØāš Review [Kats Kill Records]
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Itās Spotify Wrapped season and Eyeclick have delivered an album that sounds like an entire streaming serviceās 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)…
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VNN’s Vaporwave Best of 2023… So Far!
Hello readers out there in FutureSounds Land! Iām Alyx (aka TrucksPassingTrucks) and I run a podcast called Vaporwave News Network: a bi-weekly podcast about the contemporary Vaporwave Scene. We feature News, Reviews, History, and Current Trends as well as reporting on upcoming releases and events in the vaporwave, future funk and adjacent communities. Iām so…
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Hang on, did Songtradr just kill Bandcamp?
Thereās a lot of fear and anger out there following the news of Songtradr’s acquisition of Bandcamp, and what it might mean for independent music. As someone who runs a business that very much relies upon Bandcamp, I can admit that it is causing serious concern – not just for my labels, but for the…
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Right on Target – Patrick Cowley, his evolution of disco and a lasting legacy.
Fakeman took some time to reflect on the legacy of one of the key influencers in the history of the electronic music scene. The pioneer, Patrick Cowley. Disco. Say it with me – Dis-co. What comes to mind when you say the word? Glitter balls? Movie stereotypes with flares and epic shirt collars? Sureā¦ disco…
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#Synthfam and its influence on the future of Synthwave
Fakeman is back with some reflections and thoughts on the phenomenon that is #Synthfam, and asks whether it’s doing all it can to secure the long-term future of the genre. The synthwave scene has some quite strong consistencies. The aesthetic being the most obvious of these. The source material has, up until recently, also been…
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The Story of āThatās Not Vaporwaveā
Arguments about the definition of Vaporwave show the scene is āactive and aliveā – Thom Hosken explores the limitations of genres and the role of the gatekeeper. Late this Summer, there was an explosion in social media Discourseā¢ that coincided with the ElectroniCON 3/Groove Continental events, the production of the Nobody Here documentary film, the…
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The Numbers Game… Or, how I learned to hate the algorithm!
Joe Ward casts aside his āself-inflictedā obsession with āmonthly playsā and discovers something exciting and new. I donāt do it as much as I used to, but every now and then Iāll set aside some time to trawl through the vast catalogue of Spotify, for fear of missing out on something delicious. Itās only recently…
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‘Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?’ – High Fidelity at 21
Patrick Fakeman takes us through Top 5 musical and life reflections from the 2000 hit movie, High Fidelity. I was out last weekend taking a long drive. Peter Frampton was being interviewed and after the chat came the inevitable… The DJ played the timeless live version of ‘Baby I Love Your Way’ from Frampton’s 1976…