ECCO CHAMBER #12 [December 2024]
Enzo Van Baelen
Satellite Young – Satellite Young [Vinyl Edition, TimeSlave Recordings]
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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…
#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…
ECCO CHAMBER #03 – feat. w00b, b.michaael, Satellite Young, Pikes & LongDistanceDan
FutureSounds staff writers give their pick of the fortnight’s new & notable tracks… ***** w00b – ‘ZEEK’ [7007] Self Released Winter has firmly arrived here in the UK. It’s cold, it’s wet.. What we need are some soothing soundwaves to head in our direction, on a warm current of new releases. So here comes w00b…
‘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…
One to One with PowerPCME: How classic Jungle helped me ‘rediscover the itch’
Enzo talks to PowerPCME about his new album, enduring love of classic jungle and Boards of Canada; and the pressure to stay ‘relevant’. It feels like a significant moment for Ruben (aka PowerPCME); back with his first full length release since 2020’s ‘Numérique Growth’, and having been thought by many to have quit the scene…
‘Eccos of the Past’ as Vaporwave artists reimagine the classics
‘Nobody Here’ team returns with a new compilation of “unique and often experimental” takes on the classics. The ‘Nobody Here’ team are back with a new compilation that celebrates Vaporwave’s plunderphonic roots, revisiting some of the scene’s most iconic tracks and inviting contemporary Vaporwave artists to re-approach and reinterpret the samples behind them. ‘Eccos of…
ECCO CHAMBER #02 – feat. Fury Weekend, Brothertiger, Droid Bishop, Mezzaluna & Discoholic
FutureSounds staff writers give their pick of the fortnight’s new & notable tracks… ***** Fury Weekend – ‘Soul Survivor (feat. Ollie Wride)‘ [Single] FIXT ‘Soul Survivor’ feels like a throwback and that’s no bad thing. I haven’t been caught like this by a Synthwave release for some time, and perhaps that’s why. I often miss…
ECCO CHAMBER #01 – feat. Entrana, Mick Rudry, Galaxy 80, Ogre & The Toxic Avenger
FutureSounds staff writers give their pick of the fortnight’s new & notable tracks… ***** Entrana – ‘WASHED UP’ [SEA D ROM] Business Casual The opening track from Entrana’s album, ‘SEA D ROM’, ‘WASHED UP’ is a vapor journey that soothes. Released via Business Casual, the album contains a variety of musical approaches harking back to…
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…