Tag: vaporwave

ECCO CHAMBER #11 [November 2024]

Your FutureSounds staff writers are back with their latest picks and ‘on-repeats’ plus this month we also welcome a new contributor to the team: Mr Groove Remote! Enzo’s Pick: Mitch Murder x Pizza Hotline – ‘Anti Gravity Tournament’ [WRWTFWW] Having lived through the early days of Jungle and Drum & Bass – not old enough…

November 2, 2024
3PEACESWEETZ RETURN WITH A JUNGLE-INFUSED LOVE LETTER TO LOPATIN’S ECCO JAMS

3PeaceSweets return this week with a love letter to Daniel Lopatin’s seminal mixtape ‘Ecco Jams’. It’s the second release on My Pet Flamingo sub-label – INNERSENSE RECORDINGS and here at FutureSounds we’ve got exclusive previews of 2 new tracks! The new EP is a rave tinged homage to an album that helped to define the…

October 30, 2024
ECCO CHAMBER #10 [ feat. Gost, Mitch Murder, Pizza Hotline, Long Distance Dan and THAT’S MATT! ]

Your FutureSounds staff writers are back with their latest summer picks and on-repeats plus this month we also welcome guest contributor, Occams Laser. Occams’ Laser’s Pick Gost – Prophecy [Metal Blade Records] This…Album…Is…CHAOS Gost has been conducting these hellish sermons of sound since 2013 and what a devilish ride its been! Many count Gost as…

July 23, 2024
One To One With Mitch Murder: Talking Nostalgia, ‘Businesswave’ & the Enduring Appeal of the 80s

In the history of Synthwave music, few names resonate like ‘Mitch Murder’; an artist whose captivating blend of nostalgic melodies and infectious grooves helped to shape the genre in its early days. Enzo caught up with the artist recently to talk about his future plans, creative inspirations, and his recent MPF release – Salary Man…

April 8, 2024
Boom, it’s a fucking smash: Review of ‘Rose Room’ – from Donor Lens (released on My Pet Flamingo)

‘Rose Room’ showcases a club-heavier sound in the Donor Lens catalogue, giving us a satisfying long player that contextualises the recent slew of killer singles Cardiff’s finest (strictly speaking one half lives in London), Donor Lens is back. Rose Room represents their first long player since 2021’s Error Area. And whilst three years can feel…

March 26, 2024
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
‘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 paradise… 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…

January 9, 2024
ECCO CHAMBER #08 – 2023 Albums of The Year [ feat. Simple Sauce, BarbWalters, Makeup and Vanity Set, Luxury Elite, desert sand feels warm at night, MidSpring Memories, Runners Club 95, OSC, YOUTH 83 & Eyeliner]

The FutureSounds staff writers conclude 2023 with their top album picks of the year.

December 30, 2023
👁‍🗨📲 – 👁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