Extralife Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamourfou Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Anyone care to post some fav DC releases here pls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyeboy Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Great article! Interesting that I've described what DC and associated labels/scene do these days as "post-vaporwave" too. Some of my faves since I discovered DC about a year and half ago: https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/atavism https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/a https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/you-forget-this https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/tokyo-restricted-area https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/rain-temple https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/--24 https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/digit-l-for-st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 My favs in no order (aside from some of the ones David pulled down): https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/creating-your-world https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/new-world https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/showview https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/--18 https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/hk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Great article! Interesting that I've described what DC and associated labels/scene do these days as "post-vaporwave" too. It makes sense to do so, vaporwave was already about a year past its peak when Dream Catalog started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Great article! Interesting that I've described what DC and associated labels/scene do these days as "post-vaporwave" too. It makes sense to do so, vaporwave was already about a year past its peak when Dream Catalog started. I wish "second wave" vaporwave was a term. Post-vaporwave works too but as years go by there really does seem to be a turning point where DC shifted the scene and put a bookend to early vaporwave that had more to do with the not just the music diversitfying but people key to the original scene leaving or moving on before another generation came in. Using the term "generation" seems absurd for a genre less than 10 years old but that's really how fast and furious it's evolution has been. This is a really good primer of the label and overview of Russo's work. Not only has DC been the label to garner the most success, it's been one of the most (if not the most) consistent quality wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Great article! Interesting that I've described what DC and associated labels/scene do these days as "post-vaporwave" too. It makes sense to do so, vaporwave was already about a year past its peak when Dream Catalog started. I wish "second wave" vaporwave was a term. Post-vaporwave works too but as years go by there really does seem to be a turning point where DC shifted the scene and put a bookend to early vaporwave that had more to do with the not just the music diversitfying but people key to the original scene leaving or moving on before another generation came in. Using the term "generation" seems absurd for a genre less than 10 years old but that's really how fast and furious it's evolution has been. This is a really good primer of the label and overview of Russo's work. Not only has DC been the label to garner the most success, it's been one of the most (if not the most) consistent quality wise. Just out of curiosity (and because I'm fairly new to Dream Catalogue) what other labels would you put up there as comparable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I like Business Casual quite a bit re: other vw labels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Post vaporware just means they started making real music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hma Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 any release with interesting beats? i like beats, those mostly seems to be on ambient side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Post vaporware just means they started making real music lol actually correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 One of my biggest regrets in life is not buying Birth of a New Day on vinyl when I had the chance. Could kick myself forever for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyeboy Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 One of my biggest regrets in life is not buying Birth of a New Day on vinyl when I had the chance. Could kick myself forever for that.I'm pretty sure DC mentioned they are planning a repress of that album. Supposedly coming this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Great article! Interesting that I've described what DC and associated labels/scene do these days as "post-vaporwave" too. It makes sense to do so, vaporwave was already about a year past its peak when Dream Catalog started. I wish "second wave" vaporwave was a term. Post-vaporwave works too but as years go by there really does seem to be a turning point where DC shifted the scene and put a bookend to early vaporwave that had more to do with the not just the music diversitfying but people key to the original scene leaving or moving on before another generation came in. Using the term "generation" seems absurd for a genre less than 10 years old but that's really how fast and furious it's evolution has been. This is a really good primer of the label and overview of Russo's work. Not only has DC been the label to garner the most success, it's been one of the most (if not the most) consistent quality wise. Just out of curiosity (and because I'm fairly new to Dream Catalogue) what other labels would you put up there as comparable? I like Business Casual quite a bit re: other vw labels ^ this covers most vaporwave labels of note. some of the big ones are no longer around, some of the labels on there that are really good (even better than DC arguably) like Orange Milk or Beer On The Rug aren't vaporwave labels but instead labels that put out vw along with other stuff. As great as many of these are I don't think any have come close to the acclaim and attention DC has garnered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Just out of curiosity (and because I'm fairly new to Dream Catalogue) what other labels would you put up there as comparable? In terms of the post-vaporwave (or 'vapour' as most of the people involved seem to call it), these represent the broad scene beyond DC BLCR Bludhoney No Problema Cyber Dream Plus 100 Sea of Clouds Aurawire Tekres Kudatah any release with interesting beats? i like beats, those mostly seems to be on ambient side. Plenty of beaty stuff: Lilith - Hazard Garden DJ Alina - Maniax Diamondstein - The Ridges Jade Statues - Executive Towers Subaeris - Cycle Computer Graphics - Lo-fi Yoshimi - Tokyo Restricted Area Cocainejesus - We're Worried About You A couple from DC's sister-label, the digital-only Pyramids (definitely worth a look overall as it tends to focus on rawer, more rhythmic stuff than DC): Flash Kostavich - Mechanical Demonizer Raj Kapoor - Hard Desi is the Future And some of HKE's non-DC albums: Sandtimer - In Search of the Chessmaster HKE - Omnia HKE - Heel Aesthetic The scene is definitely mostly known for its dreamy, more ambient work, but there's lots of great IDM and techno stuff in there. One of my biggest regrets in life is not buying Birth of a New Day on vinyl when I had the chance. Could kick myself forever for that. Repress is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hma Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 wow, thanks a lot purlieu! <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Just out of curiosity (and because I'm fairly new to Dream Catalogue) what other labels would you put up there as comparable? In terms of the post-vaporwave (or 'vapour' as most of the people involved seem to call it), these represent the broad scene beyond DCBLCR Bludhoney No Problema Cyber Dream Plus 100 Sea of Clouds Aurawire Tekres Kudatah any release with interesting beats? i like beats, those mostly seems to be on ambient side. Plenty of beaty stuff:Lilith - Hazard Garden DJ Alina - Maniax Diamondstein - The Ridges Jade Statues - Executive Towers Subaeris - Cycle Computer Graphics - Lo-fi Yoshimi - Tokyo Restricted Area Cocainejesus - We're Worried About You A couple from DC's sister-label, the digital-only Pyramids (definitely worth a look overall as it tends to focus on rawer, more rhythmic stuff than DC): Flash Kostavich - Mechanical Demonizer Raj Kapoor - Hard Desi is the Future And some of HKE's non-DC albums: Sandtimer - In Search of the Chessmaster HKE - Omnia HKE - Heel Aesthetic The scene is definitely mostly known for its dreamy, more ambient work, but there's lots of great IDM and techno stuff in there. One of my biggest regrets in life is not buying Birth of a New Day on vinyl when I had the chance. Could kick myself forever for that. Repress is coming. Thanks a lot. Great post. I'm staring to see this scene as more than just derivative post-FSOL. Really digging HKE and Telepathe especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 ^ iirc there were some citing Orbital as influences - IIRC OSCOB cited them as an influence I think a few producers and fans are in the know of older electronic music but I couldn't help notice a year or two ago just how much reinventing the wheel a lot of post-vaporwave sounded - I don't mean that as a diss either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Myself and Nmesh are slowly converting everyone to FSOL, but it's really hard. Unless a band's being hyped or heavily namedropped at the minute, most people don't seem to care. Despite the fact that they're heavily sample-based cyberpunk-influenced sci-fi electronica with artwork filled with east-Asian people and text. But yeah, a lot of the scene seems to think Aphex, Autechre and The Prodigy sums up '90s electronica, which is a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Unless a band's being hyped or heavily namedropped at the minute, most people don't seem to care. Despite the fact that they're heavily sample-based cyberpunk-influenced sci-fi electronica with artwork filled with east-Asian people and text. That's an endearing aspect of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 It's just amazing how much their imagery ties in with vw stuff. The back cover of Environments 2 could practically be a Dream Catalogue sleeve: And all this stuff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Have you asked Brian and Gaz what they think about the vaporwave scene? I'd be curious since there is so much overlap in their aesthetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Pointless trivia of the day: she went on to play for the Arsenal women's under-21 football team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Have you asked Brian and Gaz what they think about the vaporwave scene? I'd be curious since there is so much overlap in their aesthetics. I'll mention it to Brian next time I speak to him. They've worked with Nmesh (he remixed some Amorphous stuff and there's a Humanoid remix on his new album), I wonder how much else they've heard. Pointless trivia of the day: she went on to play for the Arsenal women's under-21 football team. She plays in America these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 lots of useful links in this thread! thnx guys! p.s. i wonder how all of those producers release for all of those records... i mean, who finds who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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