Night Clerk Radio: Haunted Music Reviews

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In this episode, we’re reading through Visual Signals, a vaporwave ‘zine started by KITE0080. Each issue features an eclectic blend of vaporwave news, artist interviews, essays, and a grab bag of articles on everything from rice cookers to classic cheat codes for The Sims. In addition to being a fun read, Visual Signals represents an important effort to curate and document the rapidly-evolving vaporwave scene. We highly recommend you check it out.

Visual Signals
Visual Signals Magazine on Twitter
Visual Signals // MTHU on Bandcamp
Find Visual Signals on Amazon
Visual Signals Link Tree

10 Years of Vaporwave | VA:10 - EIS-T on SPLIFF RADIO ショー YouTube

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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In this episode, we each set out trying to find some new music (specifically summer jams) to enjoy. Ross returns with a Chillhop compilation and a long discussion on Lofi Hip-Hop record labels while Birk shows up with an experimental electro-jazz album. These choices completely reinforce this show’s chemistry.

Chillhop Essentials Summer 2021 by Various Artists
World Ov Light by Tikkun Olam

Inside the mysterious world of Canadian chillhop
What is Chillhop Music?
r/LofiHipHop – Chillhop and the death of creativity
JOJO MAYER & NERVE: J A B O N

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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In this episode, we’re discussing the album Endless Mall by ECCO 深い夢, a massive mallsoft project consisting of one hundred tracks that cover a wide range of subgenres. We discuss some of our highlights from listening to this album and talk about the process of consuming large media projects.

Endless Mall 深 い 夢 by ECCO 深い夢

Music by: 2Mello
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Climatewave is a subgenre of vaporwave that focuses on using samples from broadcasts of weather news and forecasts. We’ve previously discussed climatewave in the context of The Weather Channel, but in this episode we’re branching out to explore European and Japanese-based climatewave.

Ｔｅｌｅｔｅｘｔｏ ｅｓｐｅｃｉａｌ by Kratzwerk
ｍｅｔｅｏｒｏｌｏｇｉｃａ　ＩＩ by Ｔｅｌｅ＋１
9​.​0水面下Megathrust by 放射性Hi5

Private Suite Magazine Issue 6 – Features an article on Climatewave
Night Clerk Radio – Episode 19: The Weather Channel and Vaporwave

Music by: 2Mello
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In this episode, we’re returning to one of this show’s core genres, Dark Ambient. We discuss two recent dark ambient albums and explore not only the music but the varying ways in which each album explores the concept of narrative in music.

The Colony by Delmak-O
Phantasiai by LEILA ABDUL-RAUF

Top 10 Dark Ambient Releases Of 2021
Annual r/DarkAmbient Discussion of Best Albums
Fear of a Queer Planet: Interview with Multi-Instrumentalist Leila Abdul-Rauf
Leila Abdul-Rauf "Distortions in Phantasy I: Lure" Official Video
Ask Lemmy: Black kid who likes metal asks Lemmy Kilmister for advice

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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Naturewave is a subgenre of vaporwave that explores the unresolvable tension between the development of technology and the impact that development has on nature. In this episode, we dig into this topic and discuss two excellent albums that each deal with these issues in their own unique ways.

Biosphere 0​.​2 by Cyber Surfer 3D
OVERGROWTH by OSCOB / Digital Sex

In “Naturewave,” Forest Sounds Mask Sinister Subtext

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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Discord Spring Cleaning

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In this episode, we’re discussing the haunted plunderphonics project: chipmunks on 16 speed. These albums consist of pop covers, as sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks, slowed down and processed to sound as if they are being played on a 16 RPM record player. The result is a sludgy and doomy rendition of a pop song that sits perfectly between the unsettling and the familiar.

chipmunkson16speed - SoundCloud
chipmunkson16speed - BandCamp
Chipmunks On 16 Speed - Sludgefest (Full Album)

Behold The Sludgy Post-Punk Doom Of Slowed-Down Alvin & The Chipmunks Songs
Brian Borcherdt slows down Alvin and the Chipmunks songs
And it's oddly compelling
Do I look like I know what a JPEG is?

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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In this episode, we listen to music recommended to us by listeners on our community Discord server. We cover everything from classic vaporwave albums to dungeon synth and post-rock to future funk. Thank you so much to our community for your support and giving us an excuse to listen to some great music.

Eyeliner : Buy Now
NUOVO TESTAMENTO : New Earth
WARPLAND - Dungeon Synth Album by Adharca, Toad Sage, Ferrydor Archive, Fen Walker, J. Brewer
The Yonko LLC: Capricorn, 3rd Decan
NEWS AT 11 | LIBERTY EDITION - Official VHS (NTSC) by 猫 シ Corp.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling
Dark Ambient jam on D by Audio Wanderer
Ghosts by Japan
Iterations
Vinyl Paradise // もう一人じゃない by Zai Kowen

Buy Now Steams Release
Free: Buy Now Remixes by Various
The Story of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Lost Debut

Music by: 2Mello
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The work of Neil Cicierega, from his ground-breaking Flash animation techniques to his music and mash-ups, is instrumental in building the foundation of Internet surrealist humor. In this episode, we discuss his “Mouth” quadrilogy of mash-up albums and their importance to the modern landscape of plunderphonics.

Neil Cicierega - T.I.M.E.
Neil Cicierega - Alanis
Neil Cicierega - Dear Dinosaur

Album Review: Neil Cicierega – Mouth Dreams
The Mouth Experience - Neil Cicierega (Mouth Sounds / Mouth Silence / Mouth Moods / Mouth Dreams)
How the Cover Song Conquered Movie Trailers

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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Post-Rock and Horror

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In this episode, we examine the link between post-rock music and horror. We explore the ways in which the thematic elements of post-rock, such as despair and passion, make it a profound companion to the revelatory nature of horror media.

Thanks to the listener who suggested this topic!

Best Of Melancholic Post-Rock Mix
listening to post-rock while you are in quarantine

Spec Ops The Line OST: Mogwai - Glasgow Mega-Snake
Post-rock Movies – IMDB

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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