Night Clerk Radio: Haunted Music Reviews

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It’s a late start to the spooky season! We’re jumping right in with a handful of soundtracks from recent horror video games. We’re checking out the big meaty six hour journey that is the Silent Hill 2 (2024) soundtrack. Then we’re turning our attention to the soundtracks for Look Outside and CULTIC. We discuss the games, their soundtracks, and what we love about video game soundtracks more generally. Grab these games, their soundtracks, and join us!

Thanks so much for your support! There will be a deluge of episodes coming out over the next few weeks as we get back on schedule.

Shop Til You Drop from CULTIC Soundtrack by Jasozz

Silent Hill 2 (2024) Soundtrack by Akira Yamaoka
Look Outside Soundtrack by Eric Shumaker and Francis Coulombe
CULTIC Soundtrack by Jasozz

Silent Hill but it's a 1994 trip-hop album

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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In this episode, we're diving into some new September music. With summer coming to a close, it seems we were both inspired to explore some of our favorite comfort genres. For Birk, that's the hazy and nostalgic VIDEOFUNK, a unique blend of vaporwave, signalwave, and future funk from FIJI島の水. For Ross, it's the evocative and cinematic dark ambient of Leviathan by NoRinTon. Join us as we check out some new music!

VAPORMEX 北方人 by Cerecita Spice & PENTIUM 2 ダニ
CULTIC: Chapter Two
Welcome to the MiniDisc Wiki
Ancient Fan Death Studios Live @ LATE NIGHT LIGHTS II
The Last Tokens.

VIDEOFUNK by FIJI島の水
Leviathanby NoRinTon

Regional Mexican music genres explained
Evolution of Mexican Pop Music be like

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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In this episode, we dare to enter Ross’s cherished domain: the tabletop role-playing game! We’re checking out “First Quest,” a 1985 promotional cassette released by TSR UK. The cassette features a wide variety of tracks from an eclectic collection of artists. The end result is a fascinating assortment of electronic music that ranges from upbeat and poppy synths to ambient and drony textured soundscapes. So sit down, grab a pre-gen, and join us!

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons -- First Quest: The Music cassette (1985)

Phil Thornton
Dave Miller
Denis Haines (aka Francis Haines)
Steve Parsons
Barrie Guard
The Device
G P Hall
Valentine Dyall (The Narrator)

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: First Quest – The Music
The Weird and Wonderful World of D&D Merchandising
Mörk Borg’s Putrescence Regnant is a grim ‘bog crawl’ adventure releasing as a vinyl music album

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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It’s time for our August new music episode. This time there’s no obvious overarching theme between our picks so no clever episode title, sorry! We’re starting off with Master Builder by Xeeland, an album that takes you on an evocative journey through the horrors of brutalist architecture. Then we’re heading off to Hawaii for The Molokai Compendium by Nmesh, a richly produced and deeply layered plunderphonic adventure inspired by one of the best bad movies of all time. Join us and check out these albums!

The Painter of the Right
Day Shift by Cinematic Sequences
Lego Castle: 1979-1998 by Dreamcastle™
Abiotic Factor on Steam
A Small Sample of Flamingo Fest 2025 sets on YouTube
Digital Archive of Computer Entertainer Magazine
B O R T media

The Molokai Compendium by Nmesh
Master Builder by Xeeland

Ocean Temple by Brickmason
Good Brews Bad Views
Bandcamp: The Molokai Compendium AotD
Nmesh’s Late-Summer Molokai Mind-Melt Playlist

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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In this episode, we’re finally breaking out the summer dungeon synth. But first we ask: what even is summer in music when freed from the burden of marketing and publicity? After that mild diversion, we chat about five dungeon synth albums that could, by some definition, evoke feelings appropriate for summer times. Whatever summer is to you we hope you join us and check out this great set of albums.

The Awakening from The Sleeping Green by Lunar Womb

Upon The Dawn of the Vermilion Glaive by Hermit Knight
The Belfry at World's Edge by Lonely Pilgrim
Vedurnan by Fogweaver
The Sleeping Green by Lunar Womb
II by Fief

Goat Meadow by MEADOWGOAT
Lunar Womb - Eben Ocean

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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First of all, sorry for the hecked up timing of recent episode releases. Ross and I have both had family in town which makes sticking to our usual schedule a bit difficult. Things should be back to normal here shortly.

Anyways! In this episode, Ross and I set out to find some new summer dungeon synth. That didn’t work out, so by complete chance Ross went with dungeon synth and I went with summer. It doesn’t matter! We ended up finding two super fun albums. Start your day off with a little patrol loop around The Borderlands then come back and settle into a nice air conditioned theater and enjoy some Summer Blockbusters.

m e t a n o by LaVideoteque
The Monolith by EmpLemon
An Introduction to Yugoslav Music History, Part 1: Music and Market Socialism
The Loneliest FPS Campaign in an Abandoned Megastructure by eurothug4000
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Summer Blockbusters by E Z R A ゴーバー
The Borderlands by Ziggurath

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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In this episode, we’re exploring one of our favorite metagenres: haunted media about media that never existed. This time, we’re delving into Vermis, a strategy guide for a game that doesn’t exist. It’s a beautiful and evocative collection of art and worldbuilding from the artist Plastiboo. We also check out the accompanying dungeon synth album by Radagast, released on cassette by HDK. Choose the nature of your flesh and then join us in the well!

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Birk found the Doom 2 Strategy Guide he was talking about. Turns out it was the official one. Check out Chapter 5: Infantry Tactics on the link below!

Vermis I - lost dungeons and forbidden worlds

Sounds of the World Vermis Vol.1 - Melodies of the Unknown by Radagast, Plastiboo

Vermis II - mist & mirrors
The Guide to a Game That Doesn’t Exist: On Plastiboo’s “Vermis”
Doom II - Strategy Guide

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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It’s time for June new music explorations and in this episode Ross and Birk have once again shown up with two very different albums. We’re discussing Suburbia After Dark, a compelling sample-laden darkwave journey, and Vistas, an upbeat love letter to Frutiger Aero and all the tech you love from the 00’s. Grab yourself a copy of these albums and join us!

Notorious Secret/Solodolo84 Sanctuary 2025
Keyloggers, Cryptojacking, Mirror Neurons, Marley Station by Angelwings Marmalade
Vaporwave News Network

Beneath London: The Story of Alien War - FULL DOCUMENTARY
The Era of Informationby Macroblank & slowerpace 音楽
Enter The Void III – Music Artist Submission >> MTHRBORD

Vistas by Ghost Enterprise
Suburbia After Dark by Spiritual Conspiracy

Spiritual Conspiracy - Suburbia After Dark - Music Only (full album)

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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In this episode, we’re back to checking out a bunch of great live and URL sets from Sanctuary 2025, a charity show for the TransOhio Emergency Fund organized by Nostalgia Lounge in March of 2025. We go through sets that cover everything from classic vaporwave, to house and techno, breakcore, and beyond. Join us on our musical journey through Sanctuary 2025!

Artists! If we have not gotten to your set or if you have a public link to your Sanctuary 2025 set that we missed in either episode please let us know! We just want to make sure you get the credit you deserve. Thanks to everyone for their hard work contributing to this and other charity shows.

Episode 126: A Sanctuary Sampler

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Star-K Music
Violet Angel
Majestic 12
FIJI島の水
FrankJavCee
i-No
TRUMAN!
ImCoPav
👁‍🗨📲
Dreaming Diary / Digital Sex
celadonDREAM Suite
Sevag H
ZICO’S MUSIC BOX
WVSQD
HYDROPLANED INTO A FALSE REALITY!

Star-K Music Sanctuary 25 URL Mix by Star-K Music
Violet Angel @ Sanctuary Live 2025 🏳️‍⚧️ 3/29/25 Majestic 12 @ Sanctuary Live by Majestic 12
SANCTUARY '25 LIVE SET by FIJI島の水
TRUMAN! - Sanctuary Live 2025 URL Set // Live Vaporwave Lofi House DJ Set
celadonDREAM Suite Sanctuary 25 Set
Z-KO - Nostalgia Lounge: Sanctuary 2025 (DJ Set, 3/30/2025)
WVSQD Sanctuary 2025
TRUMAN! - Sanctuary Live 2025 URL Set // Live Vaporwave Lofi House DJ Set

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Solodolo84 on Hot Takes Podcast

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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It’s time for us to gather around the Bandcamppole and celebrate the working artists of the world with our May new music episode. We’ve once again (completely unplanned!) have selected albums that represent both the comfort and the anxiety in vaporwave. First, we’re checking out the smooth and lush classic vaporwave of celadonDREAM Suite’s sophomore album. Then we’re going on an adventure with some glitchy and eclectic space ambient courtesy of ZIAD!. We hope you join us and give these albums a listen!

Ces Nuits Glamour by celadonDREAM Suite
Captain Market's Nuclear Winter by ZIAD!

Look Outside on Steam
The brilliance of Eyeliner's BUY NOW by Liam Murphy
ＶＡＰＯＲ ＭＥＭＰＨＩＳ | Phonk Vaporwave Tape
Novachord Experiments by Hainbach
mobygratis
Neon Nights Episode 156 - 04/22/25

I'll Be Quiet Music Video
celadonDREAM Suite on YouTube
Kaizo Slumber’s SlumberWeb
Kaizo Slumber on Bandcamp

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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