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The cheesy new age sounds on this obscure album from 1988, discovered by a YouTube algorithm and recently reissued, have become a touchstone for producers because of their intense irony and nostalgia.
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You may have heard the track "Island Sunrise" somewhere on your daily doomscrolling and found it to be a very nice respite from the madness. Well what if I told you that as great as that track is, especially in its full context, the album that it's from only gets better from there. I mean I haven't fallen so hard for a back half of an LP in so long! This shit is smooth AF! 80's at it's peak I tell ya! Like holy shit it's ridiculous. If you are curious or enjoy ... read more
Since I've listened to a lot of vaporwave and vapor flavored records over the years, it's been interesting to find records like this that clearly influence many of those artists. This is a very synth heavy ambient record with a new age flare. I love the serene vibes the track "Island-Sunrise" gives off. There's also quite a lot of sax parts on here (dunno if real or digital) that give the album a bit of an organic vibe. I can really here how artists like Voyage Futur, ... read more
a really interesting electronic album that was extremely ahead of its time, while some tracks do drag a bit
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Track List
| 1 | Oceans-Breath 9:18 | |
| 2 | Magnificent Shore 7:44 | |
| 3 | Waving-Voices 6:03 | |
| 4 | Island-Sunrise 6:30 | 95 |
| 5 | Magic-Beach 5:22 | |
| 6 | Sea-Gulls-Audience 6:28 | |
| 7 | Digital-Dance 5:48 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
