It was well worth the wait after seeing this EP teased many years ago. More fun facts about this record:
- The whole EP fits on a 3.5" floppy disk.
- Instead of your standard audio file, the disk stores the code that generates the audio which was then packaged in an exe file.
- They even have enough space left to generate the oscilloscope visuals!
- Did you know that the album art is also drawn with an oscilloscope?
Such a technological achievement. Demoscene enjoyers will certainly feel ... read more
"Life is not only about having a good time, is it?"
"That's right, it also means life's not all about being down and out."
This line changed something inside of me and I couldn't point out why.
I swear to god, there was a time I flicked through the radio stations while driving a car and this plays on Every Single Radio Station I go to and it drove me insane I was surprised I didn't crash my car there and then.
Sure, there's some nostalgia bias at play with me putting this album on my 10/10 list (I did play Minecraft for most of my teen years, after all). And sure, it's easy to dismiss this for being a mere video game soundtrack. But to me, it's a record that grows beyond the media it's meant for and stands the test of time in its own right.
Even long after my times of being serenaded by its soothing ambience whilst tending to my wheat crops as the sun sets, the entire Minecraft soundtrack set still ... read more
It's rare that a vaporwave record would age so well coming into the early 2020s, but this one is the biggest outlier out of all the records that would normally graze the many "vaporwave essentials" lists you see lying around on the internet from years long past. Truly an all-time vaporwave classic.