Ultrademon - Seapunk

Philie-T was doing the seapunk thing years ago

this arrived today. holy shit it's great!!!

#accelerationism

One of us, one of us... good to see another person appreciating this. It's borderline running the risk of becoming a 'forgotten classic', one that's dug up 10 years from now and revered as great...

I like it, for the record!

Having put in more listening, this one has really grown on me. Nice weather helps for added enjoyment! Fans of wonky Aphex/DnB/cheese-fuelled early 90s Euro chart-trance/jungley fare should be all over it

You need to wake up.*

*Album sample

  On 4/5/2013 at 11:45 PM, dr lopez said:

this is an interesting event. I feel like this is the first time a release has consciously used 90s internet aesthetic as "nostalgia"

 

it will be anodyne within a year

The Host album on Planet Mu?

Got mine a few days ago after having it on back order for weeks. Really dig how his style is so fundamentally eclectic, yet applied consistently throughout. A unique and cohesive album.

Seems remarkably resistant to pigeonholing. I may not be super familiar with some of the potential influences like footwork or trap, but practically everything from the late 80s onwards has been named as an influence at this point. Which doesn't make for particularly interesting discourse, but it tells you something about how refreshing this is.

seapunk peoples in latest major lazer (directed by eric wareheim) video

For a second there I thought Diplo was going to ruin seapunk but it looks like he hates it. That's perfect! Cognitive dissonance crisis averted.

Seapunk doesn't do it as much, but lots of this vaporwave music relies heavily on new age/smooth jazz for inspiration/sample material, and I think there are some conceptual similarities that are quite uncanny in the context of everything. I would start a thread but it's probably not worth it, but I digress. The following bands paved the way, diligently engineering their music in secluded Californian studios, some how aware of the ironic and post-ironic appreciation that would come.

I have doubts that the people that actually make vaporwave have ever seen or listened to this music, but maybe they have.

Slice of Life by Special EFX is my favorite from this, and then Pacific Rim.

If they haven't they are definitely mining similar stuff. I think the appeal is the fact that as kids these producers absorbed so much of this music unintentionally, so it has a nostalgic appeal even though the memory of it is so vague and hazy.

For instance, I must of heard this music 100+ times playing these games, and it fits that mid-90s easy listening/smooth sound vibe.

(I think it would be a worthy thread - I was a bit skeptical of vaporwave at first but I've very much warmed up to it)

  On 5/29/2013 at 6:17 PM, joshuatx said:

(I think it would be a worthy thread)

  On 4/30/2013 at 10:41 PM, bigs said:

 

  On 4/30/2013 at 9:36 PM, DerWaschbar said:

The 'Fire for Effect' things fits the new Rephlex strategy of not even admitting to releasing music. EOD volume 1, Photodementia and EDMA2 were all released on one off Labels, but still seem to be Rephlex releases.

It's a good strategy.

 

what is the EDMA2 release you're talking about? i'd love to hear it.

 

also, yeah that is right jasondonervan. ultrademon has also mentioned his involvement with rephlex a few times on twitter.

 

  On 4/30/2013 at 9:36 PM, DerWaschbar said:

The 'Fire for Effect' things fits the new Rephlex strategy of not even admitting to releasing music. EOD volume 1, Photodementia and EDMA2 were all released on one off Labels, but still seem to be Rephlex releases.

It's a good strategy.

Ultrademon is part of the Rephlex roster, for those of you still wondering.

if I saw that album cover without knowing anything about it, I would assume it was on rephlex. I mean, look at it!

If it was a Rephlex cover it would have the same visuals on the front, inside the booklet, on the back and on the CD.

i have no intention of listening to this or much less paying for it but the disc graphic makes me think about thinking twice

you should, it's good

i'm afraid of new music... anything post-04 gives me the willies

  On 6/4/2013 at 5:45 AM, nene multiple assgasms said:

if I saw that album cover without knowing anything about it, I would assume it was on rephlex. I mean, look at it!

Rephlex or the local yodel-label.

disclaimer: the ultrademon release is awesome. kinda like the rest of recent rephlex output.

  On 6/4/2013 at 11:11 PM, tht tne said:

i'm afraid of new music... anything post-04 gives me the willies

It's very much a (fresh) pre-04 release.

Is there anywhere available to buy this digitally? Bleep says its sold out of CDs, and I don't really want to order a CD and wait to get this stuff. How frustrating.

Boomkat still has the CD.

http://boomkat.com/cds/674126-ultrademon-seapunk

Yeah thats what I'm trying to avoid. From Boomkat Its gonna be a 20$+ CD plus waiting for it to ship.

I just got mine today, from Amazon.usa