Operation Echo

  Artist: DreamWorks Album: Labyrinth Location: Los Angeles, USA Genres: Dungeon Synth, Dark Ambient, Hauntology Year Released: 2019-06-10 Format(s) Released: Bandcamp Explanation: Oh boy. I am very excited to be making this post. Not only this was this a lost album, but this was one of my 'grails', also being on my "Missing List". Now that I have it in my hands it's every bit as good as I remember it. I have been looking for this record for years, contacted DreamWorks on both of his accounts, reached out to people who knew him and tried trackers for years with no results. I never got any closer to hearing it. I obtained his Celesteville album but while a nice Vaporwave release it wasn’t what I want. Although I can't remember exactly how I heard of this record I believe it was through Reddit. DreamWorks used to post there a few times and if I recall correctly he posted this record to /r/vaporwave, noting it a Dungeon Synth-take on the genre. He may not have po...

  Artist: Kluisenaar [aka Lorenzo Squilloni] Album: естетски дворац [Aesthetic Castle] Location: Florence, Italy Genres: Vaporwave, Dungeon Synth Year Released: 2018 Format(s) Released: Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Deezer Explanation: Well the blog is back! Sort of. I feel like writing up a few more posts. So here we are! Kluisenaar was a vaporwave project from Italian electronic producer Lorenzo Squilloni. Squilloni used a few different names during his active period and Kluisenaar was one of them. He released two albums under the alias, one 'Destrutturazione di Massa' in 2017 with Pioggia d'Ambra (which I presume is pure vaporwave) and 'естетски дворац' in 2018 which purported to be a fusion of Dungeon Synth and Vapor. Squilloni released a few other records though I don't see the point in listing them off. His most popular alias was Infector http:// which is mostly known these days for the collaboration with Electric Dreams and QuadratoX, '将来 Forest'. I ...