With hardly any free time anymore, I’ve started cooking up vaporwave edits on the weekends to make the most of the few hours I get to myself.

During the pandemic, I discovered Vaporwave while working from home and was instantly hooked by the often repetitive, chopped-and-screwed edits of obscure ‘80s and ‘90s tracks, which reminded me of the DJ Screw tapes I used to bump back in college—especially the random ‘80s rock or R&B songs that he would slip onto those tapes. I also dug the seemingly random Windows clipart aesthetic in much of the artwork. This tape might be a departure from my usual, but I only post bangers.

These are all edits that I’ve done over the last year. The formula goes something like this: start with a pristine audio file, slow it down until it sounds "right", then experiment with different analog emulation plugins until you end up with something that could fit on a screw tape (“It’s goin’ down!”). Lastly, give the artwork a similar treatment, and you’re all set.

If you're interested in more examples of Vaporwave and its subgenres, check out Nightwave Plaza https://plaza.one/ which is basically all I listen to anymore besides other DJs’ mixtapes. If you're new to DJ Screw and what I’m referencing, here’s a perfect example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6jKtTVtvdw.

Tracklist:
banger_1 バンガー
l i a r 偽者
君が必要だ
[いつの日か] 空に灰雲暖かな陽を待つ霧にさえぎられ夢のように遠くただ届かぬまま
Kanojo wa Boku o Kuruwaseru (彼女は僕を狂わせる)
美意識
ワンツーステップを見せて
愛する妻 (Aisuru Tsuma)
ハイ・ロー (Hai Rō)
恋心の君に届かぬ冬の風
Manikku Mandē
Koi no Yokan
一つのこと (ひとつのこと, hitotsu no koto)
すべての金のすべて 1984年
Natsukashii
愛を探し心の隙間に光射す
ザ・キャラクター (ヴェイパーウェーブ・フリップ)
目と顔 (me to kao)
Akiya (空き家)
B-Styler