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TITLE: "Corrupted"

ARTIST: Notaker (Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter/Site)

Blackgummy (Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter/Site)

ALBUM: Erebus I, 2018

WHO IS IT: David Nothaker, from St. Louis, Missouri; and Iman Marouf, from Los Angeles, California

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: Dark, digital future bass with a retro synthwave undercurrent. Post-dubstep bedroom bass production with a splash of cyberpunk.

FOR FANS OF: Aero Chord, Ketauri, Sub Morphine

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TITLE: "Frame"

ARTIST: New Fear (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr)

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: An angry, fearful cut from that weird super scientific, hyperreal subgenre of future bass originating from Eastern Europe. Digitized club music created in a foundry staffed by swarms of bloodthirsty androids.

FOR FANS OF: Copout, Ketauri, Modulaw

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TITLE: "Softbank"

ARTIST: DV-i (Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr)

ALBUM: Aurora Memoria Philosophical Data Session: 2093, 2015

WHO IS IT: D.V. Caputo, from Manhattan, New York

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: High energy, hyper-digital video game BGM for an imagined futuristic 32-bit JRPG. Lush, high speed Japanese-influenced IDM straight out of Dance Dance Revolution.

FOR FANS OF: Ice Choir, She, STΛQQ ƟVERFLƟ

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TITLE: "Night Flight"

ARTIST: Nano神社 (✪㉨✪) (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Twitter)

ALBUM: Worldport, 2018

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: Chopped and screwed quiet storm/80′s R&B. Slow, sensual, nostalgic late night lo-fi funk.

FOR FANS OF: Bodyline, Diskette Park, Solo Jazz Cup

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TITLE: "River of Light"

ARTIST: Navigateur (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr)

ALBUM: Steady Drift EP, 2011

WHO IS IT: Carlos Andujar, from Atlanta, Georgia

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: A warm mish-mash of chopped and screwed retro electronic sounds cascading around you. Endearing, sentimental synthwave that's more love and nostalgia than it is neon and vintage.

FOR FANS OF: Abelard, Bobby Tank, Friendzone

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TITLE: "Starship Supernova"

ARTIST: Aeronexus (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter)

WHO IS IT: Harry Rowlands, from Warrington, United Kingdom

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: The closest thing you’ll hear to Vangelis in weeks. An ambient outrun synthwave track that’s so galactic and ethereal, it can only be described as “spacewave”.

FOR FANS OF: Dynatron, Solar Fields, Volkor X

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TITLE: "Take Me"

ARTIST: Otira (Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter)

WHO IS IT: Médéric Martin, from France

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: A bouncy, peppy early 90′s club-infused leftfield house jam. Lo-fi retro outsider house with a strong melody, soulful vocal loop, and higher than average BPM.

FOR FANS OF: D.Dan, DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ, Monolithic

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TITLE: "Someday"

ARTIST: Fraunhofer Diffraction (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Facebook/Tumblr/VK)

ALBUM: Ultima Ratio, 2016

WHO IS IT: Stan Martens, from Москва, Russia

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: Dark, sad lo-fi house. A surprisingly adept burst of outsider house from a known member of the Russian witch house scene.

FOR FANS OF: DJ Seinfeld, Holy Other, Synkro

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TITLE: "If Ya Name’s Not Dan Ya Not Comin In"

ARTIST: D.Dan (Soundcloud/Facebook/Site)

ALBUM: Dan’s Dilemma, 2017

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: A battered lo-fi ode to early 90′s rave culture in the form of a pounding Chicago house track. Clattering percussion, looped spoken samples, and a warped futuristic Detroit techno melody.

FOR FANS OF: Delroy Edwards, LUZ1E, TRP

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TITLE: "Sceneryscience"

ARTIST: Cleme (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter/Site)

WHO IS IT: Ian Stewart, from Wichita, Kansas

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: A hodgepodge of glitchy R&B-influenced deep house vibes. A slow-paced hip-hop beat, whirling loops of soulful vocal samples, and dark, echo-laden electronic ambience.

FOR FANS OF: Quarry, Shlohmo, Thomas White

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TITLE: "I’m Gone"

ARTIST: Mic-Lo the Dreamer (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Twitter)

ALBUM: Abstracted (The Lost Tape), 2015

WHO IS IT: Michael, from London, United Kingdom

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: Deep house-influenced glitch-hop. A messy audio collage of sad, sensual melody, a stuttering R&B loop, and a sound palette of microscopic clicks and static scratches.

FOR FANS OF: Eric Dingus, Lapalux, Scientific

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TITLE: "90s Fahreneit"

ARTIST: Medsound (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr/Site)

ALBUM: 90s Farhreneit, 2014

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: Passive, laid back Balearic-influenced synthwave. Neon retro nu-disco for island dwelling.

FOR FANS OF: Croquet Club, Gigamesh, Sasac

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TITLE: "Only One"

ARTIST: Mega Drive (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter/Site)

ALBUM: 198XAD, 2014

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: The most wistful, emotive darksynth violence you ever did hear. Droning noise gives way to 80′s-influenced synth rhythm, crashing percussion, soaring retro guitar, and at long last a gentle piano melody to close it out.

FOR FANS OF: Carpenter Brut, Master Boot Record, Volkor X

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TITLE: "Travi$ Tool"

ARTIST: Baltra (Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr)

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: A rap single chewed up by a jangling 90′s club beat. Moody, gritty outsider house with a hip-hop infusion.

FOR FANS OF: Mathis Ruffing, Paths パス, Smitty the BG

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TITLE: "Lights"

ARTIST: Elio Consoli (Soundcloud/Facebook)

WHO IS IT: Elio Consoli, from Bologna, Italy

WHAT'S IT SOUND LIKE: Grainy, hypnotic downtempo. Hazy, ambient waves of synth, electronic flute stabs, and a playfully pounding echo-laden beat.

FOR FANS OF: Aril Brikha, Lusine, Telefon Tel Aviv

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