Artist

Macross 82-99

2013-present·Mexico City

Macross 82-99 pioneered future funk with the Sailorwave album series, starting in 2013, taking vaporwave's sample-based method and pointing it somewhere else entirely: upbeat, French-house-inflected, built for dancing rather than dissociating. The technique stayed the same — sampling 1980s and 1990s city pop and disco, drawing on artists like Tatsuro Yamashita and Mariya Takeuchi — but the tempo came back up, turning source material that once sounded melancholic into something closer to euphoric.

The full story is in Vaporwave.

At a glance

Active
2013–present
From
Mexico
Records in the issues
1 (2013)
Listening guide track
“Fun Tonight”

Listen

In the Vaporwave listening guide: “Fun Tonight”

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In the issues

  • Vaporwave
    Supporting cast · 2009-2016 · Members

    Vaporwave is a genre from Online (Turntable.fm, Bandcamp, Reddit, 4chan), 2009–2016. Its principal artists include Macintosh Plus (Ramona Langley), Daniel Lopatin (Chuck Person / Oneohtrix Point Never), James Ferraro and Internet Club (Robin Burnett). This issue covers 8 essential albums and 18 dated events.

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