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Essenger
Sworn enemy of the genre police, Essenger spawned into the metaverse in 2018, becoming the ultimate nexus to unite fans of retrowave, hip hop, and electronic dance music. With lyrics ranging from emotive anthems to sci- plots, his formidable powerhouse of synths and infectious vocal hooks and are no match for the alternative music scene.…
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Some say it’s best to be fashionably late. Vampire Step-Dad took that to heart and arrived about 25 years after the party ended. Listening to a Vampire Step-Dad release is like sneaking into a movie theater in 1986, and finding a John Hughes film that never made it to VHS. Spanning the emotional gamut, whether…
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Born of static, breathing neon, raised on distortion, Sneakernet generates electronic-industrial sounds for all who receive. Based in Atlanta and spearheaded by the eponymous Sneakernet, the project oscillates between thematic music for streaming media (more John Carpenter than John Williams) and electronic music for the digital demons that consume it. The project’s music can be…
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