Best of 2025: أطلال جديدة by Robin Circle @robincircle.bsky.social & MK Ashley @marykashley.bsky.social My favorite Robin Circle release this year, a fresh blend of classic vaporwave, vapor funk, and eccojams. Pairing with MKA elevates it further, making for a wavy, & highly enjoyable collection.

Best of 2025: ADVANTAGES II by Euclid Agenda A fresh take on classic vaporwave, familiar samples reimagined with fun, upbeat energy. Not avant-garde, but executed flawlessly, making it a standout and highly enjoyable collection this year.

Best of 2025: HATCHBACK by Steve Joy A smooth blend of synthwave, lo-fi, chillwave, and downtempo. Upbeat yet relaxed, with a seamless flow that keeps the album moving effortlessly. Cool, driving, and endlessly replayable synthwave done right.

Best of 2025: LUMEN SHORE by Dayton Palms A stunning ethereal ambient release filled with futuristic serenity. Echoes of Vangelis’ "Blade Runner" and Jean-Michel Jarre’s "Oxygène" give it a timeless, cinematic feel. An album that truly lingered with me.

Best of 2025: emogothhiphop by DA TENGU GOD @datengugod.bsky.social Too trap for vaportrap, too vapor for cloud rap. Tengu carves a unique lane of dreamy, effect-heavy hip-hop, blending barber beats and vaporbreak into something forward-thinking and original.

Best of 2025: ÆON Mall Kyōto-Gojō by Brickmason @brickmason.bsky.social & Majestic 12 @majestic-12.bsky.social A fusion of dreampunk and mallsoft. A 2814-style world inside a futuristic mall, atmospheric, ambient, & oddly human. A beautiful collaboration that turns shared space into a dreamscape.

Best of 2025: PUSH (2START) 🔵👇👀 by Ashley @marykashley.bsky.social One of MKA’s most striking releases, a glitched, beautiful distortion of paradise. Wavy melodies, hard bass, & fractured drums blend virtual utopia with a cyberpunk edge, evoking "Floral Shoppe" vibes pushed into fresh & futuristic.

Best of 2025: Arspace Dynamics Co., Ltd. by Ｌｙｌａｔ @mdc-official.bsky.social A Star Fox-tinged vapor ambient journey, atmospheric, dreamlike, and futuristic. Heavy gaming era samples give it a space-drama soundtrack feel. Flirts with signalwave, utopian virtual, & dreampunk, & was a joy to discover.

Best of 2025: SOULCUTS by VESNA™ @vesna-tm.bsky.social A standout this year, peak Vaporwave Zero with crisp beats, nostalgic 90s club vibes and playful N64 touches. One of my favorite releases, SOULCUTS pushes the subgenre in exciting directions.

Best of 2025: HYPERMEDIOCRITY by V@pyd @vapyd.bsky.social A mature blend of vaporfunk, classic vaporwave, and deconstructed EMD. V@pyd shines with collaborations from TRUMAN!, Strawberry Station, Pool Plants & Robin Circle, making this a standout and inventive release of the year.

Best of 2025: Time Slip: Solid Gold by Pool Plants @poolplants.bsky.social One of the most original sounds this year, dense, wavy layers that shift speeds and textures. It feels like experimental vaporwave on the edge of something new and exciting, unlike anything else I’ve heard in the genre.

Best of 2025: Sunset Bay ’85 by E Z R A ゴーバー & 呪われた・M A R Y @marykashley.bsky.social Classic vaporwave magic, a perfect split of distinct, dreamy styles that define one of this year’s best wavy sounds. From “Sunset Bae” to “Private Beach,” it felt like a soundtrack to my own private resort getaway.

🎶🔥 Albums That Made My 2025 🔥🎶 2025 brought so many amazing releases! I couldn’t catch them all, but these albums made a real impact, stayed with me, and defined my year in sound. (no particular order)

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Merry Christmas to all that celebrate! Enjoy a pic of my cat enjoying her new heating pad. She too sends best wishes.

WOW! [carteBlanche] worked so hard on the visuals, amazing work! youtu.be/cvZO0l3xZ_I

My Vaporwave YouTube channel hit a big milestone this week, 1,000 subscribers! Huge thanks to everyone who listens month after month and supports the mixtapes. I truly appreciate you all.💙 www.youtube.com/@BORTmedia

Honored to have contributed visuals to this incredible lineup! ❄️Christmas on the Isles❄️ is bringing together some of the best names in vaporwave/internet musc for a charity stream TOMORROW. If you're free December 20th, tune in at twitch.tv/roge_corp

Very excited to share my 8th annual Christmas Vaporwave mixtape. Featuring holiday tunes from M00NofS0rr0W @m00nch33z.bsky.social, FIJI島の水 @fijidaze.bsky.social, Pool Plants @poolplants.bsky.social, Wizard of Loneliness @wizardofloneliness.bsky.social, Seabaud @seabaud.bsky.social, and many more!

Did you miss our powwow with Smoothbrain? Shortstuf888, Smoothie, and Shiro talked about taking mushrooms at shows, vulnerability and the artist experience, and the sex dungeon at Midwesthetic III. Check out the twitch VOD at www.twitch.tv/videos/26449... if you couldn’t be there live last night!

Dear Hearts can you help us get up to 2,000 subscribers? Spread the word, gift a sub, let your insanely rich mate who owns a private island that he could do with taking out 20 subscriptions... It's what will secure our future for the following year. Bless up.

🎄✨ CHRISTMAS ON THE ISLES VOL.1 ✨🎄 December 20th | twitch.tv/roge_corp 30+ artists bringing vaporwave vibes to your holiday season. Stream starts 1:40pm, show at 2pm EST. Plus we're raising funds to help feed families in need 💙 See you in the digital sleighride! 🛷

New Episode of VGA: We are joined by Tony Wilson from @frame.work to talk about Metroid Prime 4! And also AI in Dubbing podtrac.com/pts/redirect...

We brought it up on the show, but here is the Meroid Documentary done by @brendanlh.bsky.social over aon the Crawl www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aig-...

FRIDAY 12/12 8PM EST #WVSQD BEST OF 2025

Happening tomorrow!! Local Frequencies invades Cincinnati! GRAV3YARD • GLYPHICS • YUNg SHIRO • CRYSTAL ETERNAL Underground midwest electronica. Friday Dec. 5th | $10 | @the comet Get tickets! www.eventbrite.com/e/nostalgia-...

3 DAYS UNTIL LOCAL FREQUENCIES!! 💜 THIS FRIDAY at The Comet GRAV3YARD • YUNG SHIRO • GLYPHICS • CRYSTAL ETERNAL Live experimental electronic music. Breakcore. Techno. House. Vaporwave. DECEMBER 5TH | 8PM | $10 | 18+ Get tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/nostalgia-...

If you can dream a world, believe in it...and dive in. 🌀DREAMQUEST🌀 by 4:44 🫧🚤👾🌀 . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁°‧˚｡⋆Out now @ FOTOSHOPPE CO.⋆｡𖦹 ˚·｡°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ fotoshoppe.bandcamp.com/album/dreamq...

One week away 💜 The lineup: GRAV3YARD • YUNG SHIRO • GLYPHICS • CRYSTAL ETERNAL Live experimental electronic music. Breakcore to ambient. Techno to vaporwave. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH | 8PM | $10 | 18+ Get Tix! www.eventbrite.com/e/nostalgia-...

Hey you there! Yeah, the one that just woke up from the turkey coma - we’re bringing Nostalgia Lounge to Cincinnati next week, I hope you’ll join us! 🎛️ @yungshiro.bsky.social @glyphtrax.bsky.social , Grav3yard, @crystaleternal.online

🚨 HEARD IT ON HOT TAKES 🚨 Rumor has it, @yungshiro.bsky.social 's bringing an AMBIENT MUSIC setlist to LOCAL FREQUENCIES, immersive experimental electronic music you won't see anywhere else. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD | 8PM @ The Comet | $10 | 18+ Get Tix! www.eventbrite.com/e/nostalgia-...

Excited to share the first entry in my new regional vaporwave mixtape series—starting with artists from the PACWEST! Featuring music from @hotsingles.bsky.social, @midnightpremiere.bsky.social, @poolplants.bsky.social @mdc-official.bsky.social, @komorebephemera.bsky.social and more!

Calling all Vaporwave artists, producers and labels. Nightwave Plaza has launched PlazaTV. If you want to promote your stuff feel free to share it with me. Music videos or 15-30 second commercials. Check out PlazaTV on our discord server! plaza.one/discord

i had a really nice talk with @poolplants.bsky.social the other day! read it here.

Grab yer chili, LOCAL FREQUENCIES is coming to Cincinnati!! TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD 8PM @ The Comet | $10 | 18+ Featuring GRAV3YARD, YUNG SHIRO, GLYPHICS & CRYSTAL ETERNAL Breakcore • Techno • House • Vaporwave Presale Tix HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/nostalgia-...

Very excited to announce my first physical release: a floppy disk! Huge thanks to Sud Swap for connecting with me and treating my music with such love and care. I was a kid when floppy disks were king so this is pretty great to see.

November Mixtape has dropped! Featuring recent tunes from GBΔFLΔME @gbaflame.bsky.social, bunjamin franklin @bunjaminfranklin.bsky.social, Crystal Eternal @crystaleternal.online, Brickmason @brickmason.bsky.social, SUN TURRET @sunturret.bsky.social, and much more! Please support these artists!

Check it out! Got my new shirt from VAPORWAVE ALIVE event! Very psyched to show it off. Thanks to @nightleek.bandcamp.com and the shirt company for fixing my order.

New collab drop: E Z R A ゴーバー × BORT media A 15-minute visual + sound experience from VAPORWAVE ALIVE! URL Fest. Spooky, dreamy, and maybe a little cursed 😈. youtu.be/v3h3E_VpjE8?...

A platinum translucent track with almost no guardrails. . . be careful not to fall off. Platinum Road by PlayStation ｐｌａｔｉｎｕｍ 🎮🛞🌌☄️ /┆\ Out now @ FOTOSHOPPE CO. /┆\ fotoshoppe.bandcamp.com/album/platin...

Happy Halloween to everyone, RIGHT HERE ON BLUESKY 👍👍👍👍👍👍

IT STARTS TODAY!!🌊🌊🌊 Tune in at 6pm EDT for #Vaporwave ALIVE, hosted by the Children of Vapor!! #CoV #WVSQD has a set! There's tshirts and posters! All proceeds benefit The Trevor Project! twitch.tv/djnightleekt...

As Mitch says it's understandable why the marketing of Sniper Elite has always focused on the x-ray kill cams, but I played the shit out of this new one and it's honestly like Splinter Cell meets Hitman. Truly rules. Highly recommended.

THIS WEEKEND! October 25th & 26th VAPORWAVE ALIVE!!! 🎉 The schedule is OUT! Tune in Saturday at 8:35pm ET to catch my visual collaboration with E Z R A ゴーバー during the URL fest! 📅 Oct 25/26 📺 twitch.tv/djnightleektamanegi 💜 proceeds to The Trevor Project

Certified to make you look great, 100% guarantee. You mostly look great because you donated to @trevorproject.bsky.social

October 25th & 26th VAPORWAVE ALIVE!!! Really excited to share that i created visuals for E Z R A ゴーバー for VAPORWAVE ALIVE! 🌸 My first URL show alongside Pool Plants, Robin Circle, Mary K Ashley, V@PYD and more! 📅 Oct 25/26 📺 twitch.tv/djnightleektamanegi 💜 proceeds to The Trevor Project

2025 Halloween Vaporwave Mixtape! Spooky vaporwave tunes from Virtua Bones @virtuabones.bsky.social, Pool Plants @poolplants.bsky.social, Coeur de Lion @kenmoreclassic.bsky.social, Sky Lore @skyloremusic.bsky.social, ａｐｅｒｔｕｒｅ ｇｒｉｌｌｅ @aperture-grille.bsky.social, and much more!

I’m here to gush about Tron: Ares, especially its incredible soundtrack by NIN. Unlike the previous sequel Tron Legacy, which felt like a movie that occasionally featured Daft Punk, this one plays as a full sonic experience shaped by Nine Inch Nails.

I made a TNF playlist a while back, forgot to share it 😭 use the link below to have a DJ in the background consistently playing the BEST in vaporwave 📼💖🌃 youtube.com/playlist?lis...