Ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ Ｔａｐｅｓ Ｖｏｌｕｍｅ 1 by ⁂V‡▲D‡M∇R⁂
"Aesthetic Tapes is a beat tape style lofi hip hop record, which is an enormous departure from the dark ambient/IDM stylings that VLAD is better known for. There are sections of IDM coming through, especially with intricate drum chops and glitches which is a unique combination of his musical influences, juxtaposed against lofi.
There are a mix of other styes present on this album such as the track Beleaguer, which lulls you into thinking this is a dark ambient soundscape, but evolves into a house mix. The album also delves solidly into ambient trapstep with the track Lay Me Down Tonight, which hits hard amongst the overarching beattape style of the rest of the album. There is also a synthwave reference with the bonus track Lonely Paradise. This mixture of styles provides nice interludes to the main lofi thematics.
Overall the album feels like a solemn city night, somewhere in a Tokyo cafe at midnight. You have your laptop out and you’re browsing the internet, whilst drinking green tea, and feeling the heaviness of the night weigh you down. Once you step outside, the scene changes as the smell of street food and car fumes fills the air, and you begin your walk through the city, going back home." -vinyl dial
Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/vladddd
Bandcamp
https://putsomevladinit.bandcamp.com
Cover Art:
First Kings
https://firstkings.bandcamp.com/
press:
https://sunbleach.net/2018/04/30/seikomart-releases-aesthetic-vol-1-by-vladimir/
Tracklist
| 1. | Ｄｏｐｅ | 1:32 |
| 2. | Ｍｙ Ｗｏｒｌｄ Ｉｓ Ｅｍｐｔｙ | 1:39 |
| 3. | Ｈｅｎｎｅｓｓｙ | 1:14 |
| 4. | Ｂｅｌｅａｇｕｅｒ | 1:12 |
| 5. | Ｄｅｆｅｎｅｓｔｒａｔｉｏｎ_ | 1:20 |
| 6. | Ｌａｙ Ｍｅ Ｄｏｗｎ Ｔｏｎｉｇｈｔ_ | 1:45 |
| 7. | Ｐｓｙｃｈｏ Ｍａｎｓｉｏｎ | 1:22 |
| 8. | Ｅｐｏｃｈ | 1:18 |
| 9. | Ｓｅｒｅｎｄｉｐｉｔｙ | 1:31 |
| 10. | Ｈｉｒａｅｔｈ | 1:40 |
| 11. | Ｏｐｕｌｅｎｔ | 1:37 |
| 12. | Ｓｏｍｎａｍｂｕｌｉｓｔ | 1:11 |
| 13. | Ｓｏｎｏｒｏｕｓ | 1:35 |
Credits
S&M-133
