Sleepline is the fifteenth studio album by electronic and vaporwave artist Vektroid under the alias New Dreams Ltd., released on February 14, 2016.[1]
Sleepline | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 14, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2013 | |||
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Length | 79:29 | |||
Label | PrismCorp, Aguirre Records | |||
Producer | Ramona Xavier | |||
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Release
editThe album was released on Valentine's day simultaneously with Fuji Grid TV EX and Shader Complete, reissues of her extended play Prism Genesis and her album Shader.[2]
Context
editThe album is part of the vaporwave genre and features samples of Japanese television commercials from the 1980s, particularly those advertising airlines and holiday destinations.[3] The album was produced between February to March of 2013 and it was first envisioned as a sequel to Prism Genesis[4] under the title "Transcontinent".[5] The album can be streamed on her Bandcamp.[6] In 2018, Sleepline was re-released on CD and vinyl.[7]
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Length |
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1. | "All Day / Mindprison" | 3:09 |
2. | "Nakano #18" | 4:23 |
3. | "Muku Grid" | 3:11 |
4. | "Theatré Virtua" | 2:13 |
5. | "Avalon Reverse" | 3:21 |
6. | "Air" | 4:40 |
7. | "Blue Earth" | 5:17 |
8. | "Surrounded" | 2:30 |
9. | "Sleepline (Sleepfear)" | 6:42 |
10. | "Walled City" | 3:57 |
11. | "Into the Light (Night)" | 2:55 |
12. | "Nimbus Stage Select" | 2:26 |
13. | "Rapefear" | 2:51 |
14. | "Afterdawn" | 4:00 |
15. | "No Stone" | 3:12 |
16. | "Seed of Life / New Media" | 5:33 |
17. | "Dig Dream" | 6:39 |
18. | "Diskloader" | 2:06 |
19. | "Oceanus" | 6:05 |
20. | "Casino Virtua" | 4:10 |
References
edit- ^ "New Dreams Ltd. - Sleepline". Discogs.
- ^ Vektroid (a.k.a. Macintosh Plus, New Dreams Ltd., etc.) drops three new releases|Tiny Mix Tapes
- ^ WhoSampled
- ^ "Ramona Langley / Vektroid / Macintosh Plus, etc. on X: "lol fun fact: the reason Sleepline sounds so much like Fuji Grid TV is because it was explicitly started as a Fuji Grid TV sequel" / X". Twitter. February 16, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Ramona Langley / Vektroid / Macintosh Plus, etc. on X: "@waterfallvoyeur the orig album title was "Fuji Grid TV - Transcontinent"" / X". Twitter. February 16, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Sleepline, by New Dreams Ltd". Vektroid.
- ^ New Dreams Ltd. - Sleepline 2xLP / CD - Aguirre Records