VAPOR-WARES: EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE VAPOR

The presentation of a cassette or record can go a long way to enhancing the aesthetics of the vaporwave listening experience. So in the third installment of this new series, we’ll share some of our favorite physical releases from the past few months (or even further back). Through these two releases we have highlighted a couple standouts amidst the vast cornucopia of visual and physical delights sure to please any collector. And if you’re reading this thinking “but the last issue had Episode I,” you would be correct! Episode II was released digitally on our website as part of the Digital Summer festivities! Thank you for returning to Vapor-wares.

Bizarre Bazaar by Limousine

Talk about colorful! Limousine’s latest mallsoft release packs one of the most infectiously colorful album covers to date. The cover art by l u n i t a s ルニタス brilliantly captures both the essence of Limousine’s incredibly imagined mall and the artist’s signature look. Another nice little touch that really helps sell the beauty of the whole package is the cassette case itself as, instead of a traditional clear back, it has a translucent baby blue/seafoam green look which really helps everything to pop that extra little bit. This batch also included cassettes with yellow tapes, but we’re rather partial to the blue one. Either way, it’s a stunning case for a stunning album. -gbanas92

Floral Shoppe (フローラルの専門店) by MACプラス (Macintosh Plus) | Vektroid Probably the most important album in vaporwave. Is there a medium this album hasn’t been recorded onto!? I present to you an unofficial MiniDisc of MACプラス’s フローラルの専門店 (Floral Shoppe), brought to you by a collaborative effort between Deluxe Vaporwave Cassettes and VWA. The pad printing quality on this release is incredibly good (link to full-size image here), with a 5 panel front/back j-card insert and full album text on the spines. The back of the MD is complete with a rose garden blood spatter and the watchful album emblem, the eye. Limited to only 50, this will be one of the rarer speciality releases for this record. -IndyAdvant