Style: Vaporwave, barber beats
Primary Emotions/Themes: The smoothest of vibes from one of the best to do it.
Thoughts: Some music acts a lot like comfort food. You go to it in times of need or times when you want to be reminded of a specific time in your life. That is exactly what Macro's music is for me. It reminds me of a time when life was just a little bit easier - just a tiny bit less of a struggle to handle.
There are many things that one can say about Macroblank's discography, however inconsistency is not one of them. The way that this dude has put together their discography is downright impressive by this point. Each release has it's own character, yet the care and time to craft everything from the individual pieces is well on display during each of the songs.
These songs are so intricate that it's hard to believe that this is vaporwave. This music sounds like it belongs together, it sounds like it was written and composed with this as the final outcome. Some people truly are the master of plunderphonics - Macro being one of them.
The music is largely guitar based throughout 分離された. Piano, trumpet, saxophone are all also used to create a smooth groove... one that I feel compelled to bob my head to every time this thing hits my turntable.
This is the kind of music that I would expect to be played by a small live band in a smoke filled bar in some corner in an alleyway. Obscure, yet oddly familiar in nearly every note. I don't know where these original samples came from, but I do know that they fit well together in here.
Macroblank continues to show why they are one of the best within the barber beats realm. While their albums do tend to run together one release to the next, the overall quality is so high that it's hard to deny. Once the music starts it's hard to take it off the turntable.
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