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infloresce vol.3 “aphrodisiac” listening party poster. first listen: thu, sep 24 @ 6pm PT; second listen: sat, oct 3 at…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K93z1wY81VU a zippy nostalgic mix dedicated to my favorite car paint. been a while since i uploaded a mix (i…

art for infloresce records vol. 3 – aphrodisiac, by aggelic yiok infloresce records vol.3 – aphrodisiac, is now available for…

Reposted https://noescapevg.com/on-cratediving/. this article touches upon something that is part of my philosophy: backlogs are awful. something that i didn’t…

so for the last several weeks meta has not been fingerprinting my song, “the penis (eek!)”, (which gets hundreds of…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ6lFKzbd5o the game i’ve been doing sound design for, 500 FINGER FILLET, just came out with a demo! developed by…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkQePaWQF4c shiiba is a wonderful DTM composer that takes a great deal of influence from the music of kirby and…

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“a non-technical intro to webmentions” by natalie after reading natalie’s post about webmentions, i wanted to try to add it…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCGZqWzPJs0 super groovy with 90s anime vibes, super fun and chill, love it to death!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEDi99s6veQ a new mix interpolating between city pop, downtempo, ambient… and sneaking in a few light music and smooth jazz…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNq4zqTN_DQ first of all, this is a lovely 80s pop song, composed by the legendary kadomatsu toshiki, just gorgeous in…

https://youtu.be/oI-74442Lpg a new mix of mostly house and dnb from the depths of my mp3 collection! hope you enjoy! tracklist…

warp point warp point is a site that curates blogs that write primarily about games (making it a little fraught…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctckj-AMEWE aivi and i scored the middle segment of this, directed by rebecca sugar and ian JQ. the idea of…

https://sexytoadsandfrogsfriendcircle.bandcamp.com/album/staffcirc-vol-13-frog-mechanics this album has been in the works for a while, and i am happy to say i have a…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOUY40UtE6g i am a dot. gives a bird’s eye view of the history of virtual pinball, and specifically the wacky…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98PKQSN4sxE the second collab between azari and rosu is once again a match made in heaven. azari’s intense horror-pop vibe…

portraits of team Star Wolf, from the newly announced remake of star fox i’m definitely not here to convince you…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBVTun0Od8k content warning: violence of the stabbing a hand/severing a finger variety i’m extremely excited to announce that i’m working…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvjfaDvKFos since the last mix on youtube worked decently well, maybe i’ll just keep doing that… anyway, this is a…

https://bsky.app/profile/glitchprod.com/post/3mjq67zsk2a27 here’s something i’ve had to keep secret for a while!! i got the awesome opportunity to work together with…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bghDcbzfEU LP5 IS REAL CATEGORY 5 RED ALERT LP5 LP5 LP5 also, seriously, this track is so, so good. i…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzJaaM4rwB4 i made a mix of UKG/house/dnb (etc… i’m not a genre cop), and i got so frustrated with mixcloud’s…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP-YFrj2PkI the legendary shogo nomura has outdone himself once again with this track which he described as “violently beautiful”, and…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NPDrRcFZ7w nobonoko has always been a wizard with the browser sequencer/tracker/third thing(???) beepbox and its various forks, but even with…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plh1THFooWA i guess i’m in a orchestral mood lately because this is hitting me HARD, what a beautiful piece!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au1rETPILCE i’ve really enjoyed seycara’s music for a while now, an amazing composer on youtube (and also a doctor, wow!).…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFnYjAa1HLY lately when i am trying to unwind, i put this channel on the tv. abao has these extremely high…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1-7DPkNAh0 excellent video by nuclear that touches on some interesting ways to tell if something is AI. (definitely need to…

https://waxterk.bandcamp.com/album/bananaman welcome to 2026 i guess!! waxterk was notably absent from my 2025 mix due to a lack of releases,…

back once again with a giant mix of all the songs i liked the most last year! biggest one of…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-jDq07rNs0 i love the expanded palette and slightly jazzy vibe of this track, the gutsy dry instrumentations, but most of…

photograph of a sticker of a puppy. the puppy has been generated with AI and has approximately seven toes on…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=liyTwOSdmG8 Rainy Day Games by The Green Orbs i was watching some chill video for kids, and the above song…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FjYk5diuo someone on #maj7 linked this track in the chat and it’s incredible! it’s very cool that there are still…

https://surasshu.bandcamp.com/album/pcb-ost the soundtrack for PCB, our falling block jam game, is out now on bandcamp! i wrote a bit about…

PCB gameplay footage i participated together with ash (bsky) and alex (instagram) in the block falling jam hosted by davemakes…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=EAtRDZQLsgk&si=uTK-XSAjgmQXjGlZ fujii kaze just released an english-language album, which honestly doesn’t seem to matter at all because regardless of language,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Fcg3AHqQ4 a few years ago when putting my toddler to bed, i was looking for calm videos to show him…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwmAZhj3ZJ0 i’ve been watching this guy’s drum videos for a while now, he’s one of the prime examples of what…

this is a mix i made for the infloresce records patreon! this one is public since it’s also a bit…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXxtPTSPbxs full disclosure, i mastered this one–but this is such a fantastic track that i keep coming back to. it’s…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s6n2dA9K1A a jazzy little journey by yossshy, who i’ve featured many times already (i sometimes worry that i’m getting old…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcmp6s-4Ns you didn’t think i’d go a whole year without posting a single waxterk song did ya? the only way…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmi3lyJvnWU this is some prime yoko kanno scoring goodness, extremely joyous! i don’t know anything about “under the midnight rainbow”…

https://youtu.be/4iSvoQNfrrk?si=nKnKCtDEWYtxnv0G sleep token is an esoteric band blending metal with a variety of genres and that’s on full display here.…

telebasher & azurglade – wanted you… i know it’s early but this is a contender for my favorite song of…

https://bsky.app/profile/maakmusic.bsky.social/post/3lkghohqgfs2j maak continues to be one of the most incredible trackers and chiptune artists active, this piece (just a study,…

https://youtu.be/usgxyuMo0MA?si=If9sqJVM6sLGje3S spiritbox is a relatively new but already highly popular metal band that mixes some electronic production into their hard-hitting…

infloresce records patreon i wanted to alert everybody that infloresce records, my partner’s netlabel, launched a patreon! i am involved…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDh9BdrXQQ aquasine has been on a tear in 2025, uploading tons of incredible 3d animation AND music (even going viral…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vbPjYVIugo icesawder – lie to me (buy from bandcamp) okay so this is technically a late 2024 release but i…

screenshot of youtube showing a playlist of AI music (& with AI art), and all but one recommended video is…

https://www.newgrounds.com/wiki/help-information/site-moderation/how-to-detect-ai-audio newground to their credit has explicitly banned all generative AI content, and this wiki article sets out some guidelines…

david lynch focused, holding a camera, cigarette hanging from his lips i waffled on writing anything about david lynch, despite…

welcome to the end of year mix! for the uninitiated, each year i collect recently released music that stands out…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z7UsKSe15k new year new… release from 2024 that i didn’t hear until 2025!! i was (and am) a big fan…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZxBWDKctFo in a shock event, waxterk’s youtube account was recently deleted, so he’s having to start from scratch. he just…

there’s now a landing page for this year’s event, which includes a translation in Japanese and further information for what…

the past 2 years, infloresce records, aivi’s digital fusion label, has organized a big end of the year virtual festival,…

https://tailspun.bandcamp.com/album it’s hard to believe that tailspun doesn’t have tons of vocal tracks under their belt given this incredible work,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77kZ13pNnwU buy here: bandcamp i was not familiar with this artist, but WOW, instant fan! the mix of jazz and…

https://applerankings.com/ you absolutely need to visit this website, the product of one very opinionated guy. every inch of this website…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lGlCABW8LU cobalt is a vocaloid artist who showed up for me last year on youtube, presumably when the algorithm was…

https://radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/album/beastieball-original-sound-track my friend lena raine just posted a pre-order for beastieball, the soundtrack she’s been working on! the game itself…

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2024-10-26-Interview-with-ishinoura.html knowing nothing about this, there was something compelling about the combination of that image and “one-dimensional roguelike” that made…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEg_uMXWzMs this was linked in maj7 by a new member, otherwise i’m quite certain i never would’ve heard it, and…

https://nex-3.com/blog/a-sociable-web i think RSS is doing a really good job for reading on my own terms, the people/outlets/etc. that i…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdgF6Bzr5Xw DEZOLVE is a rare new j-fusion band (in such lineage as YMO, t-square and casiopea), with a fresh approach…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFqdU55MxJQ brand new project internet record shop had the unfortunate timing that they just got started when cohost shut down–this…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teRgh01Xb1U it’s probably not a surprising opinion that “shimi” is one of my favorite maximum the hormone songs (along with…

i found this interesting: i turned on a rain stream on youtube just as white noise, and like every livestream…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cblub1HO1aI i know i constantly post about this dude but this (free!) 3 track EP blew me away–it’s essentially a…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwa_ygxvC-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqIKA7bTFo8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OoWf50fBE8 after a pretty extended hiatus, psyqui makes a marvellous comeback with three great tracks that i’ve been…

h/t lena raine for the image maybe i’m overreacting but this is just so trashy. what was once a grassroots…

one last mix for the road. there have been a lot of great chiptune releases, so this compiles some stellar…

https://petriform.bandcamp.com/album/familial-verses petriform is an artist who participated in the final cohost weekend compo (“compost”), hosted by @hvb, and had an…

i’ve had a draft titled “compression” for a few days and i’d forgotten what i wanted to write about until…

this is gonna be rambly bc i’ve been drinking but bear with me, i have thought about this a lot.…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmogC3upZe8 last year, aivi & i released our sophomore album, “meanwhile”! since the blog was inactive at that time, i…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRM6mqQo-ZM i love the chords in the middle and the way this song just stays in that chill melancholy zone…

https://naruto2413.bandcamp.com/album/ndp-demosongs-3 unbeknownst to me naruto has been releasing batches of demosongs for his custom PSG/SSG driver (almost 40 tracks across 4 releases!) and they…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyAasFyLIpc i am at risk of just posting every last song waxterk uploads, but he deserves exponentially more exposure than…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woS6yfosI1k&pp=ygULc2lyZW4ncyBleWU%3D two of my favorite composers collaborating and bringing eachother to even greater heights is always a joy (update: they…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1400fzt0SHU how did i miss this?? leslie cover art, kikuo sample, anti-AI, kill bill x rav, intense beat, whats not…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQM8pfwmcU0 the breakdown at around 2:10 put it over the edge for me, lmao

https://youtu.be/pphAE7GxVoE?si=pc_Ixu_GmXRbZe5m this song interpretation is so bonkers, extremely cool stuff from one of the greats. it seems like Sakimoto only…

https://soundcloud.com/maakmusic/aisyuu-breakthrough?in=maakmusic/sets/breakthrough maak’s new album is an absolute blast from start to finish, making it hard to narrow it down to a…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkQtt0xAiOY this song jumped out at me watching this show, it’s got some massive splatoon vibes (specifically something you’d hear…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G54T67aAMXM waxterk has been gone for a minute (and i vaguely remember reading something about health issues) so i am…

https://youtu.be/hRK7PVJFbS8?si=5_EybtIB8ibZoE16 with kendrick lamar’s victory lap/pop off juneteenth performance fresh on my mind, i thought it might be cool to…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pTbEz4w3o after a single that i liked more in my head than in practice (i think there’s something wrong with…

https://coris.bandcamp.com/album/take-fake-lake this release owns. the music is extremely good as expected of COR!S, who is extremely overqualified for someone who…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gS0kI8EqEQ while i’m at it i want to highlight cor!s’s awesome extremely y2k vibes music! her latest album has a…

https://seaotterclub.bandcamp.com/album/- i’ll pick out a favorite song later (the title track is an early front runner, as is “fish”) but…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooEkrEXOls4 damn this is so cool, i’m not familiar with rosu but her voice is a fantastic fit! new favorite…

in the past year or so there’s been a real swell of appreciation for midi/keyboard/rompler music, so i thought i’d…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQtVSNmYCNg i’ll be honest i wasn’t super feeling willow’s alt-rock sound at first but, uhh… whatever she’s got cooking now…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSca__bu0is nle choppa giving “its pride month somewhere”. such an unserious song in the best way possible, but then again…

https://youtu.be/mKOhxUxIdIo hell yeah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlaiDnJyabE this citypop-esque production with a 90s rnb-pop composition is surasshu-bait rest of the album is a bit hit or…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptiK8U4WlSc really beautiful, unbelievably earnest song, to the point of being hard to listen to casually. fujii kaze really is…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtZgcetpqac i am always a fan of nelward, but i must admit i wasn’t expecting this from his ambient project–a…

https://sexytoadsandfrogsfriendcircle.bandcamp.com/album/staffcirc-vol-9-midi-module-fanatix i really haven’t been able to listen to much music at all in 2024 BUT luckily, i was able…

https://youtu.be/w9kVEXeUcRs?si=TUs6ALOE2tZHjQWj as promised here is the non-sped up version of this song. im so excited to have an official release…

welcome to my end of the year mix! throughout the year, i keep a log of any song released in…

https://youtu.be/7qeG0BnJxus?si=MmfPZsEj0Um3-mRi yes i know this was posted 2 months ago but DAMN. one of the original greats, who had a…

this is the story of two lovers who fall in (and out) of love, as the world is ending. https://www.mixcloud.com/surasshu/run-awayblackened…

this more personal mix presents a lot of my favorite bands from the mid-00s, when i was in a big…

spring is approaching in california, i can feel it! this playlist features some of my favorite sparkly k/j-pop & game…

the cozy and the bone-chilling sides of the coldest months. i drew from digital fusion releases, game music and library…

the cozy and the bone-chilling sides of the coldest months. i drew from digital fusion releases, game music and library…

with summer over, this mix captures the joy of rainfall after a drought, the calm of a warm bath, and…

a summery playlist, travelling from japan’s city pop and retro-future jams, to brazil’s bossa nova, and landing on american jazz…