music that sounds like the 'mono no aware' compilation from PAN

awesome, will check it. i listened to isa probably too much in the late before times; it nailed the covid dread before the fact. although i didnt love the thing they did with varg ...

speaking of west mineral, above, ben bondy's work on that label def belongs here

https://westmineral.bandcamp.com/album/glans-intercum-ouest090

on that note ... it's interesting to think about how influential 0PN was to the 10s, but now that precision tooled high-capitalist nihilism seems really played out and this more 'organic' post-vaporwave approach feels more right in this moment. it's also a nice antidote to the whole rvng/commend upgraded new age music thing, which has lost its freshness and now basically amounts to high end aural wallpaper

yeah I really want to hear his new one, loved the one with all the pliers and shit on the cover

(Ben bondy)

yea he's on a tear. seemingly playing relatively frequently in nyc but i keep missing him. also - you were otm re: that HTRK soundtrack album

Perila, especially the how much time is it between you and me album

love this new Croatian Amor album, thanks v much for the recommendation.

going back to mono no aware, I still find Ayya's "Second Mistake" amazing. seems like it's the only track they ever released?

^yes I love that track, it’s amazing!

they have a SoundCloud page with more tracks:

https://m.soundcloud.com/ayya14/

glad to see the love for the croatian amor album, on repeat for me recently

cosigning the croatian amor love, title track in particular is gorgeous. nice soundtrack for a sunny morning drive today

the new croatian amor is like the most pop version of this sound, was truly surprised by the DFA style drums on the title track

if you haven't checked out ISA, you should, much darker than this but so good