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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 7d

At the risk of being the Mariah Carey of the synthwave X Halloween crossover scene... It's tiiiiiiime 🎃

open.spotify.com/playlist/6Lr...

Forever Synth's Nightmare (Halloween synthlist)

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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 11d

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 14d

Big props to @mflah.bsky.social for his new #cassette zine, Save Ferric! I love it, and #1 reviews one of my favourites, @occams-laser.bsky.social's Headspace 📼🔥

#CassetteCulture

Issue 1 of Save Ferric - a new cassette culture fanzine. It sits next to a Sanyo Walkman.

The Save Ferric fanzine open at the review of Occams Laser's Headspace on cassette. The tape in question sits on the page.

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 11d

#Cassunday

80's Stallone // Engaged (2021).

Cover artwork by Glenn Jones.

A Sanyo Walkman lays on a hardwood surface, next to OG synthwave artist 80s Stallone cassette album: Engaged. The cover shows a pastel pink and blue retro vintage telephone. The cassette tape is in the same pastel pink.

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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 11d

We loved our ZX Spectrum, so adding this to our October movie watch list. ⌨️ 👇🏽

youtu.be/tWTkK4BjKeA?...

The Rubber-Keyed Wonder - Official Film Trailer (2024)

YouTube video by IGN Movie Trailers

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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 17d

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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 17d

Our boy @occams-laser.bsky.social's Headspace cassette reviewed in issue 1 😁🔥👇🏽📼

Mike Flaherty @mflah.bsky.social · 24d

If I may, I'd like use this week's #cassunday to announce my new cassette culture #fanzine 😍

The printed copies arrived yesterday (they're free - just pay postage) or you can download it as a PDF.

Go forth, and enjoy "Save Ferric" at...
buymeacoffee.com/saveferric

Save Ferric is A free fanzine of cassette culture

Save Ferric is fanzine about cassette culture. It's a DL Z-folded greyscale leaflet packed with articles, interviews and reviews - and it's free!You may download a digital copy for free or order a pri

buymeacoffee.com

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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 20d

Yoooo. @mypetflamingo.bsky.social & @timeslaverec.bsky.social are thinning out their label archives, and the MPF Discogs page is well worth checking out for some very old bits and bobs. Mainly tapes and minidiscs...

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www.discogs.com/user/MyPetFl...

MyPetFlamingoUK

www.discogs.com

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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 23d

We dont know what a DNA cassette is, and you need a Times subscription to read the darn article, but answers on a postcard....

Discogs @discogsofficial.bsky.social · 23d

The cassette may be on the verge of a comeback — not as a mixtape in a retro Walkman, but as the world’s most advanced storage device.

Return of the cassette? DNA version could hold billions of songs

The cassette tape, once notorious for getting tangled, may be poised for a comeback — this time storing vast amounts of data using the double-helix molecule

www.thetimes.com

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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 26d

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luxury elite @luxuryelite.bsky.social · Sep 8

Coming September 19th via @bizcasual.bsky.social! Enjoy a glimpse of the j-card. xoxo

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luxury elite @luxuryelite.bsky.social · 29d

youtu.be/B6QAap7JUiw This episode became a new favorite for me as I worked on it. It starts in 15 minutes if you're curious enough to check it out! Hope to see you in the chat.

Neon Nights Episode 166 - 09/09/25

YouTube video by Neon Nights

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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 26d

Love this, and we LOVE cathode-ray tubes :)

Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 26d

NEW: I wrote about the people OBSESSED with hunting down old-school cathode-ray tube TVs!

The gamers who want to relive their childhoods. And the folks who like watching old VHS tapes (or even Netflix) on 'em. 📺🕹️

Was the era they yearn for a golden age of tech??

www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

'You just can't recreate that glow': The people who hunt old TVs

They are televisions from another era, replaced by the flat screen, high-resolution displays of the modern era. Yet cathode-ray tubes are still surprisingly in demand.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · Aug 19

Lynchian, liminal sounds from @occams-laser.bsky.social's side project, Infinite Luxury. Out now on Bandcamp:

infiniteluxury.bandcamp.com/album/late-n...

Late Night Peripheral, by Infinite Luxury

10 track album

infiniteluxury.bandcamp.com

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FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thanks, Lux! And happy birthday when it gets here 🫡💙

luxury elite @luxuryelite.bsky.social · Aug 17

luxuryelite.bandcamp.com/album/face-b... I was going to release this at midnight on my birthday, but I feel like I am going to honk shoo before I make it. Enjoy!

face b: the b-sides collection, by luxury elite

11 track album

luxuryelite.bandcamp.com

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Retail Archaeology @retailarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 10

Playing vaporwave cassettes for my mall plants to help them grow.

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Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · Aug 8

Check out a little bit of @desertsand.bsky.social @ FlamingoFest 2025, captured by our friend @vaportorian.bsky.social! Full video on his YouTube channel, along with other sets from the party!

#FlamingoFest2025 #Vaporwave #Vaporwaveparty

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Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · Aug 8

Check out Pad Chennington's Flamingofest 2025 set, captured by our friend @vaportorian.bsky.social ! Full video on his YouTube channel, along with other sets from the party!

#FlamingoFest2025 #Vaporwave #Vaporwaveparty

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Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · Aug 8

@luxuryelite.bsky.social absolutely tearing it UP @ FlamingoFest 2025, captured by our friend @vaportorian.bsky.social! Full video on his YouTube channel, along with other sets from the party!

#FlamingoFest2025 #Vaporwave #Vaporwaveparty

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · Aug 10

In tribute to the recent #FlamingoFest2025 (which I had to watch bit of from afar in the UK), here's a #vaporwave #Cassunday special.

#CassetteLife #Cassette #CassetteCulture #CassetteCollection

20 colourful cassette tapes arranged on a marble surface, and all are in the vaporwave genre. Some are signed by the artists.

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Voia @voia.bsky.social · Jun 13

Joining a last minute DJ set for the monthly Aero show at Zero Lounge in Hollywood alongside @augnos.media @funkysynths.bsky.social @frankjavcee.bsky.social !

We'll be streaming the show at 8:15pm PST - hope to see you there!

Stream:
twitch.tv/snesei

RSVP in person:
partiful.com/e/MvhvKwnTxC...

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Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · Aug 9

Handful of photos taken by @augnos.media at #FlamingoFest2025

@mypetflamingo.bsky.social @zicore.bsky.social @pizzahotline.bsky.social @donorlens.bsky.social @frankjavcee.bsky.social

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Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · Aug 9

A handful of non-performance photos by @augnos.media at #FlamingoFest2025 📸 🦩

@mypetflamingo.bsky.social

@vwnewsnetwork.bsky.social @merenotilde.bsky.social

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Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · Aug 9

A handful of non-performance photos by @augnos.media at #FlamingoFest2025 📸 🦩

@catsystemcorp.bsky.social @wizardofloneliness.bsky.social @jcz.bsky.social @mypetflamingo.bsky.social

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Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · Aug 9

Yung Shiro tearing it up at Day 1 of #FlamingoFest2025 💥
@yungshiro.bsky.social

📸 by @augnos.media & @celadondreamsuite.bsky.social

@mypetflamingo.bsky.social 🦩

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Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · Aug 9

Photos of @dreamingdiary.bsky.social performing live at the #FlamingoFest2025 Market Party! Give it up for their first ever live performance!

📸 @augnos.media & @arcticcontact.bsky.social

@mypetflamingo.bsky.social #vaporwave

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