22. time traveling to the the funkiest future with jeffsobomb: neoncity records (future funk episode, with guest)

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast.What is vaporwave?Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct.It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.It's also very, very, aesthetic.In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.In this episode, we are going to dive once again into the work of Telepath, the most prolific Vaporware artist and the community’s consistent pick as the Greatest of All Time.We are joined by a very special guest and a dear friend of mine, Jeffrey Barrola aka JeffSoBomb.Jeff is a ranked competitive Northern California smash bros player and the creator of beautiful custom GameCube controllers that you can find on his social media, @JeffSoBomb. You really gotta see his work for yourself. In guest episodes like this, me and Brandon take it a bit more chill and like to have organic conversations layered with vaporwave music in between. Today, we explore the beautiful future funk label Neon City Records, the album that holds iconic future funk artists like moe shop, Macross 82-99, night tempo, and more. We chill and talk about a bunch of different topics ranging from cancel culture, growing up with immigrant parents, competitive smash brothers, and social media use. While the conversation in this episode is really chill, get ready to dance your ass off with some hardcore future funk.Let’s set sail with Jeffrey Barrola, for the neon lights of NeonCity Records.