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    Friday, April 26, 2024

    Music tip: Niightliine by Transporter Room

    Anyone mildly familiar with internet culture may have heard of a music genre known as vaporwave — the sampling and appropriation of ’80s and ’90s mood music styles such as smooth jazz, elevator music, R&B, and lounge music into cohesive tracks that are, at least for cyber millenials, fantastically nostalgic. The first iteration of that genre to hit alternative internet corners was the 2011 album release of “Floral Shoppe” by Macintosh Plus. Since then, Vaporwave, as well as its recognizable aesthetic (think early internet imagery and late 1990s web design), has seeped into mainstream culture and inspired music experimentalists worldwide. One such musician is Brooklyn-based Bennett Quarles, aka Transporter Room. Quarels' latest album, "Niightliine," is both relaxing and imaginative — a step away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and a step into a funkified early 1990s. Playing on some of those tracks is 2008 Fitch High School grad Nevin Nguyen-Tan, who started Transporter Room with Quarles in 2012 but has since shifted his focus onto another experimental band by the name of Wave Table. "Niightliine" can be downloaded and streamed at sunsetgrid.bandcamp.com. Other Transporter Room tracks can be streamed at transportroom.bandcamp.com.

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