Eyeliner – Buy Now (2015)

March 6, 2022

This has to be one of my favourite vaporwave / future funk releases. I’ve always shyed away from using the term future funk but I think it certainly applies here more than vaporwave. Specifically, I think, because there seems to be zero repurposing of existing artist’s work; Buy Now appears to be entirely original compositions that are absolutely gorgeous in capturing that late 80s / early 90s synthesizer sound. There is also a prominent funky bass line, which has that future funk tag popping to the front of my brain every time.

Just listen to the opening track here; its an total pleasure and evokes so much nostalgia, but that isn’t the only reason to check this thing out. Honestly, the compositional skill is second to none and the production is clear and incredibly well balanced. None of this would be out of place on the soundtrack for the Sonic 2 or Sonic 3 video games, or some sort of documentary from that era (How Its Made, perhaps?). Stunning, stunning stuff. I want a cassette and a vinyl, please!