Hello! We’re starting a new project this month. We have almost 50 bonus episodes on our Patreon. The goal is to get these older bonus episodes out from behind the paywall. So travel back in time with us for poor recording setups, bad editing, out of date opinions, and so much more!Original Show Notes:Support Night Clerk Radio on Patreon Well friends, it seems like nothing gets us into a long conversation like the historical and sociopolitical landscape of corporate art, aesthetics, and marketing. We talk about everything from the post-WW2 rise of popular luxury to the current hellscape of flat purple vector people.Definitely check out the CARI link below and let us know your favorite styles.As always thank you so much for your support.Music Sampledｓａｔｕｒｎ ａｕｄｉｏ ｓｙｓｔｅｍ ｄｅｍｏｎｓｔｒａｔｉｏｎ ｃａｓｓｅｔｔｅ 茨ヱめ畝ヹ by wilson arcadeAdditional LinksThe Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute - CARINote: The original “Your Face Here” page on Airbnb Design is gone.Blame Corporate MemphisPopuluxe on WikipediaWhy do "Corporate Art Styles" Feel Fake?Corporate Art Style - Know Your MemeWill that ‘big tech art style’ become the comic sans of art styles?Corporate Music - How to Compose with no SoulWe Are Sears 1986.mpgCreditsMusic by: 2MelloArtwork by: Patsy McDowellNight Clerk Radio on Bluesky
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An April New Music Sandwich
Support Night Clerk Radio on Patreon It’s time for our April New Music episode! This time around, we’re breaking the rules a bit by discussing three albums. Your three course meal starts with some classic USPS inspired vaporwave, moving on to an eclectic selection of chill experimental ambient before finishing things off with a moving tribute to the music of Twin Peaks. We hope you join us in checking out these albums and support the artists below!Albums DiscussedU.S. Mail by opal東京Living Rooms (Bonus Tracks Version) by Nobey OneThe Big Dream - EP by Faint WavesCreditsMusic by: 2MelloArtwork by: Patsy McDowellNight Clerk Radio on Bluesky
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Listenin’ To listencorp
Support Night Clerk Radio on PatreonIn this episode, we’re checking out listencorp, a long-running magazine that covers vaporwave and electronic music. Each of their six issues features long-form articles, artist interviews, album reviews, and a whole bunch of great art and graphic design. We read through all of them and sat down to discuss our favorite articles. Grab their digital bundle on Etsy and join us! P.S. The ‘plosive suppression on this recording is wilding and sometimes “listencorp” sounds like “listencore.” Sorry! However you pronounce it, definitely go and support what they’re doing!Outro SampleUn futuro posible 2008 from Un futuro posible 2008 by The City ReviewerSupport listencorp!listencorplistencorp on Etsylistencorp on Utopia DistrictCreditsMusic by: 2MelloArtwork by: Patsy McDowellNight Clerk Radio on Bluesky
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Japanese Ambient Explorations
Support Night Clerk Radio on Patreon You should know that this episode was divinely ordained. The Discogs article below was posted by a listener on our Patreon Discord at the precise moment Birk was listening to a related album and thinking about this episode topic. As a result, you have to listen to us work our way through the landscape of Japanese Ambient in the 80s and 90s. We talk about the music of the time and how it might have arisen from changing material and technological conditions, the importance of funding cool art, and its resurgence in popularity over the past few years. Outro SampleSeiko 3 from Music For Commercials by Yasuaki Shimizu Read these Articles!Exploring Japan’s Ambient Music Boom of the ’80s and ’90sThe Sabukaru Guide to Japanese Ambient MusicHow Japanese Ambient Music Became a Thing in AmericaKankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990Kankyo Ongaku: A Brief History of Japanese Ambient MusicA Beginner’s Guide to ’80s Japanese Ambient MusicSpace and Certainty: On the Rise of Japanese Ambient Music CreditsMusic by: 2MelloArtwork by: Patsy McDowellNight Clerk Radio on Bluesky
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New Music: Cursed Mall and Blueberries on Mars
Support Night Clerk Radio on PatreonIn this month’s new music episode, we’re exploring the anxiety/comfort duality in vaporwave as it appears across two amazing albums. Join us as we discuss the wonderfully anxiety-inducing Cursed Mall from AWITW and then go on a soothing cosmic voyage with Blueberries on Mars by 猫 シ Corp.Shout Outsninja tape by 直子coedforeign transmission by JPEGSTRIPESHands United: Echoes of Equality by Utopia DistrictCRYSTAL PEPSI Employee Training Video (1992)"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙑𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚?" @ MAGFest 2025Liminal Ambient: Gen Z's Answer to LoFiAlbums DiscussedCursed Mall (The Soundtrack) by AWITWBlueberries on Mars by 猫 シ Corp.CreditsMusic by: 2MelloArtwork by: Patsy McDowellNight Clerk Radio on Bluesky
Birk and Ross plumb the depths of vaporwave, dark ambient, and other haunted genres of music. Discover new music to listen to and find out why we're drawn to retro aesthetics and dark music.
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