Night Clerk Radio: Haunted Music Reviews

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It’s time for our August new music episode. This month we’ve got something for everyone, provided everyone likes ambient music and/or vaporwave. We’re starting off with an album exploring the long and lonely life of the white dwarf drifting through space. Then we’re hitting up the metaverse to check out the latest in dying mall technology. Go grab a copy of these albums and join us in checking them out!

Shout Outs

Kmart 1989-1992 Live on PowerPCMEs Twitch
Forbidden Solitaire on Steam
Compilation of the Isles Vol. 2 from the Space Island TV Discord
You Are a Widow, Sir
signalcon 2026 on 直子coed’s YouTube Channel
HROT on Steam

Albums Discussed

Echoes of Dying Stars

by NGC 224
Meta by Alegria™

Credits

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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Oh boy. In this episode we’re talking about dungeon synth and microgenres. What’s the actual topic? Is Ross just trying to talk about music he likes? Is Birk just rambling about genres again?! Let us know if you figure it out! Even if you don’t care about the nuts and bolts of genre theory you should definitely check out the video. If you are into dungeon synth of any stripe you’re almost guaranteed to find at least one album you enjoy.

Track Sampled

open fields from Little ones journey by Tiny Mouse

The Video Of Interest

50 Dungeon Synth styles with examples (part II)

Some Albums Mentioned

I by Ornithologia
Little ones journey by Tiny Mouse
Tales from the Hot Dog Garden by Hot Dog Cart & KletTtermax
Jungle Majesty by Ziggurath
CGND2: PECHSCHWXRZ by H-CPU
Alban Hefin by Carnyx
GARTHIM-MASTER by Spell Leech
Pooter the Clown by Pooter the Clown

Other Links

Every Noise At Once

Credits

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
Night Clerk Radio on Bluesky

It’s time to close out Boards of Canada month. Wow! Two whole episodes! In this episode, we’re digging into Inferno, the duo's first release in thirteen years. It’s an album that brings the cult and numerology mystique of Geogaddi into the clean, soundtrack-inspired aesthetic of Tomorrow’s Harvest. We get into how plunderphonics, nostalgia, and hauntology have shifted over the evolution of the band’s discography and how that impacts the album. Grab a copy, fire up your favorite numbers station, and join us!

The Album

Inferno by Boards of Canada

Additional Links

Inferno - BoC Pages
What of Boards of Canada’s nostalgia now that nostalgia is everywhere?
Boards Of Canada – Inferno
Album Review: Boards of Canada – Inferno
Inferno on Genius
Boards of Canada – Inferno

Credits

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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Boards of Canada perfectly embody the themes we love to explore: plunderphonics, nostalgia, and hauntology. Despite this, we’ve never examined their work in detail. With their first album release in 13 years, we’re dedicating the month of June to a full retrospective. In this episode, we discuss their first four major releases, analyzing them as both listening experiences and explorations of those key themes. Grab a haunted sample of your favorite childhood memory and join us!

Albums Discussed

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada
Geogaddi by Boards of Canada
The Campfire Headphase by Boards of Canada
Tomorrow's Harvest by Boards of Canada

Additional Links

Exploring the Most Mysterious Band: The Boards of Canada Iceberg by Hux

Credits

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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It’s the end of the month, which means we’re squeezing in one last episode dedicated to May new music! As usual, we’ve got two great albums on deck. First, we dive into Empire of Light, the latest space ambient album from vaporwave legend 猫 シ Corp. Then, we check out Philosophie du Soi, an energetic jazz fusion EP from the new duo, PAON. Join us for all that and our usual barrage of questionable shout outs!

Shout Outs

Phantom Architecture By Philip Wilkinson
Null.mkv
Malice

Music Discussed

Empire of Light by 猫 シ Corp.
Philosophie du Soi by PAON

Additional Links

#006 from listencorp
Famed Game Vocalist Launches Avant-Garde Jazz Duo with Debut Music Video

Credits

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
Night Clerk Radio on Bluesky