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''Sleepline'' is the fifteenth
studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
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vaporwave Vaporwave is a microgenre of electronic music, a visual art style, and an Internet meme that emerged in the early 2010s and became well-known in 2015. It is defined partly by its slowed-down, chopped and screwed samples of smooth jazz, 1970 ...
artist
Vektroid Ramona Andra Langley is an American electronic musician from Portland, Oregon. She has released music under her primary Vektroid alias, as well as others, such as dstnt, Laserdisc Visions, New Dreams Ltd., Virtual Information Desk, and PrismCorp ...
under the alias New Dreams Ltd., released on February 14, 2016.


Release

The album was released on Valentine's Day simultaneously with ''
Fuji Grid TV EX ''Prism Genesis'' is an extended play by American electronic and vaporwave artist Vektroid under the alias ''Fuji Grid TV'' released on August 2, 2011. The EP was first released through Tumblr on the same day as '' Black Horse / MIDI Dungeon'', ...
'' and ''
Shader Complete ''Shader'' is the twelfth album by electronic musician Vektroid (under the one-time alias of ''Sacred Tapestry''). The album's musical style incorporates more drone and ambient influences compared to previous Vektroid vaporwave releases, and al ...
'', reissues of her
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Prism Genesis ''Prism Genesis'' is an extended play by American electronic and vaporwave artist Vektroid under the alias ''Fuji Grid TV'' released on August 2, 2011. The EP was first released through Tumblr on the same day as '' Black Horse / MIDI Dungeon'', ...
''and her album ''
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Context

The album is part of the
vaporwave Vaporwave is a microgenre of electronic music, a visual art style, and an Internet meme that emerged in the early 2010s and became well-known in 2015. It is defined partly by its slowed-down, chopped and screwed samples of smooth jazz, 1970 ...
genre and features samples of Japanese television commercials from the 1980s, particularly those advertising airlines and holiday destinations. The album was produced between February and March 2013 and it was first envisioned as a sequel to Prism Genesis under the title "Transcontinent". The album can be streamed on her
Bandcamp Bandcamp is an American online music distribution platform founded in 2008 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with an office and record store in Oakland, California. Acquired by Epic ...
. In 2018, Sleepline was re-released on CD and vinyl.New Dreams Ltd. - Sleepline 2xLP / CD - Aguirre Records
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Track listing


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See also

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New age music New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management to bring about a state of ecstasy rather than tra ...
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