New Dreams Ltd.

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New Dreams Ltd.
New Dreams Ltd Alt Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1, 2011 (2011-07-01)
Genre
Length29:41
Label
  • Beer on the Rug
  • PrismCorp
Producer Ramona Andra Xavier
Vektroid chronology
Starcalc
(2011)
New Dreams Ltd.
(2011)
Initiation Tape
(2011)
Alternate cover
New Dream Ltd Album Cover.jpg
2012 reissue cover

New Dreams Ltd. is the third studio album by American electronic musician Vektroid under the alias Laserdisc Visions [1] released on July 1, 2011. [2] The album is an early example of the genre vaporwave.

Contents

Release

The album was released through the independent label Beer on the Rug [3] and Vektroid's own label PrismCorp. The album has good reviews and is one of Vektroid's more popular releases. [4] [5] A digital reissue of the album in 2012 included six bonus tracks, but removed the reverberated Japanese commercials that played for the length of the original release, leaving only the original and sample-based compositions.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mind Access"1:38
2."Malls"1:56
3."Dual"0:42
4."Idgaf Island"0:39
5."Rooftop Cage"0:39
6."Tingri"2:02
7."Ewing"0:46
8."Tear" (originally titled "Zik Zak")0:49
9."Liquid Air"0:56
10."Lucky Tomato"2:20
11."3D Wave"1:03
12."Into Dreams"1:14
13."Forbidden City"1:01
14."Rainbow Babe"1:16
15."Tree"0:53
16."Hits"0:51
17."Select"1:36
18."Photo Studio"0:54
19."Los Santos"1:33
20."Information"1:17
21."Data Dream"2:43
22."Laserdisc Visions"2:35
23."Body"1:22
24."Yellowhead"0:56
25."Kowloon"1:42
26."Untitled"0:32
27."Grid"0:52
Total length:29:41

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References

  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
  2. "New Dreams Ltd., by Laserdisc Visions". Vektroid.
  3. "NEW DREAMS LTD., by LASERDISC VISIONS". BEER ON THE RUG.
  4. "Laserdisc Visions - New Dreams Ltd. User Opinions - sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
  5. "Laserdisc Visions – New Dreams Ltd. – Sunbleach ☀". sunbleach.net.

See also