Various Artists - Paradise Is A Frequency: The Style Of Life (2024) [Hi-Res]

The Numero label continues its mission to reissue forgotten electronic tracks with the release of 'The Style of Life.' This compilation, put together by YouTube archivists Mario Martinez and Scott Trausch (Paradise Is A Frequency), is dedicated to a little-known 1980s genre, referred to here as "shovelwave" or "elevator-grade" jazz. This "smoove," cheaply-dubbed instrumental music was associated with hotel lobbies, wine bars, and telephone hold music. The compilers acknowledge that the importance lies not in the individual composers but in the mood the music creates—specifically, a specific, stifled nostalgia for a bygone era. The album, featuring tracks from artists like Luigi Piergiovanni, Greg Haage, Bruce Shermon, and MENSAH, is positioned as an essential source that influenced Dan Lopatin and the entire vaporwave movement.

Tracklist:
1-1 David Lee - Freedom From Stress [3:11]
1-2 Vincent - Ease Into It [3:01]
1-3 Michael Colson - Opening Night [4:29]
1-4 Bruce Sherman - Slow R&B [3:32]
1-5 Greg Haage - Two Shall Become One [4:59]
1-6 Scott Bruder - Susie's Challenge [4:09]
1-7 S. Work - Looking For [4:31]
1-8 Luigi Piergiovanni - Coracao [3:36]
1-9 Keope - A Song Of Joy [3:00]
1-10 Metamorphosis - Line 2 4 U [5:13]
1-11 Lorad Group - Flirti Di Notte [5:40]
1-12 Terrance Coleman - Coolbreeze [2:57]
1-13 Ricky J;Ricky J. - Night Bend [3:38]
1-14 Ski Johnson - Following A Rainbow [3:46]
1-15 Mensah - Happy To See The Sunrise Again [4:18]
1-16 Jeff Jones - Daydream [3:04]
1-17 Paul Steven Ray - A.C. [7:59]