May New Music: Empire of Light and Philosophie du Soi

About this episode

The episode reviews two new music albums released in May, focusing on 'Empire of Light' and 'Philosophie du Soi'.

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!

People in this episode

Hosts: Ross Payton, Birk McBirkinson

Topics covered

• new music
• album reviews
• space ambient
• jazz fusion
• music commentary

Keywords

• new music
• Empire of Light
• Philosophie du Soi
• vaporwave
• jazz fusion
• album review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 猫 シ Corp, PAON

Books & works: Empire of Light, Philosophie du Soi

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