Macross 82-99

Macross 82-99
OriginMexico City
Genresfuture funk, vaporwave, jersey club, electronic music
Occupation(s)producer, DJ, record label owner
Instrument(s)Ableton Live, Reason, sampler, drum machine, guitar
Years active2013–present
LabelsFortune 500, KEATS//COLLECTIVE, Business Casual, AMDISCS, DaFuture, Neoncity Records
Member ofSailor Team

Macross 82-99 (stylized as マクロス MACROSS 82-99 or MACROXX 82-99) is a Mexican electronic music producer and DJ from Mexico City.

Musical style

His music combines elements of plunderphonics, disco, jazz fusion, house, hip hop and city pop, and commonly makes use of video games, Japanese pop culture, as well as 80s and 90s anime, most notably Sailor Moon, as aesthetic tropes. Macross 82-99's 2013 albums ネオ東京 (English: Neo Tokyo) and SAILORWAVE, along with musical cohort Saint Pepsi's Hit Vibes, are commonly cited as the origin point for the "future funk" subgenre of vaporwave, which combines the sample-based production approach and visual language of vaporwave with French house and dance music influences.[1][2]

The "82-99" in the artist's stage name refers to Super Dimension Fortress Macross. The anime, which sonically and visually inspired the project, was broadcast in 1982 while the show's story takes place in the year 1999.[3]

Career

Macross 82-99's music has been described as, "where J-pop and disco samples meet ambient atmospheres and vaporwave aesthetics."[2] He has collaborated with artists such as Yung Bae, Sarah Midori Perry, and Ranma ½ composer Hideharu Mori.[4][5] Macross 82-99's track "Fun Tonight", a remix of Armenta's 1983 record "I Wanna Be With You", has over 20 million streams on Spotify.[6]

Prior to its deletion from the YouTube channel Artzie Music, "Fun Tonight" had over 10 million views across multiple uploads on the platform.[7] As a member of Sailor Team, a music collective of future funk and French house producers, Macross 82-99 has toured across Asia and North America.[8][9]

Music Distribution

With the exception of 2013's [夏日], which had a limited run split album cassette release with Architecture in Tokyo's Summer Paradise on the Business Casual label, all early singles and projects were available exclusively to stream and as digital downloads on free and pay-what-you-want music sites like SoundCloud and Bandcamp, along with video uploads on YouTube.

However, since 2017, with the re-release of A Million Miles Away on cassette tape, Hong Kong based music label Neoncity Records has released multiple Macross 82-99 albums physically on limited run cassette, vinyl, and CD, influenced by the vinyl record revival of the 2010s and with a desire to bring vaporwave cassette culture over to the future funk scene. Label founder and owner Davy Law expressed that the success of this release is what convinced him to pursue his label as a legitimate business.[4]

Discography

Albums
Release Year Title Label Contributing Artists
2013 ネオ東京 KEATS//COLLECTIVE[10]

Neoncity Records[11]

PROUX, SOUL BELLS, Lé Real 現実
2013 SAILORWAVE Fortune 500[12]

Neoncity Records[13]

Dinosaurus Rex, Saint Pepsi
2014 A Million Miles Away Neoncity Records[14] Sarah Bonito, Soul Bells, Beat Poems,

Rollergirl, mothica, Lancaster, Andrew Walker (album artwork)

2015 CHAM! Neoncity Records[15] Kokayna, Timid Soul, Diana Shroomy,

Libano, Strider Kun, ロ​ー​マ​ン​Roman, Andrew Walker (album artwork)

2017 ア​イ​ド​ル​、​さ​く​ら

Idols, Sakura

Self-released[16] Lotus Cloud, Lé Real, Night Tempo,

Punipunidenki, Fancy Sedated, Samsi, Chieko

2017 Sailorwave II Neoncity Records[17] Kamei, Punipunidenki, Lé Real,

Desired, Aritus, Night Tempo, Yung Abe, UPPER (mastering),

Davy Law (album artwork)

2018 Nakatomi Tower ( A Xmas Album ) Self-released[18]
2020 Shibuya Meltdown Neoncity Records[19] TORIENA, SHUUU, Vantage, Puniden
2022 Sailorwave III Neoncity Records[20] Neon Vectors, Chieko, Emi Aramaki, Vantage
Singles & EPs
Release Year Title Label Contributing Artists
2013 "R E F R E S H I N G [​マ​ク​ロ​ス​MACROSS 82-99 REBOOT]" Self-released[21] Infinity Frequencies
2013 [夏日] Business Casual 87'[22]
2013 "CITY" Artzie Music[23] Architecture in Tokyo
2014 "私​は​愛​に ハ​イ​で​す - Yung Bae [​マ​ク​ロ​ス 82-99 Edit]" Self-released[24] Yung Bae
2014 "Selfish High Heels" Neoncity Records[25] Yung Bae, Harrison
2015 "セ​ー​ラ​ー​チ​ー​ム" Self-released[26] Kitty, RyeRye
2016 Jutsu EP Self-released[27] コ​ン​シ​ャ​ス​THOUGHTS
2016 "If I Ran Into You" DaFuture[28] Yung Abe
2017 "It's Own Way (MACROSS 82-99 Remix)" Self-released[29] Yung Abe, CrClub, Chieko

Crisalys (album artwork)

2017 "Your Body (MACROSS 82-99 Remix)" Self-released[30] Chieko, Crisalys (album artwork)
2017 "City Pop" Self-released[31] Lé Real
2017 "Sakura" Self-released[32] Punipunidenki, Lé Real
2017 "Aogashima Island !" Self-released[33] Crisalys (album artwork)
2018 "Fresh !" Self-released[34] Flamingosis
2018 Summer Touch Neoncity Records[35] Flamingosis, Morning,

Neon Vectors, R4wone (mastering)

2018 "Brighter Days" Self-released[36] O D I (album artwork)
2019 "Pixel Bomb" Self-released[37]
2019 "Pocari Lips" Self-released[38]
2019 "Party !" Self-released[39] SHUUU
2020 Sendagi Collection Neoncity Records[40] Vantage
2020 "Plástico Amor" Self-released[41] AnnieK
2020 "Night Ride (Macross 82-99 Remix)" Neoncity Records[42] Emi Aramaki
2020 "Love 4 You" Neoncity Records[43]
2022 "Two of a Kind" Self-released[44] Neon Vectors
2021 "Konnichiwa" Self-released[45]
2022 "Dance Tonite" Self-released[46] Neon Vectors
2023 CLUB 84 Neoncity Records[47] Neon Vectors, Vantage
Compilations
Release Year Title Label Contributing Artists
2014 Summer Paradise / [夏日] Business Casual[48] architecture in tokyo
2018 Sailor Team Hits! Neoncity Records[49] Night Tempo, Nanidato, Desired
2019 Otaku Spirit Sessions Not on label[50] Yasutaka Mizunaga, Fumitaka Anzai, Hideharu Mori,

Mimi Izumi Kobayashi, Night Tempo, Desired, Tanuki

Mixes
Year Title Label
2014 MIX 4 AMDISCS AMDISCS[51]
2017 Live ! As played in Monterrey 2017 Self-released[52]

See also

References

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