If vaporwave had ever realized its destiny as a freshman-level college course, this would be an effective textbook. Not only does Nmesh lay down some 25 disjointed high-concept low-brow bangers, the thing's fleshed out with a further 15 remixes from the Orange Milk Records roster, as unpredictable a crew as exists in electronic music today (including a dude named foodman, whose Ez Minzoku is the only art since 2013 that I've truly felt pressure to appreciate without the vaguest notion of why). Like most albums that tack on a bunch of remixes, it feels scattered as hell; unlike most such albums, it's to great effect. It's probably impossible to listen to this intently and get much of anything worthwhile from it (or retain your sanity), but it's great background music in that the high points are so insistent that they'll command your attention regardless.

Highlights: White Lodge Simulation, NΞW JΛCK CITY, Tiny Classified Ads (FIRE-TOOLZ Effexor Withdrawal Remix)