Hotel Pools & Brothertiger // Paradigms LP [COLOR]

アメリカ・オレゴンのシンセウェーブ作家Hotel PoolsとNYのインディーロック作家Brothertigerが、2025年9月に同国カリフォルニアのシンセウェーブ専門レーベルStartford Ct.からリリースした共作レコードです。

エレクトロニック・ポップ〜シンセウェーブ7曲を収録。DLコード付属。

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Includes DL code.
12" color vinyl.

Tracklist:

1. Black 03:45
2. Boundary 03:49
3. Into the Blue 04:41
4. Slow Motion 03:46
5. Point Break 04:53
6. Haze 03:53
7. Eye to Eye 03:50

Text excerpt by Stratford Ct. :

"What happens when two artists defined by independence decide to share the reins? Particularly in the realm of electronic music, so often crafted in the privacy of a bedroom or a solitary studio, collaboration can feel like an exercise in ceding control. For Brothertiger and Hotel Pools, this exercise proved surprisingly easy.

Months of swapping ideas from opposite coasts gradually yielded Paradigms, a joint album that finds the two veteran artists melding their signature sounds into a dreamy electronica confection. Over seven hypnotic songs, Brothertiger’s entrancing vocals float in a rich mist of layered synths, creating an ethereal sonic atmosphere that feels simultaneously calm and climactic.

At its face, this sound may not be unfamiliar to fans of either artist. Hotel Pools, the moniker of Portland-based artist and producer Ben Braun, has been a stalwart presence in the vaporwave scene since 2018, and Brothertiger’s John Jagos has amassed a cult following for his masterful electronic production. Their affinity for synths isn’t the only thing they have in common — after demoralizing experiences with traditional record labels, both artists opted to go fully independent and release music directly to their fans.

“Hotel Pools was born because I was tired of having to deal with other people controlling my output,” Ben explains. “When the project was born in 2018, I was just putting demos on Soundcloud — totally grassroots, and it just kind of connected with an audience. I leaned into making the music I wanted to make, having the artwork made that I wanted made, working with who I wanted to work with, and kind of shunning the industry to a certain degree.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, John was honing his craft in New York and building a name for Brothertiger on the assemblage of music blogs that defined 2010s music discovery. Platforms like Bandcamp, Soundcloud and Myspace presented a refreshingly straightforward alternative to the record label route, offering more creative autonomy and deeper relationships with fans.

But after years of writing, producing, and releasing their own music, both artists found themselves yearning for creative kinship."

Artist : Hotel Pools & Brothertiger

Label : Stratford Ct.

cat no : SCR158

Release date : 19th September 2025