missing texture, a trndytrndy moment

Somewhere in the lost lands between post-vaporwave and YouTube poop sits the unadulterated sincerity of trndytrndy. A sound spanning many internet scenes, genres, and aesthetics, they have been sharing music on Soundcloud since 2016, previously under the names Cube Panda and Ringtail. They’re known in the hyperpop world for collaborations like ‘1’ with Petal Supply, umru, and Himera (which landed them in NPR’s Best Music of 2021) and remixes for artists like That Kid but these hardly scratch the surface of their expansive musical range.

‘missing texture’ collects the best of the best: a culmination of many styles and the latent space between files. From modern electronic leads to the classic sounds of early 90s r&b, city-pop to post-punk, and radio bumpers to club bangers, there’s no misses. Matter of fact, the only thing ‘missing texture’ is missing here is the warm embrace of your harddrive!

We caught up with them in the pre-render viewport for a low-poly chat about the sample pack: “I tried to capture the versatility and fluidity in my style of production…I’d describe this pack as a grab-bag of different vibes, glitched and warped, like bits and pieces of different eras and feelings inspired by life online.”