Vapor Talks #11: Room 208
The Bay Area-raised, Berlin-based producer creates atmospheric soundtracks for imaginary cyberpunk films
When I first heard Room 208’s brilliant debut Awakening, I felt reminded of early Dream Catalogue records and their romantic-dystopian mix of ambient and anime, cyberpunk and East Asian cinema.
The album is accompanied by a short story and a longform film, creating an intriguing mosaic of references – like the artist name, which comes from Haruki Murakami’s clas…

