Cybernetic Melancholia - 電脳メランコリア by Okuruto オクルト

"Cybernetic Melancholia - 電脳メランコリア" is the fifth album by OKURUTO, an experimental Japanese electronic artist known for blending J-pop, chiptune, vaporwave, anime aesthetics, lo-fi, and retrowave into immersive soundscapes.

This concept album tells the tragic yet beautiful story of Shizuka, a sentient android who awakens to self-awareness, only to realize that she is an anomaly—a ghost in the machine. Hunted by the system, she must erase her most cherished memories, escape relentless cybernetic enforcers, and ultimately face oblivion. Each track unfolds like an anime episode, taking listeners on a journey through bittersweet nostalgia, high-energy digital chaos, and haunting electronic dreamscapes.

Through glitchy synth textures, distorted vocal fragments, melancholic melodies, and cinematic 80s-inspired arpeggios, "Cybernetic Melancholia" captures the fleeting beauty of a digital soul on the verge of deletion. The album oscillates between ethereal lo-fi ballads, pulsating cyberpunk techno, and euphoric synthpop climaxes, delivering an emotional narrative that lingers long after the music fades.

For fans of Yasutaka Nakata, Porter Robinson, Mitch Murder, and cyberpunk anime soundtracks, "Cybernetic Melancholia - 電脳メランコリア" is an introspective, futuristic odyssey exploring memory, existence, and the fragile connection between human and machine.

🔹 Genre: Cyberpunk J-Pop / Chiptune / Lo-fi / Retrowave
🔹 Mood: Melancholic, Dreamlike, High-Energy, Nostalgic
🔹 RIYL: Cyberpunk anime OSTs, Virtual idols, Future nostalgia

A memory erased is not a memory lost.

Tracklist

1.	[CM01] 起動 – Boot Sequence (Startup – Boot Sequence)	2:23

2.	[CM02] ミラージュ・シティ (Mirage City)	3:59

3.	[CM03] データの夢 (Dēta no Yume – Data Dreams)	3:27

4.	[CM04] グリッチ・ハート (Glitch Heart)	3:37

5.	[CM05] ループ (Loop)	3:40

6.	[CM06] 君の残響 (Kimi no Zankyō – Your Echo)	3:29

7.	[CM07] 追跡プログラム (Pursuit Program)	2:47

8.	[CM08] エラー404 存在なし (Error 404 Existence Not Found)	3:16

9.	[CM09] ラスト・シークエンス (Last Sequence)	3:38

10.	[CM10] 新しい夜明け (Atarashii Yoake – A New Dawn)	3:47

11.	[CM11] メモリー・フラグメント [EX] (Memory Fragment [EX])	3:22

Credits

released February 19, 2025

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