Personal System 個人システム

It’s Friday so we’re listening to something slightly more upbeat. Today we’re listening to Personal System 個人システム, a project from Brazilian electronic musician Felipe Bortoloti. He grew up in São Paulo and played the drums growing up, a background that comes through in the intricate, layered percussion of his music production.¹ He’s now based in Porto, Portugal, and makes music under many names. The Personal System 個人システム project was inspired by a lucid dream in which he woke up “inside a gigantic laundry room in a place that seemed like a hotel.”² He set out to make soundtracks to liminal spaces, incorporating elements of vaporwave, easy listening, and hip-hop. We’re playing all three Personal System records: Distant Paradise from 2025, Transcoastal Night Drive from a couple weeks ago, and Soundtrack for Laundry Dreams from 2023. If you’re looking for something truly more upbeat check out his other project Nørus.

Distant Paradise - Personal System 個人システム (21m, no vocals)
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Transcoastal Night Drive - Personal System 個人システム (24m, radio announcer vocals on the intro track)
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Soundtrack for Laundry Dreams - Personal System 個人システム (16m, Sade vocals on track 2; brief phone vocals on track 3)
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We wish you a fantastic weekend.

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