Macross 82-99's 2013 albums ネオ東京 (English: Neo Tokyo) and SAILORWAVE, along with musical cohort Saint Pepsi's Hit Vibes, are commonly cited as the origin point for the "future funk" subgenre of vaporwave, which combines the sample-based production approach and visual language of vaporwave with French house and dance music influences.
"[2] He has collaborated with artists such as Yung Bae, Sarah Midori Perry, and Ranma ½ composer Hideharu Mori.
[6] Prior to its deletion from the YouTube channel Artzie Music, "Fun Tonight" had over 10 million views across multiple uploads on the platform.
[7] As a member of Sailor Team, a music collective of future funk and French house producers, Macross 82-99 has toured across Asia and North America.
[8][9] With the exception of 2013's [夏日], which had a limited run split album cassette release with Architecture in Tokyo's Summer Paradise on the Business Casual label, all early singles and projects were available exclusively to stream and as digital downloads on free and pay-what-you-want music sites like SoundCloud and Bandcamp, along with video uploads on YouTube.