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コンセプト Concept アルバム Albums and 場所 Places of the 仮想プラザ Virtual Plaza
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Generally, VAPORWAVE is
about a feeling and
not a specific type
of sound. So the
sampling used in
VAPORWAVE tracks
seems random.
However, some
VAPORWAVE albums
use sampling in order to
transport the
listener to a
specific place.
One example is the subgenre of
VAPORWAVE called
mallsoft. This genre
attempts to capture
the experience of being in a
1990s shopping mall.
Perhaps the most
important
mallsoft album is
"Hologram Plaza" (2013)
by Disconscious.
A more recent entry in
mallsoft is "Palm Mall"
(2014)by the Netherlands
based 猫 シ Corp.
This album begins with what
sounds like an ambient
recording of people
chatting in a shopping
mall. This effect shows
up intermittently throughout
the album, interspersed
with smooth jazz muzak that
is all too familiar to shoppers.
식료품groceries produced
an album called
"슈퍼마켓Yes! We're Open"
(2014), which tries
to capture the audio
AESTHETICS of
grocery shopping.
No list of VAPORWAVE concept
albums would be complete
without the work of
ECO VIRTUAL, a Vancouver
based producer.
ECO VIRTUAL describes
itself as "大気研究音楽
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
& ANALYSIS MUSIC."(1)
ECO VIRTUAL's
"ATMOSPHERES 第1" (2013)
mimics the soothing
jazz and synths
heard on the Weather
Channel in the 1990s.
https://ecovirtual.bandcamp.com/album/atmospheres-1
Another important VAPORWAVE
concept album is "Redefining
the Workplace" (2012)
by Internet Club.
This album's AESTHETIC
is about smooth sounding
corporate muzak which
turns ominous as
Internet Club chops,
warps, and screws the samples.
From the cover art showing
an early 2000s CGI rendering
of a modern, glass office
building to track titles
that replicate corporate
cliches,this album takes
the listener back to
the innocent days of the
dot-com boom.
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References from top to bottom:
Vaperror – Topic. “Start Up.” Youtube. Youtube. 16 September 2015. Online video clip.
saberToothedcat. “Made my first vaporwave wallpaper, 4k and all.” Vaporwave Art. Reddit. 23 March 2016. Online image. < https://www.reddit.com/r/VaporwaveArt/comments/4blnr8/> .
GalacTech. “C A S T A W A Y.” Vaporwave Art. Reddit. 11 April 2016. Online image.
< https://www.reddit.com/r/VaporwaveArt/comments/4eb4qc/c_a_s_t_a_w_a_y/ >.
AAAAAAAAAA42. “Disconscious - Hologram Plaza [Full album].” Youtube. Youtube. 4 August 2014. Online video clip.
DREAM CATALOGUE™. “식료품groceries - 슈퍼마켓Yes! We're Open [Full Album].” Youtube. Youtube. 11 May 2014. Online video clip.
ImpendingRiot83.”ECO VIRTUAL - ATMOSPHERES 第1 [Full Album](HD).” Youtube. Youtube. 12 July 2015. Online video clip.
AAAAAAAAAA42. ”INTERNET CLUB - REDEFINING THE WORKPLACE [Full album] INTERNET CLUB - REDEFINING THE WORKPLACE [Full album].” Youtube. Youtube. 27 July 2014. Online video clip.
selaonerofficial. “猫 シ Corp. - A1 - Palm Mall.” Youtube. Youtube. 8 April 2015. Online video clip.