Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave And The Commodification Of Ghosts
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (622 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1782797599 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Ours is a time of ghosts in machines, killing meaning and exposing the gaps inherent in the electronic media that pervade our lives. Vaporwave is an infant musical micro-genre that foregrounds the horror of electronic media's ability to appear - as media theorist Jeffrey Sconce terms it - "haunted." Experimental musicians such as INTERNET CLUB and MACINTOSH PLUS manipulate Muzak and commercial music to undermine the commodification of nostalgia in the age of global capitalism while accentuating the uncanny properties of electronic music production. Babbling Corpse reveals vaporwave's many intersections with politics, media theory, and our present fascination with uncanny, co(s)mic horror. In the age of global capitalism, vaporwave celebrates and undermines the electronic ghosts haunting the nostalgia industry. The book is aimed at those interested in global capitalism's effect on art, musical raids on mainstream "indie" and popular music, and anyone intrigued by the changing relationship between art and commerce.
Grafton Tanner is a writer and musician from Georgia.
"Changed the way I view my own art immensely" according to Anthony. This book is incredible. It goes so much deeper than just vaporwave. Grafton pulls you in and beats you with the reality of capitalism.. "Cultural criticism at its best" according to Derek. It should be known that you really don't need to be a fan of the vaporwave genre to get a lot from this book. Going in, I knew about vaporwave, felt that I "got it," but I never really listened to it; nonetheless I found Tanner's book extremely fascinating. The book is short, dense, concise, and well argued, and t. We are owned and operated by the virtual mall David Wineberg The concept of vaporwave is a function of franken music. Taking samples of other music, endlessly repeating sounds, words and phrases either spoken or musical, and slapping them all together into an mp3 package, vaporwave can infuriate, bore or be completely ignored. It can have zero musical value, or appear as ou
About the AuthorGrafton Tanner is a writer and musician from Georgia.