^^yes, love shader, it a really eerie album, and i agree it's a great original fusion of her different strands
― brimstead, Thursday, 21 December 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
like in some way this is a counterpoint to OPN's Replica but it's also its own thing, no one else could have made an album quite like this. It's such a great late night slip-into-the-negative-world kinda album.
really well put, i think it's daring and exciting how DEEP it goes into this sort of extreme-Replica dream zone
― brimstead, Thursday, 21 December 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
Hypnagogic for sureShader vs Shader Complete - which is better? I have both but have yet to do a deep dive comparison
― calstars, Thursday, 21 December 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
Cosmorama is my OPO on the album
― calstars, Thursday, 21 December 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link
oh man, these look cool. probably gonna have to pick up Shader.
.@Vektroid reissues New Dreams Ltd. and Sacred Tapestry albums on vinyl via @AguirreRecordshttps://t.co/A9fRtOl8Yv pic.twitter.com/CeTGBlMB3d— Tiny Mix Tapes (@tinymixtapes) October 17, 2018
― frogbs, Friday, 19 October 2018 03:26 (five years ago) link
did you get macintosh plus on white vinyl
― the late great, Friday, 19 October 2018 03:41 (five years ago) link
floral shoppe w/ 22 x 22 commemorative poster
― the late great, Friday, 19 October 2018 03:43 (five years ago) link
vektroid is brilliant
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 19 October 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link
Print article on Ramona from a Portland weekly:https://www.reddit.com/r/Vaporwave/comments/9p0g02/vektroid_article_in_portlands_wweek_paper/?st=JNFNRWG9&sh=d3a162ff
― calstars, Friday, 19 October 2018 06:55 (five years ago) link
That's a good interview. About a year ago she announced that she had like six albums in development, I kinda wonder where that's at now. I don't blame her for wanting to branch away from music for a while, she definitely feels like a "multimedia artist" with a pretty clear aesthetic that she's trying to nail down. On the other hand she feels like someone who could drop something insane and revolutionary at any time. In light of some of her recent stuff like Midnight Run and Seed & Synthetic Earth it's kind of amazing that she doesn't actually know how to play anything. But that's kind of what makes her work fascinating, isn't it? It's more curation than composition. Wasn't that part of the appeal behind Macintosh Plus - "anyone could do this" ?
btw I did manage to get one of the Floral Shoppe vinyls - took like six months to arrive but I got it. I'm not particularly fond of the album but it felt like a very cool thing to have.
― frogbs, Friday, 19 October 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
On the other hand she feels like someone who could drop something insane and revolutionary at any time.
Yeah. I personally don't care much for video/3d art and would much prefer new audio material from her, but I can see why she'd want to venture into new terrain. And perhaps while her music is very much appreciated being a curator of music rather than composer - as you put eloquently - it's just not that satisfying to keep on doing? Idk.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 19 October 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
oh dear, here's a version of that interview that's more readable
https://www.wweek.com/music/2018/10/18/vaporwave-pioneer-vektroid-can-do-so-much-more-than-music/
i think it's good that she's taking a step back and developing in new directions, she's obviously very talented but it's easy to hit a dead end in that kind of creative work (i would say eno, for instance, who also characterizes himself as not a musician, has hit a creative dead end).
the show tomorrow sounds interesting but i probably am not going to go
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Friday, 19 October 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
im sure i ordered one of the floral shoppe records but have no idea if itll ever come haha
― nxd, Friday, 19 October 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
I would love to see her live, just for the vibes. But I doubt she’ll ever “tour”
― calstars, Friday, 19 October 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
from a FB post. looks like a lot of new stuff is coming...next year
4) Beyond all that, I just wanted to give a huge thank you to everybody for being so patient while I bring all of those upcoming Vektroid projects up to the level of polish they deserve. That's ultimately the biggest reason you didn't see a new album from me in 2018, and I cannot express how excited I am about the state of this new material as we move into the new year. That means Midnight Run 2, No Earth, the 'Neo Cali sequel', four 'secret' albums, the EP followup to Seed & Synthetic Earth, and a few experimental projects as well. It'll most likely be Midnight Run 2 or the EP that arrives first. Either way, don't count me out too soon y'all. 🙃✌️
still weighing whether or not I wanna dump $40 on the vinyl copy of Shader. I feel like it's a really cool thing to own but that's a lot of money for a record album
― frogbs, Monday, 10 December 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
Looking forward to it. Has anyone seen her twitch stream?
― calstars, Monday, 10 December 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
I did check in once and she was playing this bizarre 3-D platformer where you were a chicken
― frogbs, Monday, 10 December 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
haha good prep for untitled goose game!
and good news to that, ordered a copy of floral shoppe what must have been nearly a year ago and no sign of it haha
― nxd, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 10:18 (five years ago) link
someone actually tracked down a bunch of the Sleepline samples, wow
https://www.whosampled.com/album/New-Dreams-Ltd./Sleepline/
this album is such a cool trip. first time I heard it was on a long drive and I honestly thought it was only like 25 minutes (maybe confused it with Eden)...I remember checking and being like, "damn, I'm only on track 7?!?"
― frogbs, Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
My favorite V sample is probably the bridge to “Too Shy” by kajagoogoo, which became “Timecop” on Initiation Tape
― calstars, Thursday, 13 December 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
I caught a bunch of her twitch stream last night. She was playing a bunch of semi obscure PS1 games. she doesn’t narrate, but she did occasionally pause the game to write in the chat to tell watchers who broached business (like “where’s my t shirt”) that the stream was not the place to discuss that stuff.
― calstars, Sunday, 16 December 2018 13:54 (five years ago) link
She has a very cool stream layout though. The centerpiece is this endlessly rotating translucent statue of David with a pig in place of a face.
― calstars, Sunday, 16 December 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
Is this a new reissue? Might be wrong but seem to remember it was Calstars or Frogbs looking for an affordable vinyl version of Floral Shoppe?
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
Is this🕸 a new reissue? Might be wrong but seem to remember it was Calstars or Frogbs looking for an affordable vinyl version of Floral Shoppe?
― calstars, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
Olde English Spelling Bee is legit
― brimstead, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
That's what I thought but they seem to have some serious issues. Otoh if Norman Records has it in stock, which I assume they do, it should be ok?
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 12:29 (five years ago) link
promising a vaporwave album but it never arriving is v appropriate
― closed beta (NotEnough), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 13:41 (five years ago) link
That's what I thought but they seem to have some serious issues🕸. Otoh if Norman Records has it in stock, which I assume they do, it should be ok?
― brimstead, Thursday, 17 January 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
sweet - cheers for this
― nxd, Friday, 18 January 2019 10:42 (five years ago) link
What are the chances that I’m rocking Pages on Spotify while I get a notification that Ramona is steaming on twitch?
― calstars, Sunday, 17 March 2019 23:33 (five years ago) link
f'in love "you need a hero", cheers my friend
― brimstead, Sunday, 17 March 2019 23:37 (five years ago) link
I like her music. I just found her Twitch thanks to you, calstars... and she's just playing a video game. Not even talking?
― maffew12, Sunday, 17 March 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link
Isn't that what twitch is?
― brimstead, Sunday, 17 March 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link
haha I'm not sure. Don't most streamers at least talk? Wondering the appeal here. That could be anybody.
― maffew12, Monday, 18 March 2019 00:02 (five years ago) link
Well half the appeal for me at least is the music selection , it’s like she djs random Midi sh1t wiith other choice cuts
― calstars, Monday, 18 March 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
oh cool yeah there is music now. When I first checked, it was only game sound effects
― maffew12, Monday, 18 March 2019 00:30 (five years ago) link
"idgi, she's literally just playing a bunch of '80s yacht rock songs at half speed and calling it vaporwave" vs. "idgi, she's literally just playing a bunch of '90s PC games without any commentary and calling it a livestream"
― lispectah deck (unregistered), Monday, 18 March 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
hahaha
― maffew12, Monday, 18 March 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link
... and now I've made an account to help her out with some Linux distro advice. calstars you really made my evening.
― maffew12, Monday, 18 March 2019 00:47 (five years ago) link
Beats watching Netflix for sure
― calstars, Monday, 18 March 2019 00:54 (five years ago) link
let's not go crazy
― maffew12, Monday, 18 March 2019 00:58 (five years ago) link
Floral Shoppe made PitchforKhttps://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/macintosh-plus-floral-shoppe/
― calstars, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 01:18 (five years ago) link
“It’s your move” really is an amazing song, slowed down or not
― brimstead, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 02:15 (five years ago) link
She’s been talking and been on cam for the last week or so (getting comfortable is how I think she put it) , been going through the k-mart tapes and isolating the good bits
― calstars, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
Do you have a link to her twitch?
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
https://m.twitch.tv/waterfallvoyeur/videosgoogle
― brimstead, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
tried googling her name plus twitch, didn't take. thx.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
no prob 👍
― brimstead, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
So this happened
im...cancelling netflix pic.twitter.com/PJmTXe03nK— kitty (@kittaveli) June 4, 2019
― calstars, Thursday, 6 June 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
omg
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 6 June 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7WmgPci.jpg
― calstars, Friday, 20 May 2022 05:48 (two years ago) link
https://vektroid.bandcamp.com/album/crash-1
― calstars, Sunday, 5 November 2023 14:19 (six months ago) link
the paradox is that it makes me think of peace, and calm, and warmth
i've lived, off and on, in this chaos vortex thing
everywhere at the end of time is interesting but there are things more interesting to me than cognitive decline
i imagine i imagine vektroid traveling back in time to 1985 and playing marty mcfly this
and marty mcfly thinking she's the terminator
and maybe she is but really all she wants is for marty mcfly to start taking estrogen
i'm almost anxious and upset for a second but there isn't actually anything to get upset about
this is what we do instead of dying
this is the world they made for us, this is what it sounds like
this is how we're fixing our hearts
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 5 November 2023 17:34 (six months ago) link
have only listened to bits and pieces but it sounds like barely musical chaos to me. will have to grit my teeth and bear it though because I definitely think everything she does deserves your full attention...at least once
not sure how I feel about her next several albums being released in "beta" versions which will be continually updated - I don't really like the idea of releasing music that way. for one I don't want her to be working on these things forever. for two I feel like the majority of listeners are just gonna stick with the first version. like the next Mac Plus album is a decade-plus out from Floral Shoppe, whatever gets released will instantly have a ton of instant hype, so like that's the version people are gonna listen to. if you make a 'better' version in 6 months are people gonna go back and get reacquianted? I dunno, maybe. I just don't really think it's a great idea.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 01:55 (six months ago) link
i really like this!
― c u (crüt), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 02:20 (six months ago) link
'the next Mac plus album' came out in 2019
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 03:13 (six months ago) link
New album and mixhttps://vektroid.bandcamp.com/album/777-pig-dangerhttps://vektroid.bandcamp.com/album/crash-2-mac
― calstars, Sunday, 14 January 2024 12:06 (four months ago) link
oooh thanks for the update i'll have to listen to this
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 14 January 2024 16:03 (four months ago) link
Crash 2 sounds like Crash 1, kind of fascinating but idk how much I actually want to listen to it
Pig Danger probably worth a close listen, its not very musical but there's a lot of cool stuff in there
― frogbs, Sunday, 14 January 2024 16:28 (four months ago) link
Sounds like the first song on 777 samples “forever?” from initiation tape
― calstars, Sunday, 14 January 2024 18:36 (four months ago) link
https://x.com/VektroidLive/status/1796134880457142444
― calstars, Friday, 31 May 2024 03:39 (three days ago) link
VEK UKFATE
well shit, does this mean i should start telling you whenever i move up a dilator size?
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 31 May 2024 04:32 (three days ago) link