Floral Shoppe ( Jap. フローラルの専門店 Furo: raru-but semmonten, Flower shop) - the ninth [1] studio album, composer (a one-time pseudonym Macintosh Plus), issued December 9, 2011 at the Beer on the Rug . He was one of the first vaporwave albums to receive national acclaim and inspired many new artists after his release. He is considered one of the few major vaporwave albums.
| Floral Shoppe | ||||||||||
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| Japanese フ ロ ー ラ ル の 専 門店 | ||||||||||
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| Studio Album | ||||||||||
| Date of issue | 2011 | |||||||||
| Recorded by | 2011 | |||||||||
| Genre | Vaporwave | |||||||||
| Duration | 47:47 | |||||||||
| Producer | ||||||||||
| A country |  USA | |||||||||
| Label | Beer on the rug | |||||||||
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Content
- 1 Background and composition
- 2 Release and packaging
- 3 Reception
- 4 List of Songs
- 5 Editions
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Background and Composition
Floral Shoppe was created by American producer and graphic designer , also known by the pseudonym Vektroid; To release this album, she was chosen by the pseudonym Macintosh Plus, in honor of a computer with the same name . [2] The album is often referred to as an example of the popularization of the then-emerging internet music genre vaporwave, [3] along with works by other musicians released by the Beer on the Rug record label. [4] Prior to Floral Shoppe , she previously released other chillwave and vaporwave releases under several pseudonyms such as Vektroid, Laserdisc Visions, dstnt, and New Dreams Ltd. [4] Adam Harper of Dummy , in an article on vaporwave culture, described the songs in the album as “the adult contemporary 's jerky, glucan, and spoiled soul, along with flickering advertising melodies from the spa” ( English chopped, glitching and screwed adult contemporary soul alongside twinkling spa promotional tunes ). [four]
Release and packaging
Floral Shoppe was digitally released on Bandcamp's online music store on December 9, 2011 by independent label Beer on the Rug. [5] All track names are written in Japanese , with the exception of two bonus tracks without a title. [6] The album gained great popularity on the Internet, eventually becoming "the most popular vaporwave album on the Internet." [7] Beer on the Rug later announced the re-release of the album in cassette format C44. [8] Edition for cassettes, with a circulation of 100 copies, includes two bonus tracks that are not in the digital version, and a code for downloading the album. [8] Vektroid later launched a series of T-shirts and hoodies with an illustrated album cover. [9]
Reception
The album was warmly received by both critics and ordinary listeners. Tiny Mix Tapes Jonathan Dean wrote positively about Floral Shoppe , calling the album “one of the best albums in the vaporwave genre, a series of distant but soulful manipulations of sound that carefully creates its own meditative mood.” [10] Stephen Purcell of Noise rated him as one of the best albums and wrote: "this is a roof-covering album, it is nice and important when it is done as well as this one, it needs recognition." [eleven]
Giving the album a rating of 5.0, Adam Downer from Sputnikmusic described the album as "constantly - and amazingly - disturbing" and "a beautiful record that is both enveloping and strange, nostalgic and futuristic, bizarre and completely simple." [12]
List of Songs
- ブ ー ト - 3:24
- リ サ フ ラ ン ク 420 / 現代 の コ ン ピ ュ ー - 7:20
- 花 の 専 門店 - 3:55
- ラ イ ブ ラ リ - 2:43
- 地理 - 4:46
- Ecco と 悪 寒 ダ イ ビ ン グ - 6:42
- 数学 - 6:54
- 待機 - 1:10
- て - 2:16
- Untitled - 6:14
- Untitled - 2:18
Editions
| Region | date of | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | December 9, 2011 | Beer on the rug | Digital distribution | BOTR009 |
| March 6, 2012 | CS | |||
| United Kingdom | 2016 | no | LP | no |
| USA | no | CS | Vcc-1 | |
| ? | Goober records | CS | GBR-002 | |
| Australia | May 31, 2017 | Macintosh plus | CS | no |
| USA | October 4, 2017 | Olde English Spelling Bee | LP | OESB-92 |
| Digital distribution | ||||
| Olde English Spelling Bee, PrismCorp, Beer On The Rug | LP | |||
| Brazil | December 1, 2017 | no | CS | Vpr01 |
| USA | June 28, 2018 | 5SEVEN Records | Stereo 8 | 5SVN043 |
| September 26, 2018 | Olde English Spelling Bee, PrismCorp, Beer On The Rug | LP | OESB-92 |
Notes
- ↑ A Guide to the Work of Ramona Andra Xavier - Rate Your Music
- ↑ Vektroid - Bio . Vektroid. Date of treatment December 7, 2013.
- ↑ Gibb, Rory. The Month's Electronic Music: Through The Looking Glass . The Quietus (November 8, 2012). Date of treatment December 7, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Harper, Adam. Comment: Vaporwave and the pop-art of the virtual plaza ( journal ) : journal. - 2012 .-- December 7.
- ↑ Floral Shoppe | Beer On The Rug . Beer on the Rug. Bandcamp . Date of treatment December 7, 2013.
- ↑ Zha, Tim. The Best Records of 2012 ... (Neopr.) . - 2013 .-- March 2. Archived March 6, 2013.
- ↑ Gierczak, Antoni. Vektroid: Rainbowtrinity Neopr . WQHS-DT . Date of treatment December 28, 2013. Archived November 29, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 BOTR009 - Macintosh Plus :: 'Floral Shoppe' C44 . Beer on the Rug. Date of treatment December 7, 2013.
- ↑ Petty, Alec. Vektroid is Now Making T-Shirts, Hip-Hop (Neopr.) . - 2013 .-- 20 August. Archived on August 28, 2013.
- ↑ Dean, Jonathan. Favorite 30 Albums of 2012 (So Far) - Macintosh Plus: Floral Shoppe [Beer On The Rug ] . Tiny Mix Tapes (July 2012). Date of treatment December 7, 2013.
- ↑ Purcell, Stephen. Office Playlist: Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe (Eng.) // Noise: journal. - 2012 .-- 12 September. (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Downer, Adam (February 16, 2014).