Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Far Side Virtual is a 2011 album by James Ferraro, released digitally and on vinyl by the label Hippos in Tanks. The album marked Ferraro's transition from his previous style of lo-fi drone music toward a sharply produced electronic aesthetic. Far Side Virtual deliberately evokes the artificial style of corporate \"elevator music\" and obsolete computer sounds. Ferraro said he first conceived of the album for release as a series of ringtones, and that listeners using songs from the album as ringtones is the completion of the project. The album engages with concepts of hyperreality, simulacra, disposable consumer culture, 1990s retro-futurism, advertising and branding, pop art, and musical kitsch. Critics have found Ferraro's attitude toward his themes ambiguous, depicting the modern world as both bleak dystopia and uncanny utopia.The album received generally favorable reviews, with many critics admiring its conceptual underpinnings as much as, or more than, the quality of the music itself. The album also had its vocal detractors; particularly, its position as UK music magazine The Wire's number one release of the year was met with contention from some readers. Far Side Virtual has been cited as one of the original catalysts of vaporwave, an underground electronic music movement that covers much of the same sonic and conceptual territory."@en }
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- Far_Side_Virtual abstract "Far Side Virtual is a 2011 album by James Ferraro, released digitally and on vinyl by the label Hippos in Tanks. The album marked Ferraro's transition from his previous style of lo-fi drone music toward a sharply produced electronic aesthetic. Far Side Virtual deliberately evokes the artificial style of corporate \"elevator music\" and obsolete computer sounds. Ferraro said he first conceived of the album for release as a series of ringtones, and that listeners using songs from the album as ringtones is the completion of the project. The album engages with concepts of hyperreality, simulacra, disposable consumer culture, 1990s retro-futurism, advertising and branding, pop art, and musical kitsch. Critics have found Ferraro's attitude toward his themes ambiguous, depicting the modern world as both bleak dystopia and uncanny utopia.The album received generally favorable reviews, with many critics admiring its conceptual underpinnings as much as, or more than, the quality of the music itself. The album also had its vocal detractors; particularly, its position as UK music magazine The Wire's number one release of the year was met with contention from some readers. Far Side Virtual has been cited as one of the original catalysts of vaporwave, an underground electronic music movement that covers much of the same sonic and conceptual territory.".