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Grafton Tanner: Babbling Corpse (2016, Zero Books) 4 stars

"The concept of vaporwave is a function of franken music. Taking samples of other music, …

Meet me at the dead mall

4 stars

Left me wanting much more about the music. Interesting references to hauntology, post-modernism, the emergence of this kind of music due to late-stage capitalism commodifying everything and the trauma of missing dead futures that never came to be, etc. An expanded version would be great. Feels a bit like a paper for college, with various sources lined up to make a line of argument, but not much depth. A fine intro.