{"product_id":"sacred-tapestry-shader-complete","title":"SACRED TAPESTRY - Shader Complete","description":"\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAguirre Records present \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShader Complete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a definitive version of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e album by vaporwave pioneer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamona Vektroid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, here under the moniker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSacred Tapestry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Ramona is widely recognized as instigator of the vaporwave genre with her celebrated album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFloral Shoppe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2011). Vektroid (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamona Xavier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) is an electronic musician and artist based in Portland, but her reputation has hinged almost entirely on her hypertextual virtual presence. While she's most often pigeonholed as being a primary artist behind vaporwave -- a net-based microgenre notorious for its wholesale appropriations and meme-like propagation -- she has been releasing music since 2006 in a variety of styles and under a dizzying array of nom de plumes, from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eVektordrum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMacintosh Plus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaserdisc Visions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e情報デスクVIRTUAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Within the sprawling, obsessive vaporwave community, Vektroid's 2011 album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFloral Shoppe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (as Macintosh Plus) has become canonized as its most representative transmission, an unlikely feat for a style of music that challenged not only our taste profiles, but also what could be considered \"art\" to begin with. But like most styles of music, what's on paper never aligns perfectly with the actual music, and Vektroid is a shining example of an artist whose talents extend beyond the regurgitated checklists of a now concretized genre. Two of her strongest albums, though, served as beautiful outliers that continue to resist easy categorization. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShader Complete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an exquisite, multi-faceted album that pivots effortlessly between widescreen electronic synthscapes, atmospheric drones, and claustrophobic appropriations. It's the latest permutation of a release that originally arrived in summer 2012 as Sacred Tapestry. That version, titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was written during the first couple months at her new home of Portland, marking a period of instability and existential confusion. Concerned at the time that this was her final release, the record was paired with a cryptic note about body transmigration from fictitious Hong Kong company PrismCorp, hinting at the possibility of the album being her \"final transmission\". It wasn't until 2016 when it was reworked to its current state as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShader Complete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which saw Xavier reinterpreting the album to include orphaned tracks from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eColor Ocean Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012, as Vektroid) sessions. This makes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShader Complete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e something like a lost sequel to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eColor Ocean Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Mastered by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRashad Becker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\" - Aguirre.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Aguirre","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":13927356727359,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2295\/2925\/products\/ZORN056CD_CU.jpg?v=1571718579","url":"https:\/\/www.fusetronsound.com\/products\/sacred-tapestry-shader-complete","provider":"fusetron","version":"1.0","type":"link"}