Polychromatic light enters your vision and brings a wandering mind into focus. At the airport, on the elevator, in your bed. How long have you been waiting to leave? In the middle of ambiguity, the sound of forgotten soft jingle television emanates from the distance. The weather channel, public access and commercials for things that no longer exist; all painted in disorienting colors, can even predict psyche rainfall. A passive moment in liminal space. Hidden access. You can flicker the channels of your mind to any station you’d like. Where will you go?
Farragol concentrates on the hypnotic passage of slowed-down movements from samples found in disco, smooth jazz and soul. Fragments of moment are pitched down and reassembled to appear as a déjà vu carousel of familiar sounds.
憂 慮 Anxiety exists in the infinite microgenre of vaporwave, but distinguishing itself with superior production and realism: speaking to a future that never arrived. The culture revolution forever changed the reality of Chinese tradition, and has redirected the passage of what has and will happen. Can music be the navigation to the original river of thought?
In the digital age, any language can be translated at the click of a button, revealing Farragol’s theme of alienation in half of the track titles. While tracks like “孤 獨 (Lonely),” “原 諒 (Forgive)” and “時の流れ (Flow of time)” are homages to essential vapor artists like Vektroid and Saint Pepsi, they nevertheless present Farragol’s technique of mood setting and memory crafting.
Heavy bass and boom bap drums tie together a collage of instruments that never intended to fit together. Farragol doesn’t shy away from influence nor should he. The track “Shen Wǔn” stands out, an endless reflection and repetition of internet art, with similar aspiration achieved by Oneohtrix Point Never’s “nobody here,” which was released only on YouTube in 2009. Another memory machine, Farragol’s desire to explore the secret nature of experience is aided by the past. We are all affected by subliminal stimuli and 憂 慮 ANXIETY address our connection to a shared unconscious and cultural amnesia. Time continues to evaporate online. Farragol released other projects of similar quality through his short career, but never with such authenticity and introspection. In the dwells of your inner psyche, tune in to the collected static of shattered features. Maybe you’ll recognize a piece you left behind.
Essential Tracks: “孤 獨 (Lonely),” “原 諒 (Forgive)” and “時の流れ (Flow of time)”