猫 シ Corp.
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| Birth name | Jornt Elzinga |
| Also known as | 猫 シ Corp., Cats Corp, Cat Corp |
| Origin | Netherlands |
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| Occupation(s) | Music producer |
| Years active | 2013–present |
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Jornt Elzinga (born 1989) is a Dutch music producer that has released over 70 projects under the alias 猫 シ Corp. (sometimes stylized as Cats Corp or Cat Corp). Elzinga has released projects across a variety of mediums including cassette, VHS, CD, and vinyl under various labels such as My Pet Flamingo and his own personal label, Hiraeth Records.
Stylistically these projects experiment with commercialism, consumerism, news media, adult contemporary, muzak, and plunderphonics. Each project has its own particular theme or concept and the entire sound gets wrapped around this. 猫 シ Corp.'s Style has been described by one journalist as "Background crowd sounds combined with adult contemporary music that sounds less jazzy and more mellow than ever before...contributing to the more futuristic vibe of the album and adds to the big budget feeling of the album; it makes you feel like you’re there, like this is actually happening in some alternate reality."
His albums Class of ’84 (described by Elzinga as "an image of a [past] world that we love to escape to because our old world died in 2001") and News At 11 are both concept albums on the contrast between the idyllic 1980s and 1990s and surrealism in a post-9/11 world. His album Palm Mall has been described as the definitive Mallsoft Project. His 2014 album Hiraeth is named after a Welsh word ‘hiraeth’ which means to have memories of a place that does not exist; about nostalgic feelings of the past. The word was reused as a part of his non-sampling vaporwave record label Hiraeth Records. [1][2]
Discography[edit]
- Studio albums
- The Future Is Here (Home Edition) (2013)
- Special Edition (2013)
- スタートキーを押し ("Press Start Key", 2013)
- Hi-fi (2013)
- Late Night Stereo (2014)
- B-sides, Demos And Rarities (2014)
- Hiraeth (2014)
- 太陽。慰安。楽園。 ("Solar. Comfort. Paradise.", 2014)
- アウディAudi ("Audi", 2014)
- Palm Mall (2014)
- OASYS 博物館 ("OASYS Museum", 2015)
- 7" Mixtape (2015)
- Oasys 計算ソフトウェア ("Oasys Calculation Software", 2015)
- News At 11 (2016)
- Cosmopolitan Dreams / Sunday Television (2016)
- ショップ @ ヘルシンキ ("Shopping @ Helsinki, 2016)
- Sandra / サンドラ波 ("Sandra / Sandrawave", 2016)
- Sunday Television (2016)
- Class of '84 (2016)
- Luxury Girls (2017)
- Yuki (2017)
- Good Morning America (2017)
- Lo-fi (2017)
- [지오 프론트] V3.1 ("Geo Front v3.1"2017)
- Palm Mall Mars (2018)
- 'A Class In...' Crypto Currency (2018)
- Singles and EPs
- Catmall (2013)
- Global Catwork (2013)
- Corp. (2013)
- Beach Party (2013)
- Consumer Recreation Services (2013)
- マイル深い Club ("Miles Deep Club", 2014)
- Kathy b/w Queen Dreams (2014)
- 주식 중개인 ("Stock Broker", 2018) (with GOLA*)
- Building a Better World (Single) (2019) (with Telepath)
- Collaboration albums and EPs
- テレパシーの ("Telepathic", 2014) (with Telepath)
- Blue Dream (2014) (with Telepath)
- Ocean Beach (2014) (with Stereo Component)
- Miami Cats (2014) (with SEPHORA脳バイブス)
- Corporate Mixtape (2014) (with Donovan Hikaru)
- 新しいエデンジャングル (2014) (as 地球 with Telepath)
- School Days (2015) (with POCARI ステューシー)
- Double Date (2015) (with SYLLABUS)
- With Love 愛を込めて (With Love, 2015) (with Waterfront Dining)
- CRS 3.0 (2017) (with Donovan Hikaru)
- Black Mesa Research Facility (2017) (with Mezzaluna)
- Building a Better World (2019) (with Telepath)
- Collections and compilations
- Oasys計算ソフトウェア & Hi-Fi (2016)
- 夏休み ("Summer Vacation, 2016)
- 太陽。慰安。楽園。/ The Future Is Here (2017)
- 猫 シ Corp. (2017) (contains a:/スタートキーを押し, アウディAudi and Ocean Beach)
- 家族. 劳动. 쇼핑. ("Family. Work. Shopping.", 2018)
- A:/スタートキーを押し (2018)
References[edit]
- ↑ Labo, Tabi. "What is the escape to the nostalgic past?". Livedoor news. Livedoor news.
- ↑ Maker, Monet. "Tapes ♫♪ 猫 シ Corp. - Class of '84". Tiny mix tapes. Tiny mix tapes.
- ↑ works, dream. "Album Review: 猫 シ Corp. – Palm Mall Mars". VapoUrban. Blogspot.
- ↑ Chandler, Simon. "The Virtual Vaporwave Scene". Bandcamp Blog. Bandcamp.
- ↑ Chandler, Simon. "The Mall, Nostalgia, and the Loss of Innocence: An Interview With 猫 シ Corp". Bandcamp Blog. Bandcamp. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ↑ "Nature 自然 公園 Underground Nature Park (feat. 猫 シ Corp.)". MTV. Viacom.
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