{"product_id":"9798216200772","title":"Cloud Aesthetics Salem and Our Modern Malaise","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEx:Centrics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCloud Aesthetics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSalem and Our Modern Malaise\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJoanna Demers | Paul Hegarty | Greg Hainge\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Individual Composer \u0026amp; Musician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloud Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003edives into electronic music subgenres that emerged in the 2010s, through the music of \"witch house\" band Salem, against a backdrop of cultural malaise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe music group Salem was formed in Traverse City, Michigan in 2006.  Salem is usually cited as the originator of the electronic music subgenre “witch house.\" Salem is also an apt point of entry into the “cloud aesthetic” in music and art of the margins (vaporwave, signalwave, cloud rap, synthwave, and other permutations of hauntology) during the 2010s, as well as the larger cultural and spiritual forces at play: the opioid epidemic; the normalization of mental health diagnoses; the frustration of lower-middle-class cis-hetero white men; the persistence of understated and anonymous acts of kindness in the midst of the abject dehumanization of capitalism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalem's noise-meets-Southern-hip-hop sound attained a modicum of mainstream success, but the band's momentum slackened before they could claim the popularity of peers like Lana Del Rey and Tyler the Creator. Cloud aesthetics, in the music of Salem and other artists and thinkers from Yung Lean to the philosopher Mark Fisher, pertains not only to ambient or nebulous-sounding music, but to an attendant cultural shift toward aporia, the state of being at a complete loss, or disbelief in certainty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloud Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003emakes sense of the tangle of popular music aesthetics of the previous decade, remaining deeply rooted in the social, cultural, and political events of the era, extending forward and backward from the 2010s to explore influences and the persistence of certain sounds and ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoanna Demers \u003c\/b\u003eis associate dean for faculty affairs and a professor of musicology at University of Southern California, USA. She is a musicologist specializing in popular and experimental music since 1950 and has written books and articles on electronic music, intellectual property law, and aesthetics. She's the author of both scholarly books and novels and has contributed to academic journals and scholarly collections. Her authored works, including \u003ci\u003eListening Through the Noise: the Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDrone and Apocalypse: An Exhibit Catalog for the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Thought Fiction: CHS Report, 2214 \u003c\/i\u003erelate tendencies in recent music to larger philosophical issues.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 May 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216200772\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52227916693644,"sku":"9798216200772","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_dd5e8ecc-e576-4e60-98c8-a35fa7d72fd5.jpg?v=1786502477","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216200772","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}