Phong Tran’s “The Computer Room” transports us back to the days of dial-up through the sounds of early synthesizers, which range from melancholic to ecstatic to warm, heartfelt nostalgia, even in the complete absence of acoustic sound.
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The result is a glorious series of electronic soundscapes, each one building a virtual space of their own and further proving the universal emotional impact of melodic sequences and rhythmic structures.
The track “Slime Tree,” with its twinkling synth and glitched-out swells represents the feelings that might go through one’s head surveying once-bustling digital destitution.
Anyone who loves electronic music, is looking for something experimental, or is nostalgic for vintage games should listen to The Computer Room.
Tran explores a wide variety of synth sounds throughout, forming intertwining layers of sound that venture from crashing walls to sparse dissonances, reveling in both the drama of reverb and haunted wisps of sound.
For anyone old enough to remember the birth of the internet, the room in the house where that endearing, bulky desktop computer lived had a certain allure.
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About the Artist
Phong Tran is a Brooklyn-based composer, electronic musician, and visual artist. Much of his work is developed through late night wikipedia dives while obsessing over things like simulation theory, abstract story structure, Dungeons & Dragons, and vaporwave eccojams. Phong actively performs in MEDIAQUEER, a synthesizer and violin duo formed in 2018 with Darian Thomas. His work has been released through people | places | records and slashsound. More »
