ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700
ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700
Ambitious concept album where K-Pop and SNES XBAND modem hacking overlap in surprising harmony.
Ambitious concept album where K-Pop and SNES XBAND modem hacking overlap in surprising harmony.
BACKSTORY
ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700 marks my first creative solo output in over five years. While it may have taken a substantial amount of time to finally land at this point, every aspect of this release was conceptualized, programmed, designed, and rigorously stress-tested within one highly concentrated week in August of 2022. In that short amount of time, inspiration struck (thanks, Liz), and what began as a single, three-minute piece in homage to a bygone summer spent with an obscure piece of ‘90s tech quickly evolved into an ambitious crash course in D.I.Y. project management.
The result is a fully customized, translucent CD mini-album featuring re-contextualized source audio from the long-forgotten XBAND modem, a 52-page companion book, and a full line of additional merchandise unlike anything I’ve attempted as the head operator and marketer of an independent record label.
Where did this unlikely, vital, and dominant influence originate? 4th gen K-pop, of course. Despite my best intentions of keeping this creative endeavor as simple as possible, the parallel between the inability to communicate through that old ‘90s tech as a teenager and the current frustration of not being able to express my creative gratitude due to the English/Korean language gap became too obvious to ignore. If “obscured communication” influenced the concept of ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700, it was only natural for the music and packaging to follow in K-pop’s duality of unconventional production and ultramodern presentation.
In a weird way, the merging of XBAND and K-pop ended up making more sense than it ever should have. After all, smashing completely unrelated influences together to create something different is hard-coded into the DNA of K-pop itself.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the audio and visuals of ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700 as much as I do. lt was fun for me to see a release through from abstract concept to a finalized, physical product in sequential order for the very first time. If music is in fact a universal language, perhaps now (if nothing else) my excitement is finally loud and clear.
대박!!! – TSC
BACKSTORY
ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700 marks my first creative solo output in over five years. While it may have taken a substantial amount of time to finally land at this point, every aspect of this release was conceptualized, programmed, designed, and rigorously stress-tested within one highly concentrated week in August of 2022. In that short amount of time, inspiration struck (thanks, Liz), and what began as a single, three-minute piece in homage to a bygone summer spent with an obscure piece of ‘90s tech quickly evolved into an ambitious crash course in D.I.Y. project management.
The result is a fully customized, translucent CD mini-album featuring re-contextualized source audio from the long-forgotten XBAND modem, a 52-page companion book, and a full line of additional merchandise unlike anything I’ve attempted as the head operator and marketer of an independent record label.
Where did this unlikely, vital, and dominant influence originate? 4th gen K-pop, of course. Despite my best intentions of keeping this creative endeavor as simple as possible, the parallel between the inability to communicate through that old ‘90s tech as a teenager and the current frustration of not being able to express my creative gratitude due to the English/Korean language gap became too obvious to ignore. If “obscured communication” influenced the concept of ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700, it was only natural for the music and packaging to follow in K-pop’s duality of unconventional production and ultramodern presentation.
In a weird way, the merging of XBAND and K-pop ended up making more sense than it ever should have. After all, smashing completely unrelated influences together to create something different is hard-coded into the DNA of K-pop itself.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the audio and visuals of ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700 as much as I do. lt was fun for me to see a release through from abstract concept to a finalized, physical product in sequential order for the very first time. If music is in fact a universal language, perhaps now (if nothing else) my excitement is finally loud and clear.
대박!!! – TSC
PHYSICAL EDITION
ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700 is available as a CD bundle. Quantities are extremely limited, and once they are gone, they are gone for good.
Each copy includes the following:
– Outer box
– 52 page book
– 11″ x 14″ poster
– Holo BL/DS logo sticker
– Download card
– Signed photo card (one of two designs – random pull)
– Phone charm (one of two designs – random pull)
– Canvas patch (one of two designs – random pull)
– Circular art sticker (one of two designs – random pull)
All pre-orders included a PC formatted floppy, featuring
all XBAND OST elements needed to play these songs
back via Super MIDI Pak cart in combination with an MPC Live. Floppy disks were only available during the
one-week pre-order and were limited to one per physical mailing address. These are no longer available.
PHYSICAL EDITION
ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700 is available as a CD bundle. Quantities are extremely limited, and once they are gone, they are gone for good.
Each copy includes the following:
– Outer box
– 52 page book
– 11″ x 14″ poster
– Holo BL/DS logo sticker
– Download card
– Signed photo card (one of two designs – random pull)
– Phone charm (one of two designs – random pull)
– Canvas patch (one of two designs – random pull)
– Circular art sticker (one of two designs – random pull)
All pre-orders included a PC formatted floppy, featuring all XBAND OST elements needed to play these songs back via Super MIDI Pak cart in combination with an MPC Live. Floppy disks were only available during the one-week pre-order and were limited to one per physical mailing address. These are no longer available.
Notes
Artwork, music, merchandising, advertising, and project management by TSC (Tyler St Clair). ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700 and all related content conceptualized, finalized, and stress tested over the week of August 1st, 2022 at Studio Blackstone 1.
Everything you hear was made possible using nothing more than the XBAND OST as source material, a Super MIDI Pak MIDI cartridge for interfacing/mangling, and the MPC Live for programming. All audio was recorded direct from an SNES.
© & ℗ – Radiograffiti, BMI. Tyler St Clair appears courtesy of TEARDOWN MUSIC.
Sincerest of shoutouts: Johnny Turpin.
Info
Format: Digital, CD
Label: Radiograffiti
Matrix # RGC-001
Release Date: 12.02.2022
1. TALK TO ME IN KOREAN (3:01)
2. -10° ∞ (3:18)
3. WATCHING THINGS FALL (3:09)
4. 장마 (3:54)
5. IN DEFENSE OF LIZ (3:20)
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Notes
Artwork, music, merchandising, advertising, and project management by TSC (Tyler St Clair). ANTISUMMER CLUB SPC-700 and all related content conceptualized, finalized, and stress tested over the week of August 1st, 2022 at Studio Blackstone 1.
Everything you hear was made possible using nothing more than the XBAND OST as source material, a Super MIDI Pak MIDI cartridge for interfacing/mangling, and the MPC Live for programming. All audio was recorded direct from an SNES.
© & ℗ – Radiograffiti, BMI. Tyler St Clair appears courtesy of TEARDOWN MUSIC.
Sincerest of shoutouts: Johnny Turpin.
Info
Format: Digital, CD
Label: Radiograffiti
Matrix # RGC-001
Release Date: 12.02.2022
1. TALK TO ME IN KOREAN (3:01)
2. -10° ∞ (3:18)
3. WATCHING THINGS FALL (3:09)
4. 장마 (3:54)
5. IN DEFENSE OF LIZ (3:20)
Press
✓ Have some? Get in touch.