Ramona Andra Langley

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| alias = {{collapsible list|title=Vektroid|title_style=font-weight: normal|New Dreams Ltd.|PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises|Macintosh Plus|Peace Forever Eternal|DRVG CTRL|Dstnt|Laserdisc Visions|Fuji Grid TV|情報デスクVIRTUAL|Tanning Salon|CTO|Vktrfry|Vectorfray|Sacred Tapestry|ESC 不在{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}}}

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| origin = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|Electronic|vaporwave|chillwave|hypnagogic pop|experimental}}

| occupation = Music producer

| years_active = 2005–present

| label = {{hlist|Beer on the Rug|PrismCorp||Pavillion36|Section 27}}

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Ramona Andra Langley is an American electronic musician from Portland, Oregon. She has released music under her primary Vektroid alias, as well as others, such as dstnt, Laserdisc Visions, New Dreams Ltd., Virtual Information Desk, and PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises. Langley played a prominent role in the popularization of the vaporwave subgenre with the release of her ninth studio album, Floral Shoppe, under the alias Macintosh Plus. Since then, she has continued to release music through Bandcamp and other online platforms.

Career

Langley began producing and releasing electronic music in 2005. She has released music through aliases, including Macintosh Plus, PrismCorp, and Laserdisc Visions, among others. She reports that she has put out over forty releases since 2005. Paolo Scarpa characterized Langley's music as an "exposé of late capitalism". James Parker noted Vektroid's "sensuous virtuality" and "new cyber-pop unconscious". Writing for Sputnikmusic, Adam Downer called Floral Shoppe a shift toward beauty in an age that has nearly "run the gamut of what artists and musicians can do".

Tiny Mix Tapes ranked Floral Shoppe and 札幌コンテンポラリー, released by Langley under her Macintosh Plus and 情報デスクVIRTUAL aliases, respectively, on its list of its 50 favorite albums of 2012. Fact magazine called Floral Shoppe the defining album of Bandcamp, the streaming service through which Vektroid releases her music. The album is the site's most user-recommended album in the experimental music category.

Langley stopped releasing music regularly in early 2013, only releasing two albums of that year, Home™ and ClearSkies™. Both albums were released under the PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises pseudonym in April. In 2014, Langley released Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition, a revision of her release Initiation Tape - Part One, as New Dreams Ltd. In early 2015, she collaborated with electronic duo Magic Fades to produce a remix of the song "Ecco" from their debut album, Push Through. In February 2016 she released three albums, Fuji Grid TV EX, Shader Complete and Sleepline. The first two are revisions of some of her albums, while the last one was produced in 2013 but never released previously.

Impact and legacy

Under various aliases, Langley played a role in the creation of the modern electronic genre vaporwave between 2010 and 2013. Her projects, Macintosh Plus and New Dreams Ltd., are considered as the primary artists in the vaporwave genre.{{cite news|last1=Galil|first1=Leor|title=Vaporwave and the Observer Effect|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/vaporwave-spf420-chaz-allen-metallic-ghosts-prismcorp-veracom/Content?oid=8831558|work=Chicago Reader|date=February 19, 2013}}{{cite web|last1=Friedlander|first1=Emilie|last2=McDermott|first2=Patrick D.|date=October 8, 2015|title=A Recent History of Microgenres|url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/10/08/timeline-history-of-music-microgenres-chillwave-cloud-rap-witch-house|website=The Fader}}

Personal life

Langley resides in Portland, Oregon. She came out as a trans woman in 2011.{{Cite tweet|number=1408079054494855171|user=VektroidLive|title=Just now remembering that I came out as trans ten years ago this month. Holy shit.|author=RaRa|author-link=Vektroid|date=June 24, 2021}} She was diagnosed with autism in February 2024.{{Cite tweet|number=1760604291856015510|user=VektroidLive|title=also i got an official autism diagnosis, i am mid-high level 1 autism certified now|author=RaRa|author-link=Vektroid|date=Feb 22, 2024}}

Discography

class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Name !Album title !Notes
rowspan="5"\|2009	rowspan="6"\|Vektordrum	Capitose Windowpane
Deciphered
Fraktalseq: Blossom
I, Banished
\|Hello1&2	Compilation of the EP's "Hello Skypedals EP1" and "Hello Skypedals EP2"
rowspan="5"\|2010	Geese
rowspan="3"\|dstnt	isÆ
\|Night Signals II
\|iss2+2
rowspan="4"\|Vektroid	Telnet Erotika	Reissued in 2017 as Telnet Complete
rowspan="10"\|2011	Polytravellers
\|Starcalc
\|Neo Cali
\|Fuji Grid TV	Prism Genesis	Reissued in 2016 as Fuji Grid TV EX under the name New Dreams Ltd.
\|Laserdisc Visions	New Dreams Ltd.
\|New Dreams Ltd.	Initiation Tape - Part One	Reissued in 2014 as Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition
rowspan="2"\|esc不在	Black Horse
\|MIDI Dungeon
\| Tanning Salon	Dream Castle
\|Macintosh Plus	Floral Shoppe
rowspan="3"\|2012	情報デスクVIRTUAL	札幌コンテンポラリー
\|Sacred Tapestry	Shader	Reissued in 2016 as Shader Complete
\|Vektroid	Color Ocean Road
rowspan="2"\|2013	rowspan="2"\|PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises	Home™
\|ClearSkies™
rowspan="8"\|2016	CTO	GDGA1	In collaboration with Ray Sherman
rowspan="2"\|New Dreams Ltd.	Sleepline
\|Eden
\|PALACIO DEL RIO	NO TITLE	rowspan="2"\|In collaboration with Siddiq
rowspan="5"\|Vektroid	Midnight Run
\|Vektroid Texture Maps
\|Big Danger
\|RE•SET
rowspan="2"\|2017	Seed & Synthetic Earth
\|Peace Forever Eternal	Nextcentury
2022	Vektroid & New Dreams Ltd.	Fuji Grid TV II: EMX
2023	rowspan="3"\|Vektroid	cRASH 1
rowspan="2"\|2024	cRASH 2: Mac +/-
\|777 PIG DANGER
rowspan="3"\|TBA	Macintosh Plus	Untitled album{{Cite web\|title=Vektroid on Twitter: Just so you know - the Macintosh Plus sequel is NOT called "Rise From Your Grave", nor is it "Sick & Panic"! Sick & Panic is one of roughly a dozen (also long) tracks from the album. I'm not announcing the full title yet, but for now...MACINTOSH PLUS PLUS/Twitter\|url=https://twitter.com/vektroid/status/1257036989246763008\|access-date=July 17, 2020\|website=Twitter\|language=en}}
rowspan="2"\|Vektroid	No Earth
The Children's New Book	{{cite web \|title=Moebius Blue (from "Seed & Synthetic Earth") by Vektroid - Free Listening on SoundCloud \|url=https://soundcloud.com/vektroid/moebius-blue-from-seed-synthetic-earth \|website=SoundCloud \|access-date=October 21, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021025552/https://soundcloud.com/vektroid/moebius-blue-from-seed-synthetic-earth/ \|archive-date=October 21, 2018 \|location=Perma.cc \|date=November 1, 2018 \|url-status=live }}

References

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{{cite web|url=http://vektroid.bandcamp.com/ |title=Vektroid's Bandcamp |access-date=July 8, 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-21693-scene_report_electronic_music.html |title=Scene Report: Electronic Music |first=Mitch |last=Lillie |publisher=Willamette Week |date=December 31, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2015}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2012-favorite-50-albums-of-2012 |title=情報デスクVIRTUAL 札幌コンテンポラリー |work=Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 |date=December 2012 |first=Paolo |last=Scarpa |publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=June 23, 2014}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2012-favorite-50-albums-of-2012 |title=Macintosh Plus Floral Shoppe |work=Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 |date=December 2012 |first=James |last=Parker |publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=June 23, 2014}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/61016/Macintosh-Plus-FLORAL-SHOPPE/ |title=Review: Machintosh Plus - FLORAL SHOPPE |first=Adam |last=Downer |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date=February 16, 2014 |access-date=June 23, 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/07/best-bandcamp-releases-of-the-month/ |title=January's best Bandcamp release |work=Fact Magazine |publisher=Fact |date=February 7, 2015 |access-date=July 16, 2015 |author1=Fact }}

{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/02/16/adam-harper-on-health-goth |title=What Health Goth Actually Means |publisher=The Fader |date=February 2, 2015 |first=Adam |last=Harper |access-date=June 6, 2015}}

{{cite interview |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/health-goth-mainstream-attention-666/ |title=Is the Health Goth Movement Selling Out to the Mainstream? |publisher=Vice |first1=Chris |last1=Cantino |first2=Mike |last2=Grabarek |first3=Jeremy |last3=Scott |interviewer=Alex Horne |date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=July 16, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/10/vektroid-makes-triumphant-return-with-her-massive-magic-fades-remix/ |title=Vektroid makes triumphant return with her massive Magic Fades remix |first=Miles |last=Bowe |publisher=Fact |date=February 10, 2015 |access-date=July 16, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.hipsthetic.com/vektroid-drops-three-new-releases-via-bandcamp |title=Vektroid Drops Three New Releases via Bandcamp |publisher=Hipstetic |date=February 17, 2016 |access-date=April 6, 2016 |archive-date=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421143952/http://www.hipsthetic.com/vektroid-drops-three-new-releases-via-bandcamp/ |url-status=dead }}

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