Two Vaporwave artist with a love for New Age, and combining software and hardware synthesizers.
Iconic Duo
Device Operator is the artist name of an electronic musician based in Louisiana. He began experimenting with sample-based vaporwave in 2019 and released “type exception,” dreamy cuts of funk and soul music turned into slushy ambient. In 2020 he continued to release new music. The first release, Astreopora, was the result of initial experiments in making original music, producing a modern and soft new age album featuring imagery and themes of coral reefs and underwater life. His third release, Better Days, was a collection of eclectic sampling blended with original synth sounds, featuring plentiful syncopation and small cuts of sounds transformed into classic vaporwave unrecognizable from the originals.
Bell Square is an electronic musician based in the suburbs of Seattle, Washington. He creates evocative sound collages from a mixture of samples, synthesizers, and an eclectic collection of outdated hardware.
RELEASES
Memory Falls
Sample free original compositions and gapless playback, split album, with in-depth thematic collaboration between two artists, Device Operator and Bell Square. This album was heavily influenced by east-Asian new age classics, unique timbres and instruments associated with eastern folk music, and also the styles and emotion of modern ambient vaporwave. We wanted to create an album that would do modern new age music justice and follow in the footsteps of the earlier new age artists, while also incorporating aspects of vaporwave.
