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Acid Horizon

PC Music, Accelerationism, and Xenofeminism

Feb 10, 2021
Two friends of the show, Will and Anton, discuss their upcoming project on PC Music, hyperpop, accelerationism, and xenofeminism. They explore the unique digital use of space, facial framing, and audible intensity in generating concert experiences. They delve into topics like deconstruction of identity, hauntology, trans studies, and the relation of Queerness to future possibilities. Other chapters cover methodological challenges in studying music online, breaking through limits, and the production skills of PC Music.
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  • PC Music challenges traditional labels and categories, subverting existing identities in mainstream music.
  • An experimental ethnographic project explores the social and musical spaces created by PC Music within the online realm, focusing on digital anthropology and queer alien critique.

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PC Music: Exploring the Genre and Its Cultural Concepts

PC Music is a genre or collective that assembles various micro-genres like hyper-pop, bubblegum pop, and more. It was started by A.G. Cook in 2013 in London and has since gained popularity online. PC Music is known for its conscious distancing from mainstream pop and its subversion of existing identities in mainstream music. It navigates the artists affiliated with it, positioning itself as a signifier of subversion and a distinct genre. The boundary between PC Music and mainstream pop is unsettled, and its sound and aesthetic challenge traditional labels and categories.

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