![]() ![]() īefore the release of News at 11, YouTube user Wav Flv released Reptilian TV, a vaporwave mix featuring an image of the Twin Towers on fire. By 2016, Elzinga further explored the ambiance of the pre-9/11 era in Class of '84 (2016), a release partly inspired by 1980s media such as Saved by the Bell. Through 20, Elzinga collaborated with several prominent vaporwave musicians, including Telepath, Donovan Hikiru, and Luxury Elite. His first releases featured a style from before the September 11 attacks that would later be the main focus of News at 11. Elzinga had drawn inspiration from the pop culture and hyperconsumerism of the 1990s, as heard on his 2014 albums Hiraeth and Palm Mall. In 2013, Dutch electronic musician Jornt Elzinga began releasing music under the alias Cat System Corp., from which he received acclaim for his vaporwave projects. Its cassette issue also became one of the most demanded releases of the website. News at 11 is the all-time best-selling mallsoft release on Bandcamp, and is often listed as one of Elzinga's most important releases. Some fans found the album to accurately represent vaporwave's "last breaths" before the fall of the Twin Towers, while critics commented on its reflection of a lost vision of the future as remarkable. ![]() The record received positive critic and public reviews upon release. In February 2020, Elzinga released the album on vinyl featuring two bonus tracks, and in September 2021, partnered with filmmaker Indy Advant to create the visual album Liberty Edition. News at 11 reflects September 11 as a normal day, in a timeline where the towers "proudly stand still." Several elements are named in reference to 9/11, such as the track "8:46 AM" being named after the time when Flight 11 hit the North Tower, and the artwork cover showing the American flag as seen through a plane window. It was likened to the themes of author Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018), while its relation to capitalism has been compared to Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism (2009).Īlthough the first 9 tracks sample both TV recordings and songs, the latter 11 draw primarily from the Weather Channel transmissions. Inspired by a vaporwave mix featuring a picture of the burning Twin Towers, Elzinga produced News at 11 as a portrayal of "a parallel universe where it never happened." Initially intended to be a Weather Channel-themed release, the album was produced over the course of nine months. Released on September 11, 2016, it samples smooth jazz songs and clips from TV commercials as a tribute to the victims of the September 11 attacks. ![]() News at 11 is the fourteenth studio album by Cat System Corp., the alias of Dutch electronic musician Jornt Elzinga. ![]()
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