Zadig The Jasp – Ꮬ​Ꮲ​Ꮥ​Ꭹ​Ꮯ​Ꮋ​Ꮠ​Ꮸ​⛋​Ꮇ​Ꭼ​Ꮇ​Ꮕ​Ꮢ​Ꭵ​Ꭼ​Ꭶ​Ꮬ
#Electronic #Experimental #classicvaporwave #jazzwave #latenitelofi #lounge #mallsoft #plunderphonics #vaporwave #UnitedStates
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https://celadonplaza.bandcamp.com/album/--23

For this week's #TuneTuesday, the theme is about "songs that are good starters for a genre/subgenre, easing curious ears in to the particulars of that style of music"

By no means an expert on the genre whatsoever, but if I were to introduce someone into the world of #mallsoft, I'd suggest starting with a shorter song to see if they're interested, and then tell them to listen to a much longer song highly regarded in the community.

But what is mallsoft though?

It's an offshoot genre from vaporwave, which "is defined partly by its slowed-down, chopped and screwed samples of smooth jazz, 1970s elevator music, R&B, and lounge music from the 1980s and 1990s; similar to synthwave." (Wikipedia).

Mallsoft adds more ambience where it's as if you're in a shopping mall, with the listener hearing distant people having a muffled chat, footsteps, and announcements made over the tannoy, all mixed in with that nostalgic elevator music and soft jazz sound coming through the mall's speaker system. It's great music to put on in the background or just to vibe along with.

Songs can invoke the hustle and bustle of a busy shopping mall, or the emptiness and desolation of something that was a popular past time but is no more, particularly in Western culture. Songs can also be more straight forward soundscapes, or can be heavily edited to involve satire or messages about overconsumption.

Settings also vary from the realistic, such as a 1990s American mall, to the fictional with, for example, songs based on malls in space or on distant planets. Albums are often entire concepts set in the same mall, with songs rolling into each other seamlessly, making it a tad difficult to pick a song to enter in on as I'd usually suggest an album. Nonetheless, here are two songs I suggest, with the first being quite short and the second being a twenty-two minute holy grail of the genre:

Spiritually Rich - Limousine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKm6P3eMSA0

Palm Mall - Cat System Corp.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENkZGgARPS4

Bonus! Most mallsoft is available on Bandcamp where you can support the artists!

Limousine:
https://limousinemusic.bandcamp.com/track/spiritually-rich-2
Cat System Corp.: https://catsystemcorp.bandcamp.com/track/palm-mall

#SteppingStoneSongs
#SteppingStonesSongs

desert sand feels warm at night – sparkling water
#Electronic #ambient #classicvaporwave #hypnagogic #mallsoft #smooth #vaporwave #UnitedStates
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https://celadonplaza.bandcamp.com/album/sparkling-water

slowerpace 音楽 – USUAL BUSINESS
#Electronic #SmoothJazz #citypop #classicvaporwave #corporate #corporatewave #mallsoft #office #officesoft #officewave #vaporwave
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https://slowerpace.bandcamp.com/album/usual-business

Vįr+üål Åįrßñß – Q U Λ N T U M
#Electronic #Experimental #ambient #atmospheric #electronica #mallsoft #signalwave #slushwave #vaporwave #UnitedStates
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https://celadonplaza.bandcamp.com/album/q-u-n-t-u-m

ホテル shampoo – all my time
#Electronic #mallsoft #vaporwave #NewYork
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://hotelshampoo.bandcamp.com/album/all-my-time

midnight première – virtual reality
#Electronic #Experimental #classicvaporwave #latenitelofi #latenitelofi #lofi #mallsoft #plunderphonics #soundtrack #vaporwave #UnitedStates
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https://celadonplaza.bandcamp.com/album/virtual-reality

Various Artists – Celadon Plaza: Year Two
#Electronic #Experimental #barberbeats #classicvaporwave #downtempo #latenightlofi #lounge #mallsoft #vaporwave #UnitedStates
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https://celadonplaza.bandcamp.com/album/celadon-plaza-year-two

死DESIRE – [[[ECCO-PUNK]]]
#BogusCollective #Experimental #classicvapor #classicvaporwave #eccojams #mallcore #mallsoft #mallwave #plunderphonics #postinternet #vaporfunk #vaporwave #Savusavu
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https://boguscollective.bandcamp.com/album/ecco-punk

MindSpring Memories – The Safe Inside Chronicles
#Electronic #ambient #frutigeraero #lofi #mallsoft #newage #slushwave #vaporwave #France
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
https://underwater-computing.bandcamp.com/album/the-safe-inside-chronicles

*•.¸♡ʄυռƙყσ࿐ – Love Trauma EP
#Alternative #DrumBass #EDM #Electronic #ambient #breakcore #drone #experimentalelectronic #mallsoft #nightcore #slushwave #vaporwave #SãoPaulo
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https://skyplaza.bandcamp.com/album/love-trauma-ep

Неспешный классический #mallsoft альбом Downstream Integration от bakmahn. Удивительно как #музыка, суть которой обыденность, даёт почувствовать себя Патриком Бэйтманом (в офисе, в рабочие часы).

猫 シ Corp. – アウディAudi
#Electronic #mallsoft #plunderphonics #postinternet #soundcollage #vaporwave
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https://catsystemcorp.bandcamp.com/album/audi

Here we go #SoftFest #MallSoftFest #MallSoft #Festival #July4th #2025 #2026 #1980s #1990s #MusicVideos #Music #Futurism Link to come.

SIMULAMEMOREX® n.93 – NOVAGREENHOUSE
#BogusCollective #Experimental #ambientvaporwave #atmospheric #lofiambient #mallsoft #meditation #naturewave #plantwave #postinternet #vaporambient #vaporwave #weathersoft #Savusavu
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https://boguscollective.bandcamp.com/album/novagreenhouse

Zadig The Jasp – Summer Atmosphere
#Electronic #ambient #cassette #lofi #mallsoft #md #minidisc #newage #slushwave #vaporwave #France
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https://underwater-computing.bandcamp.com/album/summer-atmosphere

Классический #vaporwave #mallsoft от 猫シCorp. ショップ＠ヘルシンキ – неторопливый, мечтательный. Такая #музыка очень располагает к покупкам в торговом центре Хельсинки. Если этот вариант не доступен, то под уборку в квартире, готовку, клаваклацание и подобные занятия она тоже отлично подходит.

Всем неспешного, доброго дня.

Lunar Corp – An Astral Stroll Through Lunar Park
#Ambient #ambient #chill #cinematic #dreampop #dreamy #electronic #mallsoft #naturewave #vaporwave #Amsterdam
CC BY-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://lunarcorp.bandcamp.com/album/an-astral-stroll-through-lunar-park

elliminxte – mitigatio
#Jazz #barberbeats #chillwave #downtempo #electronic #jazzfusion #jazzwave #lounge #mallsoft #vaporwave #Manchester
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://elliminxte.bandcamp.com/album/mitigatio

R E A L I T Y テレビ – The Digital Dimension
#Pop #chill #classicvaporwave #electronic #electronica #mallsoft #nostalgia #segahaze #vaporwave #videogame #Calgary
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https://realitytelevision98.bandcamp.com/album/the-digital-dimension