Duvet, Not Like Other Cyberpunk, But
(don’t worry there’s no lain spoilers in this post)
Continuing on the theme of the last post i will talk some more about heavily internet music. Speaking of heavily internet, serial experiments Lain is the best shows i’ve ever seen. Internet culture that feels far ahead of its time, cyberpunk in a new and refreshing way even when its a show from the 90s, a fact I had to remind myself of while watching. But this post isn’t about lain, its about it’s theme more specifically astrophysics remix of duvet.
Duvet is a beautiful song but upon hearing it you wouldn’t think SE lain is a cyberpunk show, while it definitely is. Lain isn’t the average cyberpunk show, incorporating less themes of the punk and more of the cyber. This makes this remix even more interesting though, it makes this quite acoustic song almost completely electronic and in line with the Blade Runner a e s t h e t i c popular in modern cyberpunk.
Punchy drums and 80s v i b e s giving the track a completely different aesthetic than it began with. Glistering synths like neon shining through the dark fog of cyberpunk cities, rather then the lonely guitar moods that the original gives off. It’s strange hearing this song sound like this, almost like SE lain was about a corrupt corporation and cyber guns all along. As for the song I have to say that im not the biggest fan of synthwave but I can appreciate how the vibes of this song contrast with the original vibes of Duvet and the anime.
Let’s all love lain.