Cerulean Memories by Aeroplankton

As a kid, I was obsessed with marine life. We used to have an above ground pool that was just big enough to fit me, my parents, and my huge collection of miscellaneous animal toys. Corals, squids, whales and fish would populate every corner of the pool, and for the time, that was the closest I could be to the sea.
Now, as the winter days get colder, I've come to fondly treasure those cerulean memories of plastic ecosystems and imposing summer suns. In this album, I tried to capture the aesthetic of an artificial aquatic environment. A microcosm of the ocean affected by human interference, that still retains some of its mysterious qualities. One day in the distant future, I might be able to musically represent what the real, untamed ocean truly means to me. In the mean time, this can help bridge the gap.

Music-wise, I consider this album to be a successor to the 2022 Aeroplankton EP. While Aeroplankton was inspired by my childhood obsession with airplanes and flying, Cerulean Memories explores this other core aspect of my personality. The blend of sea and sky is, in my opinion, what best describes my music as a whole, and I believe this album was so far my most mature take on this aesthetic. My biggest inspirations were Boards of Canada's "The Campfire Head Phase" and Pilotredsky's "Eternal" EP.

Visual inspirations are varied, ranging from old video game water levels (like Dire Dire Docks from Super Mario 64 and Lake Hylia from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) to actual real life lakes, such as Lake Baikal, the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world). The frutiger aero aesthetic was also something that I had in mind while working on some of the animations.

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