- What is the meaning and the concept behind the name of your music project?
That is a funny story really. Back in the day I was invoved with a woman and online, particularly on Facebook I used my real name, and so, I would get a lot of messages in my DMs from...women of the past. It got me in trouble a few times so I decided to change my name. The first thing that came to mind was Paco Moreno, a character from a 1983 movie called Bad Boys with Sean Penn and Esai Morales (Paco). I always loved that movie and the Paco character so I changed my name to Paco Moreno. Years later.
When I decided to make vaporwave, I simply adapted that name because that is how I was known in the vaporwave forums. That was in 2019. Before that I made electronic "Death Noise" under the name Dying Face begining in 1994. That project can be found on ReverbNation.
- What equipment do you use for create music?
Oh that has varied over the years from a variety of guitars and keyboards in the beginning to my trusty ENY dv6 laptop that I use now in which I have two of them.
- Tell us a little biography about your project, when you started to make music?
I am a creator, not a musician, let's start there. I have been making mix tapes , field recordings and albums scince I was 8 years old in 1984. My frind and I
would throw a tape in the boombox and record ourselves, we would do skits as if we were a radio station. We would perform songs, act out commercials and do radio spots.
I was also big on field recordings as a kid . I always had a tape recording in the back of the room at get togthers and just randomly recorded sounds. I still have some of those tapes.
Fastforward to 1994 another friend and I recorded a noise album called Tunnel of Insanity and from that session I used left over bits to make my first solo noise album,
Divine Empire of Evil: Forever We Rot under the name Dying Face in '95. I continued with Dying Face into the 2000's . I released a song on Youtube under the name S.O.94
around 2015. (Summer of '94) Then in 2019 I made my first vaporwave album under the name HiBias Casstte. The album was called Good Vibes and it really made no waves at all.
in 2020 I made another vaporwave album,"No Problemo" under the name Paco Moreno and let my friend Dos Pinos of TVVIN PINEZ M4LL hear it. He offered to releas it on his label The Bogus Collective.
That was a big break for me into Vaporwave.
- Who are your main music and artistic influences?
My main musical influence throughout my life has without a doubt been BLACK SABBATH, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne being the most influentual.
I have such a wide and diverse taste in music I could go on and on from genre to genre naming names that have influenced me...for example just to name a few...
Cannibal Corpse, Poison Clan, Hank Williams,NIN, Johnny Cash, King Diamond... and on and on as I love all genres of music from rap to country heavy metal, black metal, death metal
and so on.
As far as vaporwave is concerned by far my main influence has been TVVIN PINEZ M4LL.
- What underground artists from the netlabel scene do you like?
being an owner of a Netlabel I have many favorites that I have listened to and worked with. After all vaporwave as a whole is really underground and most of us are on netlabels.
I enjoy, and I am gonna try to diversify this a bit, again TVVIN PINEZ M4LL (vaporwave) From Tokyo to Honolulu (chillwave) Humanfobia (witch house) Tony Fawkin Heal (future funk) CT57 (signalwave) and I could go on and on.
- Do you have some influence from your country in your music?
Again i'd have to say TVVIN PINEZ M4LL has been the most influential on my vaporwave career. I should mention though my early career in extreme noise was predominantly
influenced by Italian artist Marco Corbelli of Atrax Morgue.
- What is your favorite album/ep composed by you? And why?
That is a tough one becuase there are a few that I really love such as Miami Weather Report , Tom Selleck and Forever.EXE . All for different reasons. I'd say the one I listen to the most
is All Night Long , originally released as 밤새도록 by 오후, because this album is so funky and just has an excellent vibe. I'd say the albums that I am most proud of would be my work with Itallian artist Tele+1 on the albums Fresco & Analog Ghost. These albums are incredibly tight and really showcase our craft.
- What are your preferred music platforms/websites? Why?
For me it is BandCamp for sure. I like the control I have there. I really dont venture outside of BC very much besides YouTube. Plus I have an extensive physichal collection that stems back
to the very first tape I ever owned which is David Lee Roth's Crazy from the Heat. So at least at home I have a huge library of music to listen to without the internet.
- Any funny anecdote in the composition of a track or an album?
There are many. Lot's of funny things happen while making music. One thing I do is hide things in my albums, I have put my voice, the voice of my kids and small samples of those early
field recordings I mentioned earlier all throughout my music. My most recent album, which is unreleased as I say this but will be out real soon is a mallsoft album called
Christmas Mallsoft Medley of Melodies and I recorded all of the mall ambience while on a family outing to a local mall and so you can hear me and my family all troughout the recording.
- Do you play live? How was the experience?
I dont play live. I traveled throughout the south east for a decade with bands, filming and promoting shows in my early days and honestly I have no desire to play live.
- Any news for 2025?
2025 will be a big year for PMP. I have so many great acts lined up and much to share with you all. Stay Tuned...
- Do you want to say anything else to your listeners?
Thank you my friends.
I love you all.
Paco Moreno.
LATEST RELEASE: "Christmas Mallsoft Medley of Melodies":
https://pac0m0ren0.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-mallsoft-medley-of-melodies
