The news was broken to me last night that Cesar Alexandre, the person behind Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza and Mount Shrine has passed away from coronavirus.
I never met or talked to Cesar Alexandre. I was well aware of their underground-classic 2013 release Daily Night Euphoria EP, at times serving as the high-water mark within vaporwave (at least from an outsider’s perspective). Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza was an early building block to vaporwave culture, strengthening the legitimacy and legacy of those that came before it while simultaneously expanding the potential and outreach of the genre as a whole.
The idea of legacy within music can be complicated. Usually a word saved for the most famous of artists. But Dave Brockie’s death in 2014 wasn’t lost on me, and neither was Randy ‘Biscuit’ Turner’s death to the Austin, TX scene when I visited nearly 15 years after the fact. In the same way, Cesar Alexandre’s legacy will not be lost on the vaporwave community.
The enrichment of our collective cultures depends on artists and the work they do, regardless of the medium or stylistic movements in which they work. And with that, let’s remember the legacy of Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza, Mount Shrine, and most importantly Cesar Alexandre.
“The night isn’t young anymore.”
*UPDATE 4/19/21* Proceeds from NTSC Memories by Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza will go to the artist’s estate. You can check that out here: https://tigerbloodtapes.bandcamp.com/album/ntsc-memories
The Resident Sound 
My name is Thiago, I from Brazil and when I was starting my electronic music project Thycron, Lindsheaven liked one of my songs, and that’s how we started talking. At the time, he was still producing the album “In Construction,” and we talked a lot – he even thought about putting the project “The Industrialist” aside to focus on Lindsheaven. He was a really nice guy; we were always chatting. When he started the San Louis Mall of this album, he laughed because he had seen a compilation of commercials, and when the one used in this song came on – if I remember correctly, it was a shaving cream commercial – he said he had the idea to do something with it because he found the tone of the commercial itself very cheesy.
Well, as life goes on, in the meantime, I moved to a different city and lost contact with a lot of people. I went without internet for years, starting my adult life in a humble neighborhood, and until I could be back online, I really stopped communicating with many people. So today, as I write this comment, the San Louis Mall came to mind, and I decided to look for Cesar again, to find out how he was doing. And unfortunately, I came across this sad news… I’m in a mix of emotions, not knowing what to say, but I think it’s important to record my feelings here alongside a fan of this great guy. Thank you for the information. Now all that remains is the legacy of this fantastic guy who, behind all the nostalgia in his music, was someone who liked to joke around and talk a lot of nonsense but was genuinely excited about the music he was producing and wanted to dedicate himself. RIP Lindsheaven…
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