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The Official Vaporwave Thread of WTF is Vaporwave
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ElectricKaibutsu
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Anyone have any Ventla albums? Any opinion on which ones are his best?
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
It sounds like the sort of music people do illegal stuff to 
It sounds like the sort of music people do illegal stuff to
The best kinds of music are the ones that make you want to do illegal stuff.
Years ago, I would sometime have to visit my annoying cousins who lived in a really crappy part of Laurel.
Near their house, there was this mall, that was almost completely abandoned. Like, literally, it was open, but totally empty, stores open and everything. I remember it had this weird 80s vibe and everything was neon.
On the top floor of the mall, there was a very large circular food court. The only open restaurant was a Taco Bell. The neon Taco Bell sign was blinding.
In the very middle of this HUGE food court space was a few arcade machines. Not games, but like Chuck E Cheese type stuff. So characters you could ride, crane games, that kind of thing. And when I say huge, I mean gigantic. So imagine a really big imposing open space, with just a couple of arcade games in the very middle.
I was so terrified of that place. It was so eery and depressing and horrible. Like I was in a graveyard.
Every single vaporwave song reminds me of that terrible place.
Near their house, there was this mall, that was almost completely abandoned. Like, literally, it was open, but totally empty, stores open and everything. I remember it had this weird 80s vibe and everything was neon.
On the top floor of the mall, there was a very large circular food court. The only open restaurant was a Taco Bell. The neon Taco Bell sign was blinding.
In the very middle of this HUGE food court space was a few arcade machines. Not games, but like Chuck E Cheese type stuff. So characters you could ride, crane games, that kind of thing. And when I say huge, I mean gigantic. So imagine a really big imposing open space, with just a couple of arcade games in the very middle.
I was so terrified of that place. It was so eery and depressing and horrible. Like I was in a graveyard.
Every single vaporwave song reminds me of that terrible place.
Ｔｈｅｙ ｆｏｕｎｄ ｅａｃｈ ｏｔｈｅｒ ａｇａｉｎ， ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｃｒａｃｋｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｔｏｗｅｒｓ， ｕｎｄｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｖｉｏｌｅｔ ｈａｚｅ ｏｆ Ｃｉｔａｄｅｌ ２８１４． Ｔｈｅ ａｎｃｉｅｎｔ ｌｏｖｅ ｒｕｓｈｅｄ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｗｉｒｅｓ ａｓ ｉｔ ｏｎｃｅ ｈａｄ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｖｅｉｎｓ． Ａｎｄ ｆｒｏｍ ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｅｍｂｒａｃｅ， ｔｈｅ ｃｙｃｌｅ ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｅｄ， ｅｔｅｒｎａｌ．
This genre really was on to something then.
Beautiful.
silentcapybara
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BOOGIE AT THE HYPERMALL 20XX KICKSTARTER
from the kickstarter page:
really hope this gets funded. that lineup! potential GAF meet-up?
from the kickstarter page:
really hope this gets funded. that lineup! potential GAF meet-up?
CheesecakeRecipe
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BOOGIE AT THE HYPERMALL 20XX KICKSTARTER
from the kickstarter page:
really hope this gets funded. that lineup! potential GAF meet-up?
According to the link you posted, this was cancelled two days ago.
silentcapybara
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damn. didn't see that until i was just about to post an official thread.
Aizo
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I'm really into tentenko and EspeciaSynthpoppy vaporwave kinda sound. Can I get recommendations to artists like them?
tentenko - Good bye, Good Girl
Especia - No. 1 Sweeper
tentenko - Good bye, Good Girl
Especia - No. 1 Sweeper
Anyone been bumping Death's Dynamic Shroud.wmv or Shima33? Some of my favorite new blood in Vaporwave.
Also, You Can Make Me by Hellcom is a fucking brilliant song by a very up and coming producer.
Two observations:
1)I think it's funny that the OP from 2013 is already questioning whether Vaporwave "still exists."
2) No mention of Chuck Person's Ecco Jams in OP. smdh
Also, You Can Make Me by Hellcom is a fucking brilliant song by a very up and coming producer.
Two observations:
1)I think it's funny that the OP from 2013 is already questioning whether Vaporwave "still exists."
2) No mention of Chuck Person's Ecco Jams in OP. smdh
radios shipping overview
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So, set me straight here, because I really don't understand:
Why would you listen to this stuff, when you can listen to the original music so much of it samples or rips off? I mean, most vaporwave I've heard blatantly steals from 80s J-pop or fusion, or from video game soundtracks. Why not get the actual (or imagined) nostalgia hit from music that's actually from another time and place? Why does it need to be reinterpreted? The fact that so much vaporwave sounds so good just shows how good the original material was, and how much it still stands on its own. Listen to some Toshiki Kadomatsu, or some T-Square, or Casiopeia, or Ryuichi Sakamoto, or YMO.
This is all so weird. It's like a Wings of Honneamise soundtrack cut-up party.
Why would you listen to this stuff, when you can listen to the original music so much of it samples or rips off? I mean, most vaporwave I've heard blatantly steals from 80s J-pop or fusion, or from video game soundtracks. Why not get the actual (or imagined) nostalgia hit from music that's actually from another time and place? Why does it need to be reinterpreted? The fact that so much vaporwave sounds so good just shows how good the original material was, and how much it still stands on its own. Listen to some Toshiki Kadomatsu, or some T-Square, or Casiopeia, or Ryuichi Sakamoto, or YMO.
This is all so weird. It's like a Wings of Honneamise soundtrack cut-up party.
OrangeGrayBlue
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I feel like the appeal of lots of genres and subgenres right now relies on, for lack of a better word, an "intellectualized" deconstruction and reinvention of the themes and tropes of outdated musical styles. It doesn't seem to be so much about breaking new ground as it does building upon established ideas.
And personally, while something like vaporwave borrows heavily from its source inspiration, there's clearly a different attitude and character to the music. It's more cynical and absurdist than it is earnest and straightforward.
The Vaporwave tracks tend to create an entirely different atmosphere, vibe and tempo than the original tracks did, which makes it suitable for different moods and experiences
With that said, I absolutely love T-Square and Casiopeia, and when they're sampled in Vaporwave, that's just a bonus for me
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I guess I don't really like hearing a detached, ironic take on music that is so powerful for its inherent optimism and hope. The economic era it's from might be in the past, but the music still works.
Emperor Bohe
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i really dig what i've heard of vaporwave. good shit. i love the artwork too.
This is mad good
This is so fan, including the video.
maybe this would be up your street? i've been listening to a bunch of albums from the label and they're all pretty good
https://dmttapes.bandcamp.com/track/make-me-love-you
AMDISCS is another label worth checking out
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Maybe give Architecture in Tokyo a try?
Pepsi is not even really vaporwave...
ay dudes for anyone into saint pepsi, he had to change his name to skylar spence a few months ago for legal bs
https://soundcloud.com/skylarspence
he has a new album coming out on september 18th and it's really great. it's a dance pop album, half the songs have vocals and the other half are instrumentals more akin to hit vibes and/or gin city
https://soundcloud.com/skylarspence
he has a new album coming out on september 18th and it's really great. it's a dance pop album, half the songs have vocals and the other half are instrumentals more akin to hit vibes and/or gin city
Yes, this kind of stuff is great! Thank you
Also, gave Analog Dementia's new album, Columbine Nightmares a listen today. As someone who's relatively 'obsessed' with the Columbine Massacre, I found this to be quite chilling.
Not the most audibly pleasant Vaporwave, but the entire thing wraps up into an interesting and oddly memorable experience.
StriKeVillain
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Nice stuff. Love peeking in here to see what everyone else is listening to.
I recently stumbled on Emil Rottmayer's work: https://soundcloud.com/emil-rottmayer/sets/free-downloads
I'm particularly in love with T.I.M.E. (Part 2)
I recently stumbled on Emil Rottmayer's work: https://soundcloud.com/emil-rottmayer/sets/free-downloads
I'm particularly in love with T.I.M.E. (Part 2)
This was fire!
Barajas_201
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Is this vaporwave? Because I love it.
I believe this is Nu-Disco, in which the current trend of that genre is to use much older samples similar to Vaporwave, as well as similar Vaporwave-esque artwork
So yes and no. There is definitely a connection there, however
Saint Pepsi / Skylar Spence might be your thing
this Philip Collins guy makes pretty good vaporwave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvU9GEVHQ0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvU9GEVHQ0s
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