A great example of hearing Vaporwave "in action" is when it's played in Dan Bell's Dead Mall YouTube series.
Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
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Re: Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
#72I’ll start out by saying I’m an avid fan of vapor/synth/whatever wave. I’ve heard this argument before and I can’t be the only one to think it’s silly, right? A cursory search of Spotify, Bandcamp, or YouTube will show that ALL the “wave” genres are alive and well some 5 years after this article was written. Some artists have moved on to other aesthetics, some artists have continued to produce the same sound they alw…
For some data, here's a rough number of Vaporwave albums released per year (source: RYM[1]) 2010: 11 2011: 63 2012: 168 2013: 348 2014: 572 2015: 1193 2016: 1144 2017: 812 2018: 816 2019: 798 2020: 732 2021: 269 [1] https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/vaporwave/
I would say Chillwave peaked around 2009. I was at uni when I was listening to it and I feel to old to "get into" it now.
Re: Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
#73Is it really killed? It is still produced but even more important it has evolved through CityPop to FutureFunk and even has touched a bit other genres. I you haven't yet, give it a try. There are many online radio stations that play both FutureFunk and Vaporwave. As for the SynthWave (2.0 because the original SynthWave happened in very early 80s and I do not know why it is called that way since it is unrelated and I…
> As for the SynthWave (2.0 because the original SynthWave happened in very early 80s and I do not know why it is called that way since it is unrelated and I prfere to call it RetroWave) it is still produced. The original was just called synth-pop. The name synth-wave is now retroactively applied to some 80's bands. I myself got into synth-wave only 2-3 years ago and even started making my own songs this year.
If my memory serves me correctly the term for what British bands were doing in the early 80s at the time was "electro". Synth-pop became the dominant term as it went mainstream and artists cracked the formula for making hit records. (So John Foxx and pre-Dare Human League would be electro, post-Dare HL and Howard Jones it'd be synth-pop and Dare itself... well that's a matter of perspective.) But "electro" means something else completely these days.
Re: Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
#74I’ll just assume everyone here is a fan and share some great playlists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wIjGv5BH8dRETiikmormc?si=... https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ALbeqn1aDPutYOozVRres?si=... https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXdLEN7aqioXM?si=...
My absolute favorite go-to mix while I’m at work:
Re: Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
For some data, here's a rough number of Vaporwave albums released per year (source: RYM[1]) 2010: 11 2011: 63 2012: 168 2013: 348 2014: 572 2015: 1193 2016: 1144 2017: 812 2018: 816 2019: 798 2020: 732 2021: 269 [1] https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/vaporwave/
I would say Chillwave peaked around 2009. I was at uni when I was listening to it and I feel to old to "get into" it now.
You are never too old to get back into music you enjoyed when you were younger, if it was any good to begin with.
The only stuff I've found I can't go back to in the long run is the dreck-- the low quality, overly derivative or ethically questionable non-art. Everything else can fly again after you get over being burnt out on it. [That is, unless you grew up in the age of radio dominance, in which case there are probably several good songs that've been killed for you forever through overplaying.]
Re: Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
#76I’ll just assume everyone here is a fan and share some great playlists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wIjGv5BH8dRETiikmormc?si=... https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ALbeqn1aDPutYOozVRres?si=... https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXdLEN7aqioXM?si=...
Here’s one that I’ve gotten a a lot of mileage out of.
There’s one other that I really liked, but it seems to have been DMCA’d. The creator of the mix has SoundCloud and Spotify versions, but both are missing tracks… I have the original saved locally as an iTunes playlist but there’s no way to share it.
Re: Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
#77Lots of call outs and links here, but very few text-based playlists in this discussion. Please, someone, give it to us straight, in ascii. Top 20 artists would suffice.
Re: Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
#78I’m elated by the sharing going on in this comment section. More like this!
Re: Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
#79I’ll start out by saying I’m an avid fan of vapor/synth/whatever wave. I’ve heard this argument before and I can’t be the only one to think it’s silly, right? A cursory search of Spotify, Bandcamp, or YouTube will show that ALL the “wave” genres are alive and well some 5 years after this article was written. Some artists have moved on to other aesthetics, some artists have continued to produce the same sound they alw…
If you haven't seen there is a really nice documentary called "The Rise of the Synths".
https://theriseofthesynths.com/ - it's beautifully shot and has John Carpenter as the narrator.
Re: Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)
#80Lots of call outs and links here, but very few text-based playlists in this discussion. Please, someone, give it to us straight, in ascii. Top 20 artists would suffice.
One of my favorite channels: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePrimeThanatos/videos
Play a couple of videos and your feed will be filled with all of the neo-80's *wave goodness you could hope for.
EDIT: I failed to read your comment.