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From:
Clint Anderson
To:
Eric Sorenson
Cc:
Ransom Schafer , Ben Diamondstein , Idm List
Date:
Tue, 5 Jan 2016 22:20:17 -0600
Subject:
Re: What is Vaporwave?
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lol loving "vhs-fetishist cough syrup music" Clint Anderson Systems Engineer "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Eric Sorenson <eric@explosive.net> wrote:
quoted 58 lines A lot of vaporware is Daniel Lopatin's fault, IMO, so it's semi on topic.> A lot of vaporware is Daniel Lopatin's fault, IMO, so it's semi on topic. > The Chuck Person / Games / Ford&Lopatin material was kind of the first > VHS-fetishist cough syrup music to break out. > > It's not bad, exactly, but it feels very shallow to me. > > > - Eric Sorenson - N45.569, W122.763 - http://twitter.com/ahpook - > > > On Jan 5, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Ransom Schafer <ransom.schafer@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Ha! Reposting This, > > There are different sub genres of Vaporwave. Personally, I've been jamming > of this Taspo release all year: > > http://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/long-life > > 18carat affair, Vector Graphics, St Pepsi, and Bloodwave are some of > my favorites.. classics IMO > > The Dream Catalogue has had a good run this year. I interested in seeing > where their sub label Nivana Port leads to. I do find this off topic > though, unless the genre starts getting more IDM like. Any thoughts on > the artist Sandtimer? > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Ben Diamondstein <ben@diamondste.in> > wrote: > >> In respect to the "Best of 2015" thread, I figured it may be worth >> bringing the Vaporwave topic to another email. >> >> I'm fairly new to this list, so I've been hesitant to ask about >> Vaporwave, but it seems like something people have thoughts on. >> >> Here's a video I found in my own research that seems to do a pretty good >> job describing the history of (which is actually very interesting). >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdpP0mXOlWM >> >> But again, it's kind of academic. Anyone here into Vaporwave and can >> explain a bit of why/what? It seems that people are generally very >> opinionated on it in the more well-respected music circles. Plus, it seems >> to have a very devout following, considering the obscurity of it. Seemingly >> like IDM in its infancy. >> >> This is the song that people often reference most closely with the genre. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU8HrO7XuiE >> >> Thoughts? Opinions? Bueller? >> >> >> > >