Yeah, the sleeve design was terrific and regarding the audio, i've always
had the feeling that this album prefigured the *Rhythm King/Coldcut*-like
samples-(over)loaded «house music» that came out soon after and which i
instantly got into.
It really sounds like some transitional album to me.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 4:03 AM, Ransom Schafer <ransom.schafer@gmail.com>
wrote:
quoted 171 lines Haha, yeah. I own a copy of Flaunt It. Its packed away somewhere. I always
> Haha, yeah. I own a copy of Flaunt It. Its packed away somewhere. I always
> get a kick out thumbing through the CD booklet when I come across it.
> Class!!
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Although i had never heard about this literally nebulous genre before
>> this thread popped in and after reading your comments, it turns out like
>> i've been listening to vaporwave in my late 80s without even knowing it
>> (maybe you have also) :
>> *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk30a0qsVIk
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk30a0qsVIk>*
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 5:41 PM, luca tommy tommasini <scaleni@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> an big answer after years and year
>>> of explorationz among clicks, glitchs, noise, fields...
>>>
>>> but i really dislike vapor-wave and acceletionasionism..
>>>
>>> 2016-01-06 17:06 GMT+01:00 Bruno Gola <brunogola@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> speaking about ramona (Macintosh Plus), i love her other project
>>>> vektroid:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNP_QiOAHhQ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> for the record i enjoy the yacht rock stylings of daryl hall and john
>>>>> oates
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Clint Anderson
>>>>> Systems Engineer
>>>>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:47 AM, <ben@diamondste.in> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ten points to Clint.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>> ben majoy (mobile)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 6, 2016, at 7:42 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> someone who drinks too much robotussin and passes out listening to
>>>>>> hall & oates in the other room
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Clint Anderson
>>>>>> Systems Engineer
>>>>>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Rjyan Kidwell <cexwell@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is a Hipster?
>>>>>>> On Jan 5, 2016 8:30 PM, "c. jones" <coda27@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Vaporwave is hipster kids from the late 90's/ early 00's
>>>>>>>> reminiscing over a time they didn't exist in by ironically & lazily
>>>>>>>> sampling 80's hits and slowing them down so as to they're doing something
>>>>>>>> new and original, when in reality they're just contributing more and more
>>>>>>>> detritus to basically what's an inside joke.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 17:11:59 -0800
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: What is Vaporwave?
>>>>>>>> From: alecwild6@gmail.com
>>>>>>>> To: ben@diamondste.in
>>>>>>>> CC: kit.mauldin@yahoo.com; idm@hyperreal.org
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yeah, Vaporwave is kind of weird in the sense that it was born out
>>>>>>>> of an aesthetic and then evolved so much beyond it while keeping the
>>>>>>>> aesthetic evolving. I've seen some really interesting discussion on what
>>>>>>>> Vaporwave becoming so ambient-focused in releases like 2814 means and where
>>>>>>>> we draw the lin on what is and isn't vaporwave.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Vaporwave documentary is great but was unfortunately released
>>>>>>>> before "I'll try living like this", which I and many others consider the
>>>>>>>> best vaporwave release of 2015. If you haven't listened to it, give the
>>>>>>>> track "Somebody Home" a listen. I truly believe that the overstimulation
>>>>>>>> and grooves of that song are going to become a theme of vaporwave at some
>>>>>>>> point soon.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think the vaporwave rabbit hole goes a lot deeper than a lot of
>>>>>>>> people think, but it's a very weird genre to break into.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Ben Diamondstein <ben@diamondste.in
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't mind academic. From what I can tell, Vaporwave seems to
>>>>>>>> have a lot of commentary attached to it, so I'm not surprised there's a lot
>>>>>>>> of academic-level discussion around it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Christopher Mauldin <
>>>>>>>> kit.mauldin@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Adam Harper who writes occasionally for the Wire and Dummy Mag is
>>>>>>>> kind of the vaporwave ur-guru. Obsessive and academic. His blog, in case
>>>>>>>> you have a few millennia of free time to burn:
>>>>>>>> http://rougesfoam.blogspot.com/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>> *From:* Ben Diamondstein <ben@diamondste.in>
>>>>>>>> *To:* Idm List <idm@hyperreal.org>
>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 5, 2016 4:50 PM
>>>>>>>> *Subject:* What is Vaporwave?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> From the desk of Alec Wild
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bruno Gola <brunogola@gmail.com>
>>>> http://bgo.la/
>>>>
>>>
>>>