Never heard of this genre until this as well. I have an album by 18 Clarat
Affair, Televised Tragedies... is that Vaporwave? Have i always been a fan
and i didn't know it?
On 7 January 2016 at 16:02, Jeff Davis <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com> wrote:
quoted 235 lines I actually knew nothing of this genre and its subreddit offspring until
> I actually knew nothing of this genre and its subreddit offspring until
> this thread (though I knew St Pepsi.)
>
> I love that a scene can create and self-replicate under the radar using
> today's technology.
>
> I'm listening to 2814 now and it's quite nice ambient background music
> https://youtu.be/F9L4q-0Pi4E
>
> thanks,
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> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 4:34 AM, Brian Power <minusplusequals@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 100 Hours of Vaporwave
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJuUPaDFJKsvetvZRLxopu_fVI7DiJHxG
>>
>> I think I managed to get midway through the second hour, but may well dip
>> in again, some time soon.
>>
>> Much of it (Vaporwave) is exactly what folk say it is. But sometimes you
>> hit gold. Some producers even manage to sustain the hit for longer than a
>> single track.
>>
>> It's like wading through 80's vintage pop landfill trying to snuff out a
>> sonic truffle.
>>
>> I guess it mostly beats listening to FM radio...
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On 7 Jan 2016, at 05:56, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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:
>>
>>> 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/
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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