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:
quoted 49 lines I don't mind academic. From what I can tell, Vaporwave seems to have a lot
> 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.
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> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Christopher Mauldin <kit.mauldin@yahoo.com
> > wrote:
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>> 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/
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>> *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.
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU8HrO7XuiE
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>> Thoughts? Opinions? Bueller?
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