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>
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quoted 39 lines Adam Harper who writes occasionally for the Wire and Dummy Mag is kind of
> 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?
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> In respect to the "Best of 2015" thread, I figured it may be worth
> bringing the Vaporwave topic to another email.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdpP0mXOlWM
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> 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.
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> 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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