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From:
luca tommy tommasini
To:
Bruno Gola
Cc:
Clint Anderson , Ben Diamondstein , Rjyan Kidwell , cody jones , Idm List
Date:
Wed, 6 Jan 2016 17:41:21 +0100
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Re: What is Vaporwave?
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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>:
quoted 141 lines speaking about ramona (Macintosh Plus), i love her other project vektroid:> 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/ >