lol loving "vhs-fetishist cough syrup music"
Clint Anderson
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On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Eric Sorenson <eric@explosive.net> wrote:
quoted 58 lines A lot of vaporware is Daniel Lopatin's fault, IMO, so it's semi on topic.
> A lot of vaporware is Daniel Lopatin's fault, IMO, so it's semi on topic.
> The Chuck Person / Games / Ford&Lopatin material was kind of the first
> VHS-fetishist cough syrup music to break out.
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> It's not bad, exactly, but it feels very shallow to me.
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> - Eric Sorenson - N45.569, W122.763 - http://twitter.com/ahpook -
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> On Jan 5, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Ransom Schafer <ransom.schafer@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Ha! Reposting This,
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> There are different sub genres of Vaporwave. Personally, I've been jamming
> of this Taspo release all year:
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> http://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/long-life
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> 18carat affair, Vector Graphics, St Pepsi, and Bloodwave are some of
> my favorites.. classics IMO
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> The Dream Catalogue has had a good run this year. I interested in seeing
> where their sub label Nivana Port leads to. I do find this off topic
> though, unless the genre starts getting more IDM like. Any thoughts on
> the artist Sandtimer?
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> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Ben Diamondstein <ben@diamondste.in>
> wrote:
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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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