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From:
Clint Anderson
To:
Ben Diamondstein
Cc:
Rjyan Kidwell , cody jones , Idm List
Date:
Wed, 6 Jan 2016 09:48:43 -0600
Subject:
Re: What is Vaporwave?
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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:
quoted 113 lines Ten points to Clint.> 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 >>> >> >