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From:
Bruno Gola
To:
Clint Anderson
Cc:
Ben Diamondstein , Rjyan Kidwell , cody jones , Idm List
Date:
Wed, 6 Jan 2016 17:06:43 +0100
Subject:
Re: What is Vaporwave?
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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:
quoted 124 lines for the record i enjoy the yacht rock stylings of daryl hall and john oates> 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/