Are you into vaporwave or retrowave? Post your favourite songs here.
I'm into retrowave but I can tolerate vaporwave when it's funky, sexy and non-sarcastic.
speaking of sexy, check this shit out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhepQ98cs8c
and no, I don't play video games.
I like vaporwave when it's not just trying to be silly and ironic.
I dig the retro-digital aesthetic and music that has the same feel but that's about it.
got into the genre very recently
death's dynamic shroud.wmv - F??? ベースキャンプ『FLOATING』
death's dynamic shroud.wmv - EMPTY HALLS (夜)
Chuck Person - Eccojam A3
http://fm98.bandcamp.com/
pretty cool album released in july
i cant find any of the samples tho
>>60644693
>http://fm98.bandcamp.com/
that cover art is real shitty and 70% of vaporwave is album art so the music better be real fucking good.
I'm slowly getting into this genre, but please someone explain where did this "Aesthetic" thing came from.
I don't get it
>>60644759
whatever i just want to know where the samples are from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sewagOJ9ffc
>>60644941
the aesthetic of vaporwave predates the music.
Once people realized this they started putting some thought into it and developing that aesthetic consciously and purposefully.
For example, you got those greek statues and roman busts in vaporwave. They're the embodiment of classical aesthetics of perfection and calm beauty; but they're also very similar to modern-day mannequins, not just because they're just as perfect and white, but also because even in their day they were massively copied and circulated, just like our mannequins. The general idea behind it is that classical aesthetics are about imitation and repetition of a once-tangible canon that has since then been turned into a vague, distant ideal or even a watered-down cliché. Thus you get the idea behind vaporwave and its aesthetics: by idealizing the past, we simultaneously make it kitsch AND sublime, because it becomes distant and unreal; this allows us to contemplate it ironically AND to be nostalgic for it. except instead of iconizing the greek classical period, we do it with the early 90s, kind of like how goths always refer to the XIXth century, sometimes in a parodic fashion, sometimes very seriously and longingly.
>>60645139
is this pasta
>>60645333
no, why should it be?
I'm just explaining you stuff, can you please not automatically dismiss it?
I wish some of the recent retrowave artists would cover this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNyG-xu-7SQ
I want more hypergrunge desu
>>60644941
Chris Ott's explanation of vaporwave and it's appeal. Always relevant:
https://youtu.be/mRIWmvvHQAw
>>60646429
this guy loses me when he starts in with the 'witchhouse was the real deal" bit.
>>60646555
Nice trips. He's merely saying that it was a worthy genre deserving of becoming more fleshed-out and realized. The whole "goldfish bowl" definition towards the end of the vid, when he's talking about Night Bus etc. pretty much lays out the appeal of Vaporwave in a pretty straight forward manner.
>>60646429
Ott is so fucking based.
R8 my song.
http://www49.zippyshare.com/v/qoMsgNDx/file.html
>>60646429
What a great video.
>>60646429
Chris Ott obviously suffers from small dick syndrome
Rate my vapor:
https://youtu.be/PPB2PNJHdNw
>>60647548
Ott's been in the game longer than you've been alive.
eccojam xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
https://youtu.be/JvAZbRQI5KA
r8 my vapor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-RS11JY1qc&feature=youtu.be
r8 my vapor
>>60647664
Look how angry he is all the time though at the most trivial things. Guy's got a small dick.
I really liked Floral Shoppe and Blank Banshee 0, what other essential vaporwave albums should I listen next?
>>60649695
Disconscious - Hologram Plaza
Laserdisc Visions - New Dreams Ltd.
Bl00dwave - N E W V I S U A L S / Hotel Vibes / D r e a m
Pretty much everything by Internet Club
>>60649695
Miami Vice - Palm Haze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdTRL6UOzuw
>>60649797
>>60649801
Thanks m8s
>>60645333
It should be. That was a great explanation.
>>60649695
Undersky Lights my man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmB52mB5DW8
don't know what to make of this. I guess it's retrowave or whatever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfbJ789ZmHU
but really fucking nice!
vaporwave thread? time to advertise my cassette
https://ecstasypolice.bandcamp.com/album/living-2000
Is there any vaporwave that doesn't fit the usual definition in terms of aesthetic, but still sounds/feels like vaporwave? Like, anything that's not the usual roman/greek/corporate/dolphins/anime kind of thing.
>>60644361
How did Future Funk even come about? It's so far removed from everything posted upthread.
>>60645139
am I the only faggot that prefers black mannequinns. they look futuristic as fuck
a e s t h e t i c
>>60650691
DJ Rozwell's NONE OF THIS IS REAL tapes are pretty much vaporwave with medieval fantasy horror/conspiracy theory vibes.
>>60650691
TIMETIMETIME&TIME
>>60651292
I fucking love DJ Rozwell. I wish the second and third tapes got more love, base NOTIR is great but it's becoming the Floral Shoppe of his albums.
>>60651305
This is cool, reminds me of NAH in a weird way.
http://ecovirtual.bandcamp.com/album/atmospheres-4
http://ecovirtual.bandcamp.com/album/wildlife-canada-original-documentary-soundtrack
Does anyone have a download link for Eco Virtual's two latest albums ATMOSPHERES 第4 and WILDLIFE CANADA 東海岸 OST? I can't find either album on rbt.asia, and they're not on the vaporwave.me archive page since both were made this year.
>>60652024
u like roman busts huh?
how about u & me fly to rome & i can bust one for u ;)
>>60652058
Thanks for the offer, but I am afraid I must
d e c l i n e
The new Nmesh/telepath LP (ロストエデンのパス) is some really great ambient vaporwave; my favorite so far imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkBDf0-zWAY
ArtFluids - Umami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EM0ZeBA4rw
Favourite is 'JazzPaint™'.
ArtFluids - Proteus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxbC3lftimA
Favourite is 'Bebop Deluxe'.
>>60652024
floral shoppe is so fucking dated now; the genre has evolved from that shit
>>60645139
Lol, you've obviously got an agenda describing aesthetics here. Aesthetics is a lot more like world-building than it is about kitsch and irony and subversion. Those things detract from the purity and primacy of aesthetic encounter. Pure aesthetic encounter is not political or historical. So the idea that you would have to be primed with the same boring narrative pushed by music journalists (not artists) that it's all an ironic accelerationist commentary upon capitalism and blahblah is not only misunderstood but downright destructive to the very idea of aesthetics. The neoclassical imagery of vaporwave is simply a new generation finding beauty in Hellenistic sculpture. After all, Hellenistic sculpture *is* beautiful, no matter how much it triggers you for socio-political reasons.
A lot of vaporwave content is unfortunately ironic and meta-aesthetic where the presentation and audience are more interested in the idea of sculpture and katakana and early 3D and whatever being things that compose an "aesthetic". Shitwave, etc. and YouTube comments about le aesthetics. Why do you think Vektroid freaked out? Her art got turned into a big meme by idiots obsessed with irony.
What's the difference b/w Vaporwave and Synthwave
>>60652469
Vaporwave is built largely from samples, and while Synthwave may have a similar sound it relies more on original electronic instrumentation.
I've been into this one recently, reminds me of Eco Virtual
I fucking love this album. Any more like it?
And yes I already know Blank Banshee.
>>60651361
Deservingly so though, it's his best album thus far. Shit was euphoria the forst time I listened.q
>>60652627
サイバー '98 - Computer Dreams
Bandcamp:
https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/computer-dreams
Download:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150127041208/http://vaporwave.me/archive/Music/サイバー%20'98/サイバー%20'98%20-%20Computer%20Dreams/
>>60652856
Listen to Polychromatic Compiler, it came out this year and beats out Mana Pool in so many ways IMO
>>60653472
Shit, meant for >>60652856
So, any one got any good Christmas Vaporwave?
Only found a few on Youtube and didn't really like any of them except maybe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so2ZUhPOK3g
This was good though even if it's not Vaporwave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XZrdqutuyY
>>60650088
>that kick
>those vintage synths sounds
holy shit is the full album like this?
>>60653889
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpbaXVqZrfg
NIGGA HOW YOU GON NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS
Vaportrap >>>>>>> vaporwave
>>60654007
no, it's composed of some ambient, lo-fi and incidental music, post-rock (?), and smooth jazz tracks.
>>60654034
thanks based anon, December is saved.
>HOW YOU GON NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS
Only found out about Vaporwave this spring and have been lazy so haven't really looked around so much. Have mostly listened to bl00dwave and computer dreams + some future funk by supersex420
>>60653472
I'm liking this, thanks
>>60654291
You should check max headroom's discography (2 EPs, 1 Album) and >>60650088 ;)
>>60654391
Thanks, will do. Was actually listening to >>60650088 when I read that :)
Do you know any more like these
https://youtu.be/NghQ_myEPzc?t=16m12s (Sky High)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okCMRcst2hI
I know they aren't exactly alike, but for some reason they both make me think about being at an empty airport at night.
>>60654034
nigga i heard that sample in breezem out by LUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXm-aQNI6ow
anyone know what it's from originally?
I'm just gonna leave this here
https://mega.nz/#F!iwABUApY!MaExct8QR-gKyg_2zdt1YA
>>60654673
try idknesxwfk's discography, both his vaporwave and ambiental eras.
>>60654741
check the second video from >>60653889
>>60654768
This is missing NxxxxxS - Elevated Highway in the vaportrap folder.
Which is available for free here:
https://dustyintl.bandcamp.com/album/elevated-highway
>>60654838
will do, but it will be a task for tomorrow. It's 03:15 here in Sweden so it's time for bed.
Sleep tight anons.
>>60646429
who is this guy? This video is really well thought out
>>60654978
bye mang
>>60644361
Can anyone rec me something that isn't the lowest common denominator bullshit that started getting pumped out when the genre became a meme? I like pretty much anything Vektroid-related, as well as ░▒▓新しいデラックスライフ▓▒░, but outside of that, few things seem to have any staying power; pretty much every other artist I've heard seems like they just slow down/compress to Hell/loop anime and old music, and it's uninspired as fuck.
I hate to sound lazy, but geez, the whole genre's quality level seemed to tank once Tumblr got a hold of it. After that, pretty much every idiot with a laptop and their mother seemed to think they could take the latter's CDs and make A E S T H E T I C music that the Internet would eat alive.
>>60655351
Have you tried ECCO UNLIMITED - NHK REMINDS YOU TO BOOST YOUR SIGNAL? It's made by the same person who made ░▒▓新しいデラックスライフ▓▒░ - ▣世界から解放され▣. It's similar in approach, but has a very different feel.
>>60655351
Try this >>60650088
Don't just judge it by any one track. Pretty much every track has something different to offer.
>>60655105
based as fuck Chris Ott, aka Shallow Rewards.
>>60655566
>ECCO UNLIMITED - NHK REMINDS YOU TO BOOST YOUR SIGNAL
that was the worst thing I've ever heard
>>60655566
No, never even heard of them. I'll give them a look.
>>60655684
First impressions are kind of mediocre, but hey, I'm trying to get back into the genre after a string of disappointment made me quit looking for new artists, so I'll give it a shot. It's certainly not bad, so if the other tracks have something a little different to offer, I might find something to like.
>>60655351
how about some lucy in disguise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiUpw4aw6As
How does everyone feel about this album? I took a break from Vaporwave and when I came back someone described it to me as "genre-defining, on the scale of Floral Shoppe".
Personally, I think the album is a masterpiece, but I haven't really seen the publicity that Floral Shoppe got, especially since it is apparently of the same magnitude.
>>60655996
Good album but I think it's proof that vaporwave has entered its latter days. Not really a vaporwave album.
The last genre-defining album we had was Dream Sequins, and it had to be viral marketed and literally sample memes to get hype
>>60655351
Have you listened to Infinity Frequencies' stuff? He made a trilogy of albums called Computer Death, Computer Decay, and Computer Afterlife. It brings a very numb, miserable atmosphere throughout, which I really dig.
>>60656070
What would you say it is then?
https://dave-roland.bandcamp.com/album/80s-mercedes
anyone seen dave rolands new shit? he's finally committed to one genre and luckily its retrowave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYQrPsyu-1s
artzie has some nice shit
