So is there actually anything to vaporwave, or is it just a bunch of hipsters who are nostalgic for a time period they weren't alive for slowing down shitty muzak and slapping random 80s/Japanese/Greco-Roman imagery on it.
Because it really seems like the latter.
How about you actually do some research on the genre before shitposting?
Eccojams is a fantastic album imo
I came for the memes and stayed for the bitchin tunes
>>62416730
>the GIANRA the GIANRA
Gtfo gianra
>>62416847
what
>>62416558
if you like ambient music, there's plenty of fantastic ambient-style vaporwave out there to find, as well as great work in the eccojams style. people here think vaporwave is on its way out because the first wave of "vaporwave as a meme"(these are the slowing down shitty muzak people) producers are just about done, but at this point there's lots of great vaporwave made all the time.
>>62417740
Oh I mean @adultlifeprgrm of course
>>62417740
this is very serious. I take it very serious when a self-described "person with artistic legitimacy" pushes around a fan and tells them what they can and can't do.
>>62417740
furthermore, both wolfenstein osX (who made the vw documentary that got more than 1/4 million views in less than a year) and @adultlifeprgrm seem to think they're scoring points when they bring up the fact that I WISHED @adultlifeprgrm HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON HER BIRTHDAY
>_<
I mean top fucking kek guys, really. Why not chill out and listen to some vaporwave? pic related.
i listen to vapey wave i don't give a fuck
>>62416927
>b-but muh meme gianra
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>>62418723
you're probably that guy who loved vaporwave years ago when that was the newest meme, and even slowed down some shitty music for a laugh. now, keeping true what you're really about, you're on the bandwagon of the newest, most cutting-edge meme -- hating vaporwave. you don't really hate or even dislike vaporwave all that much. you just love memes. get a grip, dude.
>>62418800
these are 4 tweets from one person and 2 tweets from a different person
thanks for playing
>>62418800
>ever enjoying vapey wave
>>62418800
>projecting this hard in one post
>>62416558
this is nice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJqaCm527iM
>>62416558
I know a 14 year old who listens to nothing but Vaporwave.
Tell me it's nostalgia.
>>62420131
>nostalgic for a time period they weren't alive for
>>62416730
Oh get over your pseudo-intellectual bullshit.
Vaporwave is not a concept art commentating on the consumerist aspects of our generation, it's an excuse for people to chop up 80's samples with intense reverb because it sounds cool.
There is nothing else to it.
>>62420131
I like to think of the concepts of vaporwave as where we would be technologically had we not built high processing power computers with tons of memory. If we weren't in the digital format, we'd be using warbly analog still and experimentation would drive us to get the most interesting and developed (or undeveloped) sounds out of tape.
I get this intense future-retro nostalgia type vibe whenever I listen to vaporwave.
>>62419082
what did he do wrong besides vaporwave and leaving tumblr
Dream catalogue stuff is the only vaporwave worth listening to, in my experience.
>>62420707
Infinity Frequencies is pretty damn good to be honest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQd_zGpMSIY
>>62420691
>I get this intense future-retro nostalgia type vibe whenever I listen to vaporwave.
Have you ever listened to synthwave? It sorta has that same vibe you're describing or at least similar.
Some people produce original vaporwave, meaning not sampling other songs.
http://cyberdream.bandcamp.com/album/1
>>62421754
>Some people produce original vaporwave, meaning not sampling other songs.
Considering everything I've read and heard about vaporwave, that sentence blows my mind.
>>62416558
>So is there actually anything to vaporwave
It is the choice of music for a certain demographic:
>VAPORWAVE ARTISTS MAD THAT THEIR MUSIC IS POPULAR WITH FASCISTS
https://archive.is/P8r7Y
>>62421866
"original vaporwave" is a bogus concept HKE invented because he likes $$$ and doesn't like to get sued. He is a smart guy and wisely decided that "original vaporwave" is really too much of a paradox, so he calls his stuff dreampunk or something. Original vaporwave is just whatever music you want to make using whatever you want to make it with. And "real vaporwave" is just whatever OESBEE says it is because OESBEE is the only one asinine enough to go around telling people I MADE VAPORWAVE LOOK AT ME I'M IMPORTANT LOOK AT ME.
im sleep deprived and high right now and im loving on some macross 82-99 rn
>>62422649
>Music should be about bringing people together, not about establishing a 4th Reich under God Emperor Trump, lord of the Americas, or whatever the fuck it is that fascists are trying to do
I really want this to be the future of the genre. It is hilarious.
>>62416558
it was a semi plunderphonic genre though
>>62422649
this isn't news, this is fb drama
back to fb
shoo
I can't speak for anyone else, but to me, vaporwave is the music of heaven. Its aesthetic, art style and soundscape is genuinely beautiful to me.
And not in a nostalgic way - in a far more personal way. It's like someone recorded my dreamscapes and converted them to mp3.
I get that it started as a musical joke.
I get that it's supposed to parody corporate consumerism.
I know a lot of people have called it hollow and empty, soulless.
But not to me. It's the soundtrack to my wonderland, and the only way to discover if our dreamscapes connect is to listen to it, too.
I'd personally recommend Disconscious, Shader, Infinity Frequencies and Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza.
>>62422730
> establishing a 4th Reich under God Emperor Trump, lord of the Americas, or whatever the fuck it is that fascists are trying to do
The Ron Howard ""The Art of the Deal" by Donald J. Trump" movie has vaporwave elements. In fact, it has gnostic AND vaporwave elements which are combined in a political substrate.
Top notch shit. Johnny Depp kills it.
>>62422808
>hollow, empty, soulless
but thats why i like it
its just like real life :(
>>62416558
I sometimes listen to vaporwave, it started as a meme that grew an ironic following and it morphed into a type of music that people listen too.
>tl;dr it is an alright genre that is memey and ironic in a good way
>inb4 dat not a jonrah
It's basically nazi meme music at this point
https://youtu.be/DBsR_cwjBiY
>>62423042
god-fucking-damn
>>62422696
Oesbee is a fucking label. Just goes to show how little you know.
>>62423042
Hitlerwave is best wave
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>>62423042
ITT faggots stuck in 2012
>>62422808
Wow, anon. You just gave me a new perspective. Everyone has been arguing against vaporwave or arguing in defense of vaporwave. There's been insults thrown at vaporwave and at people who associate with it. But your explanation strikes at something very important: why people listen to and like vaporwave in the first place. Yes I have read explanations online for why people like it, people have said listening to it make it feel like their in a mall and nostalgia as others have mentioned. But that didn't really feel like enough. But it is YOUR reasons for why you listen to and love vaporwave that have caused me to change my view on vaporwave. For a long time, I just didn't get the appeal of vaporwave. Whenever I tried to listen to it, I just couldn't get into it. At worst it sounded like a disjointed mess and at best it sounded like elevator music. However now I get it. You listen to vaporwave because it strikes with you personally in a beautiful way. Before I wasn't sure how I felt about vaporwave. Now, I am glad vaporwave is around and I hope it stays around. You should also consider yourself lucky that you were born in time to experience the birth and growth of this new genre. I've actually been listening to Disconscious as I've been writing this, it's actually pretty good. I'll also try to check out your other recommendations some time.
>>62424730
Oops sorry. I meant to say I had been listening to Hologram Plaza by Disconscious. I though Disconscious was the name of the album for some reason.
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>>62420707
pleb pls die
I only just started listening to Luxury Elite but holy shit I should've done so sooner. So irresistibly smooth and amazing sample choices. On par with Dreams 3D's sample selection
>>62422696
ESPRIT 空想 isn't all samples and i think it works great. hke is a fucking moron.
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>>62421866
I write sampleless Vaporwave. I like the Vaporwave sound but don't like the lack of artistic merit in merely slowing down samples. I personally thought that would be the future of Dream and Vaporwave, but instead it ended up being Hardvapour. A decision that still kind of baffles me.
>>62424409
This, pretty much. Why the fuck would you make a thread if all you heard was bro-vaporwave.