Re: What is Vaporwave?

From Sham Beam
Sent Wed, Jan 6th 2016, 04:25

How to Make Vaporwave
https://youtu.be/wyt_87yCyNw

Was just watching this. Can't remember how i found it. Maybe someone 
here posted the link already. It's good for a laugh.



On 1/6/2016 3:20 PM, Clint Anderson wrote:
> lol loving "vhs-fetishist cough syrup music"
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> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings
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> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Eric Sorenson <xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> <mailto:xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>> wrote:
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>     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
>>     <xxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> 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
>>     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
>>     <xxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx <mailto:xxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx>> 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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Sham Beam