From Wikipedia: "Vaporwave is an electronic genre that emerged in the early 2010s, and spread over the next half of the decade among various Internet communities. It is characterized by a nostalgic or surrealist fascination with retrocultural aesthetics (most commonly that of the 1980s and 1990s), entertainment technology, consumer culture and advertising and many styles of corporate and popular music, such as lounge, smooth jazz and elevator music. Sampling is prevalent within the genre, with samples often pitched, layered or altered, sometimes in a classic chopped and screwed style. Artists often embrace classical sculpture, 1990s web design, low poly computer renderings, glitch art, VHS, Cassette Tape, East Asian Artwork, and cyberpunk. Many commentators and producers within the genre have considered that central to the genre is a satirical but not necessarily critical preoccupation with consumer capitalism, popular culture and new-age tropes. The visual style of vaporwave as seen on album covers and videos accompanied by music is commonly referred to as ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣＳ." Post your faves and discuss below.
I read it as VaporWARE and thought this was where we'd come to talk about albums that have supposedly been coming but with no evidence that they actually exist.
Vapor Memory This channel is awesome and streams "Late NIght Vapor" Monday through Wednesday from 6pm until 3am EST.
How do you feel about the Saint Pepsi to Skylar Spence transition? Been a while since I revisited Prom King
Pardon my ignorance, but is this really a new genre? It sounds like the stuff they've been playing at "cool" stores at the mall for the past 20 years. Maybe I'm just old. That said, for some reason I can't stop listening to this.
FLORAL SHOPPE, by MACINTOSH PLUS Pre-order for a limited edition pink Floral Shoppe LP featuring a bonus poster with original artwork is up for $20. This record is the face of vaporwave and it's a hard find so I'd highly recommend picking one up before they're sold out