Vaporwave is this weird genre of music that's basically 80's jazz/elevator music sampled into slightly disturbing critiques of capitalism.
It's heavily pretentious but at the same time mocks the heck out of pretention, and feels slightly unnerving. Its unnervingness does not derive out of screamers, instead it relies on endless mocking of capitalism and sounding as if aliens came to earth and tried to replicate 80's soft rock and miserably failed.

For a tiny example (i'm not even sure if this is techincally vaporware, i just found it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RFunvF0mDw
And the most famous piece, 420.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU8HrO7XuiE

Yeah. So. Discuss below.

The name sounds like a setting on my dishwasher

Detriment wrote:

The name sounds like a setting on my dishwasher

That made me chuckle.

w h a t a n a e s t h e t i c

Detriment wrote:

The name sounds like a setting on my dishwasher

same

good i've always wanted to listen to already existing tracks slowed down in audacity

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Detriment wrote:

The name sounds like a setting on my dishwasher

“Honey, make sure to put it on the Vaporwave setting! It gets all the food of the dishes!”

(I'm unfollowing the discussion. By now I view vaporwave as mostly just a silly fad.)

Detriment wrote:

The name sounds like a setting on my dishwasher

There is in fact dishwasher vaporwave.

I have heard a Vaporwave Nightcore before.
Vinesauce Joel

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there you go

there's my contribution to the topic

Dets65 wrote:

Vaporwave is this weird genre of music that's basically 80's jazz/elevator music sampled into slightly disturbing critiques of capitalism.
It's heavily pretentious but at the same time mocks the heck out of pretention, and feels slightly unnerving. Its unnervingness does not derive out of screamers, instead it relies on endless mocking of capitalism and sounding as if aliens came to earth and tried to replicate 80's soft rock and miserably failed.

For a tiny example (i'm not even sure if this is techincally vaporware, i just found it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RFunvF0mDw
And the most famous piece, 420.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU8HrO7XuiE

Yeah. So. Discuss below.

I'd have to say, 420 gets pretty weird at a certain point.

Nevermind.

mr-scratch-cat wrote:

Dets65 wrote:

Vaporwave is this weird genre of music that's basically 80's jazz/elevator music sampled into slightly disturbing critiques of capitalism.
It's heavily pretentious but at the same time mocks the heck out of pretention, and feels slightly unnerving. Its unnervingness does not derive out of screamers, instead it relies on endless mocking of capitalism and sounding as if aliens came to earth and tried to replicate 80's soft rock and miserably failed.

For a tiny example (i'm not even sure if this is techincally vaporware, i just found it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RFunvF0mDw
And the most famous piece, 420.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU8HrO7XuiE

Yeah. So. Discuss below.

I'd have to say, 420 gets pretty weird at a certain point.

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD
IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD
IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD
IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD

I really like listening to Floral Shoppe despite knowing that it really didn't take much effort to make. It's pretty good music for studying. Blank Banshee is really good even though I'm pretty sure it's only considered Vaporwave because of the Ａ Ｅ Ｓ Ｔ Ｈ Ｅ Ｔ Ｈ Ｉ Ｃ and not because of the music

Detriment wrote:

The name sounds like a setting on my dishwasher

kek

As a person born and raised on electronic music, I love this genre, particularly vaportrap. Can't wait for BB2.

NoxSpooth wrote:

Detriment wrote:

The name sounds like a setting on my dishwasher

There is in fact dishwasher vaporwave.

How lovely.
On a serious note, I love Saint Pepsi and Luxury Elite's album LATE NIGHT DELIGHT. It just makes me feel happy and it's very soothing.

Is there a way on to make v a p o r w a v e music on scratch?

If somebody is just getting into vaporwave here are some essentials

-Macintosh plus - Floral shoppe
-chuck persons eccojams
-Nmesh - dream sequins
-first 2 blank banshee albums
-death dynamic shroud - ill try living like this
-S U R F I N G - deep fantasy
-2 8 1 4 - birth of a new day

They aren't vaporwave, but I have a few music recommendations that people who like vaporwave might like.

Here they are:

Four Tet (I recommend Faberclive 59 for newbies)
Sigur Rós
Jónsi (Sigur Rós' Frontman)
Spiritualized
Beach House
Negativland
My Bloody Valentine
Portishead
Grouper
Sonic Youth's album Bad Moon Rising

Let me know if you want any other recommendations. I have plenty more. Thanks!