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  1. Comment on 猫 シ Corp - Good Morning America (2017) in ~music

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    ohh, that makes sense. thank you :)

    ohh, that makes sense. thank you :)

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  2. Comment on What's your thoughts on vaporwave as a genre? in ~music

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    i'm biased because i've produced vaporwave music in the past and have been a fan for over 6 years, but i'd say that vaporwave can be viewed as both very simple mood music and also as conceptual...

    i'm biased because i've produced vaporwave music in the past and have been a fan for over 6 years, but i'd say that vaporwave can be viewed as both very simple mood music and also as conceptual and rich in emotion. the ethics of the sampling is its own can of worms but id say if its not making a ton of cash or nothing its probably not super immoral.

    a lot of classic vaporwave is either based on slowing down and looping samples of pop and r&b from the 1980s and 90s, or doing the same to stuff you'd hear on the weather channel like various forms of 1980s easy listening jazz. in even this most basic form though it can recontextualise these samples, and id argue especially when looped, to create different settings and conjure different memories. e.g. internet club's 'DREAMS 3D' uses hazy vhs samples of simple midi music from the background of webTV to create an optimistic and fantastical world in which this service is still being used, the internet is still new and exciting, and the dotcom bubble hadnt yet burst. depending heavily on the artwork, style of sample chopping and effects, and source of music and sounds plundered, the concept and atmosphere can vary pretty greatly.

    conversely, you can get other subgenres of vaporwave like vhs pop, which make use of further production and new instrumentation in the form of hip-hop drum patterns, often making use of lots of tape hiss too, whilst sampling more from 80s r&b. this creates the vibe of listening to a very old beat-tape , or sometimes if the drums are subtle enough or are not present, just an old, hazy, summery tape of fuzzy loops.

    i personally love all the different atmospheres and aesthetics vaporwave provides space for, especially as they all fall somewhere on that spectrum of romanticised 1980s/90s memories. i'm fairly certain most people know this view of the past isn't accurate, and if anything i'd say the existence of this genre proves people want to live in a time where there is hope for a future again. mark fisher writes a lot about that idea in his book 'ghosts of my life'.

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  3. Comment on 猫 シ Corp - Good Morning America (2017) in ~music

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    oh! thank you! are you a mod, or can anyone do that and i'm just dumb? haha, i'm a new user. edit: in case it was you that added the additional relevant tags, thank you! they're genuinely really...

    oh! thank you! are you a mod, or can anyone do that and i'm just dumb? haha, i'm a new user.

    edit: in case it was you that added the additional relevant tags, thank you! they're genuinely really helpful

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  4. Comment on I keep hearing about vaporwave, but I really have no idea what it is. Any "starter packs"? in ~music

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    these are all great suggestions. i'll add a couple more albums i think are classics in case you haven't heard these yet, i know it took me a while to get round to them. ghosting - telenights...

    these are all great suggestions. i'll add a couple more albums i think are classics in case you haven't heard these yet, i know it took me a while to get round to them.

    ghosting - telenights
    diskette romances - diskette romances
    diskette romances - keys to the suite
    eco virtual - atmospheres 1
    internet club - dreams 3D
    cat system corp - good morning america
    nouveau life - new world
    vector graphics - screen service
    vector graphics - destine

  5. Comment on 猫 シ Corp - Good Morning America (2017) in ~music

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    https://youtu.be/2epjjHcsp3k actually wait go listen to this one instead because its the longer, full length version.

    https://youtu.be/2epjjHcsp3k actually wait go listen to this one instead because its the longer, full length version.

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  6. Comment on 猫 シ Corp - Good Morning America (2017) in ~music

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    here's an album i really enjoy for the atmospheres and nostalgia it induces. thought people on here might like it too. also not sure if i've seen any vaporwave around here yet! i'll have to look...

    here's an album i really enjoy for the atmospheres and nostalgia it induces. thought people on here might like it too. also not sure if i've seen any vaporwave around here yet! i'll have to look around.

    expect lots of weather channel music in this.
    :)

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