It even has roots in the ideology of Communist overlord Karl Marx and his waves of vapor. The term ‘vaporwave’ can refer to products that are in the works but never released, or a desire to manipulate the needs and wants of the public. Often you’ll find samples of retro ad jingles surfacing throughout various tracks, popular elevator music and K-Mart announcements have made their way onto records.Įven the name itself has meaning.
It was created as a way for people to take a cynical aim at capitalism and present their sarcastic takes on the failings of previous decades with things like consumerism and globalisation.
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They publish their work through numerous pseudo-corporate names and web personas on free music sharing websites like Soundcloud and Bandcamp.īut, it’s never just about the tracks with these underground musical trends, because vaporwave also exists to make a statement. Vaporwave artists are infamous for being mysterious, nameless creators who live on the internet. The artists represent a group on the cutting edge of modern music transformations, but still see themselves as so distinct from each other that the most hardcore members of this genre reject their vaporwave label… feeling it doesn’t define them or their vision. Characterised by the use of 80s smooth jazz and everyday sound samples that have been transformed with music editing software, it’s basically an audio critique of mainstream EDM. For all you serious musicians out there, vaporwave is primarily a genre inspired by the sounds of electronic dance music (EDM), New Age music and the indie genres of chillwave and seapunk.
Welcome to the confusingly complex world of vaporwave music.
For the most hardcore of vaporwave enthusiasts, the first rule of vaporwave is don’t talk about vaporwave…
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