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Vaporwave is a microgenre of electronic music and a subgenre of hauntology, a visual art style, and an Internet meme that emerged in the early 2010s, [30] [31] and became well-known in 2015. [32] It is defined partly by its slowed-down, chopped and screwed samples of smooth jazz , 1970s elevator music , [ 32 ] R&B , and lounge music from the ...
Luxury Elite, [a] also simply known as Lux (born August 17, 1988), is an anonymous American musician known for her significant influence in the vaporwave genre. During the 2010s, her lo-fi sound and visual style, along with her relaxed melodies, made her an impactful figure in the "late night lo-fi" subgenre.
Hardvapour is an Internet-based microgenre [1] of music that emerged in late 2015 as a tongue-in-cheek response to vaporwave, [2] departing from the calm, muzak-sampling capitalist utopia concept of the latter in favor of a gabber- and punk-influenced sound.
Vaporwave is an Internet-based genre of music that is defined by its slow, chopped and screwed remixes of popular 1980s and 1990s music. The subculture that developed from the genre has been described as a parody on consumerism and often includes retro computer imagery to reflect on 1990s aesthetics.
Laurila's music is mainly characterized by constant reverberation and phaser effects, slow-paced melodies, and constant sample looping. [48] It is distinct from traditional vaporwave's reliance on nostalgia and aesthetics, in that many tracks highlight a more hazy and ambient soundscape.
He found that the vaporwave scene didn't explore the late 1990s and early 2000s as much as the 1980s to mid-1990s. In August 2014, he watched the music video for "Out of Your Mind" by Victoria Beckham and realized the prevalence of futuristic looks during that era. Inspired by the video, he made a collage on Photoshop to get a define the ...
Born in 1989, Elzinga started his music career in the 2000s with drone and noise productions. He began his independent vaporwave career in 2013, and became popular in the scene with his 2014 album Hiraeth. His solo works, including albums such as Palm Mall (2014), Cosmopolitan Dreams (2016), and News at 11 (2016), are known for popularising ...
Mahood expressed that the pre-9/11 era can only be experienced through media, stating, "News at 11 typifies the entire aesthetic of vaporwave". [9] Pad Chennington, a prominent vaporwave musician and reviewer whose uncle died in the attacks, characterised the album as letting the listener peacefully "travel through that day", and praised the ...