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A minimal bedroom studio set-up with 1980s–1990s equipment. Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate stylistic choice.
Slowed and reverb remixes were also uploaded to Spotify using the service's podcast feature. [15] For Okayplayer, Elijah C. Watson dubbed slowed and reverb remixes "the soundtrack for Generation Z", comparing the style to lo-fi hip hop. [12] Remixes using the technique also became popular on the video-sharing service TikTok. [16]
Late night lo-fi (or late-nite lo-fi): slowed down 1980s pop and jazz that mimics recorded programs on old 4:3 televisions. [23] The main progenitor of this subgenre is Luxury Elite, who is known for her music's high-class feel. [115] VHS pop: a more positive variant of late night lo-fi with richer sound and vibrant aesthetics. [23]
Common features include a faded or dreamy retro pop sound, escapist lyrics (frequent topics include the beach or summer), psychedelic or lo-fi aesthetics, mellow vocals, slow-to-moderate tempos, effects processing (especially reverb), and vintage synthesizers. Chillwave was one of the first music genres to develop primarily through the Internet.
[16] [4] Online music magazine Pitchfork noted: "Much of the music that performs well on TikTok has been modified slightly, either sped-up or slowed-down." Pitchfork quoted one nightcore TikTok creator: "Editors really enjoy sped-up music because edits with sped-up audios are much more energetic and interesting to watch."
In 2021, The A.V. Club claimed that lo-fi beats to relax and study "turns the average person into a superhuman academic whose powers of concentration are rivaled only by headphone-wearing cartoon girls sitting at their desks during rainy days", [74] while Rolling Stone said that "Lo-fi's slow, smooth beats aren't just for studying and working ...
Lento violento, sometimes shortened to simply lento, is a style of electronic dance music that developed in Italy. Its name means slow (and) violent, as this style typically has a tempo between 85 and 115 beats per minute (BPM).
Despite the name of the genre, witch house has little in common with house music, which generally features a strong up-tempo beat.Instead, witch house adapts techniques rooted in chopped and screwed hip-hop, specifically drastically slowed tempos with skipping, stop-timed beats [10] —from artists such as DJ Screw, [11] coupled with elements from other genres such as Wave music, Trap music ...