official I LOVE CRICKET: THE CHINATOWN OF ILX: THE CHINATOWN OF ILX seapunk thread sea punk [serious answers only]

At the end of December I noticed an uptick in online chatter—especially in niche networks within Twitter and Tumblr where up-to-the-second knowledge of micro­trends in dance-­music culture is generally assumed—regarding something called "seapunk." The term refers in part to a style of electronic music that incorporates bits of 90s house and techno, the past 15 years or so of pop and R&B, and the latest in southern trap rap—all overlaid with a twinkly, narcotic energy that recalls new-age music and chopped-and-screwed hip-hop mix tapes in roughly equal measure. In a broader sense it's an aesthetic-slash-­philosophy built around ocean imagery, the color turquoise, the rave-era ideals of "peace, love, unity, and respect" (PLUR), and a cyber-utopian outlook that updates that distinctly 90s concept for the era of the animated GIF.

If there's a geographical center to the exploding seapunk scene, it's probably Chicago. In late December—about when I noticed that surge in chatter—its main architects, Albert Redwine and Shan Beaste, moved here from LA, where they'd started the seapunk ball rolling this summer. Redwine produces music under the name Fire for Effect and DJs as Ultrademon, and Beaste records and performs under the name Zombelle; both previously lived in Kansas City, where Redwine worked with electro-disco weirdos Ssion. This fall he launched Coral Records Internazionale, which is already seapunk's center of gravity despite having only four releases, all download-only or limited-edition CD-Rs. He's planning a vinyl release of his own material in the spring.

There have been seapunk parties in Minneapolis and Los Angeles as well as Chicago (the first was December 29 at Berlin), but the scene's real home is on the Internet—specifically Tumblr. A combination social network and microblogging platform, Tumblr has an interface that encourages not only the creation of original content but also the reposting (with or without comment) of other users' material; this has helped make it a fertile breeding ground for online memes as well as a booming success with media-saturated users, especially younger ones.

The definition of seapunk "depends on where you're at, honestly," says Beaste—meaning online or off. As she puts it, "It depends on if you're URL or if you're IRL. . . . Your mentality based off of that answer alone will determine whether or not you're gonna be able to understand it."

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/seapunk-twitter-tumblr-ultrademon-zombelle-molly-soda/Content?oid=5389539

God, this is sooo boring and old. These people didn't invent Sea Punk. It was already happening but they just gave it a title / brand and are trying to claim the whole thing. They're trying to make a name for themselves. Nice try to claim authorship by saying a celebrity stole it. You can't claim authorship of what's already being done by many people.

Seapunk is not even cool anymore in LA. Old news.

To coincide with the strong conceptual element behind the liquid sounds sampled throughout certain key #seapunk tracks, there is a fully realized visual styling to those who identify with the lifestyle. Name checking the old television show “seaquest dsv“, the movie “Water World” (duh), the Sega Genesis video game “Ecco the Dolphin” and various anime’s like “Ponyo“, #seapunk is a sort of cyber punk meets futuristic Mad-Max on water attitude meant for those who can surf the gnarliest swells of the world wide wave. #Seapunks can be spotted around in bright outfits of green, purple, ultra violet, and sea foam blue, wearing water socks, sporting shell necklaces, hawaiian floral print shirts, and the trade mark look of a true seapunk, dyed aquamarine hair. “definitely a mainstay is my acid washed jacket, which has kept me warm in many a cold warehouse rave” muses Fire For Effect.

there is too much text to read here. is this about the decemberists?

http://mishkanyc.verbsite.net/bloglin/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Fireforeffect-2.jpg

http://mishkanyc.verbsite.net/bloglin/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/zombelleSP.jpg

http://mishkanyc.verbsite.net/bloglin/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Teams.jpg

http://www.chicagoreader.com/imager/b/magnum/5389541/19a8/seapunx_magnum.jpg

http://www.significant-bits.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ecco-the-dolphin002.png

i like this thread more since it became pictures instead of lots of text

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq68xub0jr1qzhi01o1_500.jpg

http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000009834341-ui6b2k-crop.jpg?ee7b2d5

http://cache.io9.com/assets/images/7/2010/05/waterworld.jpg

“The beach to me symbolizes where we came from, since i think we are aqueous mammals. We are more similar to dolphins and whales than apes in my opinion” says Fire For Effect. He goes on to muse, “I imagine a place where stars are bright, galaxies are visible in the night sky on a full moon where all my friends and loved ones are raving for eternity, that is the essence of the beach to me” In contrast to this poetic midnight beach rave, Fire For Effect is also environmentally conscious of the state of our Earth and of its future as we approach massive global shifting in 2012. And it is true, that today and in our short term future our attentions will surely be put on the oceans of the world as both temperatures and water levels rise threatening our aquatic friends and our worlds major cities.

well i'm basically over seapunk, this was fun while it lasted though

Seapunk is back y'all

http://data.whicdn.com/images/15344118/153_large.jpg

post your #seapunk poems, fanfics, webcomics, fantasy scenarios, fanart, flash games here in this thread

#seapunk #goodvibes

Just to clarify, the 1st #SEAPUNK show ever in Minneapolis is tomorrow at The Kitty Cat Klub in Dinkytown. here is the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2885140611… . come get wet MPLS #SPLASH!!!
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Posted by Bare Grillzz on January 12, 2012 at 2:49 PM

#SPLASH!!!

Wondering if #seapunk is just "too advanced" for ILX

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http://67.19.222.106/radiotv/graphics/pugwash.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/TheScar%281stEd%29.jpg

^ key text

absotootly!

http://www.timtim.com/public/images/drawings/large/001576_Tugboatcolor.gif

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Seapunk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUPUklZa-6U

i think i'm into #icepunk now

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfjehwG0V1qa0yvio1_500.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dFc0f.png

desertpunk tho

#skypunk ?

dessertpunk

http://soundcloud.com/analice

anal ice

¥¸ seapunk is awwight ¥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYt8yJtiWuQ&feature=related

#seapunk #nytimes

#seapunk

http://youtu.be/wAPpVplHiDE

ack...meant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAPpVplHiDE

the unknown side of the curtis vodka/unknown split sounds exactly like roni size to me

i don't care what others say, wave-rave here i come!
http://i.imgur.com/OGDc1.jpg

http://www.facebook.com/JTArtist

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http://i.imgur.com/lR71H.jpg

http://www.upperplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/4b69d34c7elphin1.gif.gif

#seapunkgate is tearing the undersea community apart

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#proto-seapunk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14dVMVGvACA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZDqtVHWncw

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/01/24/weird-vibes-seapunk/

IMPORTANT UPDATE

haw those dudes were rolling pretty hard at that party

http://www.hundreddollarbill.info/New100front.jpg

no?

Yes

LEGENDARY MINNEAPOLIS AD AGENCY FALLON GOES SEAPUNK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallon_Worldwide

http://www.fallon.com/

(their founder just died)

i have a 23:04 long file called "seajunky" from 2012 on a drive - no idea who the artists are but it's dreamy james ferraro / ravey new age nonsense - ask jeeves is turnin up BUPKIS
i tell ya.
anyone got any idea?

ah it is l31f. answer found on ilx while google being a dingus. wer hätte es gedacht?