^ not exactly vaporwave (not exactly good either...)
am i the only one that thinks most vaporwave out there only exists for musicbros to speculate over? that would explain why most vaporwave albums are sold at ridiculous prices on discogs and other second hand marketplaces, and why most die hard vaporwave fans in [current year] aren’t really into other music genres. so much for the capitalism critique or whatever.
like a buddy of mine has a vaporwave vinyl he bought for 30 bucks or something and right now it’s selling for +200 USD on discogs lol.
― marblesurf, Monday, 20 September 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
that's why I like the 100% Electronica label, they do a real good job keeping stuff available. tbf it's hard to blame anyone in particular for this happening (outside of the scalpers of course), not only is there a huge delay in manufacturing vinyl right now it's pretty much impossible to know how many copies anything is gonna sell these days
― frogbs, Monday, 20 September 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
i also like 100% electronica, but vaporwave albums being sold at insane prices isn’t really a new thing and has been going on at least since beer on the rug. i don’t know why vaporwave in particular is so affected by scalpers.
side note: can you imagine a world where seapunk won over vaporwave in the internet-genre-wars? that’s a timeline i’d like living in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0AWgOnk67A
― marblesurf, Monday, 20 September 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
https://forestedrelics.bandcamp.com/track/mimi-e-no-ai
― calstars, Sunday, 24 October 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
death's dynamic shroud has been flooding the market lately with fanclub-only stuff but I had a listen to the latest one called Faith in Persona and it's amazing. I think its just a Keith Rankin solo album too. I like it about as much as I'll Try Living Like This & Heavy Black Heart
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
Their marketing game is strong, esp after teaming up with Clanton
― calstars, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
my child saw George Clanton and death's dynamic shroud do Halloween show down here, it sounds like it was a good one
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
would love to see them but they seem to really love just touring the South
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
https://noproblematapes.bandcamp.com/track/--341Ooooooohhhh
― calstars, Saturday, 4 December 2021 22:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coCo3nbOusA
― calstars, Saturday, 4 December 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
Grab some Tele vinyl while it’s avail https://geometriclullaby.bandcamp.com/album/--25
― calstars, Monday, 6 December 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
floral shoppe turns 10 today, released 09 december 2011:
https://vektroid.bandcamp.com/album/floral-shoppe
add this to the "insanely influential but not very good" thread
― marblesurf, Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
indeed - seems pretty clear that the whole thing was done on the fly, with 3 tracks in a row sampling off the same album. idk how it really holds up as an album but I do admit it touches a weird nerve that nobody's really been able to replicate
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
https://vektroid.bandcamp.com/album/dream-castleShe released this one at almost the same time…
― calstars, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
yea once I got into her other stuff (back in 2012) it seemed pretty clear that Floral Shoppe wasn't even one of her five best albums. and she was only like 21 at the time
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
She’s an inspiration no doubt
― calstars, Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:26 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3lhT2OX.png
― calstars, Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:03 (two years ago) link
seconding the "Faith in Persona" recommendation, wow!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EasnE6KGze0
― cheeseburger, Wednesday, 22 December 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fGVYltO.jpg
― calstars, Sunday, 30 January 2022 01:56 (two years ago) link
Today’s featured artist: Phoenix #2772https://phoenix2772.bandcamp.com/https://twitter.com/phx2772One of the OG fragmented friends (https://noproblematapes.bandcamp.com/album/--2), Phoenix is a classic vaporwave artist with an ear for 80s and 90s r&b. Recommended
― ncxkd, Sunday, 6 February 2022 22:13 (two years ago) link
“Keep you Warm”https://phoenix2772.bandcamp.com/album/classic-cuts-vol-7
“Here I am”https://noproblematapes.bandcamp.com/track/--341
“LOVE 私を忘れないでください” w/ telepathhttps://noproblematapes.bandcamp.com/track/--350
― ncxkd, Sunday, 6 February 2022 22:22 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/yY4C7HB.png
― calstars, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link
https://elemental95.bandcamp.com/track/--104
― calstars, Friday, 18 February 2022 01:46 (two years ago) link
Support Ukraine with this survey of the labels in the no problema orbithttps://noproblemadigital.bandcamp.com/album/--10liminalgarden.bandcamp.comdreamshoretapes.bandcamp.comseasidetapes.bandcamp.comnoproblematapes.comcitymanprod.comunderwater-computing.bandcamp.comthetidalcharm.bandcamp.comuauhwow.bandcamp.comhttps://i.imgur.com/LAlmi6y.jpg
― calstars, Sunday, 6 March 2022 21:04 (two years ago) link
VAPORWAVES NOT DEAD
― unknown or illegal user (doo rag), Monday, 28 March 2022 00:50 (two years ago) link
was vaporwave inspired by mark fisher's notions of hauntology and capitalist realism or did it just grow out of the earlier music fisher was writing about? it seems very much an uncanny revisiting of an earlier moment of capitalism -- a false utopia or missed opportunity
― treeship., Monday, 28 March 2022 01:40 (two years ago) link
anybody need a vaporwave album cover? just get KPT Bryce going on a 68k Mac in your browser: https://blog.persistent.info/2022/03/blog-post.html
― brisk money (lukas), Friday, 1 April 2022 18:57 (two years ago) link
Yeah this guy uses Bryce a lot, has had many cover commissions. https://instagram.com/zer0rei_?utm_medium=copy_link
― calstars, Friday, 1 April 2022 19:09 (two years ago) link
OG Nmesh just dropped this today by coincidence I guess
💾 i put together a little mixtape for your all's aural pleasure, of some of my favorite vaporwave tracks throughout the years - it's a bit of a grab bag, covering a lot of stylistic ground and history - happy friday. ✌🏼𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗: https://t.co/ujQgRJ7sEB pic.twitter.com/WIGEef2NeE— NMΞSH 🍳 (@nmeshofficial) April 1, 2022
― ncxkd, Saturday, 2 April 2022 00:31 (two years ago) link
new telepath
https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/wading-in-the-afterlife-original-soundtrack
― nxd, Monday, 4 April 2022 18:47 (two years ago) link
New alias as well, 天火见
― calstars, Monday, 4 April 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link
TS: saint Pepsi vs 猫 シ Corp.
― calstars, Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
https://purelifetapes.bandcamp.com/album/chromavaporwave-adjacent but not vapor and I don’t know where else to put this. Beautiful album
― calstars, Saturday, 16 April 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
loving this
― nxd, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 08:25 (two years ago) link
Glad you liked it!I’ve been jamming this one non-stop, has kind of a similar vibe https://citymanprod.com/album/ost-themes
― calstars, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 01:35 (two years ago) link
Chroma reminds me a little bit of Konx-om-Pax, but I like this more.
― brisk money (lukas), Wednesday, 20 April 2022 04:44 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg4SFkQDDoc
Visual album for Choma by talented visual artist (and equally adept producer) Hydra
― calstars, Thursday, 21 April 2022 01:46 (two years ago) link
Definitely not vaporwave. I will try to find a new home
really enjoyed christtts latest album
― nxd, Friday, 22 April 2022 19:45 (two years ago) link
god I am so back and forth on that guy. I will say "hell iii" got me
― frogbs, Saturday, 23 April 2022 04:35 (two years ago) link
*puts on Marvin Gaye album* this is the most underrated Marvin Gaye album— Skylar Spence (@skylar__spence) May 1, 2022
― calstars, Sunday, 1 May 2022 22:57 (one year ago) link
calstars did you find a new home for Chroma? I'm starting to check out other stuff on that label. Well okay, I checked out the one release immediately prior to Chroma and immediately got sucked in ...
https://purelifetapes.bandcamp.com/album/data-garden
― brisk money (lukas), Saturday, 7 May 2022 00:31 (one year ago) link
New home?Yeah kuroi ame are very good. I like cmd094 solo even more.
― calstars, Saturday, 7 May 2022 01:42 (one year ago) link
Definitely not vaporwave. I will try to find a new homeimago started some new thread but this is probably too pleasant for it.
― brisk money (lukas), Saturday, 7 May 2022 03:30 (one year ago) link
all those vill41n albums have gorgeous artwork
― brimstead, Saturday, 7 May 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
Ohh right. Maybe I should start a “vapor adjacent” thread for these kinds of projects that have roots in that scene but are not vaporwave
― calstars, Saturday, 7 May 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
the title of this thread includes “derivative products” so I think it’s ok
― brimstead, Saturday, 7 May 2022 17:40 (one year ago) link
I took that to mean sampled
― calstars, Saturday, 7 May 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link
I support brimstead's vapor chaos initiative
― brisk money (lukas), Saturday, 7 May 2022 18:30 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJGvLLEZQAA
― calstars, Sunday, 8 May 2022 02:18 (one year ago) link