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| Paradox Lost |
I feel like I'm about six years too late in finally catching on to the actual tags associated with this whole audio-visual sub-(sub) culture of ironic re-appropriation (especially since the current discussion is all about whether or not these genres are dead), but it's quite fascinating. Anyone who's been on tumblr in the late 2000's or watched Adult Swim in the very early AM hours has probably seen and heard it: deliberately low-fi music videos that look like they were discovered among a stack of discarded VHS tapes that had been dubbed from other VHS tapes, low-res collages of mid 90's internet icons and graphic design, but I had no idea it had crystalized in terms of actual genres, like vaporwave, seapunk, slimepunk, cloud rap, sadboys, etc. Vaporwave in particular strikes me as more interesting than the rest, as it fashions itself as a subversive art movement, and I admit it lends itself to a unique appreciation that's more than just musical.
I'm just getting formally initiated myself, but I'm curious as to people's thoughts on this. Does anyone genuinely enjoy this type of material outside of it being fashionably ironic? |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| It's more or less a big circle-jerk, where the only people who listen to it are the ones making it. |
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| Paradox Lost |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
It's more or less a big circle-jerk, where the only people who listen to it are the ones making it. |
I get a sense that the hipsters who embraced and popularized this when I first started noticing it around 2008-09 have long since left it (at least in America). |
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| stevėsto |
sadboys is a collective.
ive enjoyed contemporary conceptual dance music since 2010.
my thoughts on it are that its a long overdue breath of fresh air for dance music. its extremely intelligent, creative,.. just many levels more advanced than what most people think of as underground (tech haus,mnml,deep, anything "proper"). its what happens when you have a direct producer-listener feedback loop in chat rooms etc, greatly accelerating the rate of evolution of dance music.
its origins are actually the online gay community, and in particular transgender community, and the younger generation not old enough to go to clubs. a lot of it uses solfeggio frequencies to help create a euphoric/out of body experience ("post-physical").
and just like other scenes you have to dig to find the good stuff. a lot of the online personalities out there are copycats. |
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| Lagrangian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Paradox Lost
I feel like I'm about six years too late in finally catching on to the actual tags associated with this whole audio-visual sub-(sub) culture of ironic re-appropriation (especially since the current discussion is all about whether or not these genres are dead), but it's quite fascinating. Anyone who's been on tumblr in the late 2000's or watched Adult Swim in the very early AM hours has probably seen and heard it: deliberately low-fi music videos that look like they were discovered among a stack of discarded VHS tapes that had been dubbed from other VHS tapes, low-res collages of mid 90's internet icons and graphic design, but I had no idea it had crystalized in terms of actual genres, like vaporwave, seapunk, slimepunk, cloud rap, sadboys, etc. Vaporwave in particular strikes me as more interesting than the rest, as it fashions itself as a subversive art movement, and I admit it lends itself to a unique appreciation that's more than just musical.
I'm just getting formally initiated myself, but I'm curious as to people's thoughts on this. Does anyone genuinely enjoy this type of material outside of it being fashionably ironic? |
very cool, i have been exposed to MTV's Clubland at around the same time.
Adult Swim ... sigh...college was awesome. Even if i was a prude. |
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| Lagrangian |
| quote: | Originally posted by stevėsto
sadboys is a collective.
ive enjoyed contemporary conceptual dance music since 2010.
my thoughts on it are that its a long overdue breath of fresh air for dance music. its extremely intelligent, creative,.. just many levels more advanced than what most people think of as underground (tech haus,mnml,deep, anything "proper"). its what happens when you have a direct producer-listener feedback loop in chat rooms etc, greatly accelerating the rate of evolution of dance music.
its origins are actually the online gay community, and in particular transgender community, and the younger generation not old enough to go to clubs. a lot of it uses solfeggio frequencies to help create a euphoric/out of body experience ("post-physical").
and just like other scenes you have to dig to find the good stuff. a lot of the online personalities out there are copycats. |
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