The Genius of Synthwave and Vaporwave

[Margire]

Where do I even begin? If I had to describe Synthwave and Vaporwave to anybody who never heard of it or at least seen it picture this. You are in a car, not just any car but a flying one, floating up into different layers of the atmosphere. You feel a strong essence of nostalgia and freedom. When you make it to space to unbuckle your seat beat as you drift off. You have no worries, only wonderful colors in your mind. You start seeing things from your childhood and you drift even further. Your soul drifts from you body and your at eternal peace and nirvana. If that description did not help I recommend listening to it your self, here are some personal favorites....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoBIyxWEiOw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si7CuYWT0mk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GW6sLrK40k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkPcPqTq4M

So what is the whole point of it and what does Sythnwave and Vaporwave try to achieve. Well they are both radically different genres and some may argue that I should not group them together. However for the sake of time and also for other reasons I'm grouping them. Vaporwave and Sythnwave use nostalgic elements that can either make you feel pumped up or make you feel like you are having an out of body experience. Its a lovely art form it truly is, and I fell in love when I first found it. They use 80's and 90's as a foundation to create familiar yet different soundtracks and quite frankly that's music to my ears. So what do you think about Synthwave and Vaporwave? Is it true genius, meh, or "I absolutely hate this?" And please Tell me why, don't just say I hate it... explain, it does not have to be a paragraph, just a sentence or two (Although I'm not stopping you writers from writing an entire paragraph on the genius of Synthwave and Vaporwave).

[Margire]

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[West Leas Oros 2]

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[Margire]

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A E S T H I C

But all jokes aside I remember listening to this one song Rêve Lucide by LÜNE, and I got literal chills and I lost focus. It was the closest I have even been to an afterlife if that's possible to begin with.

[West Leas Oros 2]

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But all jokes aside I remember listening to this one song Rêve Lucide by LÜNE, and I got literal chills and I lost focus. It was the closest I have even been to an afterlife if that's possible to begin with.

I listen to remixes, myself. Some songs and artists lend themselves really well to the genre.

[Margire]

A E S T H I C

But all jokes aside I remember listening to this one song Rêve Lucide by LÜNE, and I got literal chills and I lost focus. It was the closest I have even been to an afterlife if that's possible to begin with.

I listen to remixes, myself. Some songs and artists lend themselves really well to the genre.

Hmm I'm trying to make my own too with FL studio, harder than it looks! Vaporwave is a lot easier however since esstinally its taking a piece of a song, slowing or speeding it up and adding maybe a few instruments if any at all and boom A E S T H I C! Synthwave is a whole new challenge...

[Saint Yosx]

I love it... the melody, the chords, the notes, just everything...

[Elfland]

I only recently go into vaporwave music and post-internet art. Probably because 2020 has made me long for the early 2000s again and the optimistic future we were promised.

[United Soviet Federation]

The nostalgia of Vaporwave is part of its effectiveness as a postmodern form of music. It reflects on an idealised vision of the past, distorted to show that this ideal never really existed. A perfect form of media here at the end of history, reflecting on the optimistic past while the future seems to grow ever bleaker.

Anyway, I quite like it.

[Orostan]

The nostalgia of Vaporwave is part of its effectiveness as a postmodern form of music. It reflects on an idealised vision of the past, distorted to show that this ideal never really existed. A perfect form of media here at the end of history, reflecting on the optimistic past while the future seems to grow ever bleaker.

Anyway, I quite like it.

"Hello, based department?"

[Valentine Z]

Both the aesthetics and the music that is Synth'ed and Vapor'ed are all pleasing to listen to. I am usually all for up-beat and higher-tempo music (or rhythmic, like military marches), but I always appreciate a good piece of vaporwave music. ^^

RP and Worldbuilding-wise, I wanted to get into the aesthetics, but I figured it would not exactly fit me that well.

[Nuroblav]

I know Vektroid is a stereotypical artist to bring up on mentioning vaporwave, but a great one nonetheless. My personal favourite from them would probably be Initiation Tape: Part One.

That aside a great genre that I should listen to more. There was another quite popular artist I was going to listen to as well.

[Minoa]

It reminds me of shopping centres from the early- to mid-1990s: back when I would spend hours and hours on end finding the right toy for my enjoyment. Toys R Us in Wood Green, Hamleys of Regent Street, John Lewis of Oxford Street, and Selby’s of Holloway Road … just to name a few.

[Chan Island]

It's a good genre, and I've liked watching the rise of it. Can be really good to just, you know, vibe with.

One subgenre that you'd never expect to work, yet somehow does, is one called "Sovietwave". Best described as music that makes you feel nostalgia for a future that never happened.