9. Main sell line
ā¢ For people who are interested in the sub-genre Vaporwave and will
like to see new music and art from the genre.
ā¢ Fans of obscure music.
ā¢ Fans of the art
ā¢ People who want to know about the genre
ā¢ People who want to know more about it
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Article for my dps
For people who donāt know what vaporwave is, itās a micro genre of electronic music and somewhat of
an internet meme, that emerged in the early 2010s. The vaporwave style is defined by its inspirations
from 1980s and 1990s mood music, also built upon the experimental and ironic tendencies of genres
such as chillwave and hypnagogic pop. It also takes ambiguous or satirical take on consumer
capitalism and techno culture. In the early days of vaporwave, it relied on the sampling of sources
such as Japaneseās city pop, smooth jazz, retro elevator music and lounge music. The music consists
of "brief, cut-up sketches", cleanly produced, and composed almost entirely from samplesā
The styleās visual aesthetic (often stylized as āA E S T H E T I Cā, with full width characters)
incorporates early internet imagery, late 1990s web design, glitch art and cyberpunk tropes, as well
as anime, Greco-Roman statues, and 3D rendered objects. VHS degradation is another common
effect seen in vaporwave art. Generally, artist limit their source material between Japanās economic
flourishing in the 1980s.
Vaporwave is one of several micro genres spawned in the early 2010 that were the brief focus of
media attention. Pitchfork contributor Jonny Coleman defines vaporwave as residing in the āthe
uncanny genre valleyā that lies ābetween a real genre that sounds