Emerging in the early 2010s, vaporwave as a subgenre of electronic music, visual art style, internet meme, and aesthetic can be characterized by its retro-futuristic sounds and imagery. Inspired ...

An analysis of what happened to Vaporwave—the music that captured the Internet with an obsession of '80s and '90s consumer culture.

In January 2012 vaporwave was in its infancy. Some of its major players, such as LA/NYC label Beer on the Rug and Portland producer Vektroid, had been putting out experimental music for a year or ...

Sad cartoons and melancholic hip-hop inspired YouTube’s new vaporwave scene. BoJack Horseman and Rick and Morty’s impact on an entire aesthetic ...

Many people feel sad on Valentine’s Day for a great number of reasons. Is it legitimate sadness or is it normalized, commercial sadness? We’re all witnessing the slow rise of Vaporwave and ...

The Aesthetics Wiki is organized by suffix: “Wave” has 17 main pages; “Goth” has 14; “Core” has 125. There are also 27 pages dedicated to the various subgenres of “academia,” which ...

Today, Evan Hemsley—an L.A.-based musician and video game programmer—debuts vapor.fm, a 24/7 site devoted to all things vaporwave. Hemsley says he was drawn into the world of vaporwave after a ...

Vaporwave Simulator Brings its 1990s Aesthetic to 2018 Indie Games. By Marcus Estrada. Published Jan 2, 2018. Your changes have been saved. Email is sent.