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[[File:Waves_of_vapor_crashing_over_from_the_horizon.jpg|thumb|400px|An example of the Vaporwave aesthetic.]] | [[File:Waves_of_vapor_crashing_over_from_the_horizon.jpg|thumb|400px|An example of the Vaporwave aesthetic.]] | ||
Vaporwave is a musical/media genre that involves the sampling, remixing and curation of songs of various styles | Vaporwave is a musical/media genre that involves the sampling, remixing and curation of retro songs of various styles to create a new presentation. The style of this presentation is referred to as an [[aesthetic]]. | ||
The progenitor of the vaporwave genre was [[sea punk]], which itself went on to influence mainstream pop music for a while. Vaporwave was first pioneered by artists [[ | The progenitor of the vaporwave genre was [[sea punk]], which itself went on to influence mainstream pop music for a while. Vaporwave was first pioneered by artists [[Chuck Person]] and [[James Ferraro]], and later refined and expanded upon by artists such as [[Vektroid]], [[Internet Club]], [[Infinity Frequencies]] and [[List of vaporwave artists|others]]. | ||
Over time, the genre has collected a large enough roster of artists influencing it to host several subgenres diverging due to the unique styles of the artists. Prominent examples of these subgenres include [[vaportrap]], popularized by [[Blank Banshee]], [[vapor-hop]], [[future funk]], popularized by [[Saint Pepsi]] and [[YUNG BAE]], and [[Hardvapour]], popularized by [[Wolfenstein OS X]]. | Over time, the genre has collected a large enough roster of artists influencing it to host several subgenres diverging due to the unique styles of the artists. Prominent examples of these subgenres include [[vaportrap]], popularized by [[Blank Banshee]], [[vapor-hop]], [[future funk]], popularized by [[Saint Pepsi]] and [[YUNG BAE]], and [[Hardvapour]], popularized by [[Wolfenstein OS X]]. | ||
== Origins == | == Origins == | ||
