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Chillwave (originally considered synonymous with glo-fi and hypnagogic pop) is a music microgenre that emerged in the late 2000s. It is characterized by evoking the popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s while engaging with notions of memory and nostalgia.
Aug 23, 2019 · Chillwave Was the First Great Genre of the Internet Era. A guide to the best songs from the late-aughts movement of hazy pop artists like Toro y Moi, Washed Out, and more. Chillwave, at least...
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Jun 25, 2019 · Most chillwave was created as beatmaking or sampling and it sounds really good when you’re high, so its eventual leaching into hip-hop was inevitable — the brief “cloud rap” surge of 2011 ...
Jun 3, 2021 · Regular readers know we like genres whose genesis can be pinned down to an exact moment. The term chillwave was coined by a writer known simply as ‘Carles’, aka Texas native Carlos Perez, founder of music blog Hipster Runoff.
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- “Resonance” by HOME. HOME – Resonance. This now iconic and dreamy classic is an absolute powerhouse of melody and nostalgia. One of the only Chillwave songs (and the first) to hit mainstream audiences, racking up over 100 million views on YouTube alone, “Resonance” is widely considered to be one of the greatest songs in the Synth Universe, elevating producer Randy Goffe (better known as Home) to the status of living legend within the community.
- “Slow Peels” by Com Truise. Com Truise – Slow Peels. In the eyes of many, American producer Com Truise is the one person to be credited for both the invention and the rise of Chillwave as a genre.
- “Godspeed” by Wayfloe. Godspeed. Wayfloe has only been around since 2015, but the mysterious French duo is without a doubt one the greatest entities the Synth-verse has ever known since its inception.
- “Dynamic” by Voyage. Voyage – Dynamic. Voyage’s warm and fuzzy signature sound is a perfect representation of what Chillwave evokes in people’s minds when mentioned.
Aug 1, 2017 · Proliferation of internet, non-commercial music was made ultra-possible by channels, such as Majestic Casual, Fhinq Music, TSYN and a horde of copies all on YouTube, sourced by the artists via Soundcloud and Bandcamp. This then later evolved into, of course, pop and EDM.
Oct 14, 2019 · The perpetually joking-not-joking meta-blogger Carles effectively coined the term “chillwave” in a July 2009 post on his site, Hipster Runoff, partially poking fun at genre-coining music...
