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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 .
Jun 3, 2021 · The term chillwave was coined by a writer known simply as ‘Carles’, aka Texas native Carlos Perez, founder of music blog Hipster Runoff. Launched in 2007, it was part of a broader blog scene at the time, when new music could be broken by bloggers and the influential aggregator site Hype Machine.
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Chillwave was a term invented by thought leader/influencer Carles 2 on his Hipster Runoff blog to classify a type of music loosely defined by summertime imagery, analog production, and heavy usage of samples. 3 It really only existed from the summer of 2009 to the beginning of 2011, around the time when no one was sure how much of Hipster ...
Aug 21, 2019 · Writing for Flavorwire in 2012, Tom Hawking decried chillwave as a distinctly “middle-class” music, the cultural equivalent of “placing of your hands over your eyes and ears and imagining ...
Aug 1, 2017 · The peak of the genre was reached, the season matching the “vibes” it brooded over: it was dubbed the “Summer of Chillwave”. The blissed out feeling of the typical chillwave artist explored sounds which creating a euphoric atmosphere with nostalgic and often melancholic meaning.
Jul 14, 2011 · Unbelievably, goofily, Carles was right: Chillwave is “the first successful genre launch in 10-20 years.”. To mark the auspicious development, Vulture traveled to the far indie-rock corners of ...
Chillwave is a subgenre of electronic music that emerged in the late 2000s. It is characterized by its dreamy, lo-fi soundscapes, often featuring hazy vocals and nostalgic synth melodies. The genre is heavily influenced by 80s pop and new wave, as well as shoegaze and ambient music.
