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Jun 3, 2021 · As genre names go, chillwave is actually fairly tame compared to some of Carles’ other suggestions in a stream-of-consciousness list of borderline gibberish ideas. Alternative options included Chill Bro Core, Kewl Boring Music, Music 2 smoke weed 2, Synth Computer Pop Atmospheric Wave, WaveWave, Pitchforkwavegaze, Forkshit and ZanyCore and more.
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Chillwave was one of the first music genres to develop primarily through the Internet. The term was coined in 2009 by the satirical blog Hipster Runoff to lampoon microgenres and indie acts whose sounds resembled incidental music from 1980s VHS tapes.
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.
Chillwave AKA : Glo-Fi Dream-beat • 2,723 releases Emulates vintage aesthetics and popular musical styles of the 1980s/1990s altered by modern recording technology to create a hazy dreamlike atmosphere.
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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 ...
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Aug 21, 2019 · But chillwave – a movement that began as a joke and which Carles described as “a genre created by the internet, 4 the internet” – felt like an example of the hype cycle going too far. It ...
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 Runoff...
