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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.
Jul 14, 2011 · He’s indisputably right: Chillwave — a catchall term for recent practitioners of fuzzed-out, dance-ready, nostalgia-inducing tunes — was born out of a Hipster Runoff blog post in the summer of...
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Aug 23, 2019 · Most of the lo-fi productions of early chillwave stuff had an oversaturated, Instagram-filter quality, but Neon Indian’s kaleidoscopic synth work felt like real-deal film grain.
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Aug 1, 2017 · The 1980s italodisco and synthpop was a musical wave that was quickly being cycled back but redone in 2009. The peak of the genre was reached, the season matching the “vibes” it brooded over: it was dubbed the “Summer of Chillwave”.
Jun 25, 2019 · Millionyoung – “Cynthia”. Millionyoung wasn’t one of the greatest chillwave acts, but it was certainly a definitive one. Guy from Florida making mumbly, vaguely dancey, vaguely poppy songs ...
The man Rolling Stone called Chillwave’s godfather, Chaz Bundick of Toro y Moi, released a new album of straightforward indie rock called What For? on Tuesday, but he will be forever associated with history’s greatest fake music genre.
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Oct 14, 2019 · How Chillwave’s Brief Moment in the Sun Cast a Long Shadow Over the 2010s. Washed Out, Neon Indian, Toro y Moi, and what happened after the genre’s bedroom pop sounds hit the indie mainstream...
