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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.
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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.
- Late 2000s, United States
Jul 14, 2011 · Vulture’s Brief History of Chillwave. “I am the undisputed creator of the genre name,” Carles, the enigmatic blogger behind Hipster Runoff, is telling Vulture via Gchat. “The term ...
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Aug 1, 2017 · Most notably “chillwave” was coined by the satirical, ironic blogger Carles of the defunct Hipster Runoff (2008-2013) who wanted to gather the impression and feeling of the music that “chillwave” created. Because the internet became a much easier place to release and review music, and at larger amounts than ever, chillwave was a direct ...
Aug 21, 2019 · Chillwave: a momentary microgenre that ushered in the age of nostalgia. In a summer riven by financial meltdown, a niche trend for lo-fi retro pop couldn’t have seemed more trivial....
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.
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 ...
Oct 14, 2019 · In the middle of 2009, indie culture was awash in The Summer of Chill, as several homebound young artists from across the American South stared down an economic void by creating electronic...
