An analysis of what happened to Vaporwave—the music that captured the Internet with an obsession of '80s and '90s consumer culture.

Vaporwave’s circulation as an internet meme adds an entirely new facet to the discussion, as the cultural clout of memes in the context of the arts has yet to be formally established. While it may be ...

In January 2012 vaporwave was in its infancy. Some of its major players, such as LA/NYC label Beer on the Rug and Portland producer Vektroid, had been putting out experimental music for a year or ...

Right at the end of 2013, Thump published an essay titled “Is Vaporwave The Next Seapunk?” Michelle Lhooq writes in the article that “Seapunk started as a joke and ended that way,” adding ...

Strudelsoft is the label that Sterling Campbell bills as first vaporwave imprint dedicated exclusively to releasing music on 3.5" floppy disk. Inside Vaporwave's Mini-Boom of Floppy Disk Releases ...

Hours-long videos of ’80s and ’90s Weather Channel broadcasts set to vaporwave tunes are all over YouTube. They’re perfect for those moments you want to remember a time when weather was a ...