"Wave" Music

From their most recent album, Twilight Aura.

Surprise! The G drops an unannounced first single from his upcoming sophomore album with NRW, which is set for 2024!!!

I love seeing random instances of vaporwave influence. I stumbled across this example in the sci-fi/fantasy webcomic series Ava's Demon. It's only for two panels and has nothing to do with the plot at all, but I thought it was a neat cameo.

"Collab track with Caspro. We're fusing chillsynth with chiptune 🌊👾"

From the "Aliens Expanded" Documentary Soundtrack

More on a hard-rock/metal vibe, I must admit. But pretty cool non the less. Please have a listen!

From the latest album Leather Terror (2022), you must listen both songs, Day Stalker and Night Prowler together, as they are beautifully connected. The first song is a intense crescendo and the second a cathartic climax ! They are definitely my favorite songs of the album, if not my favorite two songs from the artist !

If you don't know Volkor X or you enjoy Postrock and Synthwave, then I recommend you to listen his latest album The Loop. If you can dedicate 1 hours 15 minutes, then listen to the whole album in one go. It's a great atmosphere-building experience combining great music and a short sci-fi audio story with awesome voice acting! Instrumental album is also available. Anyway, Expanse is the title that stands out to me in this album. Please have a listen and see if you are hungry for more !

From the album Near Dark released in 2014, by the Californian band DANCE WITH THE DEAD

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New song released from GUNSHIP !

I was listening to the radio the other day and did an audio double-take as I could swear I heard vaporwave coming from my speakers. Turns out it was the intro to Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter, one of the hottest songs of the summer. Another popular song that seems like it might have some subtle vaporwave influences is Saturn by SZA.

What do you think, is this just a coincidence or has the niche phenomenon of vaporwave influenced pop music? What mainstream songs give you synthwave/vaporwave vibes?

A favorite of mine from a few years ago.

• Invidious: https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=KEu3tWXdnxI
• Bandcamp: https://viperdrive.bandcamp.com/track/driftrider
• Anime used in the fan edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redline_(2009_film)

I love the mashup between one of my favorite metal bands and one of my favorite synthwave bands. Works unexpectedly well.

Fantastic vocals and great synth work, this song by The Bad Dreamers is another favorite for me.

The Bad Dreamers have great vocals and Timecop1983 is always solid for Synthwave melodies. The two combined make a fantastic pairing.

• Invidious: https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=GlLQ2qJmy8c
• Bandcamp: https://perturbator.bandcamp.com/track/humans-are-such-easy-prey
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perturbator

This is the song that got me into the genre. And if you get a chance to see The Midnight live, it's well worth it. They put on a fantastic show!

Retro racing game with a great soundtrack.

One of my favorite aspects of "wave music" is that it's spun off so many various sub-genres and niche aesthetics. We've got:

Synthwave, Chillwave, Vaporwave, Retrowave, Darkwave

as some of the main players, but what else is out there? What other "waves" have you come across?

One of my personal favorite streams for late nights