“Vaporwave Is (Not) a Critique of Capitalism”: Genre Work in An Online Music Scene
Vaporwave, first emerging in the early 2010s, is a genre of music characterised by extensive sampling of earlier “elevator music,” such as smooth jazz, MoR, easy listening, and muzak. Audio and visual markers of the 1980s and 1990s, white-collar workspaces, media technology, and advertising are prom...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Open Cultural Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0041 |