The Virtual Ocean

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast.

What is vaporwave?

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct.

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 17, we finish our dive into the haunting sounds of b e g o t t e n 自杀, (begotten suicide) by experiencing the fifth and sixth album of their 6-album spiral into madness.

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast.

What is vaporwave?

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct.

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 16, we continue our dive into the haunting sounds of b e g o t t e n 自杀, (begotten suicide) by experiencing the third and fourth album of their 6-album spiral into madness.

We recommend you listen to episode 15 before sailing with us on this one.

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast.

What is vaporwave?

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct.

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 15, we begin our Halloween special by diving into the haunting sounds of b e g o t t e n 自杀, (begotten suicide). 

Behind these beautiful depressing soundscapes lies a true story about a mysterious package sent to vaporwave label owner Geometric Lullaby.... 

Sail with us to find out what happened.

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast. 

What is vaporwave? 

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct. 

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 14, we continue to celebrate the launch of the first vaporwave music festival held by 100% Electronica by listening to the work of the cofounder, Negative Gemini and her album Body Work. 

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast. 

What is vaporwave? 

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct. 

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 13, we celebrate the launch of the first vaporwave music festival held by George Clanton by listening to the album that started it all; George Clanton's 100% Electronica. 

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast.

What is vaporwave?

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture.

The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct.

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 12, we are going to be listening to siglyopum groceries's debut album "supermarket Yes We're Open!" ( 식료품groceries's 슈퍼마켓yes! we're open)

This album is considered another breakthrough album that takes the musical ideas presented in Cat System Corps' Palm Mall and applies it to an entirely different consumerist experience: the grocery market.

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast. 

What is vaporwave? 

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct. 

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 11, we dive into the genre of mallsoft, starting with the album "Palm Mall" by 猫 シ  Corp (Pronounced "Cat System Corp").

This album popularized the Mallsoft subgenre; a vaporwave subgenre that attempts to summon nostalgia of pre-internet childhoods of blissfully roaming the giant hypercapitalist world of the shopping mall.

We consider this one of the greatest vaporwave albums of all time. Join us in experiencing the infinite heaven-mall of 猫 シ  Corp's Palm Mall.

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast.

What is vaporwave?

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct.

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 10, we dive into the ambient album "Damaged Interface" by Rashida Prime.

Rashida Prime is an ambient artist under the Bludhoney music label.

Damaged Interface is a collection of powerful ambient tracks that build tense, beautiful, and satisfying moments. Each individual track is like its own memorable world.

Looking to snort a hard line of escapism? Listen along with us.

ALBUM FEATURED:
https://bludhoney.com/album/damaged-interface

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast.

What is vaporwave?

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct.

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 9, we get a taste of the Ambient Vaporwave subgenre.

Ambient is a much more laid back, fade into the background type of music by nature; but when it comes to vaporwave, it has the potential to conjure both hellish images and utopian feelings... something you won't get from any other genre.

In this episode, we jump through several different tracks within the genre to get a taste of what it has to offer.

Let's set sail for the Ambient Islands.

ARTISTS/TRACKS FEATURED:
Telepath - dansen (disconnect)  https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/--33 

track 3. Something special 

Hong Kong Express - This https://adhesivesounds.bandcamp.com/album/this

track 9. Aftermath 

HKE - HK https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/hk

track 2. Window

GOLDEN LIVING ROOM AND TELEPATH - VIRTUAL PHANTASY 2097 https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/--21

track 3. t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 - 仮想快楽の宮殿 (palace of virtual pleasures)

track 14. GOLDEN LIVING ROOM - NO LOVE FOR ANDROIDS 

Remember - ルートバックホーム (route back home) https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/--22 

track 4. Bright Lights of the Strip 

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast.

What is vaporwave?

Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct.

It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.

It's also very, very, aesthetic.

In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.

In episode 8, we dive into the abstractionist internet orgy sounds of Giant Claw.

A musical project from Ohio, Giant Claw is one of the most experimental artists that we've covered.

We discover two of their albums: Dark Web, and Soft Channel.

Dark Web has one of the most interesting album descriptions:

"Dark Web doesn’t sound “like the internet.” It sounds like therapy for a generation who grew up with the internet, where the density and modularity of music has flourished at such a rate that we never get time alone with just one song or idea anymore. A latticework of strangely cohabitant pop partials, trap clicks, and piano rolls skipping around in bottomless MIDI-space; a clipped and thrifty collage, reflection, and superimposition of pop art through a trippy mash-up mechanism made of recycled SoundCloud footwork singles and YouTube R&B remixes. Dark Web’s fractured sonics work according to our current economy of space — they uncover shared emotional resonances across a variety of genres (trap, pop, classical music, vaporwave, footwork) at a stunning quickness. For a generation that by necessity has to be selective in its listening habits, this is less experimental than savvy. Dark Web is a document of bubbly eclecticism in 2014 passed from web guru Keith Rankin to a listener in need of a digital tour guide. A distinctly instructive art object, a confident curation of the weirdest parts of the now age.
– Adam Devlin (tinymixtapes)"

While Soft Channel stands as one of the most hazardous, highly-reactive musical experiments we've ever heard.

You're in for a wild ride with this one.

Let's set sail to the Mists of Giant Claw.

ALBUMS:
DARK WEB: https://giantclaw.bandcamp.com/album/dark-web

SOFT CHANNEL: https://giantclaw.bandcamp.com/album/soft-channel