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Nobody in the thread has yet called it what it is: retrowave. This was a musical genre first. It wholly appropriates the aesthetics of a subset of 80's media an
by chipsy 11y ago
Nobody in the thread has yet called it what it is: retrowave. This was a musical genre first. It wholly appropriates the aesthetics of a subset of 80's media and condenses it into a "historical fantasy" world that is easier to digest than the authentic thing.
You don't enjoy retrowave for its writing or storytelling, generally speaking. Treat Kung Fury like an extended music video and it makes way more sense.
- eco 11y agoI've never heard it called Retrowave before (thought that is a good name for it). I know it by the names Outrun or Synthwave. Carpenter Brut, Perturbator, M|O|O|N, Miami Nights 1984, Lazerhawk or basically anything from the Hotline Miami soundtracks are all good for anyone wanting more.
- smrtinsert 11y agoOr Jan Hammer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hammer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hammer) if you want to hear some of the real sound from the 80s. For those interested (and able to "stomach" the real thing) any track from his Miami Vice soundtracks are great - I think there's a selection of them on Escape from Television on Spotify.
- chipsy 11y agoMore "authentic 80's synth" soundtracks: Harold Faltermeyer, Vince Dicola, pre-BTTF Alan Silvestri, Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter.
- chrisdbaldwin 11y agoI particularly enjoy Mitch Murder; Interceptor is a fantastic Retrowave album with a hint of Chiptune.
- staffordrj 11y agoGuess what movie he just did the soundtrack for!
- waffle_ss 11y agoDon't forget Kavinsky! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavinsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavinsky
- trafficlight 11y agoCom Truise is another solid choice.
- dragontamer 11y ago> It wholly appropriates the aesthetics of a subset of 80's media and condenses it into a "historical fantasy" world that is easier to digest than the authentic thing. That helps a lot actually.
- anigbrowl 11y agoI've heard it more often referred to as Vaporwave, your basic point is sound. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporwave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporwave
- JibberMeTimbers 11y agoSynthwave is another one too
- josteink 11y ago> Nobody in the thread has yet called it what it is: retrowave. My favourite retrowave right now, and it's so blindingly obviously retrowave you don't even need to know its a thing, is this piece: Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUOIvT9hzD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUOIvT9hzD8 It's a combined tribute to everything great about the 80s DJ scene (and Todd Terry), with a clearly tougue-in-check ironic reference to us here in the future looking back it. I'm loving it.
- shit_parade2 11y agoAlso called new wave retro or futureretro Lots of nostalgic 80s TV, movie, and video game sampling. Here's a play list for those interested: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL52109BD7632583B2 https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL52109BD7632583B2
- joeyspn 11y agoI've heard before this music with groups like Digitalism, Anoraak, Bestrack, GRUM, ULTRNX, etc, but I never thought it had a style name. I included it all in the NuDisco scene [1]. So thanks for the tip, plenty of groups to listen to now! [1] https://pro.beatport.com/genre/indie-dance-nu-disco/37 https://pro.beatport.com/genre/indie-dance-nu-disco/37