I had an extensive discussion with people on Reddit [Vaporwave subR] about the introduction of the #V2k tag for Vaporwave music that does not use samples rooted after 1999.
I create music using this style and I have seen that other people in the scene also have worked on their own to create music in that style and have used the tag #Y2kVapor on Bandcamp, but it’s not catchy and the tagging is very decentralized. The reason I see importance to create a unified tag to refer to the subG is to make it easier to find all it’s similar music just like all the other subGs were made to follow that task at hand.
Now, not everyone seemed to agree on me simply naming the group of music I am referring to under the excuse that “Other people have to categorize for you, you can’t go around making names to things because YOU don’t feel it doesn’t fit in!” and to that, as I stated before, I am not the only one using the style and I am seeing a need to identify the niche that has evolved throughout the past few years.
Here are a few referential artists whom I have seen use the style besides myself:
http://internetclub.bandcamp.com
http://sayohimebou.bandcamp.com
http://y2digitalage.bandcamp.com
http://vvvxsoftware.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/pursuing-paradise [ https://music.businesscasual.biz/album/memories]
https://soundcloud.com/user-517217012
There are probably a lot more I have not seen due to the lack of a centralized tag. I hope my effort will allow for more vibes like this to spawn and weed out the pretentious haters that think themselves special for only making Vaporwave and calling themselves artists without remorse [you know who you are!]
ellievsbear
snowghoul
stormborns
dededos
titsay
prguitarman
baratheonpilled
kianamaiart
gummygunk
2087
janainaart
