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Chillwave was one of the first music genres to develop primarily through the Internet. The term was coined in 2009 by the satirical blog Hipster Runoff to lampoon microgenres and indie acts whose sounds resembled incidental music from 1980s VHS tapes.
Aug 23, 2019 · Chillwave, at least as a term, started as a joke. Ten years since the net-pop genre’s biggest summer, that part of its history is well remembered.
- Colin Joyce
Aug 1, 2017 · Most notably “chillwave” was coined by the satirical, ironic blogger Carles of the defunct Hipster Runoff (2008-2013) who wanted to gather the impression and feeling of the music that “chillwave” created.
Exactly 10 years ago “chillwave” was established as a genre, coined July 27, 2009 on the infamous blog Hipster Runoff in a quintessentially snarky yet borderline insightful post by Carles.
Jul 14, 2011 · He’s indisputably right: Chillwave — a catchall term for recent practitioners of fuzzed-out, dance-ready, nostalgia-inducing tunes — was born out of a Hipster Runoff blog post in the summer of...
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Heavily tied to DIY culture, it got its start in New York City and California during the middle of 2008’s financial crisis, one of the worst economic crises the country has ever seen. Creating chillwave became a form of escapism for middle class college grads in a world that did not welcome them.
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Chillwave was one of the first music genres to develop primarily through the Internet. The term was coined in 2009 by the satirical blog Hipster Runoff to lampoon microgenres and indie acts whose sounds resembled incidental music from 1980s VHS tapes.
