Virtual Utopian Genres

SOME NEWSThe Kickstarter for “Ludonarrative Dissidents,” Ross’s RPG podcast, is still going strong and crushing stretch goals. Check it out! Check it out here: Ludonarrative Dissidents Podcast: Season 2Support Night Clerk Radio on Patreon In this episode, we’re tackling the popular vaporwave subgenre of Utopian Virtual with a discussion that is as much topic-driven as it is album-driven. We refine our discussions on the nature of genre in vaporwave and how the cheerful optimism of utopian virtual overlaps and contrasts similar subgenres such as corporate vaporwave and muzakcore. We then discuss and reevaluate two classic albums of the genre. Albums DiscussedHigh Fashion Mood Musicby EyelinerGooglePlex Bionetworkby Pyravid Additional LinksThe Surrealist Roots of the “Vaporwave” Genre"Vaporwave Is (Not) a Critique of Capitalism": Genre Work in An Online Music SceneComment: Vaporwave and the pop-art of the virtual plazaComment: “Distroid” – the muscular music of hi-DEF doomThe "Perfect" Music Genre? (Utopian Virtual)Interview: Five Questions For EyelinerSonemic Interview: Luke Rowell (Eyeliner / Disasteradio)CreditsMusic by: 2MelloArtwork by: Patsy McDowellRoss on TwitterBirk on TwitterNight Clerk Radio on Twitter