The Tragic Side Of Vaporwave

[@PadChennington]

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[@KriticalKlippy]

Pad Chennington Phoenix #2772 You Are Already Dead. Gives me chills every time I listen to it.

[@random_internet_dude_57]

god dammit please, make a vid on sewerslvt

[@jlcarrozza]

I think there's an inherently tragic vibe to Vaporwave itself. It's ultimately a sort of melancholy ode to Millenials' 90s nostalgia. For anyone who grew up in the 90s, it seemed like the world was finally headed toward better times. The internet especially had some promise. Then 9/11, George W. Bush and eventually the 2008 economic crash happened and the world has been on a dark trajectory ever since. The internet also became a mundane thing, tarnished by the darker side of human nature. I feel like Vaporwave is about nostalgically remembering a brighter past that we may never be able to relive because of increasing global turmoil and reminiscing about a better future that will never be as the world kind of continually goes to shit. We are consciously aware of this as we're listening which can make it a somber experience.

[@Zephyrs009]

A birght future we never saw... Perhaps we as a society were foolish in thinking like this.

[@Zach_Bloomquist]

Vaporwave has a built in nostalgic factor that can really bring old memories back to the forefront of your consciousness. I totally agree with your idea that it is a melancholy ode to millennials 90s nostalgia. Its the same way for me for vaporwave and old cartoons like Hey Arnold. Even old music such as the old Weather Channel music in that sub-genre of vaporwave bring back so many memories of a time that felt so much more innocent, so much less dangerous and scary. It has been said that as a child one perceives time very differently because of the amount of your life that you have already lived. A year seems like a long time when you are 7 years old but not when you are thirty. In the 90's there was a general feeling of things are getting better as the economy was doing well and technology was evolving at a rapid pace. Countries that benefited from that saw their populations generally see an improvement in their sense of well-being. Also you have to remember that us 90's kids were one of the first generations to have helicopter parents so we received alot more parental affection, attention and sadly stifling input at times. This profoundly shaped the ways we perceive it now. Whenever I hear a mallsoft album I think of times spent walking and shopping in malls with my brother and family. And when I hear old weather channel music I remember the times when it was fun to just watch the old school weather channel as a kid. After 9/11 the world felt like a much darker scary place. Vaporwave in a way is a save point, a place I can go back whenever I want and remember and replay memories again and see it how it was. And how it has changed.

[@everydayhu-man2411]

But yet there are still people out there claiming Alex Jones isnt right. And it can get a whole lot worse from here. A WHOLE LOT WORSE. This is paradise now compared to some alternatives.

[@Zephyrs009]

@@everydayhu-man2411 1. Alex Jones violated the terms of service via harrassment. He deserved what he got. 2. Don't politicize this comment section please

[@basedsouljah]

I dont think anyone can say it better than that.

[@jerrell1169]

News at 11 doesn’t quite convey a creepy or sad feeling until you know it’s backstory or if you’re aware of the clips context, that makes it great in my eyes.

[@PadChennington]

I actually didn't realize the first time I listened to it that the album cover is the window of a plane lol.

[@catsystemcorp]

exactly how it's meant to be! Did you notice A side has 9 tracks and B 11?

[@matturner6890]

I think that's actually a strike against it, as you can't understand it fully without knowing about something else first. I mean, yeah, everyone knows what 9/11 is, but if a piece of art can't convey its full message without you having previous knowledge of something else, does it really convey its message well?

[@danteashby5959]

@@matturner6890 I mean, I dunno. When art is great by itself it's something to be behold but most often knowing the back story catapults it into another stratosphere. Art is great in that its subjective but the backstory illuminates every piece, which does take away from the mystique, But I have so many questions about the songs and news samples selected here. The answer just breeds so many more mysteries towards the artist. For me at least

[@linguiniindiscuise1268]

Man sometimes I wish that most of vaporwave albums we're on Spotify

[@PadChennington]

ey, maybe one day :/

[@kykale]

using slowed down samples of songs means paying royalties and also a lot if paperwork

[@linguiniindiscuise1268]

@@kykale lmao facts

[@ohno417]

Spotify's trash, support artists on Bandcamp

[@koenmetekohy1296]

Fortunately, the albums made by Death’s Dynamic Shroud and Telepath are on there.

[@JohnTheMod1]

News At 11 is one hour, 11 minutes, and nine seconds long. 01:11:09. 9/11/01. Kinda brilliant in its way.

[@PadChennington]

I actually did not know that :0

[@JohnTheMod1]

Pad Chennington On top of that, the album is split into two parts. The first part, with the clips from 9/11 broadcasts, is nine tracks long. The second part, with the Weather Channel motif, is 11 tracks long.

[@Wubster649]

if only the album was 9 hours long

[@selkrasouza6262]

News at Eleven is one of my favorite albums. It’s one of the few vaporwave pieces I can’t study to due to how powerful the imagery it creates for the 9/11 tragedy.

[@PadChennington]

Definitely one of the most powerful pieces in the genre. some may say from a production side it obviously isn't the best work, which is understandable, but like I said in the video, its presentation and ability to bring you into another place in time (which to me that's what vaporwave is all about) is unparalleled

[@catsystemcorp]

thank you

[@chunkydurango7841]

I’m genuinely wondering; how does one study music?

[@matturner6890]

Because it's actually a *good* album that forces you to pay attention, unlike the majority of vaporwave.

[@AaronGaleProductions]

Pad is the vsauce of vaporwave. News at 11 is great!

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[@fruitcake7789]

2:06 "Как давно это было" actually means "Oh how long it has been". I'm Russian, so I can confirm

[@PadChennington]

ahh awesome! thanks for the heads up

[@raspx5386]

Слушаю этот альбом смешанные чувства, ощущение потерянности при прослушивании.

[@null_dan]

@@PadChennington not much difference im a russian too btw

[@onlyabdelix]

I remember first listening to news at 11 by corp it moved me to the point of crying although I was born 2 days after 9/11 the veil of the 90s truly vaporised after it.

[@PadChennington]

some crazy stuff ey

[@onlyabdelix]

@@PadChennington tru dat brother

[@dickkickem]

yeah man i was born in april 2000 but i can totally feel that

[@belstar1128]

A lot of vapor wave makes me nostalgic about the good things but it also reminds me of the bad things that happened in the past while i miss the 90s life was not as easy as it was now and there where a lot more poor countries that are now semi rich i'm from a rich country but we had no good heating in the winter i got bullied a lot there was a lot of drama with my parents friends i also think that the message of most vapor wave is that all good things can "vaporize" at any time

[@PadChennington]

the past is often romanticized, Vaporwave takes note of that quite well. It's a fun genre to see both sides of the spectrums, the good and the bad of the past.

[@one.ebrown]

I would even say the Corp's album Palm Mall is a musical album that expresses the tragedy of the end of the mall era. Meaning that the era of physically taking part into global capitalism is ending and that a new era of world wide capitalism through the internet is just beginning. I don't know that's just my take on it.

[@PadChennington]

I agree witcha, there's a ominous undertone to it all. the music can be seen as a distraction from the message, its truly interesting to me!

[@TheEleventhJob]

So glad you mentioned "как давно это было." That is by far my favorite track of REGRET. I love the piano loops and the droning, barely audible lyrics (Ｌｏｎｇ　ａｇｏ，　ｆａｒ　ａｗａｙ，　ｌｉｆｅ　ｗａｓ　ｃｌｅａｒ，　ｃｌｏｓｅ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｅｙｅｓ). Love those dainty synths that chime in every once in awhile. Also the general sound production on that album has this really consistent reverb that makes it all feel connected. You're writing is getting better and better with each video, Pad. I'd love to see more specific topics like this.

[@PadChennington]

yes man yes!!!! so happy someone shouted this out too..and yes brother, these vids are here to stay. going to be making more like these since the album is done :) cheers homie

[@AlienFaun]

I thought you were talking about the downside of Vaporwave until I click on this video. I'm sort of relieved.

[@llyourdudesnickerll9823]

This is very interesting topic. I actually got into vaporwave when I was depressed and needed to find a way to deal with. It helped me deal with it a bit more. It made me want to go back to when I was a kid when I was more innocent and knew less evil. That's why I kind of want to do something for this community, as it did a lot for me in my time of need.

[@joseusainternet]

Jumped here from the pokemon direct. Didn't think we would be getting a new video until late march. Love you pad. I'll cry to all of this.

[@porkhill6665]

Same here. Looks like we got pansage 2.0

[@joseusainternet]

@@porkhill6665 I actually thought of chimchar when I saw that grass type one. Though I'm never too big on new pokemon, the germany based location blew me away.

[@PadChennington]

im in grindddd mode baby, the focus right now is videos and live sets!

[@PadChennington]

also can someone give me a breakdown of the Pokemon direct lol

[@joseusainternet]

@@PadChennington New pokemon for switch (SWORD / SHIELD versions). Showed starters but they're nothing too interesting. New location is based like germany or sweden, which is pretty cool. I feel a royalty theme coming on.

[@Eco_Grl]

You did an awesome job with portraying the depth of these albums

[@PadChennington]

Thank you :) was really fun coming up with a script for this one

[@thecuriousone6878]

Music is one of nature's oldest forms of expressive thought. Sounds of animals echo in our primitive mind, all to somehow put into action complex thoughts of something going on. We as humans continue this, and continue with mourning and sadness to put into light some of our most open and vulnerable moments. Vaporwave can evoke a sense of nostalgia in people, but that in itself is built into it's lexicon. Composed of two Greek words, nostos "homecoming" and algos "pain." Vaporwave at its very core has an association of pain or sadness in the current view of the world. Looking out to a generation that thought the world was a great place, until a series of events shattered dream after dream. Yet we still hold onto that home, that fantasy we lost. So, we take the songs of those past times, frantically building it back up. We inject our sadness and wistfulness to create that time of a simpler internet, and to reflect a world that had just gotten over the Cold War. We all are tired after an entire decade of military occupation or political upheaval. We're beyond answers now. We're simply tired, and wanting to rest. But, sometimes that isn't enough. Sometimes vaporwave wants to channel those old feelings. Artists take upbeat love songs, slowing them down to put into music what they felt for what was almost years according to the psyche of some. Albums like MidWinter by SunInc. do the simple and sad remembrance of a lover driving away, and the lingering feeling of a personal winter. Everything a stark white, yet peaceful as one is finding time to themselves in trying to accept what is going on. Albums like Pro Consumerism 1 and 2 though, play tragedies front and center as a bitter resentment of the world. Almost like a tear-stained 'why' to what was going on even during the 90's. Old guard QuadratoX puts his feelings on the American Dream being almost a nightmare into the album, sloshing in news reels with a downbeat and withering pace. There's even that sense of loneliness that the Computer Trilogy by Infinity Frequencies does to evoke a sense of what will happen when the internet stops. The death of modern technology as it slowly becomes a relic. That sense of abandonment brought into sound. A great provider of this sort of depressive and moody vaporwave is the highly-acclaimed Geometric Lullabies. Most albums feature a dreary, dream-like sound along with heavier themes of depression, loss, death, and the accepting of those feelings. As one other commentor has said, if you truly want an otherworldly sadness that seems to manifest like a ghost, the artist known as b e g o t t e n 自杀 captured the imagination of a deeply-depressed and seclusive individual mysteriously sending out music. Whether the story is real or not, the point of b e g o t t e n 自杀 seems to be more the sheer sound of depression put into musical form. It's such an oppressive and dreary atmosphere, that one almost feels lost in a darkened room with no light to be found. Just waving a hand around, desperate to find any end to this misery. People can dismiss vaporwave as a meme, or as not really music due to the roots of it being about sampling previously-made songs. Yet it still tries to make its own sound by doing more than simply slowing down the songs of past. It warps them, ages them as they did. The sounds become less rosy and more how they actually are: a recording on a magnetic tape as fallible as we are. Liable to forget, to age, to grow worn out. Sometimes, it deepens to not just the sadness of an individual, but of a generation forced to watch the happy times end so tragically, wrenched out because of past grievances. Those that could not forgive others. And so it leaves a hole that yet again must be filled. Instead of violence though, this generation fills its sadness with emotion and expression of the past that no longer is as perfect and rosy. To make sense of the senseless, even if it makes us heartbroken. At least it allows to then see each other so clearly, that we stop thinking of each other as individuals from not just states, but other countries. We come together as people, and see too the holes in those hearts. I also implore everyone that anyone and everyone that is depressed, continual bouts of sadness or anything that is clinical about how they feel to find professionals. There's online sources that can point you in the right direction, and most countries out there have healthcare that covers for sessions. Find a local psychologist to find out what's going on, and talk to them. Find a friend or someone, just open up. You don't have to live alone in that shadow...You don't have to wallow in your misery of your world destroyed. There's always hope in it. There's always a comfort in the winter. You just gotta keep going and find out where it leads. Stay hopeful everyone.

[@aisthesis_]

I just want to know if I'm wrong here. At least for me, Vaporwave has always been tragic overall, and that's THE reason I listen to it. Isn't it portraying both ironically and unironically the nostalgia of a promise that was broken and never happened? (quality of life under capitalism). I love Vaporwave because it helps me deal with it really, but just wanna know if I'm alone thinking of it this way all along or not lol. Also, I get that some subgenres within vaporwave would clearly not trying to be tragic any more lol, I get it. Great video though, can't get enough of talking and reflecting around the genre, ty so much.

[@PadChennington]

Completely agree with you Alejandro. Vaporwave helps you look at the past in so many ways, you can super romanticize it or make it hyper-realistic with the sights and sounds the music brings to you. Thanks for watching brother :)

[@Reinboa]

There are some artists that do have music that can bring a positive tone. HOME is an artist I love listening to when Im in a sour mood and his songs like Oddyssey, Hold, Aquarian Gift Shop (which I wish was longer) and Dusk really help me out a lot.

[@Christianthemagician_]

I feel you, I haven’t lived it but I would love to live it for a while

[@celticthistle619]

Vaporwave for me is about what things could have been in the future. It makes me long for a future that never came to be, because it was always empty.

[@orateusdijin6557]

Christtt did a 9/11 album also, while it didn't capture the same mood like most of these tragedy albums. it painted a kinda pulled out experience of what tragedy was, through it's mixes of samples and references.

[@PadChennington]

deep dark trench is killer

[@orateusdijin6557]

@@PadChennington for real yo

[@Quesoblanko]

By the looks of it, 9​.​0水面下Megathrust seems to be about the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake but I could be wrong. The cover photo is from a 8.4 earthquake in Northern Japan, I believe.

[@PadChennington]

that's what some people are saying in the comments as well

[@tatertatshima]

I am thinking of that as well Since 9.0 was the level of the earthquake

[@russellkilpatrick4302]

I know that Cat Corp's News At 11 album is a masterpiece of it's kind, but I think Christtt's Deep Dark Trench could have been added to this list just due to the fact it covers the before, during, and after of the events. Just a thought! Great video as always!

[@PadChennington]

Deep Dark Trench is crazy good, definitely should be noted!

[@russellkilpatrick4302]

@@PadChennington Thanks for the reply, Pad! 😊

[@PadChennington]

of course!

[@sparex4273]

I just love the ever present anti-capitalist nihilism that resides in vaporware. Sure some artists do so unintentionally by just showing empty malls for the "A E S T H E T I C" but I still find it to be one of the only genres that recognizes there is something genuinely wrong with our economy without coming off as "edgy"

[@robroux6074]

it's because it's based on CYBERPUNK aesthetic...

[@user-if9oh6zt1j]

Which is exactly why it baffles me so much that ancaps and alt-righters have adopted the vaporwave aesthetic. I'll never understand that..

[@midgetman4206]

so, "we were promised this, and you failed us"?

[@BloodSoakedGoat]

@@user-if9oh6zt1j because they disagree with you on why the economy is the way it is, and why malls and peaceful clean urban landscapes turn to warzones with garbage on the ground

[@matturner6890]

@@user-if9oh6zt1j Because people who don't think like you are also capable of enjoying the same media as you

[@shadowchrome_]

Can you please do a video on the music by 2814 ? Honestly amazing music , all of the albums

[@PadChennington]

that would be fun to dive into! so many damn releases to talk about lol

[@filips9090]

Yea... I am keen on OOBE and musoc of 2814 is really helpfull for relaxing anf making this kind of stuff.

[@Stevem]

My favourite vaporwave album is from 2814 that'd be cool

[@piss7610]

I love 2418!!

[@HunterGreenMusic]

DDS - ill try living like this christtt - deep dark trench

[@HunterGreenMusic]

better counterparts of the first two albums in the video imo

[@PadChennington]

preach homie

[@masdibrom]

Agree 100%

[@maksymilianreiter3111]

oh yaz

[@caughtnappin_675]

I'll Try Living Like This by dds is an album while it doesn't inherently reference any kind of tragedy or event it makes me feel emotions I can't describe. Kind of like losing self realization or something. It makes my skin crawl and in a good way. You describe it really well in your vinyl review. Anyways it gives me a sense of dread and emptiness that I honestly adore and no other album has ever been able to replicate.

[@PadChennington]

To this day I'm still re-imagining ITLLT when I listen to it, such a wicked experience.

[@Sphinx3]

I really get so nostalgic and sad while listening to vaporwave...

[@23rdSoul]

You're becoming one of my favorite channels. Turning my notifications on

[@PadChennington]

I appreciate this so much you have no idea my dude, thanks so much for the kind words! Much love

[@cuddlesthetiger5739]

News At 11 was one of my very first vaporwave albums that I listened to, and what a great introduction. The name and album art drew me in. It really reminds me of watching the news with my grandma in the early to mid 2000s, and I even watched a lot of Weather Channel back then too. And it does strike my memory of 9/11 itself too, of course. I was only about 5, but I remember seeing it happen on the news, not knowing what was going on. Just that my family was mortified, and I was a clueless child playing with his Hot Wheels. I think News At 11 is a good neutral look at how things were on that day, regardless of the tragedy, how we lived back in 2001.

[@Apath002]

The connection of the frame and rebuilding one's self for Regret hit home really hard Pad. Love your work.

[@PadChennington]

thank you so much...it is hard to not put regret as not only the best DDS album of all time but one of the greatest vaporwave pieces ever. something about it is so alive and breathing.

[@Apath002]

I agree. And thanks to you I’m actually getting into vinyl now! Only issue is this wonderful album isn’t pressed, which sucks but oh well. Plenty more to listen to

[@PadChennington]

hopefully it comes out soon! they've pressed a couple of their works so im hoping this one is around the corner :)

[@Apath002]

Likewise my man :^)

[@jackiej8615]

Hallmark ‘87 Landmarks//FORGOTTEN always gives me eerie vibes, when the casino implodes, I feel like I implode too

[@dammills]

While many of you seem to be much younger, I graduated high school in 2001. 9/11 happened at the beginning of my adulthood. I remember walking upstairs in the morning and hearing Peter Jennings very loudly on the tv. Before I even opened the door, I knew something was wrong just by hearing his voice that early in the morning. The drive to work later in the day felt very surreal. It was like I was the last person on earth. I’ll never forget that day and how it made me feel, even though I was a few states away from NY.

[@d.j.manjares9830]

Pad, you're on a roll. Thank you for bathing us in your vaporwave knowledge. And again, as I said on Facebook, News at 11 devastated me.

[@PadChennington]

Thank you :) Working on the album the past couple months has seriously made me miss grinding out videos lol expect some more as I work on live sets!

[@porkhill6665]

I'm pretty happy that you make these videos

[@PadChennington]

and I have a blast doin em :) thanks for watching Seth!

[@murdread]

Yet again Pad, you manage to cover another interesting topic that is not often talked about in the vaporwave community. Most people focus on the recurring themes of nostalgia, consumerism and irony that permeate this genre, but tragedy and sadness are not discussed as much, even tthough many fantastic vaporwave albums are filled with a great amount of sorrow and pain. My favourite vaporwave album that is all about tragedy is "Darling, You're a Stranger" by フィガー・ウィズ・ミート. A masterfully crafted depiction of tragedy and melancholy that brings a haunting combination of sounds which brings chills to my spine no matter how many times I listen to it. You can check it out on Seikomart, I highly recommend this album.

[@robertshaw6468]

I brought my crying eyes pad

[@PadChennington]

:(((((

[@robertshaw6468]

Lmao where’d you find that picture of me.

[@jordana4910]

News At 11 is one of my favorite vaporwave albums. I listen to it each September 11th. Takes me back to that sad day but also serves as the what if it never happened it was supposed to be.

[@PadChennington]

[@GAIUSJAKE]

Fukashima was terrifying to watch on the new. Nuclear reactors melting down sounds horrifying.

[@PadChennington]

yeah, that sentence alone just sounds like the end of the world...nuclear reactors melting... the world can be so beautiful yet so crazy, the spectrum is wicked

[@josiahcruz9678]

This video was simply put, beautiful. Keep your story telling and production up, it's A1

[@PadChennington]

Thanks so much Josiah, and thank you for watching!

[@billiebugara2866]

ohio by !! centre 2004 captures the startling fall from grace that malls experienced this millennium, from its peak to its end

[@PadChennington]

ahhh 2004...what a year for malls. walking around w Pokemon sapphire and saving up $$ for band tees at hot topic. good times.

[@billiebugara2866]

Pad Chennington agreed!! there’s a video for it now!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmilZXx6mduHaNU

[@connorzamora9773]

Thanks for the dope vid on my birthday Pad!

[@PadChennington]

AYYYYY HAPPPY BIRTHDAAAYYYYY WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[@masdibrom]

Solid album reviews 👌DDS knows how to get ya in the feels

[@PadChennington]

the best!!

[@divideindustries7591]

I took some time to listen to 9.0 underwater surface megathrust, it felt really powerful, thank you pad for the awesome recommendation :D

[@PadChennington]

ayyy I gotchu! thanks for watching the video! happy to shine some light on a lesser known album

[@Night-Call]

"How long has it been?" is the only track that gets me emotional nothing near this track can make me cry as much as this

[@PadChennington]

I feel you dude...those pianos...uugghghghghghg

[@Kaleidoscopikc]

I have a weird fascination with tragedies and it’s historical impact so this is definitely my speed!

[@andrewhdz]

The long extension of time in "News at 11" is related with the fact that the whole album music ends at 1:11:09 (September 11th, 2001)

[@odg1190]

News at 11 is like watching a liveleak video where you repeat the moments before "it" happens.

[@amicitiaishere]

man i would love a video about ‘REGRET’ alone, it’s actually my favourite vaporwave album of all time! there’s so much to dive into with it, too

[@PrinnyKing3]

I have a pretty eclectic taste for music, but I've struggled to find good new stuff lately. Thanks for these descriptions and recommendations!

[@PadChennington]

Happy to be a help! Theres a ton of stuff like this, if you need anymore let me know!

[@thesixfootsixexperience8781]

Damn; clicking the bell after watching this vid. Keep up the good work and the Jiu Jitsu, Pad

[@PadChennington]

Thanks a ton dude! welcome to the fam, and I will my dude >:) do you do the jits too?

[@thesixfootsixexperience8781]

I don’t, but I’d like to learn some sort of fighting skill. I heard you mention that in your Thursday live-stream.

[@thebadgersden14]

The track 8:46AM on News at 11 where the guy says ‘Other than that, it’s quiet around the country’ was like being punched in the gut the first time I heard it. It’s a tough listen at times, but it’s one of my favourite albums.

[@PadChennington]

Right? so creepy.

[@tinymisu4177]

Discovered this video when i was extremely tired. The Megathrust album peaked my interest. The first track drifted me off to sleep. Woke up to screaming and the child crying for their parent. Kind of terrifying.

[@PadChennington]

damn yep that's a way to have a first-time listen !

[@tinymisu4177]

@@PadChennington Listened to it when i was a lot more awake and i absolutely love it. Thank you for reccomending and showing it off in this video.

[@matthew-thomasplant3542]

Another great video daddy pad

[@PadChennington]

thanks matty!!

[@moiseslopez2034]

I really enjoyed this video, keep them going!

[@PadChennington]

thank you!! and definitely will be making more my friend!

[@nya69]

soon as i saw the title i ws hoping 9.0megathrust was mentioned, its such a beautiful album

[@retropunk_20XX]

Keep up the great work Pad! I love your "vaporwave theory" type videos and hope to see more.

[@PadChennington]

thank you :) working on the album the last couple of months had me focusing all my attention on the music, its so refreshing making these types of videos again. expect more of em!

[@AbrahamLure]

A title on a synthwave video perfectly summarised up the waves of grief I feel with Synthwave - "From a Future We'll Never Know

[@PineappleAndStuff]

Thanks Pad!

[@PadChennington]

I gotchu! also now im in the mood for some pineapples

[@lightningjim]

The one besides Cat System Corp's 9/11 album that comes to mine is one that is much more relevant to my experience D0pplar_Radar's 天気 System Network is a weatherwave album that goes through the experience of the day of a devastating tornado. While I've never been hit, the juxtaposition on the cheeriness of The Weather Channel's smooth jazz with the seriousness of a tornado warning is definitely something I've experienced a lot living in Oklahoma. It starts off nice and cheery but as the album progresses you get the weather radio's unemotional synthetic voice playing warnings of destruction that culminate into track 12 when you get to hear a family having to take shelter as the tornado hits their house. The final track is a creepy and twisting of the weather channel's music that's new minor key evokes the sadness of the destruction.

[@PadChennington]

never heard of that one, its funny after reading all of the comments there really are so many that have this similar vibe, got a lot of checking out to do lol

[@spideyjtw]

I can't find this anywhere after searching for it, do you have a link?

[@Art_kore]

Great channel, learned a great deal :)

[@PadChennington]

Thanks for watching!

[@bronsonarabie1078]

News at 11 is a very interesting piece when it comes to the very uncanny valley, dream-like filter cast upon the moments before a tragedy like September 11th. When I first listened to the album recently, I had watched older documentaries on 9/11, such as the Naudet brothers' 2002 accidental firsthand account of the event, and the short film "It's Too Quiet", which was a set of news reports from that morning that has several lines forshadowing what would immediately occur. News at 11 directly samples some of the reports used in It's Too Quiet, and it practically serves as an album equivalent that almost feels melancholic behind its triumphant, echoing basslines and synths.

[@Gainz54]

Wind 96 - Plume Valley really puts me into an atmosphere. Though more along the lines of chillwave, listening a second and third time it tells a unique story and really kind of puts you into a virtual jungle that you can't escape for about 30 minutes. 10/10

[@PadChennington]

hmmm will check out! sounds b r e e z y

[@Meowblivion]

please upload more often! I love your videos!

[@PadChennington]

[@Reinboa]

News At 11 is the best vaporwave album with Evening Traffic being the best and the most saddest song Ive encountered. (almost making me cry lol) What's worse about this is that vaporwave can easily be used as propaganda. With how songs for example like News At 11 make you think about New York prior to and after 9/11. It is also hypnotizing for the viewer. Just think! Companies or the government can use that to control the masses! (maybe idk ive been thinking about this a lot after I finishes listening to the album)

[@PadChennington]

the second the White House drops a vaporwave album we all better be prepared

[@catsystemcorp]

yeah it's a really sad song to end the idea.. like driving home from the scene

[@E3T7]

I know this is late, but you've gotta check out this visual version of the album. It's adds to the experience very well, especially the end when listening all the way through: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4TEpK2rpLKUpdU

[@sadtirical]

Nostalgia. The idealized future from the past seems to carry so much more meaning and fullfillness than present days that it turns better to stick with the idea of what we thought could have been than what it is

[@killkagutsuchi]

I'LL TRY LIVING LIKE THIS

[@anap3333]

Watching this again in 2023, man i miss these videos

[@TABBYMUSIC]

0:48 Off topic, but this is pretty satisfying

[@grandsuburbia4436]

Thank you Pad Chennington, very cool!

[@ReyhanJoseph]

Thanks for making CONTRAST. It made me feel the love of future funk. And brought out the love of vaporwave and Daft Punk out of me.

[@crazyvitod]

Please do more. I want to discover more albums like the last one discussed.

[@zunzoku]

I'm new to vaporwave but man I feel so interested into it, I watch your vids and listen to albums for very long to the point where i forget to sleep

[@PadChennington]

U NEED 8 HOURS OF SLEEP MY DUDE!!

[@korvynknightway]

Whenever I'm sad, which is frequent due to my depression, I bury my face in a pillow and pretend it's the lap of someone who cares about me.

[@YuGiOh912324]

CrystalTokyo is one of those albums that evokes the raw emotion of something we never got to experience as 90s kids and makes me relive a world that was only a brief one.

[@zyciekota]

News At 11 is one of my all time favourites

[@PadChennington]

a true classic

[@liamqueef3875]

Man I can’t find 9.0 underwater megathrust anywhereee. And by anywhere I mean google, do you think you could leave links to the music featured in the description?

[@PadChennington]

radioactivehi5.bandcamp.com/album/90-megathrust :)

[@Commissar545]

@@PadChennington thank you so much

[@jedimastersteven]

DDS - Regret got me through some dark times

[@PadChennington]

da power of dds....hope all is well homie!

[@kaleeshsynth9994]

I think listening to music that reflects your sadness could be healing, because you are able to reflect your sadness without the loneliness or shame sharing it with your friends, or just being depressed alone trying to hold it up.

[@Stevem]

I remember the day of 9/11 , it was a different as someone not from the US I was about 6 or 7. We were all sitting down in Hall at school, but we were there way longer than we were supposed to. 20 mins or so, the teachers were talking in concern but none of us kids knew what was happening, all I wanted to do is go home and watch CITV (BRITISH CHILDRENS TV) When I was given the chance to watch my shows all childrens Tv had been canceled it was just news broadcasts and I cried for about 20 minutes, I didn't understand what had happened yet it left an impact on me even if I didn't know what had happened for a couple years

[@Alfboyz]

Aqua Placenta by Ursula's Cartridges has an aquatic environmental theme and it consists of the cases such Exxon '89 oil spill in Alaska, the drought of Lake Aral, Pacific radiation and so on.

[@PadChennington]

haven't heard of either of those albums, thanks for the recommendations!

[@Alfboyz]

@@PadChennington music.businesscasual.biz/album/aqua-placenta

[@osakanone]

Endless Mood. Thank-you Pad.

[@captainclipy6236]

Just realized the album cover for News at 11 is an airplane window

[@yourdadsbbqbrisket8526]

now i need to make an album centered around the biggest tragedy of them all: the lack of robloxwave shirts

[@amtrakfan9125]

horse noodles yes

[@julioacceus253]

When I listen to Good Morning America, I think of a clear and bright day. That can still be had in these times.

[@spacygracieee]

I think DDS' entire discography is a mood of tragedy in itself. I'll Try Living Like This a whole roller coaster of emotions, with feelings of emptiness and loneliness overtaking the the tone + mood of the album. It feels like you're in a dark, isolated alternate universe with no other humans or life forms around you, just you. Each song sends shivers down your spine throughout yet always has this strange feeling of comfort towards the end, as if everything is really gonna be okay despite the hellscape the song had puts you through when listening to it. Regret and Classroom Sexxtape also have a similar vibe to it, with feelings of consequence and once more isolationism overcoming the listener and their emotions. To me, it's not just one album. The entire catalog of vaporwave DDS has created feels like tragedy.

[@PadChennington]

DDS is incredible, they have such a dynamic range of motion from album to album, each track following a pinpoint mood for that specific album but always being refreshing each time one song goes into another. love em!

[@spacygracieee]

Pad Chennington Completely agree. The first time I heard DDS their music freaked me out, but eventually I really got into it and felt what the album was truly about. It’s really some great stuff.

[@pentaklosm]

something that portrays depression through vaporwave that i don't think is discussed enough is one of Windows96's older albums called Reflections. the lyrics and vibes of the song articulate sadness and regret perfectly and i feel like it's gone too unnoticed.

[@ia4257]

endless melancholy - her name in a language of stars (album)

[@crowmigration8245]

Cool, gotta try these

[@PadChennington]

check em out, let me know whatcha think!

[@TheJfluffy]

My favorite song from News at 11 is 'Evening Traffic'. It's really hard to find Radioactive High-five's 9.0 Megathrust tho I really want to listen to it. But for now, thank you for making a great video, Pad *Edit* I just found it on bandcamp just now!

[@PadChennington]

just incase ya need the links!: deathsdynamicshroud.bandcamp.com/album/regret news-at-11.bandcamp.com/album/news-at-11 radioactivehi5.bandcamp.com/album/90-megathrust What do ya think of the album??

[@TheJfluffy]

@@PadChennington Thank you very much, Pad! All I can say is that the closing track from 90 Mega hits you like a train. It's both tragic in context and a perfect ending for the album. It was really a chilling listen

[@4RTVOZMI]

You're doing God's work exposing those albums

[@PadChennington]

gotta represent!!

[@gaogao9542]

I need a radioactive hug after watching this ;(

[@toastybrainmatter]

Thank you for showing 9.0 underwater surface megathrust to me. I can't get over how good it sounds, it literally goes from normal life in the first track to total tragedy in the last track which I for some reason find so appealing. I have listened to NEWS AT 11 since 2016 in a large playlist I have and have always loved "Goodmorning America!", where it's literally the episode from 09/11/01. Is there a sub-genre for these albums?

[@DerekPower]

I want to write an article on my vapour blog later today about a bigger issue concerning vaporwave, emotions, mental health, etc. (vapouranalysis.wordpress.com). But I want to give my own shout-outs to a few albums that also deal with these emotions chris††† - deep dark trench :: I've said this once and I've said this 1000x regarding News at 11: this was the "moment before the moment" and the artistic precedent for this idea can be found in William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust (in that case, it's the moment before Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, PA happened). That album provides a way to live at a time when everything good could still be possible and is not informed by what happened that day. The album deep dark trench, on the other hand, not only acknowledges that moment but also acknowledges all of the emotions and thoughts experienced on that day and beyond: sadness, anger, confusion, denial ... basically all stages of grief and more. For John's project, this is a mature step-up where it's no longer about manipulating pop culture ephemera into some sonic experiment; it's all of that articulating what has been going on in our heads from that day onward. Ohm-N-I - Jellyfish :: Emmanuel Hoachlander, the guy behind the moniker and label Section 9, made this album in two weeks as a way to channel a deep depression (and by deep, it was either making this album or killing himself ... it was that dark). While it was informed by what was happening to its creator, the creation is anything but dark. On the contrary, it reflects "what I wanted to be" as Em recounts in his video celebrating his string of release accomplishments. And in general, I think this gets at the heart of why people listen to vapour/vaporwave. Yes, we can ascribe to "nostalgia" and the like but I think it's really about returning not so much to a point in time, but rather a state of mind, particularly one where there are all wonder and no fear. valyri - Surreality / Saturnfall :: valyri is greatly inspired by dds, especially the NUWRLD concept, which I've finally understood as being a kind of a "melancholia coloured glasses". For the past several years, she has used music as a means of personal expression and catharsis. This is, I think, the great pinnacle of that catharsis. Released by New Motion as a triple cassette, these pair of albums contrast in style yet complement in atmosphere. With Surreality, it's sonically describing various landscapes and worlds. I think of it as an aural equivalent of going on a holodeck (or if you like DS9, holo-suite). With Saturnfall, it was said to reflect such a deep and dark depression to where the only respite you could have is to disintegrate into the atmosphere of Saturn. ("This is the end; isn't it" *really* makes the point in its forty-minute runtime). It's a four-hour listen (a nod of sorts to the dds album DERELICTメガタワー, which she cites as the most important source of inspiration for her in general) but I think it's worth it if you like your potent ambient music. Finally ... because I'm a shameless shill ;) ... there's a track off of my "cyberpunk spa" album Reincarnated Resurrection. The last track - आँसुहरू नदीहरू र नदीहरू आँसु हुन, which is Nepali for "Tears Are Rivers and Rivers Are Tears" - was a one-take recording done as far back as March 2010. It was done in part to muck around with a sound that tickled my ear. But it was also done as my own catharsis as I was going through my own low. Listening to this now, I hear this also as a reflection of meditation, both in its creation (it was made in such a state before I had realized fully that was what was happening) and its result (embodies the two core components: concentration and mindfulness).

[@PadChennington]

You the man Derek, every time I post a video I await your comment that just makes me learn even more about the topic at hand.. comment your vapourblog so people can check it out!

[@DerekPower]

Listening to 失われた時REGRET again ... it reminds me a lot of Leyland Kirby (also behind V/Vm and The Caretaker).

[@DesertPunks]

Listened to 9.0 megathrust today on the 10 year anniversary or the Tsunami. Definitely a surreal experience.

[@alexis_electronic]

You should link to uploads of the albums in the description Pad :o

[@PadChennington]

I know amber! I actually just added em, completely forgot to lol -_- deathsdynamicshroud.bandcamp.com/album/regret news-at-11.bandcamp.com/album/news-at-11 radioactivehi5.bandcamp.com/album/90-megathrust

[@zoidsfan12]

I enjoyed news at 11 for a good while before learning it was all from 9/11. That was like a lightning strike down my back that painted the entire album with a different tone, and I love that. Tragedy is one of the most poignant genre's, personally I use a couple particularly resonate tragedy tinged songs as my kind of release time after someone dies (specifically I won't see you tonight by A7x). For me I don't address hard hitting emotions in the moment and turn to stone, I have to get it out when no one else is around.

[@tylerjeynes223]

Dan Mason’s hypnogogia has honestly got to be one of the most emotional albums I’ve ever heard especially Hopefully Forever

[@blarschnarph]

Speaking of tragic, depressing albums, while it's not vaporwave (still plunderphonic though), Everywhere at the End of Time by The Caretaker is one of the most incredible, tragic, and human albums I've ever heard. It's a grueling 6-and-a-half hour listen, but it really is worth it. The album takes the listener on a journey through the stages of dementia from a blissful nostalgic daydream at the beginning to pure chaotic nothingness by the end. It truly is a must-listen album no matter who you are.

[@gardenboydon]

I often think of vaporwave as the blissful facade that was the 90s/80s. Before 911. Before the image of the"world" was shattered. The music of vaporwave brings nostalgia to a way of life that really in hindsight wasn't all that great.

[@saturatedneowax]

thanks man

[@PadChennington]

I gotchu homie, thanks for watching!

[@AW-jf4th]

0:01 This goes for many things, including EATEOT.