The Mysterious Genre Known As "Signalwave"

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  • čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
  • Today, we explore the odd music genre known as "Signalwave" and what makes this bizarre corner of internet music so fascinating for its fans.
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Komentáře • 898

  • @PadChennington
    @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +219

    If you wan't some more Signalwave, check out my video exploringone of the most bizarre Vaporwave albums of all time!: czcams.com/video/adW4bp3FAoM/video.html

    • @farquaadsquaad8163
      @farquaadsquaad8163 Před 5 lety +5

      where do you get your visuals? I really like them

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +4

      Thanks ! for the most part I grab em over at pixabay, free stock video/photos! @@farquaadsquaad8163

    • @casperchristiansen2458
      @casperchristiansen2458 Před 5 lety +1

      Don't forget the part where Nmesh literally incorporates Anthony Fantano's review of "Floral Shoppe". Respects from a fellow Luoisvillean.
      Correction: Louisvillean.

    • @acerimmer2000
      @acerimmer2000 Před 5 lety +4

      A list in the description would be nice with links.

    • @MrJJBhizzle
      @MrJJBhizzle Před 5 lety +1

      Pad Chennington The end credits of Kooyaanisqatsi...

  • @DeadLuckArchives
    @DeadLuckArchives Před 5 lety +1384

    Am I listening to descriptionwave?

    • @EARART
      @EARART Před 5 lety +6

      lol

    • @DLBcovers
      @DLBcovers Před 5 lety +8

      I posted a lot of screenshots of this video on a music forum if that means anything.

    • @DLBcovers
      @DLBcovers Před 5 lety +1

      Yes

    • @Sdwp777
      @Sdwp777 Před 5 lety +1

      Lmao

    • @jerbear97
      @jerbear97 Před 5 lety +12

      videoessaywave

  • @d.j.manjares9830
    @d.j.manjares9830 Před 5 lety +1364

    Pad Chennington is literally the walking vaporwave encyclopedia.

    • @orateusdijin6557
      @orateusdijin6557 Před 5 lety +25

      Or the literal fantoo of vaporwave too.

    • @SrGillespie
      @SrGillespie Před 5 lety +4

      His is on a level that each atom of V A P O R W A V E he got is 10 universes separated each.

    • @zanfear
      @zanfear Před 5 lety +2

      Who names a baby Pad? Is it short for Paddington? O-o

    • @SunsetGraffiti
      @SunsetGraffiti Před 5 lety +1

      I am really glad someone is putting in the work for this stuff ~

    • @status0
      @status0 Před 5 lety +5

      @@zanfear Chad Pennington

  • @chance9512
    @chance9512 Před 5 lety +297

    "Just when you think you're getting comfy with the ambience-"
    *LITERAL AD BREAK*

  • @tempurasupplyco
    @tempurasupplyco Před 5 lety +497

    You should do a "Vaporwave for Newcomers" like a history lesson in Vaporwave and important subgenres with artists. I love these videos

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +69

      tried to make the 107 video as a great starting place, but I could definitely do like a top 10 albums to get into vaporwave video for people who aren't in the loop!

    • @mitchelvalentino1569
      @mitchelvalentino1569 Před 5 lety +10

      Pad Chennington A top 10 would be great!

    • @Fridge756
      @Fridge756 Před 5 lety +7

      Pad Chennington I'm not in the loop, this would greatly help a newbie like me

    • @voidmaker2039
      @voidmaker2039 Před 5 lety +2

      go to Google image, search vaporwave subgenres 4chan, see the first image

  • @one_man_community
    @one_man_community Před 5 lety +269

    This vaporwave. But we aren't having nostalgia for the good past. We are having nostalgia for the bad future, a world we don't even know yet. Its a common fear to be afraid of the unknown. So you recognize all the darkness in these tracks and the way ad culture has corrupted everything. Its a future we could see, don't really think of it much, but its really reasonable and makes total sense in the long run.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +11

      aren't we oh so weird? :^]

    • @irondog1518
      @irondog1518 Před 5 lety +6

      Your comment reminds me of what Mark Fisher said about Burial's Untrue (and his music in general): its music that's nostalgic for a future that never existed...

  • @prxy5925
    @prxy5925 Před 5 lety +175

    "Short in length but exciting in nature" I've heard that before..

  • @XHEADTOWALLX
    @XHEADTOWALLX Před 5 lety +316

    Computer death/decay/afterlife are my faves in this subgenre

  • @tiaisirradiated
    @tiaisirradiated Před 4 lety +65

    The way this guy talks about music, he could make my terrible Vaporwave tracks I put together in a matter of hours sound like pieces of art.

  • @weijizhu3729
    @weijizhu3729 Před 5 lety +397

    Vaporwave is my life at this point

  • @thecuriousone6878
    @thecuriousone6878 Před 5 lety +412

    Signalwave. The subgenre that destroys the concept of celebrating nostalgia. It is our own memories laid bare for what they actually are. The human memory is an imperfect mechanism, and here the entire genre is laser-focused on critiquing the idea of fond memories through consumerism.
    It can range from making a small, uncomfortable little nag in your head. Something insidious about staying up into the hours of the morning watching infomercials preach their message of a convenience-centered life. All with a money-back guarantee, if only you call within that specific hour. All it costs is your humanity to live in this perfect, spendable world.
    The other half is a nightmare of slowed-down commercials clashing together, as if wandering around inside of a broken electronic store that hasn't seen daylight in over thirty years. You scrounge through the busted technology, only to find VHS tapes still frantically repeating their message of consumerism, only for its pitch to be so low that it becomes almost inhuman. It puts you on edge to even have ears at this point, but you can't stop. You HAVE to listen at this point, just to ask "why" in this musical embodiment of entropy.
    And here, this is what Signalwave truly is: entropy. Decay. The natural decomposition of technology. Even as it slowly becomes a gurgle of noises and transmissions, we still market it and put it up for us to listen. We as consumers will even listen to the dying sounds of our technology and buy it. Just to feel something human as our idea of a perfect future fades as we age.
    Why do we do it though? Perhaps it's the modern equivalence of a dirge. A somber look to the past finally dying off so we can move on with our lives. Perhaps we're eager to get just that next hit of nostalgia, even if it takes us to darker conclusions of what we've accepted as a culture.
    As for albums, well our old friends at Nightlight Tapes have a wide selection of Signalwave and lo-fi albums that fit that need. However, we'll need to go through some lesser-known labels if we want to get that sound of computer decay. The experimental group of Æscape Sounds has a few albums that distort sampled commercial samples into a collage of something wholly otherworldly. Others like Canadian label Adhesive sounds create that sticky, dreamy atmosphere of repetitive transmissions that send you into the remains of nostalgia left behind in your brain. Yet there are further albums back in time under the sound of 'experimental' that paved the way for this genre for the internet. I'll leave that rabbit hole for you to traverse, beloved listeners.
    And with that, I thank you for your time. It is time for you to return to your ordinary day-to-day. Just remember, keep an ear out if there is always a signal. It may lead you to what you are looking for...

    • @BonahBBamison
      @BonahBBamison Před 5 lety +25

      Damn baby, you're woke. Sit on my face 🎎🎎🎎

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +27

      wooaaah that was awesome..thanks for the read !

    • @battousai12
      @battousai12 Před 5 lety +4

      Geez that was conscient

    • @st.zahren5683
      @st.zahren5683 Před 5 lety

      woa.............thats deep

    • @omen2391
      @omen2391 Před 5 lety +7

      @Jay D. it's something to keep your brain useful, instead of "just enjoy it"

  • @overlookers
    @overlookers Před 5 lety +117

    *the N in n m e s h is* SILΣNT

  • @jamesmcmahan1236
    @jamesmcmahan1236 Před 5 lety +65

    Dream Sequins is one of the first albums that I got into when I originally dove into vaporwave. Nmesh is a master of teleportation.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +5

      an absolute killer and awesome artist, one of the chillest dudes I've had a pleasure of working with in the community

    • @TheSyconerd
      @TheSyconerd Před 8 měsíci

      If you need any new underground artist, 4departing4 is really good www.youtube.com/@4departing4

  • @tinkrls3r
    @tinkrls3r Před 5 lety +22

    this is how watching adult swim when i was really young felt like, the weird bumps and commercial brakes i didn't realy understand really created the same feeling of getting lost in abstract, and it helped free me from many stressful things in my childhood. I feel the exact same with vaporwave and synthwave genres.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      totally feel you on that, the late 90s, early 2000s watching adult swim was bizarre from the mind of a kid lol

  • @TABBYMUSIC
    @TABBYMUSIC Před 5 lety +53

    Damn that script must’ve taken a loooong time to make 😯

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +14

      But had a blast regardless! I zone out when I write some of these longer scripts, so time doesn't even matter lol

  • @SouthCalifas619
    @SouthCalifas619 Před 5 lety +38

    I feel like V a p o r w a v e itself has always kinda been a type of criticism of how much consumerism and corporations controlled and dominated our nostalgia

  • @AudioPervert1
    @AudioPervert1 Před 5 lety +28

    it's hauntology ... regressive nostalgia at play.. as Derida explained it in 1993.

  • @TUPPERWAVE
    @TUPPERWAVE Před 5 lety +136

    URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP

    • @myram2641
      @myram2641 Před 5 lety +27

      -ah! -ah! -ah! -ah! -ah! -ah! -ah! -ah! -ah! -ah! -ah!
      uuuuuuuraap......uuuuuuuraap......uuuuuuuraap......uuuuuuuraap......

    • @yourdadsbbqbrisket8526
      @yourdadsbbqbrisket8526 Před 5 lety +24

      ehhh, ba dum HAAAIIIIIIIIIII! yyYO-TO! ehhh, ba dum HAAAIIIIIIIIIII! yyYO-TO! ehhh, ba dum HAAAIIIIIIIIIII! yyYO-TO! ehhh, ba dum HAAAIIIIIIIIIII! yyYO-TO! ehhh, ba dum HAAAIIIIIIIIIII! yyYO-TO!

    • @braydensmith7362
      @braydensmith7362 Před 5 lety +2

      Beem boom beem buhDA Beem boom beem buhDah

    • @sadtirical
      @sadtirical Před 5 lety

      YEEEEAS

    • @SlyHikari03
      @SlyHikari03 Před 4 lety

      God I love that album.

  • @aguaschan
    @aguaschan Před 5 lety +70

    Never heard of signalwave but I am glad your video was recommended by YT! Highly informative and very clear voice/pronunciation even for someone whose native language isn't English. Thank you :)

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +4

      ahhh that's awesome youtube is recommending this lol, thanks for watching! hope you enjoy some new albums to listen to Maria :)

  • @jebstone4935
    @jebstone4935 Před 5 lety +429

    almost 15 minutes of fancy words to describe ambient as something else. Cool

    • @blossom_rx
      @blossom_rx Před 5 lety +9

      Thought exactly the same. What would Brian Eno say about this?... :/

    • @TheDrunkMunk
      @TheDrunkMunk Před 5 lety +22

      @@joshualeet >thinking about things is gay! so cringe!

    • @a_random_voice_in_the_void
      @a_random_voice_in_the_void Před 5 lety +9

      Sub-genres are Communist. Better dead than red.

  • @matthew_thefallen
    @matthew_thefallen Před 5 lety +41

    Very awesome!
    This genres like mallsoft and signalwave inspired me to write a vaporwave sort of novel about this distopian/utopian city where sadness is forbidden and people are mentally prisoners in it because they have been for ages taught that there was nothing beyond the hills.
    But nobody knows that the hills are holograms of this sort of dome in the middle of the desert. Planet earth was almost destroyed by nuclear weapons, and people live in this city since 1987, and things got stuck in that age but technology got forward. So there is this sci-fi city that has mid 80's aesthetic, actually early 90's.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +3

      that's awesome Matt! is it out yet?

    • @Kydino
      @Kydino Před 5 lety +4

      You probably should read brave new world then. It's kinda like that sans the holograms and more about recreational drugs.

    • @nevaw.4931
      @nevaw.4931 Před 4 lety

      if you ever publish or share it online pls let me know!

  • @LCVII
    @LCVII Před 5 lety +6

    I always thought signalwave and broken transmission were two separated, yet related subgenres, being signalwave the bright and lighter side of consumerist aspects and broken transmission being more experimental, "edgy", sometimes darker and... "broken". I also tend to group them in a branch related to late night lo-fi.

  • @RadTrashed
    @RadTrashed Před 5 lety +13

    God I love this channel. It's always so amusing to find new genres of music that's avant garde and unique. Even as someone who's a big vaporwave enthusiast, I have never heard of Signalwave. Awesome video my dude

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +2

      thank you :) enjoy getting lost in some new music!

  • @DrunkonMedia
    @DrunkonMedia Před 5 lety +57

    Asuteki just dropped a massive 360 track broken transmission album. You should give that a listen. It would have probably been too big for this video but its still worth a listen.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +5

      Yep!! came out last week I would've totally included it in this video or mentioned it lol

    • @deleteduser666
      @deleteduser666 Před 5 lety +1

      Thank youuuu

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +2

      I gotchu moussy baby!

    • @VANITAS555
      @VANITAS555 Před 5 lety

      Link me pls!

    • @DrunkonMedia
      @DrunkonMedia Před 5 lety +1

      SATINAV VANITAS567 ask and you shall receive asutenki.bandcamp.com/album/--21

  • @rams6702
    @rams6702 Před 5 lety +41

    woahh i've never heard of broken transmission refered to as signalwave; imma start calling it that
    also im a bit suprised you didn't mention infinity frequencies. His computer trilogy got me into vaporwave and i think this subcategory fits him well enough

    • @XHEADTOWALLX
      @XHEADTOWALLX Před 5 lety +5

      Agreed. Infinity Frequencies needs mentioning. That triology is phenomenal.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +4

      yep I agree as well, could eventually do a top 10 albums for the subgenre video !

  • @gilbertgotfried
    @gilbertgotfried Před 5 lety +85

    Vaporwave itself was and always has been a criticism of consumerism and the fast way products become obsolete. Hilarious and oddly fitting that actual vaporwave has become a subgenre of what's currently considered vaporwave.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +18

      vaporwaveception

    • @gilbertgotfried
      @gilbertgotfried Před 5 lety +18

      We're hitting levels of irony that shouldn't even be possible!

    • @TheRazePlayz
      @TheRazePlayz Před 5 lety +3

      When did Vapour wave stop being the bitter voice of someone immersed in consumerism?

    • @gilbertgotfried
      @gilbertgotfried Před 5 lety +11

      @@TheRazePlayz Around the time vaporwave started getting subgenres like futurefunk is my guess. The spiral continued there.

  • @SunsetGrid
    @SunsetGrid Před 5 lety +29

    Whoa!
    4 SG albums in there including b l u e s c r e e n and b l u e__ΔCID!
    We're honored!

  • @allenslaughter4483
    @allenslaughter4483 Před 5 lety +2

    This video led me down a rabbit hole of Bandcamp searches that ended with me downloading all 33 songs from the Weatherscan

  • @comradecthulhu6052
    @comradecthulhu6052 Před 5 lety +19

    Y e s
    Y e s
    Y e s!
    Sidenote: Signalwave kinda reminds me of Boards of Canada’s discography, the ambient type noise in the background, and the inviting synth that draws you in, keep up the amazing work my dude.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +2

      The boards of Canada is a group I seriously need to dive into. I've barely listened to them and would love to do a vid on them

    • @namebrandmason
      @namebrandmason Před 5 lety +3

      @@PadChennington Dude, I don't usually go for electronic music, but Boards of Canada are one of my favorite bands period. Put a copy of "Music Has a Right to Children" in your car and go for a late night drive in the country. It's a religious experience.

    • @comradecthulhu6052
      @comradecthulhu6052 Před 5 lety

      Pad Chennington You making a video about them would be better than free Arizona green tea!

    • @dariopadovan1976
      @dariopadovan1976 Před 5 lety +1

      @@PadChennington signal wave is hard on "a few old tunes" by boards of canada. Which is not even an album but a compilation of what they did in the early years. But you can find elements of vaporwave more generally basically everywhere throughout their discography

    • @paulgenevzki2477
      @paulgenevzki2477 Před 5 lety +2

      @@dariopadovan1976 i count "boards of canada" [and other IDM] as proto-vaporwave since they produced many nostalgic ambient-music
      p.s. *oh, please don't hate me RDJ*

  • @urethrafranklin9550
    @urethrafranklin9550 Před 5 lety +57

    you're our very own vapor queen

  • @william_ytp
    @william_ytp Před 5 lety +12

    actually 天気予報 (the guy who made the sky cover album shown second in this video) released a SIX HOUR signalwave album a few days ago! (titled ひまわり画像, you'll find it on their bandcamp.) it's a total ride, i'm loving it so far :D exactly the kind of monolithic release this subgenre was made for!

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      yep! I would've definitely included that in this video, if only it came out a couple weeks earlier!

    • @hhyperbaIIad
      @hhyperbaIIad Před 2 lety

      ughh just listened thru it in one sitting & it’s so good omgggg

  • @thesixfootsixexperience8781

    Love your stuff, man. It’s cool to have a channel dedicated to something I love so much

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      thanks dude :) and thanks for watching! glad to have ya

  • @Robert-dt3is
    @Robert-dt3is Před 5 lety +10

    Speaking of Ramona. “Rainbowtrinity” is the best release she has ever put out.

  • @quianabell9699
    @quianabell9699 Před 5 lety

    Absolutely loved this video. Really takes you through the journey. Love it!

  • @channelsurfing
    @channelsurfing Před 5 lety +19

    Yes!! You covered Telenights finally. Great video, Pad.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +2

      :) I think I did telenights in my 107 video too but more than happy to dive in a bit further here!

  • @murdread
    @murdread Před 5 lety +12

    It's great that you covered this amazing subgenre of vaporwave, since its experimental and unconventional nature drives most casual listeners away. Fantasic video as always Pad!

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      Thanks Jose :) this was even a listening experience to me, I got recommended so many different pieces. definitely a trip

  • @alternateskies
    @alternateskies Před 4 lety +1

    Would be cool to see a follow up to this, with maybe some more underground signalwave artists/albums.. Thanks for featuring some of my album art in the vid btw.

  • @theerror_7417
    @theerror_7417 Před 5 lety +6

    Hey great video man, I didn’t really get this whole signalwave thing until now. Of course like almost every commenter here, I have heard a particular broken transmission album, which for me personally, was the most bizarre musical experience I have had to date. Somehow I found nmesh as well, and those samples of ads and Japanese films are very interesting to listen to.

  • @ItsMe-yp4rs
    @ItsMe-yp4rs Před 5 lety +1

    This is an amazing video, one I will enjoy for ages.
    The only thing more I can ask for, and the thing that will bring your channel to true greatness, is the Robloxwave shirt.

  • @dillanrankin
    @dillanrankin Před 5 lety +1

    Fantastic work as always, Pad! You do a great job of describing how vaporwave makes you feel and obviously do a lot of research!

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      Thanks Dillan :) I have to also thank members of my discord on this one, they recommended me a bunch of stuff, a couple albums I used in this video was because of em

  • @nhignhog9556
    @nhignhog9556 Před 5 lety +19

    You sound exactly like Chet from Fallout New Vegas
    I like it

  • @eduardobatasuna8398
    @eduardobatasuna8398 Před 5 lety +10

    Loved your description of this genre. Saludos! PS your spanish deserves a nine ;)

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      Thank you Eduardo! or should I say g r a c i a s

  • @somekindofusername
    @somekindofusername Před 5 lety +1

    You’re a very good music critic, really articulate and descriptive. Nice work!

  • @SomeNot
    @SomeNot Před 3 lety +1

    “Just when you think you’re starting to get comfy” … Ad!

  • @davidbergeron2941
    @davidbergeron2941 Před 5 lety +3

    Super excited about this stuff! Very conceptual. Transmission music and radio noise music has been around since the 50s. Excited to see it continue to develop and re-contextualized into new material!

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      Thanks David! I have a blast making these types of videos, definitely will have similar ones coming out soon

    • @davidbergeron2941
      @davidbergeron2941 Před 5 lety

      @@PadChennington :)

  • @f1urps
    @f1urps Před 5 lety

    An ad popped up at exactly 4:33, and it couldn’t have been a more perfect illustration of what you were saying in that moment

  • @pointblank2890
    @pointblank2890 Před 5 lety +1

    I can listen to a music album with you describing Vaporwave tracks while dreamy bizarre music plays in the background. That's how much I love how your videos showing new music.

  • @jesusperez3926
    @jesusperez3926 Před 5 lety +1

    Dude you are the best, all your videos show your deep love for vaporwave, keep it like that!

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      thanks jesús :) I have a blast making em and ill never stop, thanks for watching!

  • @tenshi_amachi
    @tenshi_amachi Před 5 lety +2

    Now this is the kind of ambient-esque kind of vaporwave sound I have been searching through the depths of the Internet. Big thanks to you, signalwave did put me to better sleep!

  • @malwaeve1670
    @malwaeve1670 Před 3 lety +2

    I absolutely love every album mentioned!

  • @tracytan9624
    @tracytan9624 Před 5 lety +2

    I really enjoy how you express the abstract feelings that the genre gives you. It's hard to convey it to other people in real like without them giving you the o_O look

  • @bugyourparents
    @bugyourparents Před 5 lety +1

    people think our channel is vaporrwave, but Rad Chennington will be the judge of that

  • @aisthesis_
    @aisthesis_ Před 5 lety +2

    Asutenki is AMAZING, thank you! It's exactly what I needed for my corporate Monday morning

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      I gotchuuuu! asutenki just dropped a massive 360 track release, have ya heard it?

  • @raksh9
    @raksh9 Před 5 lety +1

    CZcams recommendations delivers today! Cool video, thank you for creating this.

  • @DerekPower
    @DerekPower Před 5 lety +27

    I saw on Reddit someone make their own edit of Dream Sequins where it’s “just the highlights”. It cuts out about fifty minutes of material and makes the whole thing sound completely uneven. This is all about the flow and I cannot imagine cutting one second from it. The best example of how the edit is to its detriment is starting immediately with “Keep This”. Without those two minutes of atmospheric build-up, it makes the sudden drum appearance not just sudden but very jarring. It should be a pay-off, not an instant (ehem) hit.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      very well said Derek as usual! thanks for watching and commenting :)

    • @Daniil_Ryvak
      @Daniil_Ryvak Před 5 lety +1

      Music for patient ones

  • @StermaPerma
    @StermaPerma Před 5 lety

    I don’t know if that first mid-roll ad placement was intentional Pad, but if it was... Christ did I produce a loud chuckle. ‘Just as you are getting comfortable listening to the atmospheric music...’ *loud ad starts playing* Loved it.

  • @TheRatSquid
    @TheRatSquid Před 5 lety +1

    I think you're the best reviewer of vaporwave because you really get into those raw feelings the genre and subgenres give off. More professional and objective reviewers keep looking at it from a musical standpoint and miss the deeper emotional vibe of it. You manage to get into the more emotional side of it and I respect that.

  • @recordbum
    @recordbum Před 4 lety +2

    This is really interesting. Can you do a playlist on spotify to summarize the albums? That would be really helpfull to start.

  • @Neongen
    @Neongen Před 5 lety +2

    I've been listening Signalwave and didn't knew it was a thing. Great vid Pad! ♡

  • @dsnodgrass4843
    @dsnodgrass4843 Před 5 lety +2

    This is basically updated "Plunderphonics". Radio DJs and the like have been intercutting and stitching together broadcast ads and news and Civil Defense warnings and other content since the 1960s. It's been a useful fount of artistic commentary up until say, the late-2000s, when the relevance of most of those sources wore out (25 years make a difference, trust me). It's heartening to see a new generation synthesize its own ambient influences and cues and sources this way, even if it 'isn't for me'. I subbed anyway. Nice work!!

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      great commentary dude, thanks for watching and welcome to the fam!

  • @JaimeAndresJaramillo
    @JaimeAndresJaramillo Před 3 lety +2

    Man, I love this channel, I would love to be part of a Vaporwave / Synthwave community

  • @SkyRiverTV
    @SkyRiverTV Před 5 lety

    Dude great vid. Thanks

  • @PunkExMachina
    @PunkExMachina Před 5 lety +7

    I’ve been getting into reading about about online media and aesthetics and all of that and I read on Wikipedia that Vaporwave has lived its life from inception to death entirely online and I found that fascinating. It’s Vaporwave considered dead?

    • @knmlco1
      @knmlco1 Před 5 lety +3

      Well it seems like it’s been evolving and I am excited for its future of off shooting sub genres

  • @error4159
    @error4159 Před 2 lety +2

    Vaperwave is like heavy metal with all the subgenres of subgenres

  • @orgonsolo6291
    @orgonsolo6291 Před 5 lety +2

    Never heard these terms before, very fascinating. Turns out a large part of my work could blend into this kind of genre in many ways.. Very cool. Thanks for the heads up, this will give me some clear ideas about the direction I want to make on my next release

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +2

      ayyyy that's what sup dude, would love to hear some of your stuff! got a link?

    • @orgonsolo6291
      @orgonsolo6291 Před 5 lety

      Sure Pad, Let me just preface by saying, don`t expect to find any carboncopy Signalwave - I live far from any scene and usually spend too much tie by myself trying to figure out what I can make that would sound like, unique -
      I just loved seeing there are others out there with a direction, and I am going to utilize that in my upcoming release(s), which still is maybe a little over a month away
      Ok, if it let me post links here then?
      This is like a "triptych"
      soundcloud.com/orgon-solo/arkon-imploder
      Also on my mixcloud you could check out my AnKoar Psychill firepit mix or the five year old predecessor called Arkon Satelites

  • @eco.
    @eco. Před 5 lety +1

    Hey man I love the video, just a small suggestion, maybe add small samples or examples of songs while you talk about them, you do a really good job of describing them but it would be great if you could include small snippets of them too :)

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      I feel ya! I usually just keep the videos completely barren of the music im discussing so viewers would hopefully make their way to the artist's pages and check em out! also just in case of copyright and the state of youtube these days, I doubt any of the artists I discuss would strike me but who knows how youtube works these days anymore with all these crazy stories of channels just getting wiped out. better safe than sorry in my opinion, id be crushed if I ever lose this channel lol took me over a year to just get monetized!

    • @eco.
      @eco. Před 5 lety

      @@PadChennington completely understood, and I did go out and look at the artists too, good job

  • @katieneece5843
    @katieneece5843 Před 5 lety +2

    I am de definitely going to have to dip into what sounds like another great avant garde subgenre. Thank you!

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      sounds Gucci Katherine! thanks for watching, let me know whatcha think after listening!

  • @palteo2907
    @palteo2907 Před 5 lety +9

    laserdisc visions new dreams ltd is best signal wave album hands down.

  • @User-lg1vl
    @User-lg1vl Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for the video. Keep it up

  • @lain823
    @lain823 Před 5 lety +2

    Hey Pad, amazing video as always!! I was just wondering if you’d ever consider doing a review of the Computer Trilogy by Infinity Frequencies? Those are some of my favorite vaporwave albums of all time, and I’d love to hear your take on them.
    Anyway, thanks for the great vid! :D

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      maybe one day! im so damn backlogged on videos lol but I always take every request to heart so ill keep the idea on paper!

    • @lain823
      @lain823 Před 5 lety

      Pad Chennington Well I look forward to that one day then ;)
      Thanks for the reply!

  • @crtskies
    @crtskies Před 11 měsíci +1

    you need to make part 2 theres been so many new artists popping up

  • @7cheland
    @7cheland Před 5 lety

    You really nailed it with the thumbnail

  • @imageignition23
    @imageignition23 Před 5 lety +12

    Dude. Your Spanish! You crushed it. Subbed

  • @EinSofVirtuoso
    @EinSofVirtuoso Před 5 lety +1

    Very interesting! I've been channel surfing on mute with music overlay for myself for a while. I usually use ambient music like Steve Roach or Tim Hecker for the overlay. I've written some poems of my experiences too.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      haven't heard of either of em, sounds interesting though 0.o share a poem!

  • @Inseut
    @Inseut Před 4 lety

    Thanks, this video made me realize I'm a signalwave artist. I didn't know this name, but it fits so well to some albums I've released. Crazy.

  • @MrSewerbird
    @MrSewerbird Před 5 lety +1

    I got an ad exactly at 4:32. It was glorious.

  • @another90daystochangethis34

    Ooooh thank you for doing a video on signalwave, it's one of my favorite subgenres of vaporwave. I would also recommend Sport3000 as a great artist to listen to as well.

  • @SpiritedSpy
    @SpiritedSpy Před 5 lety +3

    Mallsoft? I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS!

  • @theKabbage
    @theKabbage Před 3 lety +1

    Dream Sequins is probably my top favorite album. I can't stop listening to it, its addictive

  • @jeanalisson
    @jeanalisson Před 5 lety +1

    4:27 just when you think you're starting to get comfy in these ambient moments... *youtube stops the video to play an ad

  • @DaftBrian1
    @DaftBrian1 Před 5 lety +1

    And here I thought it was just the sounds of pastels and chilling out

  • @stiliqn007
    @stiliqn007 Před 5 lety +7

    ...how did i get here? And what is this? Where's my retrowave at??

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      w e l c o m e

    • @stiliqn007
      @stiliqn007 Před 5 lety

      heard Nmesh Dream Sequins last night, was alright the first 20min. Then it turned into some weird futurewave/thrillerwave genre. Serial killers are born to this lol @@PadChennington

  • @lydiamacintyre3729
    @lydiamacintyre3729 Před 4 lety +1

    I made an ep back in 2015 called 'Late Night Paranoia' under the name Luxury.txt, composed of samples from british 90s tv and teletext/ceefax music, which i've just rereleased on bandcamp under a new name, i've been into vaporwave for years but didn't know that my ep belongs to the signalwave subgenre until just now

  • @MsAveryM
    @MsAveryM Před 5 lety +1

    I love Signalwave! Fantastic video, Pad 👍

  • @SuperFrankieOSX
    @SuperFrankieOSX Před 3 lety +1

    I definitely recommend Sport 3000's "Signals", "TEXT", and "VHS Stardust" and many more of their albums. I also recommend infinity frequencies' "computer death" album collection. Some other mentionable artists are identity crisis, astro television system, R.E.A.L , snow 雪 and Western Digital. Now not all of these artist are specifically signalwave based, but do have aspects of it. I honestly have so many albums on my phone it's not even funny, a bit over 250.

  • @prismer
    @prismer Před 5 lety +32

    Nmesh is pronounced mesh, my man. Can’t blame you for saying it like it’s read, but it’s like getting stabbed in the ears every time.
    Also, good job with the video, there’s a noticeable improvement in your delivery.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +5

      LOL learn something new every day, thank you!

    • @Hanklerfishies
      @Hanklerfishies Před 5 lety +3

      Shouldn't it be enmesh, which is a word?

    • @paulgenevzki2477
      @paulgenevzki2477 Před 5 lety

      i also read it as "en-mesh" too, lol

    • @jerbear97
      @jerbear97 Před 5 lety

      *_en mesh_*

    • @bessyxyz
      @bessyxyz Před 4 lety

      I actually thought it was Enmesh. Every time he said, Namesh... I was like, is this an Indian guy? LOL

  • @DaNooch669
    @DaNooch669 Před 5 lety +4

    Your description of the genre reminds me of Oneohtrix point never's album Replica.

  • @SunsetGraffiti
    @SunsetGraffiti Před 5 lety +3

    The first time I heard Dream Sequins it obliterated me. I didn't know what to do with myself, but turning it off and walking away was NOT an option.

  • @ARC_10
    @ARC_10 Před 5 lety +3

    wow, this video made me understand broken transmission even more the usual. now that I think about it, new deluxe life was actually my introduction to broken transmission. Then on to other awesome albums like the blast to the past telenights and the outstanding album dream sequins. Well done
    As for my recommendation I would personally recommend checking out this artist called 维新噩梦工厂 (revolutionary nightmare factory) a Chinese broken transmission artists.
    P.S. I got dream sequins on vinyl and it's amazing.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      ahhh I missed out on that dream sequins vinyl! and thanks for the recommendation!

    • @ARC_10
      @ARC_10 Před 5 lety +1

      @@PadChennington no problem man, i do believe it's still in stock at AMDISCS

  • @llyourdudesnickerll9823
    @llyourdudesnickerll9823 Před 5 lety +6

    Alright buddy, stop slacking. Where is our health tips with pad ep.1?
    In all seriousness, good video! I need to check out some of those albums.

  • @dickstryker
    @dickstryker Před 5 lety

    Check out the group Negativeland. It was experimental industrial noise back in the day but they pretty much pioneered the commercial mashup thing.

  • @p0p525
    @p0p525 Před 5 lety +1

    Just when you think youre getting comfy and home in those calm and ambient moments- **AD PLAYS**

  • @sandr6769
    @sandr6769 Před 5 lety +11

    i knew the subgenre - didn't know the name, though.

  • @robin-1127
    @robin-1127 Před 5 lety

    “Just when you think you’re starting to get comfy and homey around these ambient moments-*ad pops up*”

  • @ArnoudVanderhoek
    @ArnoudVanderhoek Před 5 lety +1

    I love watching video about my geek obsession that only people on the I N T E R N E T understand, this videos really give me satisfaction because vaporwave is that "underground" and "new" that no one in my real life even knows it. This videos also give me insight, this is enternainment and education at the same time. This channel explains the feeling and meaning of vaporwave that I feel and you explain it very understandable. Keep on with this kinda videos man!! U rock, I mean u vaporwave haha

  • @elmantishrimp1689
    @elmantishrimp1689 Před 5 lety

    Corp has really relaxed me through tough times. Whether it be hard day from school or work, whenever I turn on Corp, it's like all my problems aren't existent.

  • @ZAYAZOfficial
    @ZAYAZOfficial Před 5 lety +2

    Great Vid Pad

  • @brig.badger2896
    @brig.badger2896 Před 5 lety +53

    Man talks about dank synth noise

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +4

      that's whats poppin'

    • @BasedFrequency
      @BasedFrequency Před 5 lety +2

      most of the sounds are songs that were slowed with paul stretch, very little vaporwave artists actually "Produce"

    • @desktorp
      @desktorp Před 5 lety +2

      @@BasedFrequency 'artists'

    • @ts-wo6pp
      @ts-wo6pp Před 5 lety

      Do you mean D A R K P R O G

  • @ZEROKuroGFX
    @ZEROKuroGFX Před 5 lety +5

    Idk if it's something that someone already said, but didn't was Daft Punk who invented signalwave? In their 2005 album Human After All, the track called "On/Off" have all the attributes of a signalwave track doesn't?

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +3

      on/off definitely has that radio surfing energy!

  • @LewdMe
    @LewdMe Před 5 lety +2

    Didn’t know you were a thing but you get a sub from me! Keep it up👍🏾