in the video u were wondering why we used anime gifs along with future funk tracks and its because at the time yung bae and macross were sampling 80s/70s japanese city pop tracks and i thought it only made sense to use retro anime as the visual and we thought that using gifs would stand out from the crowd since no other music channel was really doing that at the time
Definitely trendsetters! Some of the biggest vapor/futurefunk tracks have a single gif that is attached to its upload on youtube that people forever associate it with. I can't listen to "Better" without having the Alfonso Ribeiro gif in my head! And other people do the same thing when they upload random tracks too
To me, the music always sounded like something you'd hear in the anime too. I watch a tons of old anime and they always use 80's/90's city pop, dance pop, rock, disco, etc. as the soundtrack, so hearing the music kind of paints the old anime picture in my head. The gifs capture it really well.
In addition, a lot of what we now call City Pop was used in the opening and ending theme songs of animes in the 80s. It's why if you listen to old 80s anime ops, they sound so similar to city pop. Because it IS city pop! So using anime gifs from that time period specifically is a nod to the city pop roots future funk has.
Thanks man, it's been some time now I'd like to know more about Future Funk and Vaporwave. To be honest those genres to me was like a beautiful glance of hope and happiness in 2020 - the year I figured 'em out.
I think I came across Future Funk maybe late last year and ever since discovering it, I want more. Night Tempo, Sui Uzi, Future Girlfriend & BigWave are my go-tos.
I recently got into vaporwave and future funk and it has been a fun experience so far. But this video has made it even more fun and made me more interested in it.
Seeing some of the footage from 100% Electronicon last year was so breathtaking! Really hope that once COVID-19 officially subsides and calms down, we can all do it again!
DAYDREAM DELUXE yeah!!! I've never been to a concert before so it would be so special if I could go to a future funk concert and meet other fans (๑•̀ u •́)、
As niche as the genre is, it's the one I fell in love with the quickest. Plus it introduced me to a shitton of City Pop so win/win. Cheers for the video!
The first time I encountered future funk, I was confused, it felt so familiar but also different, however I really liked it. After a while I started to look for the original tracks, since then, I really appreciate some of the old music. I would have never tough I would be interested in such. Some Future funk tracks are vastly superior over the originals, while other tracks aged like fine wine. Really curious how everything develops and how it will be in 20 years from now. Everything I know, we should keep being optimistic, positive and euphoric, just like future funk is.
Oh my! Im at 9:02 guys :D Amazing documentary! Artzie is sooo deserved to be mentioned in it ^^ That also sweet almost all Futurefunk roots are here, probably just Strattford st. and Midwest collective been off a bit. Guess other videos would be about Neon City records or Night Tempo albums ^^
I just want to add to your last bit, about the evolution of genres in general. I hope future funk evolves in it’s current trajectory. I was really into Psy trance in the early to late 2000s, but that genre’s artists became too commercial in order to attract a larger audience, such as Infected Mushroom. In my opinion they were too late to break into the larger EDM scene as it was already crowded. I hope that the artists continue to evolve away from the allure of the commercial stage. My hope that it will stay strong as music movements are far more democratized now than it was in the 2000s. I mean, who could have predicted the ridiculous popularity of LoFi.
Great vid! Love the long form, video essay format. Pad and Pinkas shed more light on what really IS futurefunk from past vids, but you definitely filled in the gaps in an all-in-one presentation. I now finally know wtf Artzie is (just know of its association with Discoholic, but never noticed they mostly started the trend of the simply using a looping gif with the vapor/FF tracks. In the future, it'd be rad if you did similar vids on history of Lo-Fi and Outrun (which seems to have the same issue with distinguishing itself from regular synthwave the way futurefunk does from french house or even vaporwave).
Thank you for making this video. I fell in love with Future Funk in 2018 when I stumbled upon it on Soundcloud. I always wondered how it started and now I finally got that answer.
If it wasn't for Saint Pepsi being synced to Mac Tonight I would have never found this amazing genre and my life would be so much more boring without it.
I knew a lot of the information in this video because I've been listening for years and am a research nerd, but it feels so great and makes me happy seeing someone compile all of this information into one video and allowing others to learn about it. I can tell you put a lot of effort into this and appreciate the video. I even learned some cool stuff I didn't know about from it! Thanks!
Obrigado pelo vídeo. Conheci o future funk recentemente, e tenho adorado ouvir e conhecer novas músicas e a história do gênero. Uma pena que talvez eu seja o único do Brasil que curte muito esse gênero
I credit Onra as the godfather of future funk with his 2010 album Long Distance, followed by 2012 EP Deep in the Night. He could have been influenced by the modern funk scene going on at the time but on those albums, he chopped up 80s funk and soul Dilla-style to create hip hop, vaporwave, future funk masterpieces.
Been here since before it had a name it was all jumbled together with french filter house, electro funk and nu disco pre 2011 I have some rare gems from many artists before they blew up or had proper publishing rights. I used to hate when they would blow up and their old catalog would disappear! The mp3 era was amazing! soundcloud was the place to be!
vaporwave and future funk born in tumblr as a political satira (video musical meme); as a joke but well fundamented in anti capitalism movement. In tumblr live the ultra left comunist-anarchists from US people and otaku people (manly latinamerican); and remember tumblr is the social network of artist, .....The vaporwave are the US people version (artistic anti capitalist movement); the future funk are the otaku people version. They are styles brothes, one not descendet of other. Imagine the typical greek statue of vapor wave and sailormoon shake his hands and both say: we must destroy capitalism.......it´s the 60´s verision of movement hippies and its music
Please stop using the term ‘future funk’ that’s not a real thing & you’re embarrassing yourself when you say that. Do a small amount of research and learn the history of disco House & funk music.
Future funk definitely focuses more on melody and on re-purposing samples rather just looping a sample segment around a beat as the song structure that French house does. The beat accents the melody in future funk and is usually introduced later in the song, not as the first thing you hear. Plus, French house songs are typically longer since they're made to be house-oriented club-based music. Tempos are often slower too. The imagery is more in-line with vaporwave in future funk. Future funk spawned out of vaporwave subgenres, not house. It just implemented house beats and and some production techniques. The earliest future funk was just upbeat vaporwave that sampled funky stuff. You could argue that some future funk is French house though, or made by French house producers such as Agrume, Hunter, Skibblez, Unibeat, or DJ EQ, but artists like Saint Pepsi, MACROSS 82-99, Yung Bae, Desired, Night Tempo, and proto-stuff like Teams and Topaz Gang came from or are vaporwave. Plus the genre and artists have evolved over time and added new influences or adopted more elements from other genres.
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Love your work!!
Thanks for changing my life.
Artzieee :D
Nice
This man literally made the whole future funk video thing, nice to see you here!
in the video u were wondering why we used anime gifs along with future funk tracks and its because at the time yung bae and macross were sampling 80s/70s japanese city pop tracks and i thought it only made sense to use retro anime as the visual and we thought that using gifs would stand out from the crowd since no other music channel was really doing that at the time
Ahhhhh that makes sense! Thanks for clarifying that, Artzie! Appreciate you! 😁
Definitely trendsetters! Some of the biggest vapor/futurefunk tracks have a single gif that is attached to its upload on youtube that people forever associate it with. I can't listen to "Better" without having the Alfonso Ribeiro gif in my head! And other people do the same thing when they upload random tracks too
To me, the music always sounded like something you'd hear in the anime too. I watch a tons of old anime and they always use 80's/90's city pop, dance pop, rock, disco, etc. as the soundtrack, so hearing the music kind of paints the old anime picture in my head. The gifs capture it really well.
In addition, a lot of what we now call City Pop was used in the opening and ending theme songs of animes in the 80s. It's why if you listen to old 80s anime ops, they sound so similar to city pop. Because it IS city pop! So using anime gifs from that time period specifically is a nod to the city pop roots future funk has.
Thats insane
yep, this video is amazing. TH-cam algorithm gods, GIVE THIS MAN THE WORK
You're the man, homie! Thank you! 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks man, it's been some time now I'd like to know more about Future Funk and Vaporwave. To be honest those genres to me was like a beautiful glance of hope and happiness in 2020 - the year I figured 'em out.
I’m glad you used Saint Pepsi songs that aren’t “Enjoy Yourself”.
I think I came across Future Funk maybe late last year and ever since discovering it, I want more. Night Tempo, Sui Uzi, Future Girlfriend & BigWave are my go-tos.
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So excited for this video
I recently got into vaporwave and future funk and it has been a fun experience so far. But this video has made it even more fun and made me more interested in it.
Welcome to the aesthetic world of Vaporwave, my friend! Glad you're enjoying it!
Dude you have NO IDEA how happy it makes me when I see a room full of people singing my favourite future funk songs. Fun Tonight is so special🥺✨👌
Seeing some of the footage from 100% Electronicon last year was so breathtaking! Really hope that once COVID-19 officially subsides and calms down, we can all do it again!
DAYDREAM DELUXE
yeah!!! I've never been to a concert before so it would be so special if I could go to a future funk concert and meet other fans (๑•̀ u •́)、
Amazing video! There's probably no other video talking about how important Keats Collective and Artzie was for Future Funk.
The big man himself! Appreciate you for watching this, dude! Both of them deserve the notoriety and recognition for everything they've done!
As niche as the genre is, it's the one I fell in love with the quickest. Plus it introduced me to a shitton of City Pop so win/win. Cheers for the video!
It's amazing how much of an impact a certain genre of music can have on you! Thanks for tuning in, my friend!
Same. People shyt on sample-based music, but i would have never discovered so many songs/artists/genres had it not been for sample culture in general.
The first time I encountered future funk, I was confused, it felt so familiar but also different, however I really liked it. After a while I started to look for the original tracks, since then, I really appreciate some of the old music. I would have never tough I would be interested in such. Some Future funk tracks are vastly superior over the originals, while other tracks aged like fine wine. Really curious how everything develops and how it will be in 20 years from now. Everything I know, we should keep being optimistic, positive and euphoric, just like future funk is.
We all have different reactions to new things we encounter. It's pretty damn special! Glad you've been having a good run with future funk!
Dope shirt btw
Awesome video, It really is incredible to see how all the vaporwave subgenres have evolved, and Future Funk, is really one of the finest of all
Many thanks, my dude! And yes, it's gonna be dope to see what could happen next!
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Dope video. Thanks for featuring my article
Thank you, brother! Gutted about PSM, but we're all really grateful for the magazine! Loved your work with them!
Oh my! Im at 9:02 guys :D Amazing documentary! Artzie is sooo deserved to be mentioned in it ^^
That also sweet almost all Futurefunk roots are here, probably just Strattford st. and Midwest collective been off a bit.
Guess other videos would be about Neon City records or Night Tempo albums ^^
Great video!! I love watching these type of videos!
Thank you, mate! Got another FF related video coming very soon!
Sounding tastier than ever with that new mic dude. Top video keep it up!
It certainly made recording and editing all the more easier! Thanks heaps, my bro!
I just want to add to your last bit, about the evolution of genres in general. I hope future funk evolves in it’s current trajectory. I was really into Psy trance in the early to late 2000s, but that genre’s artists became too commercial in order to attract a larger audience, such as Infected Mushroom. In my opinion they were too late to break into the larger EDM scene as it was already crowded. I hope that the artists continue to evolve away from the allure of the commercial stage. My hope that it will stay strong as music movements are far more democratized now than it was in the 2000s. I mean, who could have predicted the ridiculous popularity of LoFi.
That's a really good theory, brother! It will be interesting to see how far the genre can go!
Why this only has 4k views? I had to search for a bit to find an interesting video specifically about futurefunk, great job
Thanks for the kind words, my friend! 😁😁😁
I'm about to be educated!
Get some of them educations in ya noggin!
Love this! Now I understand the history of the music I’ve been banging to all these years. I’m a casual follower, but devoted on repeat listener.
It's so addictive to spin! Keep on jamming that good shit, holmes!
Great vid! Love the long form, video essay format.
Pad and Pinkas shed more light on what really IS futurefunk from past vids, but you definitely filled in the gaps in an all-in-one presentation.
I now finally know wtf Artzie is (just know of its association with Discoholic, but never noticed they mostly started the trend of the simply using a looping gif with the vapor/FF tracks.
In the future, it'd be rad if you did similar vids on history of Lo-Fi and Outrun (which seems to have the same issue with distinguishing itself from regular synthwave the way futurefunk does from french house or even vaporwave).
Dude. Sleep and Red Fang. Awesome to see people that love Future funk and stoner rock.
Hail from Mexico!
Balam Escalante Fuck yeah! There are plenty of metalheads in Vaporwave, my dude! Bienvenidos!
Extra points for including the phantoms revenge. Gogo bizkitt! I could bet, was a big inspiration to a lot of future funk producers too !
Old mate's a legend! He deserves all the praise for what he's done!
@@DaydreamDeluxe Amazing work on the video too mate! I learned a lot of new things
Thank you for making this video. I fell in love with Future Funk in 2018 when I stumbled upon it on Soundcloud. I always wondered how it started and now I finally got that answer.
You're very welcome, good sir! Also, dope icon! Sonic's the GOAT!
@@DaydreamDeluxe You already know! Thanks man.
Bro, Awesome stuff my guy especially on The Phantom experience, it all makes sense!
If it wasn't for Saint Pepsi being synced to Mac Tonight I would have never found this amazing genre and my life would be so much more boring without it.
So glad you've made this! I've just gotten into Future Funk and plan on making a video about it myself, super well-made video 10/10!
Watched this 3 years ago in during the pandemic and got inspired to mix FF. Thanks for making this! 🪩
Been waiting for this video since it was announced
Hope it was worth the wait! Thank you, holmes!
Here before this hits 100k views.
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I knew a lot of the information in this video because I've been listening for years and am a research nerd, but it feels so great and makes me happy seeing someone compile all of this information into one video and allowing others to learn about it. I can tell you put a lot of effort into this and appreciate the video. I even learned some cool stuff I didn't know about from it! Thanks!
Iconic象徴的な that’s awesome, homie! Keep on researching and learning!
@@DaydreamDeluxe Will do! I'll keep an eye out for your new videos and stuff you post in the Future Funk Vinyl Collector's group lol!
Who’s the DJ at the end? Finally! An artist who isn’t spinning goddamn top 40.
Man, I'm so glad I watched this! I've been a fan of future funk for a long time!
Happy to have provided some entertainment for you, my friend! Future Funk is magical!
This is a nice birthday gift you didn't know you gave me. Great video.
Hirthy Bapday, homie! Hope you have a great one!
Obrigado pelo vídeo. Conheci o future funk recentemente, e tenho adorado ouvir e conhecer novas músicas e a história do gênero. Uma pena que talvez eu seja o único do Brasil que curte muito esse gênero
Woah
*Keanu Reeves voice* Wwwwhoooaaaa....
What a great and informative video! Glad to have found your channel. :)
Thank you for stopping by! 😁
Onra’s “Long Distance” is the origin point of future funk
I credit Onra as the godfather of future funk with his 2010 album Long Distance, followed by 2012 EP Deep in the Night. He could have been influenced by the modern funk scene going on at the time but on those albums, he chopped up 80s funk and soul Dilla-style to create hip hop, vaporwave, future funk masterpieces.
Awesome video mate, cheers 👍
Wow this is a seriously well put together video!
Great video. Super comprehensive, nice timing and editing and really nice to see how the genre has developed.
Thanks for watching, my bro! Can't wait to see what's next from you!
Been here since before it had a name it was all jumbled together with french filter house, electro funk and nu disco pre 2011 I have some rare gems from many artists before they blew up or had proper publishing rights. I used to hate when they would blow up and their old catalog would disappear! The mp3 era was amazing! soundcloud was the place to be!
Great video, keep it up dude
this video is gonna be great
Nah it's not that great 😛
Dude, top tier.
Appreciate you, my bro!
Not only is this a fire video hes repping the Vapor95 merch
Vapor95 have amazing clothes! Love their merch! And thank you, mate! 😁😁😁😁
Finally we have a proper video about this.
It was bound to happen eventually 😁 Can't wait to see how others further analyse the genre!
@@DaydreamDeluxe TH-cam just recommended this to me. It might be worth a look...
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Yeah I saw this a while ago! Interesting video!
Daydream Deluxe! Where did you get that tee!???!!! It's poppin'!
From Vapor95's online store, and thank you!!
Thank you for this video
Artzie Musics channel got terminated - RIP
Devastated about it. Artzie was so amazing and such an important feat to Future Funk and Vaporwave.
@@DaydreamDeluxe Yeah for sure. There is artzie archive which is re-uploading as many videos as possible that were saved.
I didn't realize Hit vibes was so iconic
Thanks so much for this :) Just fascinating!
Appreciate you watching this! 😁
amazing!!!!
2020 vibes
I FUCKING LOVE FUTURE FUNK RAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Nice Vapor95 shirt!!!
Much appreciated! Vapor95 have some mint af merch!
Discovery seems to me to be the first Future Funk album
Cool
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good fucking content
Great video mate! but you should know better, because future funk is not a real term :)
Damn you, The Knocks! Hahaha nah seriously, thank you heaps, brother! Hope we can collab at some point for another FF related video in the future!
So it’s association with anime is just a marketing ploy? Woooooow
The whole history???
Well, a bit of it... but hopefully it covers enough!
all of it except that one part you know. but other people would love to learn about in the comments :P
@@MTHU0080 oh damn well the knocks meme was pretty funny but I'm not knowledgeable in FF
Daft Punk = Proto-Future Funk
The true creators of the genre!
No that’s French house.😂
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History: weebs discovered music and city pop,
Birthed yung bae.
vaporwave and future funk born in tumblr as a political satira (video musical meme); as a joke but well fundamented in anti capitalism movement. In tumblr live the ultra left comunist-anarchists from US people and otaku people (manly latinamerican); and remember tumblr is the social network of artist, .....The vaporwave are the US people version (artistic anti capitalist movement); the future funk are the otaku people version. They are styles brothes, one not descendet of other. Imagine the typical greek statue of vapor wave and sailormoon shake his hands and both say: we must destroy capitalism.......it´s the 60´s verision of movement hippies and its music
Where is the Childhood?
The producer Childhood, or the overall experience we had when we were young?
@@DaydreamDeluxe The producer Childhood
ev.exi > any other ff artist
Please stop using the term ‘future funk’ that’s not a real thing & you’re embarrassing yourself when you say that.
Do a small amount of research and learn the history of disco House & funk music.
This is the part where Strawberry Station says "Fuck off, m8"
I still remember the day one man killed an entire genre instantly
@@DaydreamDeluxe damnit you beat me to it lmao
Future funk definitely focuses more on melody and on re-purposing samples rather just looping a sample segment around a beat as the song structure that French house does. The beat accents the melody in future funk and is usually introduced later in the song, not as the first thing you hear. Plus, French house songs are typically longer since they're made to be house-oriented club-based music. Tempos are often slower too. The imagery is more in-line with vaporwave in future funk. Future funk spawned out of vaporwave subgenres, not house. It just implemented house beats and and some production techniques. The earliest future funk was just upbeat vaporwave that sampled funky stuff. You could argue that some future funk is French house though, or made by French house producers such as Agrume, Hunter, Skibblez, Unibeat, or DJ EQ, but artists like Saint Pepsi, MACROSS 82-99, Yung Bae, Desired, Night Tempo, and proto-stuff like Teams and Topaz Gang came from or are vaporwave. Plus the genre and artists have evolved over time and added new influences or adopted more elements from other genres.