The Mysterious Genre Known As "Signalwave"

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  • 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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  • @PadChennington
    @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +219

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

    • @farquaadsquaad8163
      @farquaadsquaad8163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      where do you get your visuals? I really like them

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @casperchristiansen2458
      @casperchristiansen2458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A list in the description would be nice with links.

    • @MrJJBhizzle
      @MrJJBhizzle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pad Chennington The end credits of Kooyaanisqatsi...

  • @DeadLuckArchives
    @DeadLuckArchives 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1381

    Am I listening to descriptionwave?

    • @EARART
      @EARART 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lol

    • @DLBcovers
      @DLBcovers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @DLBcovers
      @DLBcovers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @Sdwp777
      @Sdwp777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @jerbear97
      @jerbear97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      videoessaywave

  • @d.j.manjares9830
    @d.j.manjares9830 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1363

    Pad Chennington is literally the walking vaporwave encyclopedia.

    • @orateusdijin6557
      @orateusdijin6557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Or the literal fantoo of vaporwave too.

    • @SrGillespie
      @SrGillespie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @SunsetGraffiti
      @SunsetGraffiti 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @status0
      @status0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@zanfear Chad Pennington

  • @chance9512
    @chance9512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +295

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      LMAOOOOO hey what better way to ironically time it!

    • @kawsakiTV
      @kawsakiTV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Haha yep 😆

    • @SlapStyleAnims
      @SlapStyleAnims 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I literally got an ad at that moment too

    • @chumon1992
      @chumon1992 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yup! Happened to me too

  • @tempurasupplyco
    @tempurasupplyco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +496

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Pad Chennington A top 10 would be great!

    • @Fridge756
      @Fridge756 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @voidmaker2039
      @voidmaker2039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @one_man_community
    @one_man_community 5 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      aren't we oh so weird? :^]

    • @irondog1518
      @irondog1518 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

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

    • @lazysamson60
      @lazysamson60 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂

    • @schiz1130
      @schiz1130 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      :(

    • @samedaysameweek
      @samedaysameweek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can I get a link to your profile pic?

    • @inferiordior
      @inferiordior 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I feel like I'm thinking wrong but I feel like your talking about sex lmao

    • @vprw
      @vprw 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Duh

  • @XHEADTOWALLX
    @XHEADTOWALLX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +315

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      preach!

    • @cheesegirl8624
      @cheesegirl8624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yeah i was very surprised to see no infinity frequencies on here

    • @unhingedskrunkly8512
      @unhingedskrunkly8512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amen to that! Computer Decay is a masterpiece 🙏

    • @beefant6213
      @beefant6213 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES!!! YES.

    • @danielbeaston
      @danielbeaston 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same because its nice

  • @tia8580
    @tia8580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    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.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LOL thank you dude :) thanks for watching!

    • @tia8580
      @tia8580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    • @YamiTheCreator
      @YamiTheCreator ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Post them on here so he can make a video about it to see if it’s true

  • @weijizhu3729
    @weijizhu3729 5 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    Vaporwave is my life at this point

    • @yourdadsbbqbrisket8526
      @yourdadsbbqbrisket8526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hahhahahaha sad!

    • @deedeekreep9139
      @deedeekreep9139 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Welcome to the c l u b

    • @theremharth
      @theremharth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      S A M E

    • @ecozones2d627
      @ecozones2d627 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@yourdadsbbqbrisket8526 you cant understand a """", vaporwave contains everything and contains every aspect of the chroma of life, also your brown dirty black chroma

    • @yourdadsbbqbrisket8526
      @yourdadsbbqbrisket8526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ecozones2d627 interesting

  • @jamesmcmahan1236
    @jamesmcmahan1236 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @thecuriousone6878
    @thecuriousone6878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +411

    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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      wooaaah that was awesome..thanks for the read !

    • @battousai12
      @battousai12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Geez that was conscient

    • @st.zahren5683
      @st.zahren5683 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @omen2391
      @omen2391 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @tinkrls3r
    @tinkrls3r 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @AudioPervert1
    @AudioPervert1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

  • @overlookers
    @overlookers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    *the N in n m e s h is* SILΣNT

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      y e p. m y m ! s t a k 3

    • @LivingTheorem
      @LivingTheorem 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Like for the profile pic. Love Berserk

    • @michaelhaydenbell
      @michaelhaydenbell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually all the letters except for the "n" are silent.

    • @mulberryjacob
      @mulberryjacob 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      nmesh is our word... you can say nme tho

  • @aguaschan
    @aguaschan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @rams6702
    @rams6702 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @LCVII
    @LCVII 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @DrunkonMedia
    @DrunkonMedia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @deleteduser666
      @deleteduser666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank youuuu

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I gotchu moussy baby!

    • @VANITAS555
      @VANITAS555 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Link me pls!

    • @DrunkonMedia
      @DrunkonMedia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @matthew_thefallen
    @matthew_thefallen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that's awesome Matt! is it out yet?

    • @Kydino
      @Kydino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @comradecthulhu6052
    @comradecthulhu6052 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @dariopadovan1976
      @dariopadovan1976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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*

  • @channelsurfing
    @channelsurfing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @jebstone4935
    @jebstone4935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +429

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

    • @robin717
      @robin717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @TheDrunkMunk
      @TheDrunkMunk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @a_random_voice_in_the_void
      @a_random_voice_in_the_void 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sub-genres are Communist. Better dead than red.

  • @SouthCalifas619
    @SouthCalifas619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @william_ytp
    @william_ytp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @hhyperbaIIad
      @hhyperbaIIad 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @quianabell9699
    @quianabell9699 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @TUPPERWAVE
    @TUPPERWAVE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP URAP

    • @myram2641
      @myram2641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

    • @yourdadsbbqbrisket8526
      @yourdadsbbqbrisket8526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beem boom beem buhDA Beem boom beem buhDah

    • @sadtirical
      @sadtirical 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      YEEEEAS

    • @SlyHikari03
      @SlyHikari03 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      God I love that album.

  • @allenslaughter4483
    @allenslaughter4483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @thesixfootsixexperience8781
    @thesixfootsixexperience8781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @murdread
    @murdread 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @theerror_7417
    @theerror_7417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @SunsetGrid
    @SunsetGrid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @eduardobatasuna8398
    @eduardobatasuna8398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @alternateskies5467
    @alternateskies5467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @f1urps
    @f1urps 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @urethrafranklin9550
    @urethrafranklin9550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    you're our very own vapor queen

  • @dillanrankin
    @dillanrankin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @ItsMe-yp4rs
    @ItsMe-yp4rs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @somekindofusername
    @somekindofusername 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @SomeNot
    @SomeNot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @tenshi_amachi
    @tenshi_amachi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I absolutely love every album mentioned!

  • @pointblank2890
    @pointblank2890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @tracytan9624
    @tracytan9624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @davidbergeron2941
    @davidbergeron2941 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @davidbergeron2941
      @davidbergeron2941 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PadChennington :)

  • @gilbertgotfried
    @gilbertgotfried 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      vaporwaveception

    • @gilbertgotfried
      @gilbertgotfried 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @TheRazePlayz
      @TheRazePlayz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @gilbertgotfried
      @gilbertgotfried 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @Robert-dt3is
    @Robert-dt3is 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      she's got so much stuff, its wild

  • @aisthesis_
    @aisthesis_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jesusperez3926
    @jesusperez3926 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @nhignhog9556
    @nhignhog9556 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @7cheland
    @7cheland 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You really nailed it with the thumbnail

  • @raksh9
    @raksh9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TH-cam recommendations delivers today! Cool video, thank you for creating this.

  • @StermaPerma
    @StermaPerma 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @recordbum
    @recordbum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @SkyRiverTV
    @SkyRiverTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude great vid. Thanks

  • @PunkExMachina
    @PunkExMachina 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @crtskies
    @crtskies 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @User-lg1vl
    @User-lg1vl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video. Keep it up

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I gotchuuuu thanks for watching!

  • @Neongen
    @Neongen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @TheRatSquid
    @TheRatSquid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @lain823
    @lain823 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @MrSewerbird
    @MrSewerbird 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @orgonsolo6291
    @orgonsolo6291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @orgonsolo6291
      @orgonsolo6291 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @katieneece5843
    @katieneece5843 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @bugyourparents
    @bugyourparents 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @lydiamacintyre3729
    @lydiamacintyre3729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @jeanalisson
    @jeanalisson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @JaimeAndresJaramillo
    @JaimeAndresJaramillo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Inseut
    @Inseut 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @dsnodgrass4843
    @dsnodgrass4843 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @eco.
    @eco. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +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. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @EinSofVirtuoso
    @EinSofVirtuoso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @error4159
    @error4159 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Vaperwave is like heavy metal with all the subgenres of subgenres

  • @DaNooch669
    @DaNooch669 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @DerekPower
    @DerekPower 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Daniil_Ryvak
      @Daniil_Ryvak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Music for patient ones

  • @theKabbage
    @theKabbage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @elmantishrimp1689
    @elmantishrimp1689 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @MsAveryM
    @MsAveryM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Signalwave! Fantastic video, Pad 👍

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thanks Scott! happy listening homie

  • @imageignition23
    @imageignition23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Dude. Your Spanish! You crushed it. Subbed

  • @palteo2907
    @palteo2907 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @robin-1127
    @robin-1127 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @p0p525
    @p0p525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @SeledBeats
    @SeledBeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i'm so happy i found this channel

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SELED happy to have ya here!

    • @SeledBeats
      @SeledBeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PadChennington

  • @DaftBrian1
    @DaftBrian1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @llyourdudesnickerll9823
    @llyourdudesnickerll9823 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAOOO ill be dropping the health tips on my thursday night streams!

    • @llyourdudesnickerll9823
      @llyourdudesnickerll9823 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PadChennington haha, nice.👌

  • @SuperFrankieOSX
    @SuperFrankieOSX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @SpiritedSpy
    @SpiritedSpy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @LewdMe
    @LewdMe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ayyy thanks! welcome to the fam my dude!

    • @LewdMe
      @LewdMe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pad Chennington aw thanks dude💙

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yep!

  • @AaronGaleProductions
    @AaronGaleProductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Definitley getting into it more thanks pad

  • @ZAYAZOfficial
    @ZAYAZOfficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great Vid Pad

  • @dickstryker
    @dickstryker 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @another90daystochangethis34
    @another90daystochangethis34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @rich_rich90
    @rich_rich90 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    CANAL+ 'Vendredi' is the go-to Signalwave album for me.

  • @the1stMoyatia
    @the1stMoyatia 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is definitely up my alley.

  • @w00df0rd
    @w00df0rd ปีที่แล้ว

    Cheers Pad

  • @maelo3582
    @maelo3582 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whats the BG Music you used during the Dream Sequins segment? Sounds really good.

  • @xavier84623
    @xavier84623 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for bringing this to my attention new fav music

  • @stevenevets2009
    @stevenevets2009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video got me into Vaporwave. Dream Sequins and Telenights are now two of my all time favourite releases of any genre. And now here I am a year later with the Dream Sequins movie VHS Preordered 🤘

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      dudeee nice pick up! I saw the cut off time to buy them was yesterday , missed picking one up ! the picture looks awesome for them