43. the false fantasy of luxurious cities: 死夢VANITY's f a n t a s y 真夜中のアパート [dead dream vanity's fantasy midnight apartment] (proto-vapor episode)

The Virtual Ocean

THE "LET'S LISTEN" VAPORWAVE PODCAST.
Vaporwave is an art aesthetic that embodies the anxiety, disillusionment, and nihilism of the modern world.
In music form, vaporwave dives deep into these unconscious anxieties, manifesting sounds from past decades - warping them, manipulating them, and summoning the ghost of the good times that were promised by modern capitalism, but never came.
Vaporwave is an expression of the pains of the collective modern unconscious, taking the form of heroin-level escapism, ecstasy-inducing pop music, or dystopian ambient worlds.
Because of its internet-based nature, its aesthetics have evolved so rapidly, further reflecting the chaotic subconscious of the modern mind.
Vaporwave captures the modern unconscious of humans raised by the internet succinctly, and understanding this art form matters.
In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, analysis, emotions, and commentary on them. Let's set sail on the Virtual Ocean.
And now, for today’s episode.
What is up with the nostalgia around pre-9/11 cities?

See-Muh Vanity, aka Dead Dream Vanity, explores this idea in the 2014 proto-ish vaporware album “fantasy Mayonaka Noapāto “, aka fantasy Midnight Apartment

This record dropped during the early days of vaporwave, where the method of manipulating old samples to create something moody and dark started popping up all over the internet.

This LP will engulf your entire body in the comfort of a leather couch stuffed with clouds.

While you lay in its luxury, you begin to realize that the ideal city that this album takes you back to doesn’t exist.

It never did.

Let’s set sail for Dead Dream Vanity’s Fantasy Midnight Apartment.