References

Sources cited in the main article, in the order they first appear. Each entry links back to the section of the article that cites it.

1. Reynolds, Simon. Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past. Faber & Faber, 2011 — on genres built from reprocessed recent-past media. ↩ back to article
2. Harper, Adam. "Comment: Vaporwave and Time." Dummy Mag, 2012 — an early critical account of vaporwave as internet-native subculture and its relationship to nostalgia. ↩ back to article
3. Xavier, Ramona Andra (as Macintosh Plus). Floral Shoppe. Beer on the Rug, 2011 — the genre's defining release. ↩ back to article
4. Lopatin, Daniel (as Chuck Person). Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1. The Curatorial Blog, 2010 — widely cited as vaporwave's founding release. ↩ back to article
5. Various contributors. "Vaporwave" on Know Your Meme — a community-maintained record of the genre's recurring visual motifs. ↩ back to article
6. Various artists, Bandcamp "mallsoft" tag — the genre's own self-organised catalogue of mallsoft releases. ↩ back to article
7. Various artists, Bandcamp "eco-vapor" tag — releases self-identifying with the eco-vapor strand. ↩ back to article
8. Manson, Robert (as 1980s). Interviews and liner notes on the hardvapour style, various Bandcamp releases, 2013–2015. ↩ back to article
9. Various contributors. "Aesthetic" on Know Your Meme — on the spread of vaporwave's visual style beyond its music. ↩ back to article