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This Summer I was riding the Chill Wave, one of the most important genres of music of the modern world. This music is refreshing and awesome. Some might say it's like you're on drugs, but you really don't need drugs to enjoy this. For sure it will make you feel good. Pure Ecstasy. . . ……………………………………………………. “It generally has an ‘80s influence, which is definitely pretty heavy in my stuff,” said Ernest Greene, a.k.a. Washed Out, one of the acts being touted as part of the trend. New Wave-sounding samples and ambient music is often interlaced with dance-y beats, and the approach to recording is decidedly lo-fi. Carles explained the genre this way in a post last summer: Chillwave, he wrote, “sounds like something playing in the background of an old VHS cassette that you found in your attic from the late ’80s/’90s.” Chillwave isn’t limited to a geographic region, but the South and East Coast figure prominently. Bundick is from South Carolina while Greene is from Georgia. Other so-called chillwave bands, like Small Black and Neon Indian, are New York-based, while Memory Tapes, a.k.a. Dayve Hawk, hails from New Jersey. That’s where the parallels end. Whereas musical movements were once determined by a city or venue where the bands congregated, “now it’s just a blogger or some journalist that can find three or four random bands around the country and tie together a few commonalities between them and call it a genre,” said Alan Palomo of Neon Indian. ……………………………….. More at the link: http://blogs.wsj [dot]com/speakeasy/2010/03/13/is-chillwave-the-next-big-music-trend/ + CHILL WAVE MUSIC VIDEOS BELOW added by: Einsam_Data