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SYNTHWAVE · ARCHIVE DATA
What is synthwave? A plain guide, with the numbers
Electronic music built from the sound of 1980s films, pop and arcade games. Where it came from, what it sounds like, and how big it really is, counted from our own archive.
BY FREKVENCI EDITORS · 20 OCT 2026
VAPORWAVE · ARCHIVE DATA
What is vaporwave? A guide to the internet's slowed-down mall music
Slowed-down samples, shopping-centre muzak and a lot of reverb. How vaporwave started, how it splits into branches, and how much of it comes from a few tiny labels.
BY FREKVENCI EDITORS · 20 OCT 2026
BRAZIL · ARCHIVE DATA
Brazil's vaporwave and synthwave scene in data
Brazil is a small slice of the archive but a vaporwave-heavy one, with a dedicated tape label and a peak in 2021. This is what the data can and cannot show about it.
BY FREKVENCI EDITORS · 20 OCT 2026
VAPORTRAP · ARCHIVE DATA
What is vaportrap? When vaporwave met trap drums
The vaporwave branch that added drums. Where it began, why it rose fast and faded, and which labels and records show it best.
BY FREKVENCI EDITORS · 20 OCT 2026
UTOPIAN VIRTUAL · ARCHIVE DATA
What is utopian virtual? Vaporwave's bright, corporate-future side
Squeaky clean instead of woozy. How utopian virtual sounds, why its starting point is a 2011 album built as ringtones, and what the small tag looks like in the data.
BY FREKVENCI EDITORS · 20 OCT 2026
SYNTHWAVE · ARCHIVE DATA
Synthwave vs vaporwave: same neon, different music
Both love the 1980s and both love neon. One writes new songs in the old style, the other bends old recordings out of shape. Here is the difference, with release counts side by side.
BY FREKVENCI EDITORS · 20 OCT 2026
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