Chillwave

Chillwave is a style of Indietronica characterized by its emulation of the vintage aesthetics and musical styles of the 1980s/1990s as a means of evoking a sense of nostalgia. Its use of older analog musical styles are altered through modern recording technologies (laptops, samplers, etc.) and techniques to create a hazy dreamlike atmosphere. Common production elements include reverb, sidechaining, ducking, filtering and cutting / pasting. Older emulated styles of music include Synthpop, Synth Funk, Downtempo, as well as various types of Dance music with vocals and atmosphere that lean towards alt/indie genres such as Dream Pop, Indie Pop and Neo-Psychedelia. Chillwave was inspired by many disparate sources, but one of the most influential was Panda Bear's 2007 album Person Pitch. AKA: Glo-FiDream-beat