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Fashwave / Tradwave
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About
Fashwave is an electronic music genre combining synthwave or vaporwave music, 1980s visual aesthetics and alt-right, white nationalist-themed messages, often referencing United States President Donald Trump.
Origin
On November 12th, 2015, fashwave artist ~ C Y B E R N Δ Z I ~ uploaded the song "Galactic Lebensraum" to YouTube (shown below).
Spread
On February 9th, 2016, the electronic music blog RaveNews[2] published an article titled "Vaporwave Artists Mad That Their Music is Popular With Fascists". In March, the @Vaportrump[4] Twitter feed was launched, featuring vaporwave-style artwork of Donald Trump (shown below).
On August 13th, 2016, the white supremacist news site The Daily Stormer[6] published an article identifying synthwave as "The Official Soundtrack of the Alt-Right." Following the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States in November, synthwave artist Xurious uploaded a song titled "Hail Victory" in celebration (shown below). On November 19th, Xurious appeared as the musical guest at the National Policy Institute conference.[3]
On November 22nd, YouTuber Le Ameriga Bear uploaded a video titled "The Donald – Trumpwave," featuring 1980s clips of Trump along with vaporwave music playing in the background (shown below). On December 13th, BuzzFeed[5] published an article about the fashwave genre. On January 30th, 2017, the Vice music blog Thump[1] published an article about Trumpwave and fashwave.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Vice – Trumpwave and Fashwave Are Just the Latest Disturbing Examples of the Far-Right Appropriating Electronic Music
[2] RaveNews – Vaporwave Artists Mad That Their Music is Popular With Fascists
[3] NPI Events (via Wayback Machine) – NPI Events
[4] Twitter – @Vaportrump
[5] BuzzFeed – How Electronic Music Made by Neo-Nazis Soundtracks the Alt-Right
[6] Daily Stormer – The Official Soundtrack of the Alt-Right
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