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I see it as a logical permutation of seapunk, but whereas those bros were about trying to create an alternate reality by way of gleaming elements from a purported utopia vaporwave is more the opposite, attempting to convey the coldness of modern society via re-contextualised sounds drawn from capitalist enterprise. ie concept more than anything else. ground zero and pretty much the defining statement of the whole thing is pretty much just FAR SIDE VIRTUAL, but ferraro seemed to tire of this pretty quickly and moved into his fucked r&b phase. that record was far more exhausting and confronting than anything else the genre has produced (of which I've heard, at least) and was very much grounded squarely between the musicality and theory the genre provides. much prefer his recent spate of material though, NYC hell was a total masterwork, able to be appreciated more so as a musical work and without the inextricable context.
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