Artist

Blank Banshee

2012-present·Vancouver

Blank Banshee released Blank Banshee 0 in September 2012, folding trap music influences into vaporwave's sample-heavy template and pushing the genre toward a wider range of production techniques. Political undertones mattered less here than they had to the genre's early architects; what mattered was proving vaporwave could move beyond slowed Diana Ross loops without losing what made it recognizable.

The full story is in Vaporwave.

At a glance

Active
2012–present
From
Canada
Records in the issues
1 (2012)
Listening guide track
“B:/ Start Up”

Listen

In the Vaporwave listening guide: “B:/ Start Up”

Spotify

In the issues

  • Vaporwave
    Supporting cast · 2009-2016 · Members

    Vaporwave is a genre from Online (Turntable.fm, Bandcamp, Reddit, 4chan), 2009–2016. Its principal artists include Macintosh Plus (Ramona Langley), Daniel Lopatin (Chuck Person / Oneohtrix Point Never), James Ferraro and Internet Club (Robin Burnett). This issue covers 8 essential albums and 18 dated events.

Records

  • Blank Banshee 0

    2012 · Go deeper in Vaporwave

Terms

Trap
A subgenre of hip-hop from the Southern United States, rooted in 1990s Atlanta, where 'trap' meant a house used for dealing drugs.