Saint Pepsi (Skylar Spence)
Saint Pepsi helped popularize future funk's ecstatic, disco-soaked approach to sampling 1980s and 1990s Japanese city pop, working the same French-house-leaning territory as Macross 82-99 and Yung Bae. A trademark dispute with Pepsi eventually forced a rebrand to Skylar Spence, and under that name the sound moved toward more conventional pop production while keeping its sample-based bones intact.
The full story is in Vaporwave.
At a glance
- Active
- 2012–present
- From
- United States
- Listening guide track
- “Private Caller”
Listen
In the Vaporwave listening guide: “Private Caller”
In the issues
- VaporwaveSupporting 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.