Hypnagogic pop
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Hypnagogic pop is a loosely defined style of pop and psychedelic music that evokes cultural memory and nostalgia for the popular entertainment of the past. It emerged in the 2000s through a wave of Am
A compact cassette. Hypnagogic pop artists often use or emulate outdated cassette recording technology.
The term "hypnagogic pop" was inspired by comments made by musician and artist James Ferraro (pictured in 2012).
Ariel Pink performing in 2007
Hauntology (music)
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Hauntology is a music genre, movement or a loosely defined stylistic feature that evokes cultural memory and aesthetics of the past. It developed in the 2000s primarily among British electronic musici
Hypnagogic pop
…variously described as a 21st-century update of psychedelia, a reappropriation of media-saturated capitalist culture, and an "American cousin" to British hauntology. In response to Keenan's article, The Wire received a "slew of semi-hate mail" that derided hypnagogic pop as the "worst genre created by a journalist…
Equipment used by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, a common influence on hauntology artists