Chillwave
Chillwave is a genre. Defining acts include Karma, Last Dance, A. Chal and oOoOO, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Chillwave grew out of Dream pop, Shoegaze, Ambient, Electronic and Alternative dance. It sits close to wave, electro-R&B, electronic dance music, electronica and electro-folk, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into Dream pop, Vaporwave, Synthwave, Lo-fi Hip Hop and Indietronica, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 44 connections around Chillwave. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Chillwave came from and where it led.
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Chillwave connections
Chillwave grew out of Dream pop, Shoegaze, Ambient and Electronic, shares an orbit with wave, electro-R&B, electronic dance music and electronica, went on to shape Dream pop, Vaporwave, Synthwave and Lo-fi Hip Hop. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
What influenced Chillwave
Sounds and acts that shaped Chillwave.
- Dream popgenre
- Shoegazegenre
- Ambientgenre
- Electronicgenre
- Alternative dancegenre
- Trance musicgenre
- Nu-discogenre
- Space Age Popgenre
- Downtempogenre
- Ambient technogenre
- Synthwavegenre
- Dub technogenre
- Indie Dancegenre
- Downtempo Popgenre
- Melodic housegenre
- Electro popgenre
- ambient popgenre
- Indiegenre
- Deep housegenre
- Future bassgenre
- New Age Musicgenre
- Loungegenre
- Ambient Musicgenre
- Lounge-popgenre
- Exoticagenre
- Easy Listeninggenre
- worldbeatgenre
- Future Garagegenre
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