Isowave

Isowave (Isokyrian: ᛁᛋᛟᚹᚨᚠᛖ, Isowafe) is a subgenre of originating in Isokyria in 2010 around Pvini's Mortivi district. It is characterized by remixing retro songs from the 1980s and 90s while infusing cultural elements unique to Isokyria. Isowave music videos draw on the larger Vaporwave culture by including classical art, use of VCR font, fullwidth text, corporate logos, and vaguely melancholic themes.

History


Goldentrash is often credited with introducing Vaporwave to the Isokyrian mainstream, allowing the development of the Isowave genre. Isowave music saw little attention outside Mortivi (a district within the province of Pvini) until after 2015 with the release of Goldentrash's album "Modern Past". The album the included tracks that 'deconstructed' the consumerist world of capitalism. Goldentrash elaborates: "I'm not a critic of capitalism. I don't advocate for socialism. But I lampoon our culture of consumption. Everything good needs to be made ridiculous".

Since the release of Modern Past, Isowave culture has seen a boom, expanding outside Isokyria and into neighboring cultures, where it has spawned further subcultures of Vaporwave.