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Begotten: The Hushwave Mystery

The strange story of an anonymous, world-weary – and possibly non-existent – vaporwave producer

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Stephan Kunze
Oct 29, 2025
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As a long-time fan of vaporwave, the music and background story of the anonymous producer Begotten (stylized in true vapor fashion as b e g o t t e n 自杀) has been fascinating me recently.1

The key figure of this saga is Dennis Mikula, the lead singer of the U.S. black metal band Ghost Bath. He’s an avid collector of vaporwave tapes, and the founder of Geo…

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