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Vapor Talks #8: desert sand feels warm at night

The slushwave purveyor talks about his musical journey and the growth of the scene

Feb 04, 2026
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Slushwave started in the mid-2010s as a subgenre of vaporwave based on slowed-down J-pop songs with ghostly vocals and loads of flanger and phaser effects, pioneered by U.S. producers Telepath and MindSpring Memories.

A second generation of artists started pushing the sound forward during the pandemic. William Hallworth-Cook remains at the forefront of t…

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