Genre Case Study No. 3 - Nu Gaze
Nu Gaze or the new wave of shoegaze is a form of alternative rock originating in the 2000s. The genre takes the ethereal heavily effected guitars of the British shoegazing scene of the early 90's (My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, etc.) and combines it with more modern influences from both sides of the Atlantic. The genre is very diverse as certain bands have synth/electronica influences (such as M83) and others have heavier rock elements, but all are united by space-rock guitar textures. Some nu gaze bands are almost identical in musical aesthetic to the originating shoegazing genre, other than by time period and geographic location (e.g. The Radio Dept.) - Wikipedia
Genre Case Study No. 2 - Shoegaze
Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze) is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991. The British music press—particularly NME and Melody Maker—named this style shoegazing because the musicians in these bands stood relatively still during live performances in a detached, introspective, non-confrontational state, hence the idea that they were gazing at their shoes. The heavy use of effects pedals also contributed to the image of performers looking down at their feet (shoegazing) during concerts. The shoegazing sound is typified by significant use of guitar effects, and indistinguishable vocal melodies that blended into the creative noise of the guitars. A lump description given to shoegazing and other affiliated bands in London in the early 1990s was The Scene That Celebrates Itself. - Wikipedia
Genre Case Study No. 1 - Chill Wave
Chillwave is a genre of music where artists are often characterized by their heavy use of effects processing, synthesizers, looping, sampling, and heavily filtered vocals with simple melodic lines. Its musical predecessors are diverse and include the synthpop of the 1980s, shoegaze, ambient, musique concrete and various types of music outside of the Western World. In this case, nostalgia of 80s synthpop is filtered through a distorted lens, re-envisioning the era in a more vague and lo-fi sense. - Wikipedia
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