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signalwave

signalwave noun: a microgenre of vaporwave; its visual aesthetic centers around the lo-fi, nostalgic, and often uncanny experience of channel surfing through 1980s and 1990s television broadcasts.

Noun

signalwave (uncountable)

  1. A microgenre of vaporwave; its visual aesthetic centers around the lo-fi, nostalgic, and often uncanny experience of channel surfing through 1980s and 1990s television broadcasts.
    • Signalwave has always reminded me of my dad, and of death, and there is such a powerful energy in these projects that stood by my side day in and day out for almost a year straight; I was listening to nothing but this specific melancholic corner of the Signalwave music genre.2020s, Pad Chennington, “The Mysterious Music Genre of Signalwave”, in Vapor95, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025
    • The world of Signalwave and its music has always had a visual side. I wanted to contribute to it in a different way with a focus on a period of time, the commercials, tv and more that we get from the genre. This book is pure Signalwave for the eyes2020 February 28, John Riselvato, A Book of Visual Signalwave, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026

Origin of signalwave

From signal + -wave.

Questions about signalwave

What does signalwave mean?
Signalwave means a microgenre of vaporwave; its visual aesthetic centers around the lo-fi, nostalgic, and often uncanny experience of channel surfing through 1980s and 1990s television broadcasts.
What part of speech is signalwave?
Signalwave is a noun.

Words near signalwave in the dictionary

  1. signalplexes
  2. signalpost
  3. signalposts
  4. signals
  5. signals intelligence
  6. signalwave
  7. signalwoman
  8. signalwomen
  9. signare
  10. signares
  11. signaries

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