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slushwave

slushwave noun: an ambient subgenre of vaporwave, featuring heavily-layered and slowed-down samples on top of reverb and phaser effects.

Noun

slushwave (uncountable)

  1. An ambient subgenre of vaporwave, featuring heavily-layered and slowed-down samples on top of reverb and phaser effects.
    • I know there are undiscovered parts of slushwave, but I can’t tell you what that is until someone makes it, if that makes sense. Someone has to come up with a really cool, radical idea. I’d like to see more experimentation in signal wave slush and future funk slush, for example.2022 August 20, Tori-Lynne Davis, “An interview with slushwave artist desert sand feels warm at night”, in Bearded Gentleman Music, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2023
    • The king of slushwave, desert sand, provides. Desert brings their classic blend of sample-free slushwave with this track that effortlessly whisks the listener to a higher state of being.2023 August 5, Zack, “Review Berry Nice!: A Review of “Berry Aesthetic” by Berry good records”, in Utopia District, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2026

Origin of slushwave

From slush + -wave.

Questions about slushwave

What does slushwave mean?
Slushwave means an ambient subgenre of vaporwave, featuring heavily-layered and slowed-down samples on top of reverb and phaser effects.
What part of speech is slushwave?
Slushwave is a noun.

Words near slushwave in the dictionary

  1. slushiness
  2. slushing
  3. slushing up
  4. slushpile
  5. slushpiles
  6. slushwave
  7. slushy
  8. Slussen
  9. Slusser
  10. Slussers
  11. slut

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