Seapunk

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Seapunk is a subgenre of music, a fashion trend and a design style created online by a small group of social media enthusiasts. Seapunk gained popularity as it was shared, forwarded, and linked across the internet.

Seapunk Music

Miles Raymer of the Chicago Reader describes seapunk music as "a style of music that incorporates bits of 90s house, the past 15 years or so of pop and R&B, and the latest in southern trap rap—all overlaid with a twinkly, narcotic energy that recalls new-age music and chopped-and-screwed hip-hop mix tapes in roughly equal measure.[1]

In January 2012, seapunk made it into international print via Dazed & Confused magazine. Katia Ganfield interviewed Albert Redwine in the article, "Seapunk: A new club scene intent on riding sub-bass sound waves into the future".[2]

In 2013 "Fire for Effect Records" (A subsidiary of Rephlex Records) released "Seapunk" by Ultrademon.[3]

Seapunk digital imagery and use of social networking media

The most popular and emulated example of seapunk imagery is the album art designed by Kevin Heckart for Coral Records Internazionale. The popular Sega Genesis character Ecco the Dolphin is viewed as one of the many '90s pop culture influences on the style based movement as seen in its re-aggregation on popular social network sites like Tumblr or Facebook. One example of this dolphin imagery influence is demonstrated by animation contained in the music video directed by aforementioned graphic designer Kevin Heckart "Yr So Wet 3.0 - Ultrademon + DJ Kiff".[4]

Sharing images on the popular networking site Tumblr is one facet of this new trend. Images featuring neon flashing colors and rotating geometric shapes floating above oceans of brilliant blue or green water flood the pages tagged with a #Seapunk hashtag. This imagery has given rise to new internet sub-genres consisting of similar themes, such as slimepunk and icepunk.[5]


References

  1. ↑ Raymer, Miles. "The Week Seapunk Broke". The Chicago Reader. The Chicago Reader Online. Retrieved 13 April 2012. 
  2. ↑ Ganfield, Katia. "Seapunk: A new club scene intent on riding sub-bass sound waves into the future". 
  3. ↑ "Ultrademon - Seapunk on Discogs". Retrieved 25 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Yr So Wet 3.0 - Ultrademon + DJ Kiff Music Video page". Retrieved 13 September 2012. 
  5. ↑ Detrick, Ben. "Seapunk, a Web Joke With Music, Has Its Moment". The New York Times Online. Retrieved 13 April 2012. 
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