A relatively niche and outsider genre. Related to synthwave and vapourwave, but distinct from both. It stems from CIS countries which emerged out of the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
Tunes of this genre are slower-paced than synthwave, closer to chillwave or dreamwave, and have a 1980s influence present, alongside reduced bass and an aim for a more specific sound compared to other genres. Frequently, Sovietwave tracks also have excerpts spliced in. These excerpts come from a variety of sources, but chiefly they come from Soviet politicians' speeches, popular radio and TV shows, or Soviet cartoons. The aim of such excerpts is strictly to increase the nostalgia factor of such tunes, evoking a sense of a lost dream of spaceflight, a utopian Soviet society, or Soviet futurism in general, and not to send a pro-Communist/Soviet political message.
Tunes of this genre are slower-paced than synthwave, closer to chillwave or dreamwave, and have a 1980s influence present, alongside reduced bass and an aim for a more specific sound compared to other genres. Frequently, Sovietwave tracks also have excerpts spliced in. These excerpts come from a variety of sources, but chiefly they come from Soviet politicians' speeches, popular radio and TV shows, or Soviet cartoons. The aim of such excerpts is strictly to increase the nostalgia factor of such tunes, evoking a sense of a lost dream of spaceflight, a utopian Soviet society, or Soviet futurism in general, and not to send a pro-Communist/Soviet political message.
I came into Sovietwave expecting Soviet propaganda, but left with something else than Soviet propaganda - something much better.
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(note - edited to provide a more accurate definition of what Sovietwave actually is)
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While most of the other definitions on this topic are technically correct, none of them attribute the joke to its originator, Yakov Smirnoff, an actor and standup comedian who is pretty recent and also still alive.
I can't believe the contributors to this definition were so stupid that they think a joke by a comedian who was incredibly famous during the late 80s and is still very famous is actually a joke that just "comes from the internet"!
I can't believe the contributors to this definition were so stupid that they think a joke by a comedian who was incredibly famous during the late 80s and is still very famous is actually a joke that just "comes from the internet"!
In soviet russia, contributors to internet sites probably know what they're talking about, because they don't here.
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In America, you can always find a party, but in Soviet Russia, the Party finds you!
In Soviet Russia, cold catches you!
In Soviet Russia, cold catches you!
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Xenophon's girlfriend bitched him out Soviet style.
Milton was just hammered by a Soviet style tackle!
Xenophon's girlfriend bitched him out Soviet style.
Milton was just hammered by a Soviet style tackle!
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