Fashwave

Fashwave (a blend of "fascist" + "wave") is an online-centric microgenre of electronic music and a visual art aesthetic associated with far-right extremism. Musically, it is largely instrumental and draws heavily from the synthwave/vaporwave sound palette of nostalgic 1980s-inspired synthesizer music. However, in a recent revival, Fashwave have taken more influence from Hardstyle and 90's era Eurodance. In isolation, the sound can seem innocuous or indistinguishable from its synthwave/vaporwave origins. However, fashwave artists infuse the genre with overt fascist and white nationalist content through other means, primarily in titles, imagery, and sampled audio. While vocals are rare, many producers from its early introduction incorporate spoken-word samples from speeches by neo-Nazi figures, or contemporary radical right politicians, as well as militaristic sound effects.