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Post-nightcore, also known as nightcore revival, is a genre spawned by /mu/ in 2016 that uses nightcore elements in non-traditional ways (speeding up songs far more than normal, distortion and noise, sound collage elements, unusual samples, and all sorts of other subversive editing tricks.) The first wave was tightly knit, /mu/-based, and mostly died away the same year it began, although some artists stayed active for years and several remain at large. In the time since it's birth and death as a 4chan meme genre, it has become something quite different and cross-pollinated with other experimenal online scenes in an ongoing flow of bandcamp-based plunderphonics creativity. It is in many ways similar to the early days of vaporwave, if the genre never caught on and remained an oddity among internet weirdos. It reminds me very heavily of early vaporwave, metrosong, and deep internet as a sort of holy quadriptych of highly aestheticised, individually creative, subversive but sincere anonymous web music. NOTE: I can think of at least 5 completely distinct nightcore scenes - OG nightcore (2002-2011,) - the "new" YouTube nightcore culture (2011-current) - Soundcloud NXC (mostly 2014-2016 but somewhat ongoing) [README.TXT] - Post-nightcore (mostly 2016, somewhat ongoing) (YOU ARE HERE) - The new tiktok sped up / edits trend [README.TXT] Interestingly, there's very little overlap despite being ostensibly very similar. Very few PC-Music-inspired Soundcloud NXC artists were involved (or seemingly even aware of) the co-existent post-nightcore scene, most people who listen to YouTube nightcore edits know about the existence of the other subcultures (but not the other way around,) etc. They're surprisingly independent and insulated phenomena, created by separate communities in different eras through convergent evolution guided by the universal principle that music just sounds better sped up. For any historians out there, I wasted a day transcribing some first-wave guides ripped from /mu/ archives. I'm sorry.Unfortunately lost this image due to technical difficulties [I used Discord as a file host then deleted the channel.] Will replace when found. Post-Nightcore 2016
[AVAILABLE] Arashi-bu - 終わらないCORE: Oh! What A Nightcore [LOST] forE##/~Ver - BAKABAKADESUCHAN [AVAILABLE] Wato Wato - たわごと-嵐が後に来ました [AVAILABLE] Kyoko-kun - 厳格な肛門刺激 [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - WITH YOU [AVAILABLE] Albums in One Minute - A Love Supreme [AVAILABLE] MC Ryu - Kurōzā [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - March 2nd - April 3rd 2016 [AVAILABLE] ボーイフレンド - A New Kind Of Love [AVAILABLE] Light Syndrome - It's just FiNE day. [AVAILABLE] shy lad :3 - ウォーキング cow [AVAILABLE] Trans Fat - C6H12O6 [AVAILABLE] Terri Howards - Terri Howards EP [AVAILABLE] Plastic Neesound - The Gaga Singles [AVAILABLE] Akarui Gisei Gisei - Akarui Gisei Gisei [FOUND] 泡 - Preliminary Studies (March 11/12, 2016) [AVAILABLE] Nightcore Binaural Beats 2016 - Bird Saw [AVAILABLE] Anomalo - post post nightcore [AVAILABLE] Airashīdesu - Airashīdesu Theme [AVAILABLE] Forefather - Fayum [AVAILABLE] littletinysounds - Forgive me Kabukichō, I Must Leave You Once MoreNightcore Revival / Post-Nightcore [AVAILABLE] Arashi-bu - 終わらないCORE: Oh! What A Nightcore [LOST] BAKABAKADESU-CHAN - Bring me the Night: The Waifu EP [AVAILABLE] Wato Wato - たわごと-嵐が後に来ました I originally planned to transcribe all of these but that's a waste of my limited time on earth even by my standards. However, these are the guides (mostly from the OG 2016 scene) that I scrounged up out of /mu/ archives. I hope they prove useful.Nevermind lol I did it what did you expectPOST-NIGHTCORE YES [AVAILABLE] Kyoko-kun - 厳格な肛門刺激 [AVAILABLE] Arashi-bu - 終わらないCORE: Oh! What A Nightcore [AVAILABLE] MC Ryu - Kurōzā [AVAILABLE] Wato Wato - たわごと-嵐が後に来ました [AVAILABLE] Kyoko-kun - 血液氷 [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - Natural / Receipt NO [AVAILABLE] Light Syndrome - It's just FiNE day. [AVAILABLE] Light Syndrome - Cry Is Over? [LOST] forE##/~Ver - tAAKweYOURpiC/##/ [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - Make Me Feel Just a Tad Bit Weird [AVAILABLE] ボーイフレンド - A New Kind Of Love [AVAILABLE] Albums in One Minute2nd Wave Nightcore Revival Post Nightcore [AVAILABLE] Neocafe - Vivial Girl Jams [LOST] Wato Wato - play [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 / NEOCAFE - Monster Reborn [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - げっこう GUARDIAN ANGEL [FOUND] herm - I Took Nightcore Back EP [AVAILABLE] 農村和平 - 農村和平 [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - Post-Nightcore is Dead? [AVAILABLE] ギー太 - Meditations on ギー太 [AVAILABLE] Plastic Neesound - Hollow [AVAILABLE] Proxy Hornet - Untitled.Post-nightcore, Nightcore revival [AVAILABLE] Wato Wato - たわごと-嵐が後に来ました [AVAILABLE] Terri Howards - Terri Howards EP [AVAILABLE] Albums in One Minute [AVAILABLE] Arashi-bu - 終わらないCORE: Oh! What A Nightcore [AVAILABLE] Light Syndrome - It's not possible [AVAILABLE] Kyoko-kun - experiments EP [AVAILABLE] ボーイフレンド - A New Kind Of Love [LOST] forE##/~Ver - NightHouse [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - WITH YOU [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - Cant Play EP [AVAILABLE] Trans Fat - C6H12O6[AVAILABLE] NEOCAFE - Live From the Nightcore Theatre [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - Nano / Cleaner [AVAILABLE] Plastic Neesound - Fluuu [LOST] $kullDaKidd - Dabbin On Da Haterz [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - Tinted Dreamscape [AVAILABLE] Plastic Neesound - Lost Cause EP [AVAILABLE] Plastic Neesound - Planet Feedback [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - ...is dead [AVAILABLE] andrew-andrew! - its been getting cold recently [AVAILABLE] D☺GH☹USE - TW†L†GHT [AVAILABLE] Plastic Neesound - Hwdm [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - Generative Pop Stars [FOUND] herm - I Took Nightcore Back EP [AVAILABLE] Yuzu - Tell Me LP [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - Music Has The Right To Euthanasia [AVAILABLE] Arashi-bu - 終わらないCORE: Oh! What A Nightcore [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - WITH YOU [AVAILABLE] littletinysounds - Forgive me Kabukichō, I Must Leave You Once More [AVAILABLE] Terri Howards - Terri Howards EP [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - Post-Nightcore is Dead? [AVAILABLE] Neocafe - Vivial Girl Jams [AVAILABLE] Plastic Neesound - NIGHTcorePOP [AVAILABLE] Wato Wato - たわごと-嵐が後に来ました [AVAILABLE] Yuzu - Tell Me LP [AVAILABLE] Trans Fat - Monkeys [AVAILABLE?]Kyoko-kun - Kyoko-kun (guessing it's just a name change, since the cover is the same) [AVAILABLE] Light Syndrome - It's just FiNE day. [AVAILABLE] ボーイフレンド - A New Kind Of Love [AVAILABLE] Johnny and the Night Cores - Yuri Oddysee [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - NOIR [FOUND] herm - let's take nightcore back EP [AVAILABLE] Akarui Gisei Gisei - Akarui Gisei Gisei [AVAILABLE] Fuuka ASMR - Squishy Moments [AVAILABLE] Proxy Hornet - Untitled. [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - Sickening Display [AVAILABLE] ギー太 - Meditations on ギー太 [AVAILABLE] orangejuice2000 - peacehalls [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 / 歳納さん - Favorite 水 / 歳納さん Split [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 / NEOCAFE - Monster Reborn [AVAILABLE] Plastic Neesound - Hollow [AVAILABLE] Fuuka ASMR - NXCXTC EP [FOUND] herm - I Took Nightcore Back EP [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - げっこう GUARDIAN ANGEL [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - 偽の黒猫 EP [LOST] Wato Wato - play (I could only find this one as a thumbnail since early Desuarchive is spotty, if you have a better version plz email me) Post-Nightcore Essentials [AVAILABLE] Favorite 水 - Sickening Display [AVAILABLE] Clawface - Biodegradable Son [AVAILABLE] Party Members - VGM NXC 001 [LOST] Wato Wato - Wa2 Wa2 [LOST] forE_Ver - L1fe [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - WITH YOU [AVAILABLE] littletinysounds - Forgive me Kabukichō, I Must Leave You Once More [AVAILABLE] ボーイフレンド - A New Kind Of Love [AVAILABLE] shy lad :3 - メープル leaves(I could only find this one as a thumbnail since early Desuarchive is spotty, if you have a better version plz email me) Post nightcore | Nightcore revival [LOST] Wato Wato - Wa2 Wa2 [AVAILABLE] Akarui Gisei Gisei - Akarui Gisei Gisei [LOST] littletinysounds - Ready for Impact (Long Road to Augusta) (Title unconfirmed, might be slightly different) [AVAILABLE] Trans Fat - Monkeys [AVAILABLE] Lebanone - Staples [?????] [AVAILABLE] shy lad :3 - メープル leaves [LOST] PLASTIC NEESOUND - SECOND TIME COMPUTER LIFE (Merged into The Gaga Singles, lost individually)There was also THIS Mega.NZ vault made in 2017/2018 and linked on Plastic Neesound's bandcamp (presumably he ran it) but it's since been emptied, probably in 2019 or 2020. We still have the folder names, which is better than nothing and gives us this map of the scene: [FOUND] Airashīdesu - Airashīdesu EP [AVAILABLE] Akarui Gisei Gisei - Akarui Gisei Gisei [AVAILABLE] Anomalo - post post nightcore [AVAILABLE] Anomalo - Post Post Post Nightcore [AVAILABLE] Arashi-bu - 終わらないCORE: Oh! What A Nightcore [AVAILABLE] Baldramen - Post-Nightcore is Dead is Dead [AVAILABLE] //buttercups - speedlove\\ [AVAILABLE] D☺GH☹USE - TW†L†GHT [LOST] damon - .but how [FOUND] damon - 'art' [FOUND] DJ Poyo POYO - Poyo Mix Favorite 水 [Not gonna list all these since they're all known and accounted for] [AVAILABLE] Forefather - Fayum [AVAILABLE] Fuuka ASMR - NXCXTC EP [AVAILABLE] Fuuka ASMR - Sticky Moments [FOUND] goodnight, sleep tight - Gay but ironically [FOUND] herm - I Took Nightcore Back EP [FOUND] herm - let's take nightcore back EP [AVAILABLE] Johnny and the Night Cores - depressed anime aliens [AVAILABLE] Johnny and the Night Cores - Anime Exhibition [AVAILABLE] Johnny and the Night Cores - Armchair Artist [AVAILABLE] Johnny and the Night Cores - Yuri Oddysee [AVAILABLE] Johnny and the Night Cores - Johnny and the Night Cores [AVAILABLE] Johnny and the Hollow Cores - Hollow 2 [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - germany [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - Is That A Gurren Lagann Reference [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - leftovers and more.zip [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - Lullabies for the Visually Impaired [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - Music Has The Right To Euthanasia [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - other people's music [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - This is NOT (My Beautiful) Nightcore [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - Tinted Dreamscape [LOST] Johnny and the Night Cores - Yandere Flag [AVAILABLE] Jorge - Shifting Blame [AVAILABLE] Kyoko-kun - 厳格な肛門刺激 [AVAILABLE] Kyoko-kun - "no" [AVAILABLE] Kyoko-kun - don't [AVAILABLE?]Kyoko-kun - Kyoko-kun (guessing it's just a name change, since the cover is the same) [AVAILABLE] Lebanone - Staples [AVAILABLE] Light Syndrome - Cry Is Over? [AVAILABLE] Light Syndrome - It's just FiNE day. [AVAILABLE] Light Syndrome - It's not possible [AVAILABLE] littletinysounds - Forgive me Kabukichō, I Must Leave You Once More [AVAILABLE] Machetero - Pal' Piso [AVAILABLE] Machetero - Perreo Emoji Mix [AVAILABLE] Machetero - Rapidito [AVAILABLE] NEOCAFE - ...Is dead [AVAILABLE] NEOCAFE - Live From the Nightcore Theatre [AVAILABLE] NEOCAFE x Proxy Hornet - Peace Out! [AVAILABLE] Neocafe - Vivial Girl Jams [AVAILABLE] NEOCAFE - Your Favorite Professor (Waiting For That Final Moment) [LOST] NEOCAFE - Your Favorite Professor (What's up, Sweetcakes?) [AVAILABLE] Night Master Shade - Weird Music For Edgy People [AVAILABLE] orangejuice2000 - peacehalls [Not including the Plastic Neesound ones bc they're all on the Bandcamp still] [AVAILABLE] Proxy Hornet - Untitled. [AVAILABLE] Rapid Lightclub - RLC Presents: The Cherry Blossom Collection (Volume 1) [FOUND] shy lad :3 - shy lad :3 EP [LOST] Sucide - weeboom [AVAILABLE] Terri Howards - Terri Howards EP [AVAILABLE] Terri Howards - Animal Yokocho [AVAILABLE] Terri Howards - Puppy Cat / Download Hamster (Real) [AVAILABLE] Terri Howards - Selected Terri Works 2016 - 2016 [AVAILABLE] Trans Fat - C6H12O6 [AVAILABLE] Trans Fat - Monkeys [AVAILABLE] Trans Fat - 私は綿の海にキス [AVAILABLE] Vlammende Vlaemsche Memes - Vlaemsche Nightcore Mixtape 2K18 [LOST] Wato Wato - play [AVAILABLE] Wato Wato - たわごと-嵐が後に来ました [AVAILABLE] You Will Never Know The Truth - 731 [LOST] Yuzu - Tell Me (possibly merged into Tell Me LP) [AVAILABLE] Yuzu - Tell Me LP [AVAILABLE] ギー太 - Meditations on ギー太 [AVAILABLE] ボーイフレンド - A New Kind Of Love [AVAILABLE] ロバートフリップ - Fruit Bowl [AVAILABLE] ロバートフリップ - Princess of the Highlands [AVAILABLE] ロバートフリップ - Shide [AVAILABLE] ロバートフリップ - うそ! [AVAILABLE] ロバートフリップ - 楽しいですから [AVAILABLE] ロバートフリップ - 進歩的なポストナイトコア [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - WITH YOU [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - NOIR [FOUND] 歳納さん - NOIR (2017) [AVAILABLE] 歳納さん - げっこう GUARDIAN ANGEL [FOUND] 泡 - Preliminary Studies (March 11/12, 2016) [AVAILABLE] 農村和平 - 農村和平 To the best of my knowledge, first wave post-nightcore had two physical releases; Favorite 水 - Post-Nightcore is Dead (on cassette; I don't have pictures) Favorite 水 - Sickening Display (on CD)(relevant /mu/ discussions) IF YOU HAVE ANY LOST RELEASES OR WANNA TALK POST-NIGHTCORE, ME UP! 3ampersondreaming@gmail.com :3