Meanings
- uncountableentertainmentAn often ambient subgenre of vaporwave, featuring heavily-layered and slowed-down samples on top of reverb, phaser effects, and delay chains.
If you’ve ever wanted to hear what nostalgia sounds like when stretched beyond recognition, slushwave is waiting.
2025 February 21, James Krustofski, “What is Slushwave?”, in Micro Genre Music, archived from the original on 10 Feb 20262 more examples
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 2023The 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
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slushwave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slushwave
“slushwave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slushwave. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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