There have been a number of albums described by many in the vaporwave community to be catalysts of sorts for the genre or "proto-vaporwave". These albums include a release from Daniel Lopatin (also known as Oneohtrix Point Never) under Chuck Person titled Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 (shown below, left) and James Ferraro's album Far Side Virtual (shown below, right). Eccojams' music consists of what Lopatin termed "echo jams," where forms of popular music, usually originating from the 80s, are slowed down and sometimes looped repeatedly, similar to that of chopped-and-screwed. Ferraro's Far Side Virtual's themes and style are similar to that of vaporwave, with globalization, internet culture, and a critique of modern consumerist culture along with a music style reminiscent to that of elevator music.
