hypnagogic

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His bubbling synth creations have been associated with so many microgenres, including hypnagogic pop, vaporwave and plunderphonic, that he’s come to invent some of his own, like his slowed-down, mantra-adjacent “eccojams.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

The music is full of the pillowy synths and muted drums that served the hypnagogic vibes of her last album, Midnights, so well.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

My main experience of it really was in the hypnagogic hallucinations.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2024

People who experience sleep paralysis also will often report hypnagogic hallucinations, or waking up and seeing something from their dream in their bedroom, Barrett said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2021

Its chest rose conspicuously and fell, as if the owl, in its hypnagogic state, had sighed.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick