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

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

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2024

When the hypnagogic lullabies of Julee Cruise started leaking out of David Lynch’s metaphysical soap opera “Twin Peaks” in 1990, the border between make-believe and the real world felt more porous than usual.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2022

“I’ve always had a lot of hypnagogic experiences, dreamlike experiences that have fascinated me for a long time,” she says.

From Scientific American • Dec. 9, 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