Synthwave music has emerged as a captivating genre that transports listeners back to the nostalgic sounds and aesthetics of the 1980s. Drawing inspiration from the electronic music of that era, film soundtracks, and retro futurism, synthwave has gained significant popularity in recent years. This article aims to explore the origins, evolution, and cultural significance of synthwave music.
Here is our ultimate review about a concert of one of the most powerful bands of the dark side of Synthwave, Carpenter Brut. For the first time in what seems like forever the band has arrived in town with his band. Manchester is one of the best hot spots for gigs in England and when the news of Carpenter Brut playing at Academy 2 broke it was a no brainer to buy a ticket. This tour accompanies the recent album Leather Terror which features the likes of Gunship, Greg Puciato, Persha plus others. There was only one support act on the night in the name of Sierra championing from Lazerdiscs Records.
We all knew Louis La Roche for his excellent tracks & remixes honoring House Music, Garage and Deep House. But for our happiness, he follows the 80s way with his first single « Some Way » of his next album. A very nice Synthpop travel with an excellent vocal performance of the artist. We present you the track and his official video. Enjoy!
The Terminator’s score is not something that is overlooked in the slightest. Brad Fiedel’s themes convey the right cues needed for James Cameron’s masterpiece. The sound of industrialized horror in the sequence in which the T-800 confronts the gang of punks and the grimy mood of the T-800 sticking a scalpel into its eye in a hotel room in “Terminator Arrival”, the sound of urgency to escape certain death via Uzi 9mm in “Tunnel Chase” and the sound of fate being created in “Love Scene.” The theme which has been as important as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s casting in the film, though, is “The Terminator Theme.” The Terminator has many influential components which breathed life into the synthwave scene, though a few of these artists dared to rework the actual theme. Here are a few: Read more
As usual for this last Day of December, we present you our ranking of 20 Synthwave Tracks that released throughout 2021, a tough year for sure. However, the creativity of confined artists has been very beneficial in composing a lot of sonic wonders, with a multiple genres of Synthwave Music like Synthpop, Chillwave, Outrun, Cyberpunk, Darksynth & Acidsynth. Then, we bring out this Perfect Playlist to celebrate as best as possible the New Year with a great Retro Synthwave style. Log in to your SPOTIFY account, connect your phone to your connected speaker and turn up the volume. Press the Play button, don your best Sunglasses and ENJOY this powerful PLAYLIST… Here we go!
A new video has been released from the <re>set project with a song called Deadly Moon that is collaboration between musicians Christine and Zadig. These are a series of videos which explores music being created in an environment that is not directly aimed at the public where music isn’t accessible. It’s a unique project which will continue to explore numerous themes as it continues to run throughout.
This is we have all been eager for to be very true and that the one and only Kavinsky has just released a brand new song called Renegades. The Godfather of Synthwave has caught us all by surprise with Renegades with Cautious Clay on the vocals. It’s also produced by Gaspard Augé, a member of JUSTICE and Victor Le Masne from Housse de Racket. Its the first song and video to be released in 8 years and we look to see how we’ll it holds out.
The French Synthwave duo Blazergrad have released a music video with a ton of 80’s movie references for their track Kremlins, released on Police Records.
Synthwave Queen NINA has come back with another brand new single called ‘Gold Heart’, ready for us to perk our ears up and take it in those good vibes.
Here is an overview of our new video project RETRO SYNTHWAVE TV. A Youtube channel inextricably linked to the site’s universe whether it’d be from a sound point-of-view presenting the best of Synthwave music or from a visual perspective showcasing the unique talents of various graphic artists from all over the planet. In addition, we will be presenting cinematographers inspired by the 80’s and retro-futurist game developers. All our content is carefully curated and is always rights approved and cleared by all the relevant parties before it goes online. If you would like to know more about our plans, please keep reading. Read more
