How Synthwave Grew from a Niche ’80s Throwback to a Current Phenomenon
Synthwave began as something of a retro gumbo, pulling from modern house and nu disco and piling in influences from vintage genres like Euro disco and original electro.
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MindMassage’s “Sailing Away” Is a Late Summer Banger and Meditative Chillout (premiere)
The first taste from MindMassage's forthcoming album sees the Manchester producer building on a richly evocative sonic foundation with "Sailing Away".
Com Truise’s Usually-Bright Synthwave Goes a Shade Darker on ‘Persuasion System’
If Com Truise's Persuasion System has a theme, it's the confounding paradox of a planet that is simultaneously more connected than ever and yet fractured in so many ways.
‘Sowas Von Egal’ Shines a Spotlight on the Undergroud German Synthpop Scene of the Early ’80s
The most interesting aspect of Sowas Von Egal is the tracks that focus on the rigid, guttural, tribal yet highly danceable electro-industrial sound that was exemplified by the German DAF and Belgian Front 242.
NightStop Goes Stop Motion With “Under a Killing Moon” (premiere)
Finnish synthwavers NightStop share a new video ahead of the US release of Dancing Killer on Friday.
Who Are Nipplepeople? A Mysterious Croatian Electropop Group
Who Are Nipplepeople? The masked duo behind a string of electropop hits in Croatia, 2009-2018. We survey the group's music.
Onra Offers Up Future Funk, Balearic Beat, Synth Wave Jam on ‘Nobody Has to Know’
Nobody Has to Know by Onra is chill, fun, but it fails to strike as new or improved on anything.
Hollywood Burns Offers a Taste of Upcoming Debut Album via “Scherzo no. 5 in Death Minor” (premiere)
Somewhere between Bernard Herrmann and Bonnie Tyler lies Hollywood Burns.
The Rain Within Increases Focus With ‘Atomic Eyes’ (album stream) (premiere)
Synthwave and synthpop cross seamlessly together on second full-length from Virginia outfit, the Rain Within.
Scandroid – “Shout” (video) (premiere)
Hear Scandroid tackle a Tears For Fears classic in this video premiere.