In 2010 Drive had yet to be released and the synthwave and new retrowave scene had not yet fully matured. Around this time a London-based band called Summer Camp released their debut EP, "Youth." "Youth" was not an attempt at synthwave or retrowave, terms which weren't
After three years of tireless efforts to deliver what is hyped up to be the Retrowave movie experience of a lifetime, Seth Ickerman has recently announced the near completion of their widely anticipated Blood Machines Space-Opera feature. Pitched as a follow up to the jaw-dropping
Budapest-based Quixotic is revving hearts and engines with his debut full-length album, "Flamingo Drive-In!" This release is jam-packed with new tracks and old favorites, brimming to the edge with exquisitely refined retro vibes. Quixotic has been producing synth for years starting around 2011, if not earlier.
Reading and reviewing Spencer & Locke’s first arc was one of those rare joys where a comic shows immediate promise, delivers on that expectation, and still manages to pack a number of stylistic and narrative surprises to make the whole experience memorable in a way
"Voltrana," is the latest smash-hit from the extraordinary Manchester-based Futurecop! A perfect blend of complimentary genres, "Voltrana" is a glossy, ethereal, and ambient masterpiece punctuated by razor-sharp glittering synthpop performances by some of the best in the genre right now - NINA, Computer Magic, Parallels, Siamese
This 1983 underground hit by Profil, "Leb wohl mein Schatz" or "Farewell my darling," is a fantastic blend of Neue Deutsche Welle and Synthpop -a true classic for our first Throwback Thursday! We will be featuring throwbacks - some retro, some more recent - keep
DJ Ten and By An Ion have teamed up to produce "Eternal" - an awesome single featuring chilled out retrosynth sounds and fantastic dreampop vocals courtesy of Alex Gonzales. The 2nd single taken from the forthcoming DJ Ten album We Dream Aloud! Building from a mysterious ethereal vocal track,
Trevor Something – Girlfriend Trevor has always had a talent for creating an authentic homage to the past while exploring his own forward thinking unique sounds. Taking elements from the genre which in the midst of an influential revival whilst also breaking new ground. Girlfriend’s sound is
Timecop1983 - My Delorean (feat. Primo) Tokyo, early nineteen ninety-four. Scrambled and a little more than lost in translation, wandering around the subterranean bars and after hours parties amongst the neon glow. A retro future landscape past and future colliding in the eternal present… Light crashing and
Futurecop! Voltrana Futurcop!’s dreamy sonics flash back to the 80’s melodic-pop-soundtrack-soundscape of your retro dreams. It’s as if they have wandered into a garage sale littered with retro gear from the 80’s, picked up as many authentic retro machines as they can carry and then set about
Bachelor of Hearts is back with "Stay With You," an album close to two years in the works! It's been a while - but Bachelor of Hearts has been hard at work crafting some utterly fantastic future funk/nu disco. The wait has been well worth it,
The king of avant-garde chiptune metal, MASTER BOOT RECORD is back with one of his most ambitious releases yet - "INTERNET PROTOCOL!" This epic amalgamation of bits and bytes is an absolute steamroller of glorious tracks from beginning to end. "INTERNET PROTOCOL" is a wondrous