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Generaction X – Forget Me Tango

Andrew Zistler — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:55:14 +0000

Diving into the 90s is Generaction X’s “Forget Me Tango,” a smokin’ hot new release from holoJamz records!

An expert mix of house, italo disco, and synthwave, “Forget Me Tango” is an album in-between decades. The bandcamp page reads “Inspired by 1990’s TV, Malls, Arcades, Discotheques and Fashion Shows,” however much of this album seems to reside in the late 80s as well.

Acting like a time capsule for that turn-of-the-decade feel, “Forget Me Tango” swings through a variety of influences from synthwave emotions to future funk fantasies and into house and disco dance hall ground pounders. This album has a bit of everything for everyone – but all with high quality production and nailing the unique design from an interesting and short-lived time.

Grab a listen here!

Staring At Screens – Room

Andrew Zistler — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:57:11 +0000

One of Trevor Something’s side projects, Staring At Screens, has just released a truly remarkable full-length album, “Room!”

The previous Staring at Screens album grabbed our hand and pulled us down into a glitched-out, frenetic, and glossy world of sex hotline samples with “Fantasy Hotline,” but this Staring At Screens release feels more cohesive and thought-out. The tracks on this album feel like much more than a concept – in fact, this is one of the best releases I’ve heard from Trevor in some time!

Instead of diving more into glitch as I expected, here Staring At Screens has taken a brilliant right turn into House and Techno territory with quite a few tracks on “Room,” and it’s an absolutely fantastic. Melding elements of synthwave, futurefunk, and dance music has created an amazing new monster all it’s own – really fantastic stuff.

Really – don’t miss this one – Grab a listen here!

Jamatar – Spacesounds

Joey Edsall — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:22:24 +0000

You will know within the first 20 seconds of “Gravity”, the opening track of Jamatar’s Spacesounds is an EP that you will love or skip. It straddles the line between being a heavily chiptune-influenced synthwave album and a heavily synthwave influenced chiptune album. Chiptunes aren’t for everybody, and people can sometimes write off any aspect of that genre quickly. That’s a shame though, because there isn’t a second on Spacesounds that isn’t fresh and infectious.

The debut EP by the Australian artist is at it’s most impressive when it is using the same Gameboy source to create interesting textures and layer them. “Gravity” does this masterfully, mixing warmer, rounder tones with the more brittle, distinctive video game sounds we are all accustomed to. “Singularity” follows by doing much the same. While filled with layered melodies, the song is more subdued and chilled out. It is more house-oriented than the other tracks, but the wash of nostalgic sounds manages to keep it from sounding overly repetitive.

“Dead Space” sees Jamatar channeling darker atmospheres that wouldn’t be out of place in an old Metroid game, but with Final Fantasy sounding melodies, if that makes sense. It is an overtly chiptune song, without as much of the synthwave influence. The next song, “Asasamu” is a highpoint of the EP and brings back the retro-synthwave feel with full force, blending it with a little bit of that the house music vibe of “Singularity”. It is ultimately a track showcasing most of Jamatar’s strengths as an artist.

“Space Sounds” and “Unity” close out the EP, making it one of the few releases that is bottom heavy, as opposed to top heavy. Many artists put their best songs in the beginning of releases, but the three longest, and by far strongest Jamatar tracks occupy the back half of the EP. If you are on the fence about it, start from “Asasamu” and work your way to the end from there. It’ll be interesting to see if Jamatar continues along the path of synthwave composition in a largely chiptune format, or if we blends more into that distinct Gameboy-generated sound. “Unity” implies that it could be more of the latter, and that makes me really excited for this artist’s future releases.

Spacesounds by J▲M▲T▲R

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JORDAN F PREPARES TO DROP HIS GEM OF AN ALBUM!!

NewRetroWave — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:24:00 +0000

Jordan F is expected to release his highly anticipated album this year. Not too much can be given away s of yet, but prepare for extremely solid production and captivating melodies.

Also expect exclusive tracks from Jordan’s album to be uploaded to NRW soon

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DAFT PUNK GETS THE ULTIMATE REMIX! – EPIC WORK!

NewRetroWave — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:44:00 +0000

JUST LISTEN TO THIS HOTNESS!

MAJOR SHOUT OUT TO SPINA RAFFAELLE ON THE BUTTONS!!

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THIS WEEKS FREE DOWNLOAD IS …

NewRetroWave — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:37:00 +0000

NONE OTHER THAN

SFERRO

“WETWARE COMPUTER”

THIS EP IS A STANDALONE MASTERPIECE IN THE 80S CHARTS RIGHT NOW. ALL SUCH UNIQUE AND PERFECTLY BLENDED TEXTURES OF EACH TRACK ALLOW THE LISTENER TO FULLY SOAK IN THE SFERRO VIBE.

NO COPYCATTING HERE…ALL GREAT ORIGINAL SOUND AND EXECUTION!!

LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD FOLKS!!

Wetware Computer by Sferro

NRW

GIORGIO MORODER TALKS DAFT PUNK

NewRetroWave — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:13:00 +0000

AS DAFT PUNKS ALBUM RELEASE DRAWS CLOSER, MORE SONGS HAVE STARTED TO LEAK AND MORE INFORMATION ON THE MUSIC IS BEING REVEALED.

GIORGIO MORODER WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PRODUCERS IN THE 80’S (ESPECIALLY IN DISCO), AND DAFT PUNK MANAGED TO GET TO WORK WITH HIM ON THIS NEW ALBUM!!!

FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN’T SEEN THE FIRST EPISODE OF THIS SERIES

VIEW IT HERE

PREORDER HERE

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/random-access-memories/id617154241

FUTURECOP DROPS A HOT VIDEO TO “THE ONLY WAY”

NewRetroWave — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:28:00 +0000

THE ORION 80S PICTURES WAS A HOT INTRO…

CHECK OUT THE FULL VIDEO BELOW