It has been an honor to watch the synthwave genre grow and evolve over the past few years. We are continually astounded by the sonic innovation our community shows - and 2023 has been no different! There's a touch of every subgenre of synth in
Once every few years an album comes along that reminds me of why I started writing about music the first place. “Wavefinder” – the astounding collaboration between Sferro and Makeup and Vanity Set (MAVS), is definitely one such album. On the face of it, you wouldn’t
Makeup and Vanity Set and Sferro’s latest album “Wavefinder” is simply astounding. It drops today at 12pm ET / 9am PT over on Stratford Court Records. We’ll have a full review out later – but for the moment you’re just going to have to trust
Those having caught up on the fourth season of Stranger Things might have overheard a short but sweet new track signed by Nashville’s in all things Synthwave. Late last month, Makeup and Vanity Set released a couple of tracks under the name Sentinels. The otherworldly
Top 10 Synthwave EPs of 2022 10. Night of the Dark Prince by Jessie Frye Night of the Dark Prince EP by Jessie Frye 9. Youth by ALEX Youth by ALEX 8. Resurgence by Lyde Resurgence by Lyde 7. My Soul Burns As My Consciousness Is Uploaded Into The Virtual Afterlife by
April has been a busy month for the Synthwave scene. With Bandcamp Fridays gaining bigger traction every month and most countries growing rife with promising hopes of live concerts making a comeback, it seems like this fruitful month is but a taste of the glorious
One week ago, news of Daft Punk’s separation spread at lightspeed across the Internet, marking the end of a grand chapter in electronic music. Whereas the current music scene sees most artists withering into irrelevance beyond a three-year wait between releases, the sudden end of
10. Waveshaper - The Disk Hunter The Gothenburg Synthwaver takes us on a night cruise through a majestic technopolis. Listen to The Disk Hunter 9. Powernerd - Destroy to Create Powernerd suits up in chrome battlegear and delivers an action-packed EDM-meets-Synthwave EP full of electrifying basslines and punchy beats. Listen to Destroy
Honorable Mentions Dan Terminus – Feral [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJti6_oiR1A[/embed] Danger – 04:42 Still Free [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i9hpysvjnU[/embed] Jean Frais – Touch [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aenu1RIBdwA[/embed] Korine – Cruel [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQ5JLY_LmM[/embed] Top 10 Retrowave Music Videos of 2020 10. Trevor Something – Can You Feel it? [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWKVKGxOCzg[/embed] 9. Meteor & Magic Dance – Ready to Fight [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qpY8S5wors[/embed] 8. LeBrock – Interstellar [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oZizivLk70[/embed] 7. Jessie Frye ft.Timecop1983 – Faded Memory [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-l1ijtRoo[/embed] 6. Mecha
Scheduling releases must be a tough undertaking when you’re an artist as prolific as Makeup and Vanity Set. With his last full-length album Endless Destiny on Bandcamp since September 25th, the Nashville Synth-bandit has dropped yet another release titled Tesseract. Created in collaboration with Art
Through directly addressing the topics of depravity fueled and safeguarded by online anonymity, Makeup and Vanity Set’s music video for ‘Algorithm’ is a gorgeous piece of work that is bound to shake up and disturb viewers. Directed by Justin Hopkins and Saman Kesh (who previously
With his new album release right around the corner, Makeup and Vanity Set just dropped a new music video for his latest single “Algorithm”. Centred on a conversation between a human and chatbot, the video makes a dark, daring descent into the depths of human apathy
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