signals – NewRetroWave – Stay Retro! | Live The 80's Dream! https://newretrowave.com Stay Retro Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:16:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 https://newretrowave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-10906530_846941002018082_8508920941385779369_n-1-32x32.jpg signals – NewRetroWave – Stay Retro! | Live The 80's Dream! https://newretrowave.com 32 32 Retro Recap – February 2021 https://newretrowave.com/2021/03/03/retro-recap-february-2021/ https://newretrowave.com/2021/03/03/retro-recap-february-2021/#respond Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:00:08 +0000 https://newretrowave.com/?p=32092 Brace yourselves, retroheads, it’s that time of the month again. In yet another unwelcome and unexpected turn of events, February of 2021 will sadly have gone by bearing the mark of a grand musical chapter laid to rest. Electronic music’s masked superheroes will have retired with an immaculate legacy at the heart of a mystery destined to forever stay whole.

February will have also been marked with the end of Dreampunk’s pioneering Dream Catalogue Label, who closed shop right after sharing a treasure chest full of outstanding records by promising newcomers and seasoned scene veterans alike. For slick outrun and Synthwave enthusiasts, LAU will have dominated this month with her debut album Believer, whose catchy tunes will have you yearning for the day these songs will finally get a chance to hit the stage. For those with the spare time to dig and dwell into the Bandcamp’s dizzying depths for some postmodern, non-euclidian music, February proved to be a fairly interesting month. Vaporwave is still alive and weird, as you’ll certainly listen to find out in this month’s curated selection. Enjoy!

Top Picks

LAU – Believer

(Aztec Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

Natsukime – Ikigai

(Self-Released)

Stream on Bandcamp

Twin Galaxxies – Imminent Reversal

(Pure Life)

Stream on Bandcamp

CRYOSAUNA – Grid Failure

(No Problema Tapes)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

John Carpenter – Lost Themes III

(Sacred Bones)

Stream on Spotify

Fury Weekend – Signals

(Fixt Neon)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Niky Nine – Black Sharken

(Lazerdiscs Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Yoshimi – 11 Pieces of Fragmented Memories

(Dream Catalogue)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

空手王 – IKARI​​-​​蒸気波LP III

(Karate King Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

Eulalie – A Day at the Videodrome

(Dream Catalogue)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Singles & Honorable Mentions

Daria Danatelli (feat. Vincenzo Salvia) – Не Забуду / Io Non Dimentico

(Sunlover Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

Formula 2080 – Cassetter

(FixT Neon)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Electric Youth – Modern Fears (Pilotpriest Come True Edition)

(Sony)

Stream on Spotify

 

FNKY NGHT – LOVE STORIES VOL.2

(Virtual Sound System)

Stream on Bandcamp

WDE – Codex

(Dream Catalogue)

 

Stream on Bandcamp

Hong Kong Express – L.Y.F.

(Dream Catalogue)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Tito Machete – Sindrome di Standa

(Power Lunch)

Stream on Bandcamp

Sun Corp – Replacement

(No Problema)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Sport 3000 & Waterfront Dining – StarTour Agencies

(My Pet Flamingo)

Stream on Bandcamp

POPCULTR – 2021LIVE

(Pacific Plaza Records)

Stream on Bandcamp

 

Eccodroid – Dematerialize

(Business Casual)

Stream on Bandcamp

]]> https://newretrowave.com/2021/03/03/retro-recap-february-2021/feed/ 0 Fury Weekend drops new album ‘Signals’ https://newretrowave.com/2021/02/19/fury-weekend-drops-new-album-signals/ https://newretrowave.com/2021/02/19/fury-weekend-drops-new-album-signals/#respond Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:02:10 +0000 https://newretrowave.com/?p=31782 Less than two years since Escape From Neon City, Belarusian retrowave artist Fury Weekend is back in business with a fresh full-length album up on the digital streaming shelves. This time around, the Minsk-based producer has teamed up with no less than eight guest collaborators to send your senses into neon hyperspace: Jordan Cox, Essenger, The Anix, Yann Zhanchak, Robin Adams, King Protea, the Voicians and Scandroid have all joined the party and lend their voices on what may well be Fury Weekend’s most ambitious release to date.  The album also includes a synthed-up Ozzy Osbourne cover song and closes off with a musical homage to online gaming personality Dr.DisRespect.

Signals is now available on Bandcamp and Spotify.

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Gamer
Smoke
Signals EP







Gamer,
hailing from New Zealand (the country that has royally bought us
Lorde) have released their second EP “Smoke Signals”.

Stylistically,
as their name implies, Gamer sits at the 8-bit, retro video game end
of the musical spectrum. Drums are suitably simple and rigidly
programmed and the songs are economically constructed. Tracks have
names like ‘Quest’, ‘Turbo’ and ‘Maximum Pursuit’ – these guys like
their video games and the music that goes with it!

The
“Smoke Signals” EP features four tracks. Opening with the
title track, a slow-paced, synth-washed affair that could easily
close-out the end credits of a movie.
‘Winners
Take All’ is high-energy game music that implies you are about to
play a level that involves some quick thinking and sharp skills. Are
you ready to do battle on this special stage, race the track and take
down the opponents in the process? Here we go! The track also
features what sounds like a retro motocross commentary in part.
Next
up is ‘Zeros and Ones’. This is a more conventional sounding ‘song’
with a nice big polysynth sound (presumably a Roland Juno). Adding a
vocal to this song could work well and would turn it into an catchy
pop track.
Closing
the EP is ‘Maximum Pursuit’ which ramps things up. Your challenge is
to catch the offenders (or be caught as the case may be). The music
sets up the scene and even if you crash and burn at least the music
will soften the humiliation of defeat!

One
thing to mention about Gamer is that they also create retro ‘pixel
art’. This results in some excellent visuals to accompany several
of their tracks in the form of animated music videos. The animation
is excellently done in a retro, 8bit video game style. These videos
have an underlying twisted sense of humour with a bizarre range of
ideas and characters – aliens, the Pope, fast cars, guns, medical
experiments…It’s freak out time! The clips are well worth checking
out as they show what Gamer is really about – music and visuals.

Overall
a “Smoke Signals” is a solid follow-up EP to their
self-titled debut. Geographically it is an important release from a
country which is not known for producing a lot of electronic music.
Maybe a Gamer remix of a Lorde track is in order then, or one of
their pixel art music videos – Lorde being dissected by crazy aliens
would really be something!
Gamer
on Bandcamp: http://gamer.bandcamp.com/

Check
them out as “SpaceFader’ on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceFader?feature=watch


Written by
Andrew B White
www.andrewbwhite.com
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