Code Elektro is back with his sophomore album, “WOLF”. This highly anticipated release is a largely down-tempo, ethereal concept album inspired by cyberpunk style science fiction and the Scandinavian countryside.
A few months ago, while on the phone with T.S., the founder of NRW, I was talking about certain trends in avant-garde styles of pop developing in London, and how it would be interesting to see these aggressively experimental musical choices manifest in
The Rise of the Synths is a documentary about the synthwave genre, community, and aesthetic. You can watch the trailer and contribute to the Kickstarter here. The entire project looks incredible, with so many talented and important people from within the scene attached to it, and I
Let's get this out of the way: Atlas is a profound masterpiece of an album done with an almost unfathomable attention to detail. The wait after FM-84's Los Angeles EP from 2015 was rather long but well worth it.
The Summoner is a love letter to the Eighties and the Synthwave scene.
Within about a minute of the first track it becomes abundantly clear that Locus, the debut album by Badlands, is something special.
A blisteringly fast-paced 2D action game where you die in one hit, and every character possesses unique abilities and techniques!
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Lets face it : synthwave, like any genre, has a tendency to become repetitive. Many Producers get stuck in retro stereotypes to the point of cliche, and tend to repeat the same themes, again and again.
I find myself drawn to this type of music and imagery for some pretty obvious reasons; I grew up in the 80’s.
Yes Yes Yes. We hear you guys. One cannot ignore this visual and audio masterpiece.