The Synthwave Thread

[Seasonreaper]

Must admit, I'm one of those guys who's gotten into synthwave in the last couple of years due to Hotline Miami. Whilst I've been a fan of Vangelis and John Carpenter for years (got JC's Lost Themes recently actually, it's so good), hearing all those sweet tunes whilst slaughtering Russian mafia just worked so well for me, so I decided to look further into the scene.

And I found tons to love. Perturbator is likely my favourite of the lot, both Dangerous Days and I Am the Night are phenomenal records and I'm really hyped for Uncanny Valley. I'm impressed with Dan Terminus' work as well, plus GosT's off to a great start. Naturally I bought all of those albums from Blood Music when I realised they were releasing them, although only on CD as I'm not huge into vinyl (not yet anyway, been contemplating it recently, I may well regret not attempting to grab some of those Pert releases). Outside of BM releases, Dance with the Dead, Trevor Something, Magic Sword and Carpenter Brut all interest me, and I'll be looking out for future releases by them. And let's not forget Dynatron, either. Dead Astronauts are also worth a mention, although the Pert remixes are more of interest to me than their original material, as good as it is.

So yeah, synthwave is a relatively new thing, but it's lovely.