Mr. Pteez’s ‘Radio Vice’

Russian purveyor of sweet Electro Boogie and SynthWave Mr. Pteez is back. After impressing us a number of times with his combination of rich retro synths and B-Boy beats, and now after a few months of silence Pteez has conjured up a brand new swatch of dreamy synth sounds.

Radio Vice is more traditional SynthWave (if that is even a ‘thing’) than Pteez’s past offerings, but here he shows that when he turns his hand to straight-up Outrun, he’s still got the chops. Pteez’s signature is his deep, warm synths. Everything sounds so hazy and comfortable, there’s no abrasive riffs here, it’s all synth lushness. With a smooth, pounding Italo bassline and filtered claps driving the track, it;s still got the energy level of Pteez’s other work, but here that’s surrounded by intertwining, smoky, lead lines. All too short though.