Category SynthWave

Mar 29 2012

Flash Arnold’s ‘Back Then’

Flash Arnold

Here’s a sweeping new tune from Finnish SynthWave producer Flash Arnold.

‘Back Then’ mixes things up a bit. Flash Arnold drops quite a few elements into the mix. From the Italo bassline, to the Jan Hammer-esque keys and the soaring SynthWave solo, the man puts together a rich, emotive track with an impulsive energy and a lead line full of contemplation. ‘Back Then’ conjures the best of hammers Miami Vice work and gives it a dancefloor kick in the arse. Oh, and woodblocks!

♫ Flash Arnold – Back Then

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Mar 29 2012

Futurecop! reMix Foster The People

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Futurecop! mare back in the mix with this, their version of Foster The People’s ‘Don’t Stop (Color The Walls)’.

The first thing you notice about the track is the rapid fire Italo, almost EBM, bassline. A first for Futurecop!, but gives the track a driving energy. This soon gives way to a big, dirty Electro chorus full of chainsaw synths. The Birmingham SynthWave duo have given the track a euphoric dancefloor working over that builds and builds with layers of growling electronic until the tension breaks and the good times roll.

♫ Foster The People – Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls) (Futurecop! reMix)

‘Don’t Stop (Color The Walls)’ is out now,

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Mar 27 2012

Airwolf reMixes Parachute Youth

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Australian SynthWave/Disco.Indie-Electro producer Airwolf has been a bit quiet of late, but come storming back with this huge reMix of Parachute Youth’s ‘Awake Now’.

‘Awake Now’ was the B-side to Parachute Youth’s insanely catchy ‘Can’t Get Better Than This’ and Airwolf turns it into a big retro floorfiller. Building the track around some huge synth stabs Airwolf takes the track in mew 80s directions making the track suddenly take on a Rockwell-esque vibe but reMixed for 2008, Big Electro for any era!

♫ Parachute Youth – Awake Now (Airwolf reMix)

‘Awake Now’ is taken from Parachute Youth’s ‘Can’t Get Better Than This’ EP, out now.

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Mar 27 2012

Awkoder’s ‘Nightrain’ reMixes

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We featured Awkoder’s moody ‘Nightrain’ earlier in the month, a evocative, atmospheric Italo tinged SynthWave tune.

Now there’s three reMixes of the track for you to relive the stormy highs of two weeks ago. Frenchman Tommy ramps up the excitement factor with driving drums and laser blast synths. Tommy’s attention grabbing reimagining of the track is full of nervous energy and makes the perfect partner for the brooding original. Protector101’s mix brings things back to the dark clouds vibe of the original but adds a touch of his own deep synth work with some particularly bright lead lines and twisting, amazing, solos playing against the dark moods of the track. Michael Brun’s Lueur Verte project takes the tune straight to that strange place where retro synth music and hair metal meet at the movies for a ‘Fuck Yeah’ moment of fist pumping.

♫ Awkoder – Nightrain (Tommy reMix)

♫ Awkoder – Nightrain (Protector 101 reMix)

♫ Awkoder – Nightrain (Lueur Verte reMix)

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Mar 27 2012

Pleasure Cruiser‘s ‘One Of Our Submarines Is Missing’ Mixtape

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BREED Podcast 16 – Pleasure Cruiser‘s ‘One Of Our Submarines Is Missing’ Mixtape = Rex The Dog is hosting his latest BREED night on 6th APril alongside residents Pleasure Cruiser, who continue the warm up with this 45 mins of pulsating Electro beats and robotic grooves.

♫ BREED Podcast 16 – Pleasure Cruiser‘s ‘One Of Our Submarines Is Missing’ Mixtape

The tracklist:

01. Girls On Top (Whitney Houston Vs. Kraftwerk) – I Wanna’ Dance With Numbers (Richard X Bootleg)
02. Terry ‘Housemaster’ Baldwin  – The Bitch Is Naggin’ Me
03. Mayday – Nude Photo ’88
04. ISE8 – When Adam Plugged His Fender (DJ Version)
05. Spektrum – Freakbox (Losoul reMix)
06. Tiga & Zyntherius – Sunglasses At Night
07. Databass The Son Of Cybotron – Basic Terminology
08. Model 500 – Night Drive
09. ISE8 – From Cheetham Hill To The Cass Corridor (DJ Tool)
10. Thomas Dolby – Submarines (Ricardo Villalobos reMix)

Rex The Dog hosts the next BREED party on the 6th April at the Dalston Superstore, details here.

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Mar 27 2012

Cinnamon Chasers’ reMixes

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So, Cinnamon Chasers’ ‘the Day That Never Came’/’Warm Rush’ reMix competition has drawn to a close, we’ve already featured Mr. Mæn’s and Lameboy Advance’s reMixes but while we await the winner to be announced let have a listen to some of the highlights so far.

We’ve by no means had the opportunity to listen to every single entrant, but here are some of the tracks that have stood out to us in out browsing of what’s on offer. Collins, unsurprisingly, turns in a top quality synthesiser workout with layers of retro electronic and does a really good job of creating a mood with his use of sound. Norwegian outfit seipä, have entered a massive sounding ElectroPop version of ‘The Day That Never Came’ that is pure synth euphoria. Jason Kid, winner of the Monsieur Adi reMix cometition, delivers a warm SynthWave track in his ‘Warm Rush’ reMix while Croatian act Senzorz drop some live ElectroPop with walls of arpeggios.

♫ Cinnamon Chasers – The Day That Never Came (Collins’ Kiss The Abyss reMix)

♫ Cinnamon Chasers – The Day That Never Came (seipä reMix)

♫ Cinnamon Chasers – Warm Rush (Jason Kid reMix)

♫ Cinnamon Chasers – The Day That Never Came (Bexx Senzorz Last Minute Rmx)

‘The Day That Never Came’ is out now.

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Mar 26 2012

Final DJs’ ‘Inversion’

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Final DJs. Always releasing tunes late on Fridays after we’ve shut up shop for the weekend!

So, while we’re all still waiting for the German master’s début EP release on On The Fruit the guys keep dropping storming track after storming track and ‘Inversion’ is a massive, pounding monster of a track. It’s a mid-tempo, slow burning tune that builds and builds into a wall of synthetic melody. What’s so immense about this track is the way the relentless driving beat juxtaposes the playful lead lines, and the whole atmosphere if the track being quite otherworldly. In the last two years Final DJs have consistently impressed and consistently improved upon themselves. With tracks like ‘Inversion’ they are really pushing the boundaries of what they can do, and consistently nailing it.

♫ Final DJs – Inversion

Check out more from Final DJs on their SoundCloud.

Mar 23 2012

Daroc’s ‘Psychodio’ video

Yesterday we introduced you to Daroc’s amazing return in the form of his new EP.

Today, check out the awesome video for ‘Psychodio’ directed by Alden Volney, it’s retrofuturetastic!

Daroc’s ‘Destination’ EP is out now.

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Mar 23 2012

New track from Follow Me

Follow Me

New York SynthWavers Follow Me are back with another new track, between Follow Me and Guy Zalaxy they’re like a Dreamwave machine these days!

‘Doomsday Device’ is a mid-tempo grinder. Built upon layers and layers of lush synths, it’s an optimistic sounding track but with an undercurrent of adversity in there. The droning synths that make up the bassline acting as a wall of oppression which the shining lead lines lift the track up from. Follow me are doing a good job these days of creating real narrative tunes, and ‘Doomsday Device’ definitely has a story to tell.

♫ Follow Me – Doomsday Device

Check out more from Follow Me on SoundCloud.

Mar 22 2012

Daroc’s new EP

Daroc is back! It’s been a while since we heard anything from the French SynthWave producer and even longer singe we wrote about him (years in fact). But he’s just dropped a brand new EP, and it was worth the wait.

From the opening BladeRunner synth sweeps of ‘Initial’, the first track, you know you’re in for a full on Sci-Fi synth experience. The track soon kicks into a Post-Italo Electro masterpiece, driven along by an appreciated bassline the track layers neon soaked electronics and haunting melodies thick and leads into ‘Paychodio’, a track that exists at the place where Moroder and Tangerine Dream meet to record the soundtrack to a dystopian metropolis.It really shows off why Daroc is regarded so highly by many of the top electronic music producers in France, Kavinsky, Jupiter, Gaspard Augé to name a few. ‘Escale’ slows things down and lest Daroc show off his skills for creating moods and atmospheres with electronics. A peice that is beautiful and a little scary, ‘Escale’ is a nice interlude in the ‘movie’ that is ‘Destination’. The original tracks come to a close on ‘Sea Steria’, a majestic track with an almost baroque feel built on cosmic sweeps and piercing melodies. The EP rounds off with three reMixes, the best of which comes from John Lord Fonda and old school electronic rumors illumni 4TrackZ and Mmmattias who all bring some big Electro dancefloor sensibility to the tracks. I’m gonna’ go ahead and say this is one of my favourite releases of the year so far, and it’s highly recommended.

♫ Daroc – Initial

♫ Daroc – Psychodio

♫ Daroc – Escale

Daroc’s ‘Destination’ EP is out now.

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