Das mörtal released a new album, "Always Loved" -- on bandcamp for $10 Canadian. Also streaming on spotify.
I'm liking it, but its cover art is pretty dumb though, not a fan of "oooh sexy naked ladies." style covers. Oh well.
Current favorite track is "Dark Alley Intercourse" (yeah, I know...) -- it has some nice syth lines and a good grove, and also rad oldskool modem sounds as percussion. Overall I like the album but I dunno, it does seem kinda sexist without any subversive/ironic twists like Perturbator has. Not that the lyrics are sexist or anything, on the couple tracks that have them... btw, the one with Ghost Twin has pretty great vocals, which tend to be kinda subpar in synthwave.
I just prefer my synthwave to have themes about like computers and muscle cars and dystopias rather than "I LOVE TO FUCK DA LADIES!" unless it's being self-aware about it. (ie, how "80's Stallone" made a track called "Party At Kitty & Stud's")
But it's really solid stuff, Das mörtal def. produces fun, exciting music!
https://dasmortal.bandcamp.com/album/always-lovedhttps://open.spotify.com/album/1AfVc3caLiISHB5yzSwbLw
― Frobisher, Sunday, 25 June 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
JG Thirlwell (yes, the Foetus guy) has made a synthwave album under the name Xordox; it's coming out next month on Editions Mego. There's one track up on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/editionsmego/xordox-diamonds-emego-240
The whole thing is really good. Much more TD movie soundtrack than 80s video game music, and slightly more ambitious at times than the rest (some of it was recorded at the EMS studio in Stockholm).
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 25 June 2017 23:20 (six years ago) link
yeah, saw that re foetus - no doubt at some point i will order the cd.
in other news : looks like the carpenter brut 'trilogy' set is getting a full release thereby pissing off people who have paid through the nose for their limited vinyl editions !
oh, and you have not see, kung fury, then may i suggest you put aside 30 mins and just enjoy its totally over the top, but clearly synthwave influenced brilliance (scene member, mitch murder is involved in the soundtrack).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg
― mark e, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 07:25 (six years ago) link
no idea if this is the right thread for this, but there sort of a chiptune supergroup record feat Disasterpeace and Alex Mauer out now:
http://music.disasterpeace.com/album/ram-son
mostly 1-2 minute tracks, all of which sound like game themes from the 80s
― Dominique, Thursday, 29 June 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
or 90s really
― Dominique, Thursday, 29 June 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
i once saw dj scotchegg live on his gameboy - is that chiptune ?
not my kinda thing.
― mark e, Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
checked the link : nope, sorry, not for me.and not what i would put in the synthwave vibe at all, but hey, i am sure there are some that would ..
― mark e, Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CXzBlJ7.jpg
I'm listening to Timecop1983 - Lovers, Pt. 2 EP (more like a short album). It's a companion to the same kind of thing called Lovers, Pt. 1. which I guess I slept on...
It reminds me of FM-84 in a lot of ways - but also close to this thing I already said to describe something that also has the same ~vibes~ (in some respects):
I'd describe it as emo-pop of the 00's mixed with the instrumentation and arrangement of OMD's tender/depressio songs.
But more modulated, gated, and padded. Specifically the song, Girls (feat. Seawaves). It's a highlight of the release. Many of the vocals are really good but many of them I could do without, which seems to be what I think about a lot of synthwave vocal tracks. Projects in general seem to be improving in this area; groups are using more professional (or at least interesting) singers it seems. But also, there's plenty of tracks without vocals on this.
It might be my favorite s y n t h w a v e thing of the year so far!
https://open.spotify.com/album/6oHDr7gQEd7ciyWa5gsptXhttps://timecop1983.bandcamp.com/album/lovers-ep-part-ii
― Frobisher, Saturday, 12 August 2017 04:13 (six years ago) link
Nice one
― calstars, Saturday, 12 August 2017 04:26 (six years ago) link
Agree re: vocals
― calstars, Saturday, 12 August 2017 04:28 (six years ago) link
the timecop 1983 album 'childhood memories' is pretty damn good.
― mark e, Saturday, 12 August 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT3qf8uW1hg
This is a good one. This stuff makes me feel like I'm 11 years old again.
― carpet_kaiser, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcZMhwptSrg
This one's really good
― carpet_kaiser, Sunday, 27 August 2017 03:01 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLHlX8A_ReI
Huh, it just hit me that synthwave's a continuation of Italo disco, plus a whole bunch of other stuff.
― carpet_kaiser, Monday, 4 September 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link
i found a bunch of this stuff via youtube, appropriately enough. i am a fan of The Midnight in particular.
with the very on-the-nose 80s movie montages and emo-style singing i sort of thought this was a strictly internet-only phenomenon generally. those two things signified pure shut-in to me for some reason. but here's some live footage! people are into this shit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdsPbdLBKyo
― goole, Monday, 20 November 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
also is it just me or do all these artists have a ton of stuff scattered across a bunch of different youtube accounts? extra confusing and fun.
― goole, Monday, 20 November 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
but here's some live footage! people are into this shit!
yeah US tours by the folks mentioned earlier, are packing the crowds in.and alongside youtube, the main outlet for this stuff seems to be bandcamp.
other names that have i have enjoyed in last few months : facexhugger, dreddd, elevn, and crockett.
― mark e, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 09:23 (six years ago) link
For those compiling your year-end lists, this playlist includes all the available tracks on this thread, organized roughly chronologically in order of mention:
ILM's 2017 Rolling Synthwave-Retrowave-Outrun Thread Spotify Playlist
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
Proud subscriberThanks
― calstars, Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
nice. thought people had got bored and moved on.
please add
etheral delusions version of 'in the air tonight' to the list.deadly avenger : the legacydreddd : motorcycle
― mark e, Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
i approach my 5th decade on the planet but in a position to wear either one perturbator t-shirt, oe a choice of 2 gunship t-shirts.i clearly need to grow the fuck up.
― mark e, Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
nah, dude that's awesome!
― brimstead, Friday, 8 December 2017 01:41 (six years ago) link
I am trying to listen to more of this stuff but the lazerhawk one is good and almost transcends the genre imho
― calstars, Monday, 11 December 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
synthwave vs the festive season :
https://etherealdelusions.bandcamp.com/track/all-i-want-for-christmas
― mark e, Thursday, 21 December 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
I finally made it to that Xordox album in my listening queue and it's fun and recommended for anyone who likes this stuff, especially the John Carpenter soundtrack + homage fans
― mh, Friday, 5 January 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
Xordox ?
― mark e, Friday, 5 January 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
massive vhs glitch bundle for buttons.
https://groupees.com/vhsglitch
currently in process of downloading it all now...
what i have heard i like.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 January 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
Sweet thank you
― June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Thursday, 11 January 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
i suspect that this whole thing will now dwindle away as there really has not been a definitive crossover act/album.yeah, advertising execs will suck up a few of the crew, and there will be a lot of AV syncs that will hopefully pay the bills.but as for a big album that blows the scene up, i think the moment has passed.i mean, even perturbator has moved on.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 January 2018 23:18 (six years ago) link
loving the VHS Glitch collection that i got via that offer earlier.best so far is the MORAL DECAY album.
― mark e, Thursday, 1 March 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
new album by GosT
https://blood-music.bandcamp.com/album/possessor
more variety in the sound design, i.e. its not just one solid slab of distorted synth (of course there is a lot of that style, as thats just the way with GosT).and after i got over the excess of 'garruth', some of its rather bloody good.
― mark e, Friday, 23 March 2018 10:56 (six years ago) link
I really liked last years Occams Laser album.
― Siegbran, Friday, 23 March 2018 10:59 (six years ago) link
i only have Ascension by OL and its very much in the same groove as GosT with a love for over driven synth noise, and yeah, very enjoyable.
― mark e, Friday, 23 March 2018 11:03 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D__6hwqjZAs
has this been linked to here/elsewhere on ilx? it feels like it belongs here.
channel also has Everybody Wants To Rule The World playing in an empty shopping centre and Don't You (Forget About Me) playing in an empty shopping centre, among others
― soref, Friday, 23 March 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
far out.. there's actually a subgenre of vaporwave called "mallsoft" that aims to recreate such atmospheres
― brimstead, Friday, 23 March 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
ok, so its just the standard songs playing in an empty shopping mall (urgh, for a uk'r that very phrase ... ) ?sorry, but, i dont get it.yeah yeah, zombies etc.but ...
― mark e, Friday, 23 March 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQaH3lh-CA4
meanwhile GUNSHIP are back with new material and i love it .. hopefully there is a new album as i still listen to their debut on a regular basis.
― mark e, Friday, 23 March 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
mallsoft in general makes more sense if you think of it as 'ambient' music or whatever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qut4OjmBS0
― brimstead, Friday, 23 March 2018 21:34 (six years ago) link
01. Welcome 0:0002. Lobby 4:0503. Elevator 8:1804. Restroom 12:1605. Abandoned 17:1706. Bookstore 21:5207. Escalator 26:4008. 2nd Floor 29:5409. Food Court 33:5910. Northwest Plaza 38:06
would buy an album with that track listing (hello john carpenter) !
as for the so called mallsoft genre .. nah.
― mark e, Friday, 23 March 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link
https://catsystemcorp.bandcamp.com/album/palm-mall
― big C (calstars), Friday, 23 March 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
blood music is back in action, and pushing the metal vs synthwave groove hard.the aforementioned GoST album followed up by the Hollywood Burns, and MASTER BOOT RECORD releases are now up for grabs.not totally sure re the MBR album as its very metal/vocals at times, but i may succumb.
― mark e, Sunday, 22 April 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link
np: Replicant - The Reckoning. pretty good!
also zoned out to a whole afternoon of 'dungeon synth' which is a whole other thing but adjacent maybe?
― goole, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
link ? and WTF is "dungeon synth".sounds awful.in other news.
this is the best proper synthwave album i have heard in a long time :
https://deadlyavenger.bandcamp.com/album/everyday-is-kill
massive budget production levels as this was made while making crap for high profile tv shows etc.
― mark e, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
ok the vocals are a little silly on the vampire tip:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3kSCSwWkDmGUQeImiOiNnc?si=-VjUNR39TkimE7ybr-ifXA
― goole, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link
here's a whole channel of dungeon synth stuff
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChmm356a5qe1luUsoatAgjA
as with all things bm-related, i have no idea if these guys are nazis! be careful
― goole, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 20:24 (six years ago) link
another impressive bundle for a few quid :
https://groupees.com/synth12
looking forward to hearing quite a few of these albums (scandroid, occams laser, and facexhugger).
― mark e, Thursday, 31 May 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/7osXqK8lh9HmSyi9LY6yq3?si=-tYOIgKZTr-AYY6fqCBNDw
Advisory Circle - be seeing you
― calstars, Sunday, 3 June 2018 02:09 (six years ago) link
dont have spotify, but isn't Advisory Circle Jon Brooks (aka King of Woolworths) ?
oh, and that bundle I linked to recently, turns out it has Richard X involvement.one of the albums is by Nina, and it has the Richard X produced track, Beyond Memory on it, which is very lovely electro-pop vs neon sunsets track.also, the latest facexhugger album, 'sci-fi violence' is a massive step up in sound/production values, so he clearly has learnt a few tricks over the last year.in fact, of what I have heard so far, (scandroid, gregorio franco, meteor, facexhugger, nina, cloud battalion), its a bloody cracking bundle, even better than the last one.and there is more to be unlocked should things go to plan.
― mark e, Thursday, 7 June 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
Enjoying the Midnight today :https://open.spotify.com/track/51gfE7P4Ewjwjab4Xe9HmC?si=LDSQ7N2YQGKqF-CKlbirvA
― calstars, Thursday, 14 June 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link