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[Extra Sauce]

^^^ I need that game to exist too!

Le Matos - Nightmare Isn't Over (Halloween II rework)

 

[GutsOfThor]

I can't stop listening to this!

Satellite Young- Dividual Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er8iLji--w4&list=PL4eGN0HFaxRU518qkhRILkXFKzNRj5UIq&index=84

 

[t-storm]

Sooo... just found out about Crozet. Did a search, didn't come up in this thread.

80s synth chill wave. I know some of you will love this! Reminds me a bit of M83.

"Before Tomorrow, Nooka"

Youtube: https://youtu.be/k4VPDCMzTVw
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/crozet/before-tomorrow-nooka

"Hold My Weight"

Youtube: https://youtu.be/bKnnmfkG9G4
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/crozet/hold-my-weight

 

[retroman]

Highway Superstar has released a new album!

Tracklist:

1. Cast Away (feat. Dana Jean Phoenix)
2. Deadlock Danger
3. Hunters (feat. Sunglasses Kid & Honey Colonna)
4. Dream Diary (feat. Honey Colonna)
5. Century Club Blues
6. Burn This City
7. Kasumi's Theme
8. Kasumi's Journey
9. Save You (feat. Sebastian Gampl & Miranda Carey)
10. Stalemate Punks
11. Nebular

Bandcamp link: https://rossocorsarecords.bandcamp.com/album/endgame

 

[retroman]

From the people who brought you Synths of Rage and Synth Fighters:

Bandcamp link: http://30thfloorvault.bandcamp.com/album/synthality

I haven't listened to it yet because the music of Mortal Kombat has never really resonated with me, even though I was quite a big fan of the series in the early nineties. Perhaps the addition of some synthwave goodness to the tunes will change that, so I'll check it out soon.

 

[crazyrabbits]

The Groupees Synthwave 2 bundle is up for pre-order. 8 albums for a dollar. 18 hours left.

 

[aku:jiki]

I normally lurk and just take tips from you guys so I'm feeling pretty good about getting to share one for once! New Street Cleaner is out and I've been enjoying it, starts off with a sweet bang after the intro.

http://streetcleaner.bandcamp.com/album/shutdown

The Groupees Synthwave 2 bundle is up for pre-order. 8 albums for a dollar. 18 hours left.

I normally really disliked Groupees' "preorder bundles", since they're almost always crap, but I feel pretty good about preordering this one. Pretty much all of their synth bundles have been at least decent if not downright great.

 

[crazyrabbits]

Synthwave 2 bundle is live.

$1:

Diamond Field - Neon Summer (Maxi-Single)
Meteor - Manhattan 2019
Street Cleaner - Payback
Tokyo Rider - Selected Tapes
(Bonus #1) Diamond Field - This City (Maxi-Single)
(Bonus #2) Meteor - Exclusive Track

$2:

20SIX Hundred - Player One
Confrontational - A Dance of Shadows
Highway Superstar - Take My Time
Timecop1983 - Journeys

I normally really disliked Groupees' "preorder bundles", since they're almost always crap, but I feel pretty good about preordering this one. Pretty much all of their synth bundles have been at least decent if not downright great.

That's what I find too. I usually come across one or two albums that I love.

 

[Carnby]

Guise,

Doesn't Perturbator live in Paris? I hope he's okay.

I just noticed that Brut's Facebook page says "not from paris" in the about section.

 

[Noisepurge]

Guise,

Doesn't Perturbator live in Paris? I hope he's okay.

I just noticed that Brut's Facebook page says "not from paris" in the about section.

Yeah he and Dan Terminus are ok.

 

[jett]

Carpenter Brut's Turbo Killer has to be one of the most badasss tracks I've heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy9r2qeouiQ

 

[NotLiquid]

Death Dream has to be one of my favorite albums this year. While I did expect more of the neon abstraction takes on the 80s tropes that was present in Trevor Something Does Not Exist, he still provided one hell of an engrossing album that's much darker, and Trevor's vocals are still damn dreamy. Had it on repeat all day.

 

[gabbo]

Carpenter Brut's Turbo Killer has to be one of the most badasss tracks I've heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy9r2qeouiQ

Yes it is.
I need to check out more of this Carpenter Brut.
Seeing Zombi live has really brought back my synth love

 

[aku:jiki]

I guess there's some kind of chain reaction going for offering your whole discography at a discount? First got an e-mail that 30th Floor Records were doing it, now Cluster Buster and VHS Glitch are following suit. The 30th Floor deal is uninteresting to me personally, but everything by Cluster Buster and VHS Glitch is a pretty sweet deal to me and I think I'm going to bite.

 

[Noisepurge]

Eurofolks come on up to Manchester next Halloween to see John Carpenter!
https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/39520/chk/3426/

 

[Atrophis]

Eurofolks come on up to Manchester next Halloween to see John Carpenter!
https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/39520/chk/3426/

Oooooh shit. You going?

 

[Noisepurge]

Oooooh shit. You going?

Yeah i bought the ticket already.

But i mean, it's a year from now Dunno what my life situation then will be. It's a 40€ risk-investment. Gotta have the ticket as it will sell out for sure.

Will worry about flights and hotels later. I live in Finland.

 

[Atrophis]

Just got a ticket. Might see you there

 

[hospitaldriver]

Tickets purchased for the Manchester Carpenter date. The 11 month wait is going to be murder. I never thought I would ever get to see him live

 

[Noisepurge]

Tickets purchased for the Manchester Carpenter date. The 11 month wait is going to be murder. I never thought I would ever get to see him live

Don't jinx it! He is an old man!

 

[dapperbandit]

Don't jinx it! He is an old man!

I'd love to know more about him, saw a picture once and yeah he's been around. Surely he must have produced other music before now under a different name?

 

[Conor_Fool]

El Huervo just announced that he has a LE 100 white reprints of his Turf vinyl, which has 5 tracks on it. It's only nine fookin dollars and less than $5 shipping to the US. I remember seeing a bunch of people on GAF saying Turf was one of their favorite tracks on Hotline Miami, and even if it isn't the art alone justifies the purchase.

Link: https://elhuervo.bandcamp.com/album/turf-single

P.S. Don't be greedy, just get one for yourself so other fans have a chance.

 

[AoM]

I've been listening to Carpenter's Lost Themes for the past week. So good. Wish I had found these earlier. Another thing to make the wait for DWTD's album easier.

 

[Extra Sauce]

I'd love to know more about him, saw a picture once and yeah he's been around. Surely he must have produced other music before now under a different name?

Not sure if serious but just in case, John Carpenter is a legendary director from the 70's/80's/90's who scored his own movies.

 

[Noisepurge]

El Huervo just announced that he has a LE 100 white reprints of his Turf vinyl, which has 5 tracks on it. It's only nine fookin dollars and less than $5 shipping to the US. I remember seeing a bunch of people on GAF saying Turf was one of their favorite tracks on Hotline Miami, and even if it isn't the art alone justifies the purchase.

P.S. Don't be greedy, just get one for yourself so other fans have a chance.

22$ for a single 7" is just too much.

hate the generic Priority Courier shipping on Bandcamp for 7" records to Europe... can't they just slip them it in an envelope and ship it for 5$ :E

 

[dapperbandit]

Not sure if serious but just in case, John Carpenter is a legendary director from the 70's/80's/90's who scored his own movies.

I was talking about Carpenter Brut.

I may have misread the original post.

 

[reptilescorpio]

El Huervo just announced that he has a LE 100 white reprints of his Turf vinyl, which has 5 tracks on it. It's only nine fookin dollars and less than $5 shipping to the US. I remember seeing a bunch of people on GAF saying Turf was one of their favorite tracks on Hotline Miami, and even if it isn't the art alone justifies the purchase.

Link: https://elhuervo.bandcamp.com/album/turf-single



P.S. Don't be greedy, just get one for yourself so other fans have a chance.

Ouch, $20 postage here :/

 

[TedNindo]

I'm really liking this a lot.

https://priusansich.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-voltage-almanach

 

[retroman]

Another fun compilation album was recently released by NewRetroWave:

Tracklist:

1. Forêt de Vin - Lifeline
2. Vincenzo Salvia - Extreme Pizza Power
3. VHS Glitch - Iron Pumper
4. Robert Parker - Hardbody
5. Freeweights - Lightweight
6. Phaserland - To Be Strong
7. Dream Fiend - Adrenaline
8. Tape Loader - Work That Body!

Bandcamp link: https://newretrowave.bandcamp.com/album/newretrowave-presents-maximum-burn-ep



Let's keep this thread alive, fellow synth lovers! What are your favourite albums, EPs and/or songs of 2015?

I'll start:

Favourite album: Waveshaper - Exploration 84

Favourite EP: Carpenter Brut - III

Favourite song: Sebastian Gampl - Without You

 

[kami_sama]

That is a difficult task.

There were too many good albums released this year.
Behemoth - Gost
Exploration 84 - Waveshaper
Wilderness - Makeup and Vanity Set
Gunship - Gunship
Trilogy - Carpenter Brut (Should it be considered an album?)

But I think I'm going for Wilderness - Makeup and Vanity Set, I love the theme and the similarities with some of the IDM I listen to.

For the EP, I'm going with Destryur's Endurance.

And for the individual track, Tech Noir from GUNSHIP's album.

 

[dapperbandit]

.

You have good taste!

 

[kaiju]

Because it's my favorite album of the year and I forgot to post it when it came out:

Pilotpriest - W/W/D/K/F

 

[TedNindo]

I`ll be seeing Carpenter Brut in Antwerp, Belgium on the 22nd of Januari. Great to finally see some synthwave artists starting to show up locally.

 

[Blitzhex]

2015

Favourite album: Timecop 1983 - Reflections

Honorable mentions: Makeup and Vanity Set - Wilderness || Gunship - Gunship || Trevor Something - Death Dream



Favourite EP: Tommy '86 - Disco Machine EP

Honorable mentions: Robert Parker - Cardinal EP || Destryur - Endurance EP




Favourite song: GUNSHIP ft.Martin Grech - Black Sun on the Horizon

Honorable mention: Block 35 - Secret Police

 

[t-storm]

My album of the year was:

My favourite track and track of summer '15 is "Revel in Your Time (MN84 RMX)"

Runner up tracks for this year for me were:

"Celestial" by Kalax & Femmepop

"Summer Love" by Trevor Something

 

[cj_iwakura]

Does the Kung Fury OST count? Yum.

 

[aku:jiki]

I need to get much better at checking albums out at home... I have so many things lying around that I haven't even heard yet. Just bundles alone has left me with most of Timecop1983's discography and I don't think I've ever heard one song from them yet.

So my album of the year is Gunship because it was the one I can remember listening to the most. Y'all are crazy, though, the best part of the album is clearly the 1-2 punch of Shadow Fury and Pink Mist. I can loop those two tracks for the rest of my life.

One thing that stood out for me is a negative award... I nominate Power Glove's EPII as the "WTF, I waited years for this?" release of the year.

 

[Noisepurge]

still waiting for that VHS Glitch vinyl to drop tomorrow to give out best of 2015 rankings!

 

[SJRB]

VHS Glitch - Land With No Future just released.


It's AWESOME.

 

[GhostRidah]

VHS Glitch - Land With No Future just released.


It's AWESOME.

VHS Glitch has really kicked it up in the last year, I mean he was always good but damn hes great now.

That album is kickass.

 

[AoM]

Favorite album this year:

Favorite song is probably Turbo Killer from Brut's EP III.

 

[Mandelbo]

I don't know if anyone's posted this album yet, since it came out earlier in the year, but I found Cytherea Somniare last week and I absolutely adore it. Really dark, haunting soundscapes here, very cyberpunk-y. For some reason Chamber Song sounds like it's straight out of Super Metroid to me!

 

[Noisepurge]

one more killer album for the end of the year deliberations

Dubmood's new one is out, mainly consisting of unused Hotline Miami 2 tracks,
https://dubmood.bandcamp.com/album/force-de-frappe-data045
http://open.spotify.com/album/74w7d97unBKnXv4Fronhvw

(also out on vinyl, cd & cassette)

 

[TheHollowNight]

I actually finally got round to finishing one of my tracks, well, it needs mastering and some drum fills and little things to spice it up, but I'm pleased with it! Let me know what you think!

https://soundcloud.com/axionmusic/solstice1

I've been listening to a lot of HOME whilst working on this, so it's much more chill than my normal output.

 

[DukeBobby]

Wilderness by Makeup and Vanity Set is my favourite this year. I've not listened to much this year, though. I've probably missed out on some incredible stuff.

Also, I can't believe I get to see John Carpenter perform live next October. I'm giddy with excitement.

 

[Blitzhex]

This deserves some goddamn freaking money. Buy it.

Ornaments by Sferro

https://girlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ornaments
https://soundcloud.com/girlfriendrecords/sets/ornaments-by-sferro

 

[Extra Sauce]

Favorite album is a tie:

Makeup and Vanity Set - Wilderness

Gunship - Gunship

Favorite tracks include Black Sun On The Horizon and Hand in Hand from the above two. I'm also tempted to go through my SoundCloud "likes" and make a list as I've once again discovered many wonderful individual tracks there this year.

Favorite compilation:

Retro Promenade - Vox Populi 3

 

[SJRB]

Some new albums:

Run Vaylor - Metropolis; 10 heart pulsing inner city future techno tracks reminiscent of 80s and 90s influenced anime and futuristic sci-fi akin to Blade Runner. [The link to Blade Runner is a bit iffy, but it's a nice album nontheless with an awesome cover]

Retro Promenade - It's Christmas Time Mr. Falcon; Here are 10 tracks of Christmas themed retro synth & synthwave, from a super radical cast of characters, ready to be the perfect soundtrack to your holiday parties.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

Hi all,
great thread! i love 80's.

one track i keep listening to is Jan Hammer's Miami Vice for an episode called "Forgive Us Our Debts" that was never on the soundtrack. audio's was ripped from the show.

thanks for letting me share =)

 

[cptodin]

Some new albums:



Retro Promenade - It's Christmas Time Mr. Falcon; Here are 10 tracks of Christmas themed retro synth & synthwave, from a super radical cast of characters, ready to be the perfect soundtrack to your holiday parties.

3. Jaunter - Carol of the Bells
4. Who Ha - Merry Christmas To Me

Those two are my favourites. And the amazing cover