Tag: synthwave
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Album Review: Paradigm Drift by Michael Vignola
Michael Vignola is an American composer who has had a long career scoring films and television shows. His music is a unique take on ambient minimalism and on his latest album, Paradigm Drift, he explores the spacier side of synthwave. The album will be released on August 12, 2019. As a whole, Paradigm Drift takes…
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An Interview with Finnish Synthwave Producer Ferus Melek
Ferus Melek is a Finnish synthwave producer who creates what he calls “pre-apocalyptic synth music” that has a retro ’80s flair to it. In an emailed interview, we discussed his influences and approach to creating music. We also talked about his latest album We Don’t Belong Here. Karl Magi: How was your passion for making…
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Music Review: Cruise Control (Neon Arcadia feat. Tom Selica)
Cookie-cutter synthwave songs are becoming an unfortunate reality as the genre becomes more popular. People can, if they’re so inclined simply find some drum patches, some synth patches and VSTs and kind of assemble all of the elements into something roughly approximating synthwave. This, thankfully, is not what Neon Arcadia does. Their latest single Cruise…