Why the Mid-2000s Pop Synth Keeps Coming Back on Rebel by Dana Rexx
A Distorted Synth Patch, a Chanted Hook and a Dubstep Drop Built for Outsiders The first thing Rebel by Dana Rexx puts in front of... Read More
Year: 2026
Why the Bedroom Pop Era Keeps Coming Back on ยังคงรอเธอ by NackSgro
A Bangkok Singer-Songwriter Turns Three Thai Words, Still Waiting for You, Into Bedroom Pop Bedroom pop began as a production choice: record at home, and... Read More
The Missing Kick on Imvula by Mphara, and How to Hear It
A KwaDukuza Producer Turns a Song About Rain and Lost Homes Into 3Step Take one kick out of a bar of house music and the... Read More
Metallic Fuzz by Disco Dreams: The Acid Bass Sound and Where It Went
A Cleveland Producer’s Dark-Wave Single Pairs an Acid-House Bassline with Long Digital Strings Metallic Fuzz by Disco Dreams is dark wave built for the dancefloor.... Read More
Fascination by Lakeside X: The Eighties Synth Sound and Where It Went
A Prague Synth-Pop Single Travels Through a Remix, a Harmonium Mix and Three Live Takes Fascination by Lakeside X is the sound of a comeback.... Read More
Chris Harper Hides the Lover in four leaf cLOVER, and How to Hear It
A Two-Minute Summer Pop Single with a Light Afrobeats Groove and a Hidden Word Look at the title before you press play. Chris Harper wrote... Read More
The Two-Voice Weave on Hidden People by Musspell, and How to Hear It
Cluj-Napoca’s Musspell Turn Nordic Folklore Into Dark Synth Pop with Producer Steve Dub Steve Dub produced and mastered Hidden People by Musspell. The Grammy-winning engineer’s... Read More
Why the Chillwave Era Keeps Coming Back on Dreams of Yesterday by Formoe
Formoe, Producer Alf Emil Eik and Singer June Baltzersen Turn Memory Into Slow Synth-Pop Dreams of Yesterday takes its production from the chillwave playbook: atmospheric... Read More
The Coldwave Synth Sound and Where It Went on the STRIDULUM Album Paradigm
Marita Volodina and Arkadiy Berg Steer Silesian Darkwave Toward Melodic Synth-Pop The STRIDULUM album Paradigm gets its synthesizers from Arkadiy Berg, stacked in layers under... Read More
A Madonna Sample Runs Through Troye Sivan’s Party
Troye Sivan in the video for Party The production choice that defines “Party” is a borrowed one: a sample of Madonna’s 2000 single “Music” threads... Read More
Why the Mid-2000s Pop Synth Keeps Coming Back on Rebel by Dana Rexx 
Why the Bedroom Pop Era Keeps Coming Back on ยังคงรอเธอ by NackSgro 
The Missing Kick on Imvula by Mphara, and How to Hear It 
Metallic Fuzz by Disco Dreams: The Acid Bass Sound and Where It Went