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
Synth Wave
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
Com Truise Has Worn Out Five Akai Controllers on Tour
The Akai APC40 in front of him on stage is the sixth one. The previous five were destroyed by touring, which is the kind of... Read More
Perturbator Put His Sixth Album Out on a Metal Label
Look at who reviewed Age of Aquarius. Kerrang gave it four out of five. Metal Hammer gave seven out of ten. Rock Hard gave eight,... Read More
Kavinsky Has Died and Left Synthwave Two Albums
Vincent Belorgey was found dead at his apartment in Paris on the evening of 28 July 2026. He was fifty. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened... Read More
Carpenter Brut Closed an Eight-Year Trilogy With Leather Temple
A darksynth album that opens on a church organ is telling you something before the first drum hits. Ouverture (Deus Ex Machina) runs one minute... Read More
Four Versions of One Hook on What I Should See by Peter Agyagos, and How to Hear It 
The Suno Sound and Where It Went on To Pa Dentro, a Latin Pop Ode to the Buffet 
The Hook That Comes Back Three Times on twirl by honni, and How to Hear It 
The 80s Drum-Machine Sound and Where It Went on Feels Like Heaven by MΛDLY