Glad you like it! Been listening to these guys since last year and am happy to have found them. Harbor is such a great tune.
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Synthwave-Retrowave # 80s Neon music thread
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Glad you like it! Been listening to these guys since last year and am happy to have found them. Harbor is such a great tune.
Listening to Leather Teeth. Super dislike the vocal tracks. The other ones aren't bad. But so far it doesn't have the punch of his other stuff, which is what drew me to the music.
My fav synthwave album is Dangerous Days by Perturbator without a doubt. I'm also really into the EP's Irving Force released.
Here's no one seems to know about but is up there with the best this scene has produced in terms of songwriting and melodies:
D/A/D - The Construct
The Midnight and Carpenter Brut are currently my top 2 artists so I'd say anything from them. EP II from CB is the goat and Nocturnal from TM.
TRILOGY-Carpenter Brut
FURI OST
Out of Body-Dance with the Dead
Near Dark-Dance with the Dead
Days of Thunder-The Midnight
Magnatron
Payback-Street Cleaner
Sunset Blood-Starcadian
Perturbator - Uncanny Valley, Sexualizer
Carpenter Brut - Trilogy
Le Matos - Join Us
ALEX & Tokyo Rose - Akuma
The Midnight - Endless Summer, Nocturnal
FM-84 - Atlas
Trevor Something - Trevor Something Does Not Exist, Synthetic Love
The new Brut is great. Production values are just insane, it's so well mixed. Hard to pick a favorite, I'll go with Monday Hunt as the guitar/drums make it a killer.
Another good album out is from new guy Specimen #153. Some hard hitting tracks and guitar licks.
https://specimen153.bandcamp.com/album/specimen-152
Another good album out is from new guy Specimen #153. Some hard hitting tracks and guitar licks.
https://specimen153.bandcamp.com/album/specimen-152
I will definitely be bumping "Beware The Beast" while I am out on a kil...shopping spree. Yeah, shopping spree.
I appreciate that Beware The Beast is so overwhelmingly cheesy that it shouldn't work, but it's so earnest in its efforts that it ends up being completely brilliant.
I've listened to the album like 7 times now at this point and it's keeps growing on me. Didn't love track 2 at first (putting a vocal track that early in the first place just struck me as odd) but I really enjoy it
I've listened to the album like 7 times now at this point and it's keeps growing on me. Didn't love track 2 at first (putting a vocal track that early in the first place just struck me as odd) but I really enjoy it
So this just showed up on my youtube front page. Album sounds fucking amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dAW-yH4GAo
The track Sunday Lunch (07:30) has clear inspiration from Mega Man 2 right? I keeping hearing bits and pieces from Airman's or Bubbleman's stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dAW-yH4GAo
The track Sunday Lunch (07:30) has clear inspiration from Mega Man 2 right? I keeping hearing bits and pieces from Airman's or Bubbleman's stage
OGRE doesn't seem to get a lot of play. Mostly because I'd say his stuff is more atmospheric/thematic than others in the genre so perhaps has less "hits". But I think 195 is a masterpiece of that sub-genre within Synthwave.
https://ogresound.bandcamp.com/album/195
Pengus has been a long time favourite of mine, his stuff is very unique in feel and sound. Possibly not everyone's cup of tea, it's more upbeat and fluid but stylish.
https://soundcloud.com/pengus/death-valley
https://soundcloud.com/pengus/krung-thep
He also teamed up with Phaserland and Matt Kwid for TEK, on which his sound comes over very prominently in tracks like https://soundcloud.com/tek-synth/pengus-shiny-morning
That occasionally happens to me on Amazon. I just chat customer support and they instantly restore it.
Source: https://ironskullet.com/2018/02/26/album-review-carpenter-brut-leather-teeth/
I strongly disagree with this review.
From the end of the review:
It seems he was determined to hate it from the start, no matter how good or bad it was.
I highly recommend the moody synthpop of Mecha Maiko.
https://newretrowave.bandcamp.com/album/mad-but-soft
Possibly my favorite album of the genre since Gunship.
(the featured track is not among the best or most representative, start from the beginning instead)
https://newretrowave.bandcamp.com/album/mad-but-soft
Possibly my favorite album of the genre since Gunship.
(the featured track is not among the best or most representative, start from the beginning instead)
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Leather Teeth vinyl is available for pre-order on Amazon US.
https://www.amazon.com/Leather-Teet...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1519788463&sr=8-3
https://www.amazon.com/Leather-Teet...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1519788463&sr=8-3
I've had enough of people comparing Leather Teeth to The Trilogy.
Trilogy is three seperate EPs spanning 4 years. Let's be honest, each EP varied in quality.
Comparing Leather Teeth to three EPs (as if they are one album) is like comparing Inception to Nolan's Batman Trilogy.
Trilogy is three seperate EPs spanning 4 years. Let's be honest, each EP varied in quality.
Comparing Leather Teeth to three EPs (as if they are one album) is like comparing Inception to Nolan's Batman Trilogy.
https://megahammer.bandcamp.com/track/midnight-victimizer
New track from an upcoming album releasing in May. More punchy darksynth for the thread
New track from an upcoming album releasing in May. More punchy darksynth for the thread
Alright, I understand you like the album but the comparison is fair regarding his style in trilogy vs now. I'm not a fan of him, I'm a fan of his style choice of music and while I understand his style will and can change, that doesnt mean I have to like the new stuff and a lot of his fans dont either. Take it back a notch.
Like many others before me already said, excellent thread. I've discovered Synthwave for myself at the end of last year and been going down a rabbit hole ever since. Carpenter Brut was the initial spark (because I fell in love with the Furi soundtrack) and is still one of my absolute favs, over time I realized the more futuristic/harsher stuff appeals far more to me than the straight up 80's pop-synthwave (also most of the vocals are too cheesy for me). Therefore artists like GosT, Dan Terminus or Perturbator are on heavy rotation here, also I enjoy acts like Fixions, Street Cleaner and Tommy '86. Thanks to this thread I've just discovered Nightstop and Starfounder, which seem to be right up my alley.
Anyway, here are two artists/tracks I haven't seen here so far and that I really appreciate:
Kick Puncher, which released their pretty cool debut at end of last year:
And a song from Turboslash, especially their last EP (named EP II) is amazing:
Anyway, here are two artists/tracks I haven't seen here so far and that I really appreciate:
Kick Puncher, which released their pretty cool debut at end of last year:
And a song from Turboslash, especially their last EP (named EP II) is amazing:
I am going to be seeing Carpenter Brut on the 10th of March here in Berlin, definitely looking forward to it. It should be awesome I think!
Turboslash is indeed excellent.
Didn't know Kick Puncher, sounds amazing, thanks for posting.
Strongly disagree. This isn't about forcing or convincing anyone to like LT.
Ill elaborate. Take EP1 for example. This has two of Brut's worst tracks to date. But when you pretend the Trilogy is an original album, and not a compilation, those two bad songs are not weighed the same.
Also, each EP has it's own arc, it's own highs and lows. Roller Mobster is meant to be an opening track, not the 7th. The Le Perv is meant to end an EP, not to be track 6. There's so much nuance that is lost when we pretend Trilogy is an album and not a compilation.
When I discovered Brut, I made a point to purchase and listen to each EP separately. So I can enjoy those arcs, the order of the songs, and even the album art work, as intended.
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Lucy in Disguise just released a new album and from what I've heard so far it's another brilliant piece of work from a very talented artist.
https://innerworksrecords.bandcamp.com/album/unknown-frequency
If you like Synthwave that's chilled and dreamy but features heavy bass synths this one's for you.
https://innerworksrecords.bandcamp.com/album/unknown-frequency
If you like Synthwave that's chilled and dreamy but features heavy bass synths this one's for you.
Interestingly Tonebox and Lucy In Disguise do a lot of collaboration. Tonebox goes in heavier with the nigh-on dubstep bass but they definitely have a crossover
Ok, cheapest I can find is What Records
https://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/81742.htm
Anyone know this site? Trustworthy?
Loads of other places (that I've never seem to have heard of) are selling Leather Teeth for much cheaper than the Carpenter Brut site =/
EDIT: Sorry, dp
https://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/81742.htm
Anyone know this site? Trustworthy?
Loads of other places (that I've never seem to have heard of) are selling Leather Teeth for much cheaper than the Carpenter Brut site =/
EDIT: Sorry, dp
Less than 16 GBP with free shipping: https://www.dodax.de/de-de/musik-cd...enter-brut-leather-teeth-vinyl-dpJ76FN88R79P/
I've bought from them a ton, sometimes it takes a few weeks to arrive, but they have some insane prices.
Sidenote, I preordered Non Paradisi day one, but just cannot get into that new GosT stuff. I'll wait for the full album to make a decision.
Also, for anyone who missed out on the new Teel, a PO for the 2nd press is up: https://teeel.bandcamp.com/album/overtime
While I still like what he puts out, I have to agree with you. There's something missing after Behemoth and I can't put my finger on it (probably because I don't know much about music).
I'm going to echo the above 2 posts as well on Possessor :/
Wish I hadn't pre ordered the vinyl unseen >_<
Wish I hadn't pre ordered the vinyl unseen >_<
Definitely better than the first two (which are just a mess IMO), but still suffers from subpar production and a reliance on heaviness over solid songwriting.