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On today's menu, we have a special Cyberpunk Universe video for you where we are going
to jump into the dancefloor with neon lights, running away from the cyberpolice or fighting
against megacorporations oppression, the music that sums up the spirit of Cyberpunk 2077
Synthwave
We live in an age of constant revivals and remakes
What makes this genre so appealing again?
The art in the 80s expressed a feeling of oppression due to lack of freedom of speech,
economic depression, and censorship
This decade was a dark age for freedom and a struggle for middle/low classes
Incidentally, now we are living in a very similar situation but changing actors: the
war over information and the control of the internet is now an everyday struggle, either
by control over the information or excess of information
Attempt to control internet privacy
or straight up laws to forbid content
This mix between the advance of technology and the regression of rights makes the subjects
that 80s art talked about relevant again but under a new and technological perspective
Synthwave is a trend that rose in the mid-2000
Although you may know this style also as Outrun, retro-wave or future-synth, you will find
this style very familiar if you are an avid gamer or if you enjoyed films like Robocop,
Alien, Blade Runner, Hellraiser or Friday the 13th
Since mid-2000, there has been an uprising in this movement based on 80s movies and
video games nostalgia
From the booming of retro gaming, books like "Ready Player One" or audiovisual Works
like Drive or Stranger Things have been primordial in this revival
The original soundtrack of both artistic works set an important milestone in the synthwave
movement, making it relevant worldwide and boosting other artists' popularity
Kavinsky, a French artist who took part in the creation of the Drive soundtrack, led
the way to other French musicians like James Kent, known as Perturbator or
Franck Hueso, also known as Carpenter Brut
These artists have something in common besides nationality: their music has a direct link
to the 80s film soundtracks they devoured when they were teenagers
It is important to note that in the late 70s, there was a music genre called Synthwave as
well, featuring artists as Depeche Mode, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis or John Carpenter
Yes, the film director
In fact, he recently released a record with unused ideas from his early movies called
Lost Themes, and I should recommend it to all of you
Now, this genre has embraced the new technologies and the sound they offer it is much more refined
and less "clunky" if that makes any sense
And that's one of the reasons I find more appealing about this genre: the sound upgrade
Musicians have embraced technology, and as result, we have better recordings and better
productions
On top of that, these artists have implemented other styles to their creations, making it
more attractive to people who weren't into this kind of music back in the day
Videogames have an important role in this revival, with games such as Hotline Miami,
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Trials Fusion, Crypt of the Necrodancer or Furi
These games rely heavily on 80s aesthetics and also do their soundtracks, featuring bands
and individuals who are passionate about their jobs… and the neon era
We selected the best examples of this movement for you to start enjoying this awesome music,
and you're going to find a link in the description to the Spotify list called "Synthwawe"
with music from these bands
This French artist was a guitarist in a black metal band back in the day and
now is one of the emblems of this movement
Dark and oppressive environments fused with 80s movie lines and some metal patterns make
Perturbator one of the reasons to dive into this genre
Songs like Sentient or Humans Are Such Easy Prey are two of his best efforts from his
4 albums and numerous EPs since 2012
Being active since 2012, he
has taken part in some video game soundtracks like Furi, Hotline Miami, and The Crew
He has edited 3 EPs with 6 songs each, making it a 6 6 6 reference
He also edited all three EPs into an album called Trilogy, released on 2015
In his music, you can spot metal, disco and
the influence of the horror films of the 80s
Carpenter Brut takes the 80s nostalgia to a new level, mixing different aspects of that
decade with the technological advances of our time to bring us the most dancing, obscure
and enjoyable electronic pieces of this decade
Songs like Turbo Killer, Paradise Warfare, Disco Zombi Italia or
Escape from Midwich Valley
inspired in the works of HP Lovecraft
can be a good example of what this artist is capable of
With no doubt, Brut is the main power behind the synth-wave movement
The Australian duo worked in Blood Dragon and the DLC of Trials Fusion
soundtrack, also heavily based on the Blood Dragon aesthetics, putting the icing on the
cake of a product that transports you completely back to the 80s.
Dan Terminus is not as famous as the previous artists
but his work is definitely worth noticing
His musical landscapes make you enter the entrails of a computer… while dancing surrounded
by blinding lights and thick electronic music
If you don't know him, just check his Reverie EP from 2014 to check out for yourself the
quality of Dan T
American electronic musician,
his work is heavily influenced by the 80s, as you can check listening to songs like Cyanide
Sisters, his most famous track with more than 8 millions hits on Spotify
He released this year a new LP called Iteration and I definitely recommend it to all of you
An electronic musical trio, two of their songs were released as part of Miami
Hotline 2: Wrong Number, In the Face of Evil, an epic 7-minute song that mixes the most
characteristic aspects of the synth-wave movement and a beautiful solo guitar
Just listen to this song and you will be transported to a world of epic fantasy and neon lights
And the song you're hearing hereis in the trailer of Thor Ragnarok, that, by the way, has a
very cyberpunk-ish poster
This duo from Orange County, California was the first band I listened
to when I started with this genre
His LP Shapes, from 2016 features a tasty cocktail of synthesizers, heavy guitars and
obscure and deep sound
Their latest effort, B-Sides from this year, features songs like Venom and I definitely
encourage to give them a chance, because you are going to love them
As a note, they have a remix of Master of Puppets that sounds AMAZING!
This British trio formed in 2010, but it was not until they released Tech Noir that they reached
a wider audience
This song with a LOVELY video clip represents all the nostalgia from the eighties, in a
non-stop-motion video depicting what were the most iconic films of that time
With the help of John Carpenter, they put out one of the best songs of 2016
If John Carpenter thinks they are good…
Who am I to judge that?
As you can notice, the majority of those artists took part on a video game soundtrack
Video games are one of the cornerstones of this new generation and they've been a major
force to make us gamers devour other types of art like books and
music based on video games
You can listen to all these bands via their Bandcamp or Spotify, as they are not mainstream bands,
Internet has been a powerful tool to share their music and get to a lot of people
these are not the only bands in the Synthwave movement, indeed
Dynatron, Zombie Hyperdrive, Daniel Deluxe, Scandroid or Däs Mortal are also important
forces in this genre
I recommend to listen to them all, and for that, as I mentioned before, we've prepared
a sick neon light based Spotify list, so be sure to check out the link in the description
You can also share in the beautiful description
all the bands you know that are not in the list
or you can join our Discord server, where we have a channel only for that.
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