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  • S1 · E12
    Yesterday · 38 min

    Episode 12 - Dana Jean Phoenix

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Dana Jean Phoenix is a Toronto synthwave singer-songwriter and musical theatre actress whose self-described "retro electro cabaret" pairs a powerful, theatrical voice with bright 1980s pop. She's also lead singer of the Juno-nominated funk band God Made Me Funky and one of the synthwave scene's go-to vocalists, with solo albums from Drrty Shooz to Megawave and collaborations with Sunglasses Kid, Timecop1983, Perturbator, and many more. - You're Not Alone (feat. Sunglasses Kid) - 0:01 - Summer Breakup (feat. Sunglasses Kid) - 5:12 - Nightvoid (Original Mix) - 9:02 - Le Mirage - 13:22 - Dreams - 19:14 - Genesis - 25:10 - A Thousand Lives - 29:20 - Flame - 33:54 Artist links: - Dana Jean Phoenix - Bandcamp: https://danajeanphoenix.bandcamp.com - Dana Jean Phoenix - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/dana-jean-phoenix - Dana Jean Phoenix - Website: http://www.danajphoenix.com - Dana Jean Phoenix - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danajeanphoenix - Dana Jean Phoenix - X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/danajeanphoenix - Dana Jean Phoenix - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danajeanphoenix - Dana Jean Phoenix - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0XXvmAHHzCFNx5p2-HaqGA - Sunglasses Kid - Bandcamp: https://sunglasseskid.bandcamp.com - Stellar Dreams - Bandcamp: https://stellardreams.bandcamp.com - Timecop1983 - Bandcamp: https://timecop1983.bandcamp.com - Nightcrawler - Bandcamp: https://nightcrawler.bandcamp.com - At 1980 - Bandcamp: https://at1980.bandcamp.com - Powernerd (via Seayou Records) - Bandcamp: https://seayou.bandcamp.com

  • S1 · E11
    Saturday · 31 min

    Episode 11 - Way Past Synth

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! 0:01 Droid Bishop — "Color & Data" 4:56 Adeyhawke — "In Memorex" 8:57 Lazerhawk — "Disco Planet" 13:50 Chaconne — "Dreamers" 19:28 Carpenter Brut — "Le Perv" 23:45 Jake Kaufman (virt) — "City Streets 2" 27:20 BLSHS — "Just Wait" Droid Bishop — "Color & Data" Adeyhawke — "In Memorex" Lazerhawk — "Disco Planet" Chaconne — "Dreamers" Carpenter Brut — "Le Perv" Jake Kaufman (virt) — "City Streets 2" BLSHS — "Just Wait" Droid Bishop https://droidbishop.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/droidbishop https://www.facebook.com/DroidBishop Adeyhawke https://soundcloud.com/adeyhawke https://girlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kodachrome-sundae https://www.facebook.com/adeyhawke Lazerhawk https://lazerhawk.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/lazerhawk https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lazerhawk/302433556433458 Chaconne https://soundcloud.com/chaconne https://www.youtube.com/user/studiomilo Carpenter Brut https://carpenterbrut.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/carpenter_brut https://www.facebook.com/carpenter.brut Jake Kaufman https://virt.bandcamp.com BLSHS (27:20) https://soundcloud.com/blshs https://www.facebook.com/BLSHSmusic

  • S1 · E10
    Friday · 58 min

    Episode 10 - Halloween HodgePodge

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Jessy Mach - "The Verdict" - Frederic Faupin of Nice, France; guitar-forward outrun synthwave with rock and metal roots. DRUMxWAVE - "SEVERED" - Jay Cali Calixto of Rochester, NY; Timecop1983's touring drummer, solo vocal synthwave debut in 2025. Hills and Valleys - "Sinister" - Cologne, Germany project (est. 2020); lyric-free melodic synthwave played on about 30 hardware synths. Astral Tales - "Supernova Rider" - Ernesto Bernal of Spain; cinematic story-album retrosynth, creator of the Red Iris Saga. Collins - "Bodies (1988)" - Gary Collins of Ireland; Italo and horror-disco, from the VHS (2024) video-nasty homage album. Miami Nights 1984 - "Server Ghosts (feat. Lazerhawk)" - Michael Glover of Victoria, BC; outrun pioneer and Rosso Corsa Records co-founder. Cursedcable - "The Devil's Son" - SoundCloud-only presence; no bio, real name, or location publicly verifiable. Hideotronic - "Cordyceps" - Eden Wood of Seattle; android-styled synthwave billed as "Depression You Can Dance To." David Hale & YATTE - "Bury It" - Albuquerque producer/percussionist David Hale with Austin's YATTE (Alex Chod); synthwave with yacht-rock touches. Alex Lightspeed - "The Corrupt" - Portland producer, guitarist, and DJ; outrun on Rosso Corsa Records, owner of Pulsar Productions. Matrix Thousand - "House of Thrills" - England, UK; nostalgic synthwave, no real name or bio published. Power Rob - "The Edge of Death" - Rob Bradley of Baltimore; vocal synthwave meets power metal, half of Megatronix. A Battlejuice x Power Rob collaboration. Skylane Drive - "Digital Hex" - New Jersey, on RetroSynth Records; hazy-to-dark synthwave, real name unpublished. Frederic Scarfone - "Piranesi Panopticon" - Copenhagen, formerly the Montreal industrial alias NORAD; Wendy Carlos-style Baroque synth. DAV (davsynth) - "Sonnance" - Identified from the episode feed as davsynth on Bandcamp; no further bio verified. Omitted by the one-hour cap: Gregorio Franco - "STALKER 2025" - Atlanta darksynth artist, purveyor of "Synthesized Terror." DROIDGLOW - "Legacy of Terror" - Lorenzo Figini; darksynth/cyberpunk producer on NewRetroWave. COVENOUT - "Hunter-Warrior" - Russian darksynth via Synthwave Radio; composer credited as Evgeny Tulskih.

  • S1 · E9
    Thursday · 33 min

    Episode 9 - Grooveworthy

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Alberta producer Jon Mussell records as Grooveworthy, making synthwave with a strong sense of humour — action-movie and 80s-cop obsessions run through tracks like Jack Deth, Angel City PD and the Renegade City Rollers series, and he started the Miami Dream Drive parody compilations that became a scene in-joke. He has been a visual artist longer than a musician and did the artwork for his Jet and Danger collaboration single with Vestron Vulture; his later Bandcamp releases include SUN/OCEAN (2015) and HOT PINK. 00:01 — Silent Strike II: Kung Fu Grip VIP (Jet and Danger) 04:46 — Renegade City Rollers 06:03 — Sexy Poolside MILFs mashup (podcast excerpt, as before —no clean master exists) 07:01 — Jack Deth, Angel City PD 12:15 — The Internet (top track, 16,824 plays) 15:49 — GIZA (top track, 11,779 plays) 20:58 — C.O.P.S II: Pandemic Assault (top track, 9,957 plays) 24:16 — Bikini Boulevard (top track, 9,452 plays) 28:46 — DEATHDISCO (top track, 8,180 plays) Bandcamp: https://grooveworthy.bandcamp.com SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mrmollusk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grooveworthymusic X: https://twitter.com/Groov3Worthy

  • S1 · E8
    Wednesday · 27 min

    Episode 8 - Sunglasses Kid

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! About the artist: British producer Edward Gamper records as Sunglasses Kid, making keyboard-heavy, romantic 80s-style funk-pop — vocal-driven retropop steeped in high-school movies and 80s/90s teen culture, mixed with electronic instrumentals played on real instruments. His Unpredictable EP (September 2013), the record this episode showcases, pairs him with vocalists including The Boy & Sister Alma, Leon Monroe and Kristine alongside saxophonist Bret Grace; he went on to Graduation(2017), Sophomore (2020), the Night Life EP (2022) and Internal Affairs(2024). 0:01 Come Back to Me (feat. The Boy & Sister Alma) — official Bandcamp, Unpredictable EP 5:33 Holding On (feat. Leon Monroe) — official SoundCloud 9:26 Class Notes (feat. Bret Grace) — official Bandcamp, Unpredictable EP 13:31 Pretty Girl — official SoundCloud 17:48 Miami Lover (feat. Leon Monroe) — official SoundCloud 21:53 Rendez-Vous Berlin — official SoundCloud Links: Bandcamp https://sunglasseskid.bandcamp.com/ SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/sunglasseskid Website https://sunglasseskid.co.uk/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SunglassesKid X https://twitter.com/sunglasseskid

  • S1 · E7
    Tuesday · 25 min

    Episode 7 - Highway Superstar

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Tel Aviv-based Israeli producer Alex Karlinsky records as Highway Superstar, making playful, danceable outrun synthwave steeped in 80s pop, funk and movie scores — more road-trip party than brooding night-drive. His debut album Take My Time came out on Rosso Corsa Records in December 2013, and his track "Careful Shouting" later featured in the Kung Fury soundtrack (2015). 0:01 Whistling Shurikens — the episode track (podcast closing excerpt, as before) 2:15 Femme Fatale (feat. Highway Superstar) — Perturbator track featuring him, from Perturbator's official Bandcamp (The Uncanny Valley) 7:50 Them or Us — Rosso Corsa Records Bandcamp (Take My Time) 10:45 Splash — his own Bandcamp 15:07 Maximum Performance — his own Bandcamp 18:59 Dialtones — Rosso Corsa Records Bandcamp (Take My Time) Support the artist here... Bandcamp https://highwaysuperstar.bandcamp.com/ SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/highwaysuperstar Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HighwaySuperstar X https://twitter.com/highwaysuperstr YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/HighwaySuperstarTV

  • S1 · E6
    October 25 · 15 min

    Episode 6 - Vincenzo Salvia

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Milan-based Italian producer who calls his music "take-away music" — synthwave, horrorsynth, italo disco and eurodance, built for midnight drives. Auto Radio (July 2013) imagines a 1985 radio broadcast on a journey through Italy; Cinematic Dreams leans soft minimal-piano chillout; Quando il sole sorgerà scored an actual Italian film. His "Italian Gigolo" later appeared in Stranger Things Season 3. 0:01 — "A table for two" (Cinematic Dreams, 4:02) 4:05 — "Cercando" (Quando il sole sorgerà Original Soundtrack, 2:13) 6:18 — "One night in Maratea" (Auto Radio, 4:18) 10:38 — "Suitcase in the night" (Auto Radio, 4:24) Bandcamp https://vincenzosalvia.bandcamp.com/ Website http://www.vincenzosalvia.com SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/vincenzo-salvia Facebook https://www.facebook.com/vincenzosalviamusic Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vincenzosalvia/ X https://twitter.com/vincenzo_salvia YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/VincenzoSalvia

  • S1 · E5
    October 24 · 15 min

    Episode 5 - Protector 101

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Jake Freeman records as Protector 101, named for the security robots of the 1986 horror film Chopping Mall — "a robot designed to protect but gone haywire in a mass slaughter of helpless humans." Dark synth in the 80s sci-fi/horror tradition, soundtrack-like pieces packed with sound design; Hunter's Journey (March 2013, Aphasia) and Solitary Star (a concept score for an unmade 80s sci-fi film). 0:01 — Hunter's Descent (full track, official Bandcamp stream, from Hunter's Journey) 5:08 — Escape (excerpt from the Beyond Synth episode — no full official master exists for this one, so it's an episode clip, not a full track) 6:12 — Protect the Innocent [2016 Remaster] (full track, official Bandcamp stream, from The Prime Directives [2016 Remastered Deluxe Edition]) 11:15 — L.A. Cop Duo Theme (full track, official Bandcamp stream, from L.A. Cop Duo EP) Bandcamp: https://protector101.bandcamp.com/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/protector-101 X: https://twitter.com/Protector101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Protector101Music YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4C2689BF220B70E8 Email: protector101music@gmail.com

  • S1 · E4
    October 24 · 26 min

    Episode 4 - Who Ha/Modern Knight

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! NYC retro-revivalist Mike Mendoza, who records as Who Ha (now Modern Knight) — 80s/90s-inspired pop that plays it completely straight while the lyrics stay deadpan silly. He started making 80s music on the PlayStation MTV Music Generator back in '97/'98, graduated to FL Studio, and in 2013 put out the Khaki EP and the Out Running single as name-your-price Bandcamp releases. His two calling cards: 'Khaki' ('Look at my pants, aren't they nice?') and 'Out Running,' both built like lost Top 40 hits with Tears for Fears and Rick Astley DNA. He now records as Modern Knight, runs Retro Promenade, and hosts the Vox Populi podcast. The edition (26:37 total) contains: "Khaki" — starts at 0:01 (4:58, full track) "That Thing" — starts at 5:00 (6:00) "Out Running" — starts at 11:01 (5:06) "Over The Top (& Into The Horizon)" (Who Ha & Phaserland) — starts at 16:07 (4:56) "Space Freighter Janus IV" — starts at 21:04 (5:31) SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/modernknightly Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetheWhoWhoHaHa X: @theWhoHa

  • S1 · E3
    October 23 · 20 min

    Episode 3 - Ogre

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! UK composer and synthwave producer Robin Ogden builds imagined soundtracks for films that don't exist — wonky vintage analogue synths, tape loops and spring reverb, recorded hot and gritty. His 2012 album 194 is a love letter to Carpenter, Goblin and Vangelis, and Calico Brawn (2013), the album spotlighted in Beyond Synth's first episode, is its Miami Vice-soaked counterpart, mastered to VHS — its "Shore Thing" became the Beyond Synth theme. He's since scored award-winning games (Actual Sunlight, This Is The Police I & II, Hacknet: Labyrinths), featured in and scored The Rise of the Synths, and was named Electronic Sound Magazine's One To Watch in 2019. "2019" (from 194) — starts at 0:01 "End Credits" (from 194) — starts at 2:25 "The Call" (from Calico Brawn) — starts at 5:12 "All's Well That Ends Well" (from Calico Brawn) — starts at 10:10 "Interceptor" (from 195) — starts at 14:32 "Negotiation's Over" (from 195) — starts at 17:05 "It's dangerous to go alone" (from the À La Cart EP, a short clip) — starts at 19:33

  • S1 · E2
    October 23 · 40 min

    Episde 2 - Dynatron

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Dynatron is the project of Danish producer Jeppe Hasseriis, making instrumental synthwave since 2012. Where much of the genre cruises neon city streets, Dynatron looks up: his music is space-themed 'spacesynth' inspired by films like Alien and Blade Runner and by Jean-Michel Jarre — pulsing arpeggios, deep bass and melancholic, cinematic melodies built around strong themes. His catalogue runs from the debut album Escape Velocity (2012) through the Throttle Up EP, the acclaimed Aeternus (2015) and The Rigel Axiom EP (2016), released with Blood Music. 0:00 — Propulsion Overdrive (Escape Velocity) 5:15 — Rise to the Stars (Throttle Up) 10:16 — Intergalactic Highway (Throttle Up) 14:45 — Hyperion Sunrise (Aeternus) 17:20 — Escape (Aeternus) — Andy calls this one his favorite Dynatron track, by the way 23:42 — Contact (The Rigel Axiom) 28:50 — Storms (The Rigel Axiom) 35:06 — Visions (The Legacy Collection, Vol. II) Support the artist here... Bandcamp: https://dynatron.bandcamp.com SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/dynatronsynth Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dynatronsynth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dynatronsynth Contact email (from his Bandcamp bio): contact@dynatronsynth.com

  • S1 · E1
    October 22 · 42 min

    Episode 1 - DEADLIFE

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! DEADLIFE is the darksynth project of UK producer Eddie — heavy, cinematic synth built around big concept-album ideas, from the dystopian worlds of Dark Nation and Mortal Sojourn to the medieval dread of DREAD SAGA. Across a run of albums he has paired the music with striking visual art, keeping every release its own fully built world. Support the artist here... Bandcamp: https://deadlife.bandcamp.com SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/deadlifecorps Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YAOorJSNGWyH8m9N7cDeX Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deadlife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deadlifecorps

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