Mudkip Orange Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 In the last few years, there has been an explosion of artists producing what amounts to new 80's music, or post-80's. As near as I can tell this is a mainly North American phenomenon, although I would hope the Brits get involved soon. These are all links to full albums on Youtube, so for the sake of your browser I'm including them as links rather than embeds. Droid Bishop. Based in LA. Sounds like the Tron:Legacy soundtrack. Miami Nights 1984. Based in Victoria, BC. Synthpop with a bit of a movie soundtrack feel. Mega Drive. Based in Dallas. Clearly influenced by early industrial artists. Rewind Com Truise. Based in Princeton. Definite IDM influences (e.g. Squarepusher). Lo-fi drumbeats a la Mr. Oizo, with session guitar work reminescent of Joy Division or The Cure. Cyanide Sisters Lazerhawk. Based in Austin. Distinctly video game soundtrack-esque. Kavinsky. Based in Paris, France. Also heavily soundtrack-influenced. 2 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yikes, flashbacks to college! Droid bishop brought back memories! Thanks Jeff Link to comment
miyakoji Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 at least it's not dubstep 2 Link to comment
Kabutoni Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yep, I've been listening to this kind of music quite a while now (over two years already?). I'm a very big fan and listen to it every day while working. In fact, my work is quite influenced by Retrowave. This is indeed mainly a North American thing, but there are a few Europeans out there, like Vincenzo Salvia (Italy) and Everdune (from Finland; he's just getting into it, from the Spacesynth scene). Talking about Everdune, I think Europe is not very active in this scene (yet), as there is still quite a lively ItaloDisco and Spacesynth scene going on. For an example of what Spacesynth actually is, here is a megamix made by a friend (art made by yours truly). Next to these more recent 'retro-feel' scenes, there is the ChipTune scene, which produces sounds based on Amiga, Commodore, GameBoy and other low-bit synthesisers/computers. As for its North Americanness, the sounds in Retrowave are mainly based off ItaloDisco and Spacesynth (Europe), in Japan known as Eurobeat (not Super Eurobeat, mind you!). Two major YouTube channels promoting this music are NewRetroWave, LuigiDonatello and Maniac Synth. Also, there are more and more indie games coming out with this 80s styled music in the background or even as a main theme. A very recent example is Drift Stage. High-res, neon colours and drifting low-poly pixel textured cars that are made with rulers and wedge shapes in mind. 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) Let's get back to the roots! Edited January 23, 2015 by cteno4 1 Link to comment
Davo Dentetsu Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Blimey, reminds me of that song Supercar by... ummm, Supercar :P Link to comment
kvp Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 An old piece high tech of music instrument and afaik one of the oldest electronic synthesizers, the novachord: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2puK4Z967kU (slightly older than the 1980-ies though :) ) Also if we talk about retro, how about this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2GTLB_PTGM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuml7Dq_kUc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSscj1BpyVc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43zCD-plrTk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt6UFz0KuwM 1 Link to comment
Densha Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Have only been listening to the first album Mudkip linked yet, but sounds very nice! Didn't know of this music, so thanks! Link to comment
Zeether Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 There's an online radio station called Drive Radio that streams new retrowave music 24/7, really good stuff. I first heard it in a Toonami promo that used Lazerhawk's "King of the Streets." Link to comment
Kabutoni Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Retrowave has found its way to Japan! The already legendary Swedish producer and composer Mitch Murder has collabbed with the Tokyo based Satellite Young: https://soundcloud.com/satellite-young/satellite-young-feat-mitch-murder-sniper-rouge Immediately, I had to commit to fanart, because boy, this is an amazing production! (no this is not the official cover) 1 Link to comment
Mudkip Orange Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 I finally found the album half of NRW is trying to sound like. Link to comment
toc36 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Non-Retrowave, but ................ Link to comment
Mudkip Orange Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 I regret bumping this thread. 1 Link to comment
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