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No over caffeinated hosts. No discussion about Golden Eye. No complaining about government. No awkward boring discussion with sudden stops. Just the awesome Synth Music you love to listen to.

  1. 12h ago

    Episode 21 - Kid Kasio - Pop Machine

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Kid Kasio is the solo project of London singer-songwriter Nathan Cooper, formerly of the electropop band The Modern. A self-confessed 80s obsessive working with vintage synthesizers, he writes bright, melodic synthpop in the tradition of Howard Jones, Duran Duran and early Depeche Mode — big choruses, candy-coloured synths and an optimism that refuses to turn cynical. His debut solo album Kasiotone (2012) launched the project: "Not For Turning" was the first song he wrote for it, a statement of intent about doing things his own way, and "The Reason" — complete with its homemade green-screen video styled on early computer games — is the song that first won him his online audience. "Over and Over" is one of his earliest uploads, while "The Kodo Song", a widescreen story of two friends on the frontline of the Anglo-Zulu war, later opened his second album, Sit & Wait. Also here are "Living My Life", another early favourite, "Letters Of Love", his collaboration with The Sanfernando Sound, and "Paranoia". Not For Turning — 0:01 The Reason — 4:13 Over and Over — 8:13 The Kodo Song — 12:14 Living My Life — 16:46 Letters Of Love — 20:47 Paranoia — 25:16 Support the artist here... Bandcamp: https://kidkasio.bandcamp.com/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kidkasio Website: http://www.kidkasio.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kidkasio Twitter: https://twitter.com/KidKasio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kidkasio/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/KidKasio1

    Episode 21 - Kid Kasio - Pop Machine

  2. 1d ago

    Episode 20 - Alpha Boy - VHS Heroes

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Alpha Boy is a synthwave producer based in Berlin, Germany. He began making music around 2000 and first released tracks in 2003, originally under the name Xibalba — named for a dying star in Inca mythology — before changing it because nobody could spell or pronounce it. His albums build alternate 1980s soundtracks: Heroes On Tape reimagines themes for favourite childhood films, cartoons and TV shows, Future Man spins a whole concept album out of a piece of 1970s sci-fi artwork, and LaserVision, written over the course of a year, is the record he describes as the first he was completely happy with. Warm, melodic and unapologetically nostalgic, his music is made by a self-confessed 80s obsessive: "Magic Of Sound" is the track his young son always asks for first, "Charlotte Blackwood" was a gift to his wife, and "Under a Clear Sky" was his first piano track. 1. Magic Of Sound — 0:01 2. Cruis'n In 1982 — 3:30 3. Charlotte Blackwood — 6:28 4. Future Man (Main Theme) — 9:46 5. Under a Clear Sky — 13:14 6. Dreams Made Of Dust And Light — 16:33 7. Misty Roads — 19:35 8. Electric Popping — 23:53 Support the artist here... • Bandcamp: https://alphaboymusic.bandcamp.com/ • SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/xibalba • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaboy.music • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/alphaboymusic • Tumblr: http://alphaboymusic.tumblr.com/

    Episode 20 - Alpha Boy - VHS Heroes

  3. 2d ago

    Episode 19 - Droid Bishop - Galaxy Runner

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Droid Bishop is the synthwave project of James Bowen, an Australian-born, Los Angeles-based musician from a deeply musical family — his grandfather played jazz trumpet with Frank Sinatra and his brother is soul singer Sam Sparro, whose band James toured in before going solo. His music is high-energy synthwave driven by analog synths and electric guitar, with a cinematic retro-future streak. "Galaxy: Unknown" was the first Droid Bishop track he ever finished, "In Search of Gemini" is his own favourite, and "Days of the Running Man" became his most-played song. 1. Galaxy: Unknown — 0:01 2. Start Again (Droid Bishop Remix) — 3:55 3. Color & Data — 10:29 4. Into The Darkness — 15:23 5. In Search of Gemini — 20:41 6. Days of the Running Man — 25:46 Support the artist here... - Bandcamp: https://droidbishop.bandcamp.com/ - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/droidbishop - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroidBishop - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droidbishop/ - X: https://twitter.com/DroidBishop - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCThb9rEu6by3W8uDt5SwSRw - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/droidbishop

    Episode 19 - Droid Bishop - Galaxy Runner

  4. 3d ago

    Episode 18 - Le Cassette - Rewind Romance

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Le Cassette is a UK synthwave trio — Adam McNab (lead singer/songwriter and co-producer), James Nalepa (producer) and Joe Wood (producer). Originally from West Yorkshire and now spread across England, they make 80s-inspired electro/synth pop built around Adam's deep baritone voice, in the Bryan Ferry / Peter Gabriel lineage rather than the instrumental outrun mold. Their debut album Left to Our Own Devices (2014) became a landmark of vocal synthwave. After a quiet decade they returned with a new single in 2023. Only You — 0:01 Arms of Mine — 3:48 Tonight — 10:44 You Are You Are — 15:53 Meet Jimmy — 20:18 Tokyo Blues — 25:03 Digital Power — 30:39Support the artist here... Bandcamp: https://lecassette.bandcamp.com/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/le-cassette Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeCassette Instagram: https://instagram.com/lecassetteofficial X: https://twitter.com/LeCassette

    Episode 18 - Le Cassette - Rewind Romance

  5. 4d ago

    Episode 17 - Protector 101 - Part 2

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Protector 101 is Jake Freeman, a producer who takes his name from the murderous security robots of the 1986 horror film Chopping Mall. His music is dark synth in the 80s sci-fi/horror tradition — soundtrack-like pieces packed with sound design, built to feel like movies that don't exist. He walks through his album Neoncholy track by track, from the Risky Business-sampling Lana to the primitive first track he ever made. Street Trash — 0:01Lana — 4:17Summer Heat: Los Angeles — 10:15Lueur Verte - Regrets (Protector 101 Remix) — 15:08Teenage Suicide (DEMO Version) — 19:51NUKE (Remastered) — 24:38Klowns — 28:58Desire — 33:44 All tracks sourced as clean official full versions from the Neoncholy album on his official Bandcamp. One cut under the full-version rule: the bonus track "Neon Highway" — no official full version exists anywhere (not on Bandcamp, not on SoundCloud), so it's left out rather than shipping a podcast excerpt. The theme "Shore Thing" is excluded as always. Support the artist here... Bandcamp: https://protector101.bandcamp.com/SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/protector-101Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Protector101MusicX: https://twitter.com/Protector101YouTube (Playlist): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4C2689BF220B70E8

    Episode 17 - Protector 101 - Part 2

  6. 5d ago

    Episode 16 - Betamaxx

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Betamaxx is Nick Morey, a Pittsburgh-based producer who builds synthwave from vintage analog synthesizers. He talks about GoldenEye, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, his keyboard collection, and his Telefuture Records release Sophisticated Technology. His early tracks mix dreamy Italo-disco melodies with driving outrun energy and video-game funk. Phoebe Cates — 0:01Restless — 2:52Only in Movies — 6:44Breakthrough (feat. Tommy '86) — 11:03Zenith — 15:47Pittsburgh Nights — 19:42Love on a Real Train (Betamaxx Remix) — 23:23Guided by Moonlight — 27:01Silicon Dreams — 30:09Maxximum — 34:21Hanging on to Summer — 37:43 Support the artist here... Bandcamp: https://betamaxxmusic.bandcamp.com/SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/betamaxxX: https://twitter.com/betamaxx80s

    Episode 16 - Betamaxx

  7. 6d ago

    Episode 15 - Perturbator

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Perturbator is the project of French musician James Kent, one of the defining acts of the synthwave scene. His early work is dark, cinematic, and steeped in 1980s horror- and action-movie atmosphere: driving synth basslines, neon-noir melodies, and songs built like miniature film scores. Many credit Perturbator's music as the music that got them into the scene. This edition draws on his first releases — the Night Driving Avenger EP, the TERROR 404 album, I Am The Night, and the Sexualizer EP — including "Miami Disco," written for a nightclub level in a video game, and "Meet Jimmy," a collaboration with Le Cassette. Angel Dust — 0:01Grim Heart — 5:16Miami Disco — 10:52Shadow Force '84 — 15:24Naked Tongues (feat. Isabella Goloversic) — 21:27Meet Jimmy (feat. Le Cassette) — 29:18 Support the artist here... Bandcamp: https://perturbator.bandcamp.com/SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/perturbatorFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/PerturbatorX: https://twitter.com/The_Perturbator

    Episode 15 - Perturbator

  8. Nov 3

    Episode 14 - Disco Fusion

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Guest selector Denis La Funk picked five disco cuts for this High 5, and this music-only edition plays the three of them that could be sourced as official full versions, filled out with more tracks from the same three artists. Monte is a Hamburg producer whose 80s-cop-show synths ride a deep funk groove. Aurolab brings Russian nu-disco from Soviett Records, the label Denis calls his favourite. Tiger & Woods, the Italian disco-house duo, are the pair behind the only fully sample-free track from their tenth-anniversary album. MONTE — Close To Me (Original Mix) — 0:01AUROLAB — Neo-Disco — 6:25TIGER & WOODS — 1:00AM — 11:45MONTE — Backyard (Club Edit) — 16:55MONTE — Together Interlude Part III — 24:53AUROLAB — Found U (Aurolab Remix) — 27:27AUROLAB — Victory — 31:52TIGER & WOODS — Golden Bear — 38:23TIGER & WOODS — Gin Nation — 47:49 Support the artist here... MONTE SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/monte-musikFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MonteMusikInstagram: https://instagram.com/montemusikX: https://twitter.com/MonteMusikYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MonteMusicChannelWebsite: https://montemusik.comAUROLAB Bandcamp: https://aurolab.bandcamp.com/releasesSoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/aurolabFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Aurolab-243494199043222SoundCloud (Soviett Records): https://soundcloud.com/soviettrecordsTIGER & WOODS Bandcamp: https://tigerandwoods.bandcamp.comSoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tigerandwoodsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tigerandwoodsX: https://twitter.com/wigerandtoodsSoundCloud (Running Back): https://soundcloud.com/runningback

    Episode 14 - Disco Fusion
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    Double A Ventures
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
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