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Synthwave (also called outrun, retrowave, or futuresynth [5]) is an electronic music microgenre that is based predominantly on the music associated with action, science-fiction, and horror film soundtracks of the 1980s. [2] Other influences are drawn from the decade's art and video games. [3]
Pages in category "Synthwave musicians" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amplitude Problem;
Having worked in Glasgow's cover band scene for some years, [4] Oakley penned what would become his debut album, California, in 2016. [2] Lesley Daunt of The Huffington Post wrote in 2017 of the lead single "Turn Back Time", "Oakley's captivating beats and celestial synthesizers have given a fresh approach and revival to classic pop".
Tom Andersson (born 26 September 1984), known professionally as Waveshaper, is a Swedish electronic musician [1] specialising in synthwave.Inspired by artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk and Daft Punk, as well as 80s movie soundtracks, his music is retrofuturistic and is composed with a variety of hardware synthesizers, including the ARP 2600, Roland Jupiter-4, and Korg MS-20. [2]
Robert Parker is a Swedish electronic musician from Stockholm, known for his synthwave works. [1] [2]Making tracker music during the 1990s, he started making retro music in 2009 after buying a Korg Polysix analog synthesizer, and uses a variety of hardware synthesizers in his music like the Roland Juno 106 and the Moog Minimoog.
Steven Schriver, also known as Shredder 1984 [1] is a French American electronic/synthwave artist and video producer. [2] [3]His style is more defined as darksynth, [4] [5] a synthwave subgenre with more dark, powerful and tragic atmospheres, often inspired by 1970s and 1980s sci-fi and horror movies.
Kavinsky claims that his music is inspired by thousands of movies he watched as a young boy and that he has cherry-picked the best parts from them, consolidating them into one concept. [6] Kavinsky has been compared to many similar French house artists, including Danger and French duo Daft Punk .
Jordy Leenaerts (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɔrdi ˈleːnaːrts]; born 24 August 1983), better known by the stage name Timecop1983, is a Dutch electronic musician from Eindhoven, producing music in the synthwave genre. His debut album, Childhood Memories, was released in 2014, followed by Journeys in the same year.