Music; Synthwave, the Sound of an ’80s Childhood, Goes Mainstream The ‘uncynical’ genre’s rise comes amid a flourishing of new entertainment inspired by the age of Madonna and ‘The ...

Roguelike games like Risk of Rain and its sequel are kind of perfect uses of synthwave, particularly given the genre's inherent affinity for familiar, repeated rhythms that don't really get stale.

The synthwave genre has evolved a lot in the past decade. Retro blast-beat pop songs from the 1980s were retroactively cool, but it wasn’t until the release of 2011 movie Drive which really ...

With 'synthwave' genre, game makers are embracing the decade of hot pinks and endless cityscapes. By Luke Winkie. Luke Winkie Why Are Firefighter Shows All the Rage on TV Right Now?

Nostalgia for retro ’80s and ’90s consumer culture hit a high in the mid to late 2000s. Marketed media like “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City” turned an entire generation from being disgusted by the loud ...

So I don’t hate any [modern synthwave artists], but I think you always need to be careful with associating with one topic or genre. I kind of put synthwave on the same level as nu-metal -- when ...

“Synthwave is a genre BORN from nostalgia,” Solis says via email. “I jokingly refer to it as '80s-perfect.

Bonus: make sure you stream “Delta Protocol” from Mega Drive’s latest release Hardwired V1.4.It’s probably the single best song in his entire catalogue, and it may even be one of the best the ...

French synthesist Dan Terminus has been flying the cybernetic standard of the synthwave moment for a few years longer than many of his peers in ...

Which as an idea, is cool since it doesn’t rely only on the nostalgia factor. Many projects in the synthwave genre tend to replicate the 80’s synthpop to the letter. Which isn’t substantial enough, in ...