#Synth Music

[lookninjas]

IT'S TIME

(again)

Pick a song from a bad description! You do not have to recognize the song to choose it (although, tbh, at least one of these should be instantly recognizable to the new wavers). Go with what is funniest or what sparks curiosity or just makes you feel some type of a way. Go with your gut.

At the end of the week, I will take all the songs and put them into a playlist, from the song with the least votes to the song with the most votes. If you would like to listen to the playlist when I'm done, and don't feel like finding the post again, please leave a comment or put it in the tags, and I'll tag you when the playlist is up. If you really can't wait a week to find out just what that mix of cumbia and Sandstorm is all about, shoot me an ask and I'll answer.

And please reblog! I like sharing the cool music I find with other people because I am extremely enthusiastic about it! But if you guys don't reblog, it's very difficult for me to find people to share things with. So if you have buddies who live for the synth, please reblog and have them see the poll.

(Also, there will probably be an expanded version of the playlist that comes out around the same time, because it was the only way I could a) cut songs off the original list and b) stop myself continuing down the rabbit hole of finding more music to actually do the poll. So it'll be like, twice the synths at least.)

(Also also, every song is a legit banger, so you will want that playlist, I'm just saying.)

[bruneburg]

This music and animation is my contribution to the upcoming “Animated Loops” art exhibit at the City Library Stuttgart. The title of what you see here is “Beastly Shapes From The Realm Behind My Eyes” (or “Biestliche Formen meines hinteräuglichen Gefildes”). Twitter • YouTube • Insta • Patreon • Redbubble

[mikrokosmos]

Wendy Carlos (b. 9/14/1939), composer, musician, and first trans woman to win a Grammy

Suite from Tron (1982)

Happy Pride Month!

[humanoidhistory]

George Harrison’s Electronic Sound, released in 1969 by Zapple, a short-lived subsidiary of the Beatles’ Apple label. One epic electronic work for each album side, performed on a Moog 3-series synthesizer. The cover art comes from a painting by Harrison.

[possible-streetwear]

Lene Lovich

[mysticalblizzardcolor]

Love Light Synth Jam ~from Synth Mode Jams ~by John Martini Music

[filthyneverdie]

NAMO - NEON CLOUDS | ATMOSPHERIC

[imwithmars]

Depeche Mode in the Melody Maker Magazine, 1984

[nicolascageisagoth]

Dave Gahan can’t remember this album

On 24 September 1984 ⛓️ Some Great Reward was released by Depeche Mode

[astrangehourofrecoil]

Alan on his Recoil works 1+2 and Hydrology:

“Hydrology was a step up from 1+2. It was done on a half-inch 16-track Fostex machine. So there were limitations, but it was much more versatile than the first thing I had done. Recoil was still very much an aside to Depeche Mode, with no pressure or expectations placed upon it. It was always going to be an ‘antidote’ to Depeche Mode in some ways; a way to alleviate the frustrations of always working within a pop format. I have nothing against the pop format, but if I was going to do something on my own, there was no point in repeating what I was already doing in the group. It was intended to be completely different and experimental. It didn’t matter if it was too left field or too weird for some people.”

[worthlessstreetrat]

[80sheaven]

Jean-Michel Jarre "Zoolookologie" single (1984)

See more Jean-Michel Jarre in the 80s

[kriegsgeist]

Grausamkeit - Goetterkrieg & Within the Abyss

[lesser-known-composers]

This is the cover art for my upcoming single - Lyme Bay. It’s taken from Babbacombe beach in Devon. I’ll post a clip and a release date soon. It’s a big, melodic, synth pop tune 🙂

[manlinkmusicportfolio]

Also new album

[possible-streetwear]

She Past Away