#it's much newer but super good and draws heavy inspo from late 70s early 80s synth library music

[inchwormy]

by request, here's some library music recs! I mostly listen to albums but I'll list a few of my favorite songs from each one

Future World by Mars Lasar - from parry music library, made using the fairlight synthesizer. best tracks: "Skyfox", "Exotica", "Moto"

Synthesis by Claude Larson - a cute and playful collection by one of my favorite library music artists. best tracks: "Nitrogen," "Plastic Boogie," "Pink Keyboard"

Larson made a lot of albums and not all of them are great, but some others I like are Digital Patterns, Synchronistic Patterns (lots of patterns going on) and Texture.

Research and Development Part 2 by Dave Hewson - very fun 90s jams done for KPM. best tracks: "Robotica," "Crystal Clear," "Energizer"

Music Machine by Alan Hawkshaw, Brian Bennett & Dave Lawson - on Bruton Music. best tracks: "Autopower," "Pro-Motion," "Drive On"

Info Highway by Various Artists - on Abaco Music. a nice comp with some incredibly cheesy songs with incredibly cheesy computer-related titles. best tracks: "Mysterious Machinery," "Netware"

To be completely fair, most songs on any given album of library music are not "masterpieces" but they are mostly total vibes if you like retro-futurist tackiness and that sort of thing, which I do. and occasionally you'll find something totally amazing!

Also, library music is all about the fun of crate-digging, so if you like any of these, check out some other things released by the same music library or artist and you might find more good stuff. This is just a jumping off point. Hope this helps.

library musicians in the 70s and 80s would compose the greatest synth masterpieces of all time only for them to be used in the background of like 3 obscure TV movies and then forgotten for decades