Tag: synthwave

One to One with Mac Lacrosse – ‘Truth Decay’ and how Vaporwave helped the Birdman fly the nest

When UK Darksynth legend, Occams Laser, recently revealed his secret Vaporwave side project – Mac Lacrosse – it brought to end a mystery that dated back to his debut live performance at FLAMINGOFEST in September 2020. Removing the bird mask and flying the nest answered those questions, but it also enabled the artist to be…

May 15, 2023
ECCO CHAMBER #06 – [feat. Zayaz, Phil Gerus, Never Dull, Overcrest & Crozet]

The FutureSounds staff writers are back to share their top tracks of the moment ***** ZAYAZ – ‘Far Away Feeling’ [self released] Sometime My Pet Flamingo stable artist, Zayaz, returns to his nostalgic roots with ‘Far Away Feeling’, which sounds like his classic 2017/18 output with a ’23 update. The track gives me all the…

May 5, 2023
FutureSounds live events are BACK with the UK’s hottest synthwave party of the Summer – Miami ’89!

Off the back of our 2 sell-out live shows of 2022, Timeslave Recordings, My Pet Flamingo and Patrick Fakeman are proud to present the 3rd FutureSounds live event – Miami ’89! This event is pure synthwave all the way and we are honoured to host the return to the UK live scene of synthwave legends Futurecop! and Morgan…

April 21, 2023
FutureSounds vol.4 – Everything you need to know about the biggest Synthwave compilation out there!

TimeSlave Recordings are back for a 4th edition of one of the biggest and longest standing compilations in Synthwave. FutureSounds Vol.4 reunites some of the most talented and recognisable names in the scene, with 21 tracks and – once again – all of the profits go to charity. It features exclusives from the likes of…

March 13, 2023
The return of Laura Dre and the immersive World of PROJECT AD-01(Album Review)

Laura Dre is back with another musical opus that took Patrick Fakeman on a journey through a Neo-Noir cyberpunk universe… but as you’ll discover, this collection of tracks is more than just an album.. Those of you in the synthwave scene will be very aware of the work of Laura Dre. She bounced into the…

March 3, 2023
ECCO CHAMBER #05 – [feat. Bart Graft, patchnotes, Chris Laufman, Wise Blood, Occams Laser & Electronic Visions]

FutureSounds staff writers share their top tracks of the moment… ***** Bart Graft- ‘La Bela Rosa’ [Business Casual] Bart Graft is back on Business Casual with a lush new album, A Sign of Life . The talented producer and instrumentalist from Ireland expertly mines and recreates 80s sounds that are less commonly explored in retrowave:…

February 9, 2023
ECCO CHAMBER #04 – BEST OF 2022 [feat. CJ Burnett, TEED, Pizza Hotline, Y.S.I.A.W, Neon Nox, Nmesh, Power PCME & DDS]

FutureSounds staff writers give their pick of 2022’s best albums… ***** CJ Burnett – ‘Heat in the Street’ [Self Released] So much of my energy in 2022 was expended in the day-to-day running of our labels, the launch of FutureSounds live events, and filming for the Nobody Here project, that (aside from TimeSlave projects) I…

January 5, 2023
Satellite Young – Satellite Young [Vinyl Edition, TimeSlave Recordings]

The New Year gets off to the best possible start with Satellite Young’s self-titled classic (2017), given a lick of paint and available on vinyl for the first time. Out on TimeSlave Recordings The three distinct figures of BelleMaison Saikon, Emi Kusano and Tele Hideo stand in front of the modular wall at iconic Tokyo…

December 31, 2022
#Synthfam and its influence on the future of Synthwave

Fakeman is back with some reflections and thoughts on the phenomenon that is #Synthfam, and asks whether it’s doing all it can to secure the long-term future of the genre. The synthwave scene has some quite strong consistencies. The aesthetic being the most obvious of these. The source material has, up until recently, also been…

December 13, 2022