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“Cataclysm Of The Self” is a concept album based around the personal journey Coraline (formally known as Onixonst) has been on – gender dysphoria, bipolar affective disorder, identity, depression, and what it means to exist under these conditions. “This is my most intense exploration of the human psyche since...
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Nowhere does the music critic’s capacity feel more impaired than in the company of artists who operate in the great, wide abstract of experimental, avant-garde or alternative design. Those who deliberately construct an impenetrable divide between themselves and their art as a way of accessing real expression. Greg E...
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The Chicago-based cyberpunk styled band Thamatic – who blend EDM and synthwave with alternative rock structures, consist of the core trio, made up of Mike, John and Matt. They have also built a massive collaborative collective of creative minds and skillful hands, to construct epic sound designs, and intensely...
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Inspired by 80’s new wave and video game sound tracks, such as Duran Duran, New Order, Akira Yamaoka’s Silent Hill, and Dance With the Dead, Arrows started creating synthwave music in 2019. That same year founding member, Brennan Hales, released the debut EP, “CPU Says No”. He later followed...
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Thanks to the sterling efforts of a handful of extremely competent electronic craftsmen, the synthwave movement has become one of the most fascinating musical phenomena to cross over into a variety of genres today. What needs to be proven now is that the genre has more to offer than...
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The album “Area 51” progresses Australian indie musician, songwriter and producer Andrew Hetherington’s sublime, exploratory gravity from synthesizer workstations. Various international releases in, Hetherington continues exploring both classic retro, and unexpected digital environments, this time centering his narrative on the U.S. secret base known as Area 51, which is...
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Australian electronic music producer, Andrew Hetherington, who creates 80s retro-wave and pop songs with various flavor stylings, has written and produced over 30 original tracks. His original songs ‘Spirits Fly’, ‘Life Is Strange’ and ‘The Greatest Joy’ have been commended and awarded placements in the Song of the Year...
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DOWNRIGHT is a driven and eclectic multi-genre collective based between Birmingham, AL & Nashville, TN. I say ‘multi-genre’ because I ran through a handful of their songs, and not one track sounds like another. DOWNRIGHT seem to explore many avenues of music, using both synth and guitar driven motifs....
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An 80’s kid, Hakan Sunar grew up during the New Romantic era of electro-pop, fronted by artists like OMD, Human League, Ultravox and the like. Suffering from a disease called glaucoma did not stop him pursuing his musical passion, so in 2017 Hakan founded the electronic music project called Spiritual...