IndiGhost: Dreamwalker Part II
IndiGhost's entire discography is immersive as all hell and a joy to splash around in.
Nightcrawler: Blood Rage
Uniquely cinematic, even in a genre that mainlines OSTs and makes them up when it's convenient, Blood Rage is a tantilizing glimpse at Nightcrawler's forthcoming LP.
Retouch: Light Years LP
Retouch is a(nother) Russian savant I've found on Bandcamp, inhabiting a world of what you might dub "progressive retro-futurism" if every word in that phrase didn't contradict every other one.
Unit Black Flight: Evocations
If John Carpenter made a record for Plus-8, it might have sounded a bit like Evocations from Unit Black Flight.
Com Truise: Memory
A tantalizing taste of Iteration, Com Truise's forthcoming LP, Memory nears perfection.
Marvel83′: Downtown Sunset EP
In less than three months, Marvel83' has released five EPs of glistening, groovy synth-heavy records that sound like they fell off the soundtrack of Cobra, or at least Drive.
Moog Brings Back to Life the Pioneering Synthesizer IIIc
Moog, the company, is steeped in music history - largely because they invented much of it. And keep bringing it back to life, like the Synthesizer IIIc.
The Northern Lights: Caroline EP
The Northern Lights is apparently just a guy, making soundtracks and music in search of a movie best suited for his soundtracks.
Time Travel: Synthwave Singles
A stupefying collection of candied hooks and grooves and music for people who like to drive fast and die young.
Carpenter Brut: Night Stalker
Released in support of the upcoming synthwave documentary The Rise of the Synths.
Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988
Ostinato's latest compilation profiles the world of electronic music developed by immigrants from Cape Verde and its influence on the wider European music scene.
Shiro Schwarz: Together/Boogie Ghost
Chicago's Star Creature releases another magical platter of synth boogie from duo Shiro Schwarz.
Tycho Returns to Chicago April 28
Grammy nomination be damned: Tycho's Epoch tour continues as the Scott Hansen-led band criss-crosses North America through the Spring.
Lost Inside of Mitch Murder’s Fever Dreams: The Real Deal
Listen to the album so '80s that even the '80s had nothing like it.
Stilz: Starcrash
Sci-fi, neo-retrowave vibes from Stilz for the full-on Starcrash project.
For the Love of UKG
5 Magazine is publishing 3 straight issues dedicated solely to the music, artists and influence of the genre we love more than most, UK Garage. It starts now.
Stealing Sunrise 2: Malibu Trail (Night Runner)
A synthwave soundtrack for an actual movie, Night Runner's scored pieces and various additional tracks powerfully evoke the mid-1990s American landscape.
Syntax: Live at Kavalounge 09.21.16 (30th Floor Records)
Syntax takes his best records and boils them down to what a man with a bank of synths can physically handle in a live setting.
Nigerian Synth Godfather William Onyeabor Has Died
Mysterious synth-funk godfather William Onyeabor died Monday in his hometown of Enugu, Nigeria.
Electronic Pioneers The System Come Back on Wax
Four tracks from The System's groundbreaking debut on Romantic Records, which presaged techno, perfected new wave and gave electronic bands a blueprint to follow.
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LOVEFOXY / The 5 Mag Cover Mix
A new 5 Mag cover mix and it's a gorgeous set from emerging DJ, producer and artist LOVEFOXY
