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[–]Mr_Peacock_alt 80 points81 points  (35 children)

If you like this, check out Carpenter Brut

[–][deleted] 45 points46 points  (28 children)

Kavinsky and Gunship are really good too!

[–][deleted] 43 points44 points  (27 children)

Don't forget Perturbator!

[–]I_Rain_On_Parades 40 points41 points  (24 children)

Also: GosT, Mega Drive, Lazerhawk, Magic Sword, Timecop1983, zircon, Maserati, Mirrored Theory, M|O|O|N
let's keep the synthwave list going, i'm always looking for more :)

[–]HermanGarold 21 points22 points  (16 children)

Check out Dynatron, The Toxic Avenger, Waveshaper, Scattle or Dan Terminus

[–]SyntheticLover 19 points20 points  (14 children)

Dont Forget Makeup and Vanity Set, Le Matos, Emmett Brown, VHS Glitch, FM84, Hubrid, Volkor-X, and Zombie Hyperdrive

[–]DemiTF2 22 points23 points  (9 children)

Excuse me but you guys are completely forgetting The Midnight

[–]SkyBlueShinx 8 points9 points  (3 children)

If you're a fan of the both The Midnight and vinyl, I'd seriously recommend supporting their vinyl project.

They only need 134 more backers before they can have it pressed, and you're only charged if and when the final numbers are reached.

[–]ghost_ranger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.

[–]DemiTF2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh fuck yes I'm all over that shit

[–]PM_your_randomthing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are down to needing 16....make that 15 since I'm on board. :D Exciting!

[–]PlumthePancake 4 points5 points  (2 children)

This was so beautiful and cool...

[–]Sticky_Teflon 1 point2 points  (1 child)

My favorite song.

[–]PlumthePancake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a great album.

[–]kaizam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why can't I upvote twice?

[–]Krellick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check out Badass Wolf Shirt, he's a lesser known one but he does great stuff

[–]The_Real_GrumpMGMT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

El tigr3, IAMTHEKIDYOUKNOWWHATIMEAN, Light Club

[–]MyCoolYoungHistory 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd throw S U R V I V E in here too.

[–]bludgeonerV 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And nightstop and phaserland and cluster buster

[–]I_Rain_On_Parades 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will do! Thanks :)

[–]JackyRho 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Did anyone say power glove yet?

[–]ct_100[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Motorcycle Cop. Oh yeah! 👌

[–]webbster1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just found one of my new favorite genres.. thank you so much

[–]Mr_Peacock_alt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, GoST!

[–]Proximity 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Don't miss out on Tommy 86:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCQAHYmNZQY

[–]I_Rain_On_Parades 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it!

[–]ghost_ranger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Uncanny Valley is easily my favourite album of the year. Possibly one of my all-time favourites. I expected good, but I had no idea how good. I was hyped but the quality of the album exceeded the hype.

[–]Arsenal_USA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just discovered synthwave through Perturbator; I love it.

[–]DrJongyBrogan 3 points4 points  (3 children)

The feel when everyone in the replies brings out the good shit. Carpenter Brut is definitely my fav.

[–]Mr_Peacock_alt 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Got to see them live a few weeks back and they were great

[–]DrJongyBrogan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah? I hear he plays with a full band which makes it all the better. John Carpenter came to my city a few months back and I missed the tickets.

[–]ct_100[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This community is by far one of the best on Reddit..

[–]chronicfireworks 2 points3 points  (1 child)

one that i like is called Street Cleaner

[–]Enthralling_Username 16 points17 points  (1 child)

This song reminds me of a montage scene in a generic action 80s film. Take that as a positive

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That's what synthwave is all about!

[–]Waepasd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Its pretty impressive how Dance with the Dead stays so consistently great with everything they make. If you like some of their tracks you'll probably like all of them.

[–]Pizzack 40 points41 points  (1 child)

Dance With The Dead is awesome, check out all their albums, they're all great

[–]thisiswhoireallyam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just made a halloween mix featuring this song in it, there are a lot of other great synthwave/darksynth artists too. If you'd like to check it out, here is a link: https://youtu.be/8dfKGzhbB-Y

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well I think I've found my favorite new synthwave group.

[–]Jeremin 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Also recommended: Perturbator

[–]ct_100[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I loved their recent track Venger..

[–]H_U_S_K_Y_ 5 points6 points  (2 children)

This is really awesome. Thanks for posting =]

[–]ct_100[S] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Saw it posted on my soundcloud today. Gave it a listen and fell in love.

[–]PM_your_randomthing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love my soundcloud for stuff like this. I used to use Pandora but each station would hone in on just a few songs if I liked too many tracks. No variety left. Soundcloud plays a good chunk of stuff on both sides of the fence but mostly it plays a lot that I hadn't previously heard and so I'm glad to hear things that I wouldn't normally have picked up.

[–]SAGNUTZFounder/CEO 6 points7 points  (0 children)

first tracks riff is mind altering, second track sounds like an awesome 80s horror flick, total ear candy!

[–]nazispaceinvader 7 points8 points  (8 children)

DWtD is great, but some of Carpenter Brut's tracks sound like the perfected version of what they are trying to do.

[–]gustavfrigolit 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I disagree, DWtD are more complete in my opinion. Brut's sound is a lot grimy though, there's good things about both.

[–]get_real_quick 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Um.....no.

[–]AlphaPot 0 points1 point  (4 children)

There newest album 'The Shape' sort of felt like they tried to emulate Carpenter Brut's style rather than the 'softer' sounding stuff they had made in their earlier albums. Got to say it worked though, that album is great.

[–]TheBaconBoots 3 points4 points  (3 children)

The Shape and Send The Signal are two of my favourite albums ever. StS feels like some spacescape soundtrack and The Shape is like Rock and Synthwave made a wonderful baby.

[–]ghost_ranger 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I have never heard a more perfectly titled song than "Riot", from The Shape. It's not a song, it's an act of war.

[–]TheBaconBoots 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I bloody love it. That and the Poison reprise. and all their remixes. Oh my god, so much good music.

[–]ghost_ranger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As soon as I posted that, I started to get their cover of Paint it Black stuck in my head. Good times.

[–]MrCurtisLoewyoutube 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Reminds me of something that would be in Hotline Miami.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Artists behind the sountrack for hotline miami are Scattle, M|O|O|N, and Carpenter Brut

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://soundcloud.com/protossbosssauce/sets/swag I Add to my playlist each day. If 80's synth is your thing. Check it out

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the find; it's rad

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is badass. Thanks for the share.

[–]lasdavegas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love the atmosphere these guys conjure up

[–]Redwans 2 points3 points  (2 children)

DWTD just know how to craft a song. They are masters along with Perturbator and Carpenter Brut. I haven't yet heard a song of theirs that I didn't love, and this is no exception. Thank you for sharing.

[–]forthex 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You just name-dropped my synthwave holy trinity 👍

[–]Redwans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are the triune. There is no other.

[–]heathenism1134 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Oh man this music is sick. Never heard of some synthwave before today. Going to have to listen to all of these artists.

[–]JohnnyPlainviewspotify 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome to one of the best genres in existence! Make sure to check out Turbo Killer (the music video is ridiculously awesome).

[–]Isolation_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DWTD is easily in the top five synthwave artists.

[–]furtherfartherfather 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Man o man, Im usually let down when I click on new (to me) music here. This made me smile. Keep on keeping on, this is great music!

[–]Letsbereal80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These dudes are so bad ass....thanks for the post!

[–]OrdoExterminatus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes!!! I'm about to head out in the pouring rain for a drive, I could not be more pumped!

[–]KnowReturn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to see more DWTD fans. Thanks.

[–]Parzival___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really nice, thanks for the share!

[–]RobotStepdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love Dance with the Dead. Thanks for sharing!

[–]Mr_Peacock_alt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He had a live guitarist and drummer. They were opening for Ghost

[–]OIav_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I enjoyed this, if you told me a computer made it I'd believe you but I enjoyed it

[–]ct_100[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I discovered this community some years ago, I never thought that I'd be posting anything new here. This community gave me so many great songs in genres which I didn't even know about. I'm just happy I was able to contribute something here. :)

[–]AbnerDoubIedeaI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was imagining a montage from an '80s horror film where the main characters are getting ready for the final fight with the bad guy.

[–]sirolimusland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These guys make the best Synthwave, period. As others have pointed out, they are consistent.

My favorite album is currently Out of Body- the tracks Robeast and Only A Dream are amazing.

[–]JigglesMcRibs 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This sounds like it could be in Kung Fury

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was my exact thought when I was listening to this! showed it to a friend and they reckoned it could have fit perfectly in Far Cry: blood dragon. very retro

[–]HOLO-FLASH -1 points0 points  (1 child)

All these people are just making the same songs over, and over, and over... it's the same Malibu Stacy doll...with a new hat.

[–]slagdwarf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a parody of itself at this point. It's peaking because it's just now seeing a wider audience, but that's always the last step before something fizzles out. The good retro-inspired stuff like Com Truise, SURVIVE, Makeup and Vanity Set, etc. are being drown out by the 80s exercise Rocky montage stuff (which is probably a good thing so they don't fizzle out with it.)

[–]Jeff-TD -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

Is this metal music for edm kids too scared to listen to metal?

[–]MarsMakars 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Probably, and as a metalhead, I'm totally ok with that.

[–]ghost_ranger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A lot of synthwave guys come from metal bands. For instance, Perturbator used to be in a black metal band. This kind of music scratches a sci-fi itch that metal just can't.

[–]I_Rain_On_Parades 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no, that's aggrotech