Synthwave

From a musical point of view, synthwave is inspired by the new wave , as well as the soundtracks of many films, video games and television shows of the 1980s ^{[5] [6] [7]} . As a source of inspiration, such composers as John Carpenter and Wangelis , the group Tangerine Dream ^{[2] [8],} are mentioned. This style is predominantly instrumental and uses the characteristic elements of electronic music of the 1980s, electronic drums , “ gated reverb ”, Melodies and bass parts played on analog synthesizers . Everything is done to achieve similarities with electronic music of those years ^[8] . Despite this, synthwave producers use modern electronic music production techniques and usually bring the bass drum and bass part to the forefront, which is typical of modern electronic music (for example, electro house ).

From an aesthetic point of view, synthwave immerses the listener in a retro-futuristic world, recreating the spirit of science fiction , action films, horror films and futuristic racing games of the 1980s ^[9] . He is especially close with cyberpunk . Synthwave expresses nostalgia for the culture of the 1980s, trying to capture the atmosphere of those years and immerse it ^{[6] [10] [11]} . Video clips and album covers in this genre are often made in the style of pixel art , anime or old science fiction films. Groups that mimic the soundtracks of horror movies of the 1980s are also sometimes called “horror synth” or “carpentercor” (after the director and composer John Carpenter , who wrote the soundtracks for his films) ^[12] .

• Carpenter Brut ^[13]
• Com Truise ^[14]
• Dance with the Dead ^[15]
• GosT ^[16]
• Gunship ^[17]
• Kavinsky ^[7]
• Mitch Murder ^{[18] [19]}
• Perturbator ^[20]
• Power Glove ^{[21] [22]}
• Scandroid ^[23]
• The midnight

• Chiptune - music in the style of old video games
• Cyberpunk is a genre of fiction whose aesthetics inspired synthwave
• Demoscene
• Retrofuturism - aesthetics of old fiction and outdated ideas about the future
• Sovietwave - a related genre based on nostalgia for the USSR ^[24]
• Darkint

• NewRetroWave
• DRIVE Radio
• Those Lovely 80s Synthwaves
• Synthetix
• LIKE TOTALLY
• The retrowavers
• Retrowave radio
• Radio Synthwave ^[1]

1. ↑ Synthwave Radio - Synhtwave and Retrowave electronic music radio station (Russian) . Radio Synthwave. Date of treatment November 1, 2018.