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The original form of synthwave has become a barren wasteland of disposable audio, but the caliber of music being produced at the edges of the genre today is higher than ever

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    vord
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    Thanks for this. I basically stumbled upon Gunship by accident awhile back, and this article is going to help form a fantastic curated playlist of all the stuff I've missed.

    Thanks for this. I basically stumbled upon Gunship by accident awhile back, and this article is going to help form a fantastic curated playlist of all the stuff I've missed.

    5 votes
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      Deimos
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      If you use Spotify, definitely check out Iron Skullet's playlists, he has multiple ones that he curates for different sub-genres: https://ironskullet.com/synthwave-playlists/ (and even if you...

      If you use Spotify, definitely check out Iron Skullet's playlists, he has multiple ones that he curates for different sub-genres: https://ironskullet.com/synthwave-playlists/ (and even if you don't use Spotify you could just look at them and see what artists are on them)

      This article is also a great one to look through for an overview, and I'm hoping he'll do a 2019 or 2020 update soon: https://ironskullet.com/2018/03/01/what-is-synthwave-2018-edition/

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      1. Staross
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        I have to say I've tried several times to get into it but I don't find much to love there. It just sounds a bit too simplistic and stale. I guess I've been spoiled by AFX's Analords...

        I have to say I've tried several times to get into it but I don't find much to love there. It just sounds a bit too simplistic and stale. I guess I've been spoiled by AFX's Analords...

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  2. skybrian
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    Hey, neat, apparently there was a whole subgenre of music named "Outrun". (I have a collection of "video game music" and somehow never heard of this stuff.)

    Hey, neat, apparently there was a whole subgenre of music named "Outrun". (I have a collection of "video game music" and somehow never heard of this stuff.)

    2 votes