🎃 Synthpop Symphony 299 – The Halloween Show! 👻
It’s that time of year again
This week’s episode is packed with chilling remixes, cinematic reworks, and retro club anthems that blend classic 80s nostalgia with modern darkwave energy — the perfect soundtrack for your Halloween weekend.
🕯️ We open with a Halloween Mini-Mix featuring De Soffer’s stunning cinematic remake of “Thriller”, Rockwell’s eerie classic “Somebody’s Watching Me,” and a deep remix of Dave Gahan & Soulsavers — setting the perfect tone for what’s to come.
👁️🗨️ Later, we bring Thriller back in a whole new light — a dark, futuristic Scandroid remix that transforms the classic into a modern synthwave storm. Two versions, two moods — both unforgettable.
💀 The second Mini-Mix dives into full retro horror mode with extended club cuts from Oingo Boingo, Ramones, and A Flock of Seagulls — resurrecting three icons of 80s Halloween energy.
🌑 The Dark Synth Set pulses with today’s underground power — Blaklight, Church Fire, KMFDM, and Jay Wires deliver haunting vocals, moody textures, and industrial beats that define the new dark generation.
🌕 And to close the night… DJ Robert Anthony’s “Spooky Nights Like This” takes us into the after-hours with a cinematic, atmospheric finale that perfectly captures the Halloween spirit.
Halloween Show Playlist
De Soffer – Thriller [De Soffer Music]
Rockwell – Someone’s Watching Me (Ministry of Funk Disco Mix) [Motown / Ministry of Funk]
Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – All of This and Nothing (Remix) [Columbia / Mute]
Fun Spooky Tunes
Scandroid – Thriller [FiXT Neon]
Dead or Alive – Something in My House [Epic Records]
Machine X – Every Day Is Halloween [Independent]
Blaklight – Paranoid (Klack Mix) [Independent / DISTORTION Productions]
Mini-Mix
Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party (Extended Mix) [MCA Records]
Ramones – Pet Sematary (Extended Mix) [Sire Records]
A Flock of Seagulls – Nightmares (Extended Mix) [Jive / BMG]
Spooky Dark Tunes
Duran Duran – Psycho Killer [BMG]
KMFDM – Lust [Metropolis Records]
Church Fire with Curse Mackey – Small Seed [Negative Gain Productions]
Jay Wires – Ghost [Independent]
Happy Death – All of Me [Independent]
Spooky Nights Like This - DJ Robert Anthony
Vince Clarke – White Rabbit [Mute Records]
Depeche Mode – My Favourite Stranger (Boris Remix) [Columbia / Mute]
Candyland – La French Toast & Julian Sanza [Spirit Soul Records]
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity (SNYL Remix) [Kling Klang / SNYL Edit]
Thorn – Damon Jee [Correspondant Records]
Bonnie Spacey – Guilty [Independent]
Underworld – And the Color Red (Rebuke Remix) [Smith Hyde Productions / Rebuke Edit]
Armonique – Bad Talk [HouseU Records]
Jake Shears – Too Much Music (Lauer Remix) [Mute / Boys Noize Records]
SNYL – Ghosts of the Dark Room [SNYL Records]
Darlyn Vlys – Shivers [Polymath Records]
Machinegewehr – Sans [Bordello A Parigi]
Sasha – Fused [Last Night On Earth]
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