This week on Synthpop Symphony — we’re turning up the voltage on Show 296!
Get ready for Roubix re-imagining Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,
” a dark-synth take on Lady Gaga’s
“Disease” from Red Cell, and Loyd with his breakout single “Ego Death.
”Plus a killer ’80s Retro Mix with Trans-X, Depeche Mode, INXS, Alphaville, and Icehouse, an
artist spotlight on Cause and Effect, and the return of Sinister Disco Vol. 19 Redux — packed
with Italo, sparkle, and pure new-wave energy.
It’s Show 296 — all synths, no filler — only on Synthpop Symphony.
HOUR 1 – Spotlight: Retro Remakes & Dark Synth Crossovers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Roubix – Tainted Love (Soft Cell Cover) [Independent]
Red Cell – Disease (Lady Gaga Cover) [Progress Productions]
Loyd – Ego Death [Independent]
Mayah Camara – Love Take Over (Prod. by SelloRekt/LA Dreams) [Independent]
PRIZM – Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover) [Independent]
Copala – Freak (Arvid Tuba Remix) [Independent]
80s Retro Mix 296 (Mini Mix ~2:20)
Mixed by Matt Williams
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Trans-X – Living on Video (Pleasure and Pains Remix) [Energy Records]
Depeche Mode – Master and Servant (FDIEU Edit) [Mute]
INXS – Original Sin (Retro Disco Remix) [Atlantic]
Alphaville – Big in Japan (Retro Disco Machine Remix) [Warner Music]
Icehouse – Electric Blue (Mau Sacra Astralis Remix) [Chrysalis]
HOUR 2 – Artist Spotlight & Dancefloor Revival7. 8. 9. Cause and Effect – It’s Over Now [Zoo Entertainment]
Cause and Effect – Shenandoah [Independent]
Hazell Dean – Evergreen (2025 Remake) [Energise Records]
10. Celebrate the Nun – Razormaid Megamix [EMI / Razormaid]
Sinister Disco Vol. 19 Redux (Italo & Modern Synth Set)
11. MAXI ITALO – Road to You [Maxi Music Records]
12. Lucca Leeloo – Sometimes You Make Me Happy (Lauer Remix) [Independent]
13. Cosmicity – Your Beautiful Lie (Remix) [A Different Drum / Independent]
14. Block & Crown – Smalltown Boy [Super Circus Records]
15. Italoconnection – Get What U Want [Blanco Y Negro Music]
16. Lady Gaga vs. Sylvester – Mighty Abracadabra [Interscope]
17. Ross Alexander – Brand New Lover (Matt Pop Remix) [Pumpin’ UK Media]
18. MAXI ITALO – Sea and You [Maxi Music Records]
19. Hypernatural – Stormfront [International Feel Recordings]
20. Pavel Petrov – Back to Black [EXE Audio / Independent]
21. Attraction – Last Train to London (Mario Pauli Extended Remix) [Independent]
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