🎶 Synthpop Symphony 298 is out now — and this one’s packed from start to finish.
This week I drop a Classic New Wave Mini-Mix featuring refreshed remakes from A-ha, The Twins, and Erasure — blending those timeless 80s melodies with a modern club edge.
Then things get darker (in the best way) with a Female Dark-Synth Spotlight featuring some seriously powerful artists from around the world — Agency-V, Violentene, Dreadful Savior, Ladytron, and Synthetic Saints feat. Alisa bringing sleek, emotional electro energy.
We wrap up the first hour with fresh, high-energy releases from Fragrance., JXNS, and Dollar, proving that synthpop isn’t just alive — it’s thriving.
Hour two cranks it all the way up with Sinister Nu-Disco Vol. 2, a full-length mix built around De Soffer’s incredible reworks. Tel Aviv producer Omri Soffer takes 80s and modern icons — Moby, Alphaville, Depeche Mode, New Order, Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Queen, and more — and turns them into pulsing, late-night Nu-Disco anthems.
An hour of pure, analog-meets-digital magic that captures everything I love about this show — the past, present, and future of synth-driven music colliding on one dancefloor.
Hour 1 – New Music SpotlightÂ
- Ayria – Burning Up (Madonna Cover) [Artoffact Records]
- Cicero – Don’t Hide Away [Spaghetti Records / Polydor (original affiliation)]
- Blackbook – Wait Until Midnight [darkTunes Music Group]
Mini-Mix – Classic New Wave Remakes
Mixed by Matt Williams
- A-ha – Hunting High and Low (Seashore 12” Remix) [Warner Music / Reprise]
- The Twins – Not the Loving Kind (Collini Nu Disco Remix) [Original: Hansa International / BMG]
- Erasure – Stop! (TSF DiscoMix) [Mute Records]
Female Dark-Synth Spotlight
- Agency-V – House of Sin [Distortion Productions]
- Violentene – The Other Side [Independent / Self-Released]
- Dreadful Savior – Shades of Crimson (Bruja Remix) [Independent / Self-Released]
- Ladytron – I See Red [Cooking Vinyl]
- Ladytron – Runaway (2008) [Nettwerk Records]
- Synthetic Saints feat. Alisa – Dreams in the Night [Independent]
High-Energy New Music Set
- Fragrance. – Burning the Mold [Artoffact Records]
- JXNS – Remember the Days [Independent / Self-Released]
Dollar – The Train That Never Comes [Cherry Red Records / Classic Pop Reissues]
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