The Canadian synth-pop band behind the iconic hits “The Safety Dance” and “Pop Goes the World,” led by founding member and ...

SYNTH WEEK 2024: After the incredible leaps in synthesizer technology that were made in the late '70s, 1980 could be regarded as the year that was the calm before the beautiful storm. There weren’t ...

Crying in the Club’ is an EP that will likely change the course of music history forever. I am excited to see the seismic ...

Back in 1981, “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League was an insanely big hit. It’s not an overly complex song, either. Martin Rushent, who produced the song, added a drum machine, a very basic synth, ...

AFI have released the new song "Holy Visions," the second single from their forthcoming album Silver Bleeds the Black Sun….

The 1980s delivered a unique, vibrant, and often extravagant musical landscape that defined an entire generation.

The Prophet ’08 was seen as a rebirth of the Prophet series, in an 8-voice synthesiser, which offered two oscillators per voice, but now in a DCO format. It was deemed as the return of an analogue ...

Forty years ago there was a decade that had an outsized influence on all pop culture moving forward. The music of the 60s may have still gotten persistent airplay in the 80s but music from the 40s was ...

We Built This City made Starship an ’80s sensation but also one of rock’s most mocked bands, turning the hit into a pop ...

Synth Riders is a VR rhythm game developed by Kluge Interactive. Players can now relive the iconic 80s sound with the 80s Mixtape Side A Pack bringing hits from a long-gone era of music. The pack ...

James grew up in the arcades of the 80s and has played games on everything from the Milton Bradley Microvision to the PlayStation 5. He worked in gaming retail during the PS1/PS2 eras, and even had a ...