Six songs tackling death, children, aging, school violence, toxicity, bitterness, and through it all, a prayer for the safety of loved ones. Welcome back to the neon-hued land of 1980s synthscapes and new romanticism.
Tag: 80s
Album: The Modern Conundrums (2023)
The Modern Conundrums is a 7-song synthwave and synthpop album that tackles the modern dilemmas we face everyday… to an 80s beat!
Recreating My Own Version of Depeche Mode’s Ice Machine
I rediscovered and recreated a bleak ’80s synth masterpiece by Depeche Mode called “Ice Machine.”
Album: Corporate Inefficiency Machine (2022)
7 synthwave and downtempo tracks that translate corporate life into retrowave music for the perennially stressed wage slave.
No Escape from the 80s: The Only Water Flowing
My latest EP, The Only Water Flowing is a collection of vocal tracks, each one a full song with lyrics and melodies and harmonies. It’s 5 tracks in total, and is my last release for 2021. And it’s me trying to get past my fear of putting myself and my creative work “out there” for… Continue reading No Escape from the 80s: The Only Water Flowing
On New Tools, New Sounds, and Enough Synthwave Tunes to Release an Album
At the start of the year, I thought the Acid42 project was dead. Turns out all I needed was a new set of sonic tools.
Songwriting Tips from 3 Influential New Wave Tracks
These three New Wave/New Romantic tracks from the 1980s influenced me and inspired me to create electronic music. While there are many more obvious choices I could have included (Depeche Mode, New Order, and Tears for Fears), these songs embody everything about electronica that appeals to me, even if the tracks themselves aren’t electronic.