[Music] Current synthepop thread

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Have to share this. My absolute favourite track of the moment. Life enhancing. Let's hope we won't be sad tomorrow evening. If so this may cheer you up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-8cuWpLdhw

When I'm walking down the empty streets
You're always in my mind, always
As a shell of melting secret words
You're always in my mind, always
I can feel your whispering inside of noisy dreams
Through the ceiling of a room,
The echo of your voice
As a wave brought by the wind
Is calling from the void
Now I recognize the sound where theres no sound at all
When you are sad, tears are not enough
Everytime you lose yourself in yearning
When you are sad, days are not enough
Time never stops before your eyes
When you are sad, rest is not enough
All your efforts seem to be ignored
When you are sad, beauty is not enough
Makebelieve is all you see around you.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This is minimal synthpop from Turkey. Saw them last year. Delicious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMPd9QoVfVA

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Another recent discovery....apols, veering away from synthepop....will fix soon..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Haf0G11749M

 

[Sussex Nomad]

A thread for myself ... very apt.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

A blast from the past but this is a synthepop classique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaTuMKBceO4

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

If you are on my ignore list I cannot and will not read your post. Just sayin' like.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I'll probably have this played at my funeral. Goodbye, indeed. I love the way this track comes back with a triumphant F'uck You at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLNM-rJi1mM

apologies for the indulgence, but anyway, I know a few of you like my pop pix. à bientôt, encore and nighty night.

 

[DavePage]

Have to share this. My absolute favourite track of the moment. Life enhancing. Let's hope we won't be sad tomorrow evening. If so this may cheer you up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-8cuWpLdhw

When I'm walking down the empty streets
You're always in my mind, always



As a shell of melting secret words
You're always in my mind, always
I can feel your whispering inside of noisy dreams
Through the ceiling of a room,
The echo of your voice
As a wave brought by the wind
Is calling from the void
Now I recognize the sound where theres no sound at all
When you are sad, tears are not enough
Everytime you lose yourself in yearning
When you are sad, days are not enough
Time never stops before your eyes
When you are sad, rest is not enough
All your efforts seem to be ignored
When you are sad, beauty is not enough
Makebelieve is all you see around you.

I like it, but isn't it
Valentine by Future Holograms




Sorry couldn't resist

 

[DavePage]

This is minimal synthpop from Turkey. Saw them last year. Delicious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMPd9QoVfVA

are you seeing them through work? or how do you find these bands?

can I ask how old are you? I love this stuff at 62 and get frowned at

 

[Surf's Up]

Stuck. In. The. 80's. Complete with funny hair.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Check out local bands 'Battery Operated Orchestra' and' Vile Electrodes' from Newhaven and Hastings respectively. Both producing great synthpop and play live locally a few times a year. Google them and lots of their stuff will come up. They should be much bigger but pure synthpop is probably seen as quite niche by those not into it.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

are you seeing them through work? or how do you find these bands?

can I ask how old are you? I love this stuff at 62 and get frowned at

My route in was originally, Napster and Audiogalaxy, then youtube. I would have been looking up a group I like from the past, like Danse Society, and I'd get suggestions. On Napster, looking for early 80s gothy stuff lead me to other users who had stuff like VNV Nation, Theater of Tragedy etc. I had time on my hands at work 20 years ago, and a very fast intenet connection, and the rest is history. These days Youtube has brilliant algorithms. That's how I find most stuff these days. And I have been to see some of the artists: 'She past away'; 'lebanon hanover'; 'protomartyr'; and we are off to see 'pink turns blue' in a few weeks. I'll be 61 in May. Luckily Mrs T is a massive music nut too (although she's more a 'My Bloody Valentine' noisy guitar fan than synthepop/darkwave nutter like me). All the best!

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Check out local bands 'Battery Operated Orchestra' and' Vile Electrodes' from Newhaven and Hastings respectively. Both producing great synthpop and play live locally a few times a year. Google them and lots of their stuff will come up. They should be much bigger but pure synthpop is probably seen as quite niche by those not into it.

Many thanks - will do

And did I forget to post this ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6HS0vBr_NQ&t=4s

 

[Weststander]

Hi @HWT .... none of your videos are showing in this thread, for me! Am I going mad?

 

[Ernest]

Hi @HWT .... none of your videos are showing in this thread, for me! Am I going mad?

He's put you on IGNORE, nobody can see them if he does that

 

[scoobiewhite]

Going back a few years to 2008 and our very own Skint Records put out an album by Mirrors, of Bexhill origin.

Lots of good songs on the album by the first track is a good place to start.

Needless to say they were big in Germany!

https://youtu.be/mr79w9-Ol_A

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Hi @HWT .... none of your videos are showing in this thread, for me! Am I going mad?

I can see them.....there have been a few issues with NSC lately....try again?

Decided to watch the game on telly today #badfan

I had so much domestic stuff to do....

I will either be thinking 'lucky I didn't go and watch that shite' or 'brilliant win, TFFT'. So its a win win. I just hope it isn't the slippery slope.....luckily I have BTsport and not Sky sport or it could be curtains

 

[PTC Gull]

Hi @HWT .... none of your videos are showing in this thread, for me! Am I going mad?

I can see them on the desktop and laptop but not on iPad or iPhone. Most weird

 

[Weststander]

I can see them.....there have been a few issues with NSC lately....try again?

Decided to watch the game on telly today #badfan

I had so much domestic stuff to do....

I will either be thinking 'lucky I didn't go and watch that shite' or 'brilliant win, TFFT'. So its a win win. I just hope it isn't the slippery slope.....luckily I have BTsport and not Sky sport or it could be curtains

I’m here with mild man flu. Never known the roads and park n ride so quiet, possibly due to quite a few watching on BT.

Enjoy.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Going back a few years to 2008 and our very own Skint Records put out an album by Mirrors, of Bexhill origin.

Lots of good songs on the album by the first track is a good place to start.

Needless to say they were big in Germany!

https://youtu.be/mr79w9-Ol_A

Wow! Great call - What a band Mirrors were. I was very lucky to see them at the Green Door Store in Brighton before they disbanded. Great shame as i thought they could have made it on to the mainstream scene, they were that talented.