TimeCop1983
Scandroid
Lazerhawk
Futercop!
The Midnight
FM-84

Lazerhawk - Redline
Thats the only thing that I really loved

I have a list from Bandcamp a mile long. Even outfitted my Gamatron pin with a sound system that has my favorite synthwave .

Some of my favorite artists...
Scott Danesi
Castroe
Shredder 1984
Street cleaner
Moter
Morgan Willis
Powernerd
Neoslave
Stilz
Scandroid
Baldocaster
Absolute Valentine
Fury Weekend
Miami Sunsets
Hubrid
Celldweller
Nightwav
Billy Mays band
Retroxx
Daniel deluxe
Robert Parker
Subterra records
Z6B3R

I am surprised nobody said carpenter brute yet

Miami Nights 1984

My only exposure is through the Simpsons videos. I kinda find them to be a beautiful mash up.

That and Perturbator are the ones I primarily listen to in this genre.

Works particularly well as background music while playing Black Knight

Power Glove is pretty good. Lots of good tracks and his/their Blood Dragon soundtrack is excellent.

Pylot
Makeup and Vanity Set
Tommy ‘86
Modern Knight
Francci

Big fan of this genre! Lots of greats already listed, but wanted to put a few of my own favs in the hat!

I am a fan! Lazerhawk is actually a pinball guy!
--Scott

Saw the midnight live earlier this year. Excellent show. Also big fan of timecop1983 and night runner.

Great suggestions! I’ll have to check some of these guys out.

Scott, are you Pylot?

Nope, I produce under my own name, but I am not really like synthwave or vaporwave.

Would not have surprised me...

Looking forward to enjoying your work on the second Spooky/Danesi game in my collection!

I meant to mention tonebox earlier today but forgot. It's not really synthwave but his new track called Run is probably my favorite right now. So good.

Big, big time fan of Color Theory;
http://colortheory.com/
Started off more piano+synth-based, but has been blending more and more new wave sensibilities over the years.

Also been watching a ton of YouTube videos by an artist called Astral Throb.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpbH_7H71IPKq4eH7CD5spg
Mostly instrumental, very prolific, puts out a new 30+ minute "suite" every couple of weeks

+1 on Scandroid and Gunship

Later,
EV

I have all of FM Attack's albums. I also have Miami Nights 1984's first album.

I listen to all kinds of music which is why I don't have more of this stuff.

Marvel83'
Flash Arnold
Dynatron
Irving Force
Jeremiah Kane
Isidor

Among others already listed.
I recommend Genesis album by Marvel83' and The Pump album by Flash Arnold.

Missed this thread first time around. Synthwave and pinball is a killer combo! I need a Tron though.

I definitely moved to vaporwave from sythwave over the last year or two. Luxury Elite - World Class is a good vaporwave album. The Mallsoft subgenre is now my current jam.

Makes me happy to see a Vaporwave thread on Pinside. Been listening for a few years.

I really enjoy this existential take on Vaporwave.

I can't believe I'm only finding this thread now! My list could probably go on forever, but here's a couple of my favorite albums off the top of my head:

FM Skyline - Advanced Memory Suite https://fmskyline.bandcamp.com/album/advanced-memory-suite

Glaciære - Pool Water Blue
https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/album/pool-water-blue

Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza - NTSC Memories
https://lindsheavenvirtualplaza.bandcamp.com/album/ntsc-memories

Saint Pepsi - Hit Vibes
https://saintpepsi.bandcamp.com/album/hit-vibes?from=discover-top

Building a Better World - 猫 シ Corp. & t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者
https://catsystemcorp.bandcamp.com/album/building-a-better-world

Macross82-99 - A Million Miles Away
https://macross82-99.bandcamp.com/album/a-million-miles-away

Like I said, that's only scratching the surface! There's so many flavors and subgenres to explore, I'm always coming across stuff I like.

Plus there's tons of excellent vaporwave mixes that are very well curated, imo. The YouTube channel Vapor Memory has a series of 6 mixes that are like 1-2 hours each which are a great way to discover new albums and artists, but also stand up just fine by themselves. (If you like those, check out their other channel Vapor Memory 2 where they have like 6 more of those mixes!!!)

Happy hunting, and def keep posting any interesting stuff you come across!! Glad to see I'm in good company here!

Isidor Lord of Synth is pretty good.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l3N2rQV1zp0bd2KYWy9STx1U-w_vBNGVY

Bandcamp is where it’s at

Enjoy…

Baldocaster
Waveshaper
Michael Maas
Robert Parker
Castroe
Daniel deluxe
Holon
Carbon killer
Fury weekend
Scandroid
Hubrid
Stilz
Powernerd

Can you imagine if the future ended up as what the 80s dystopian futures looked like? Would’ve been sweet!

If you guys like the harder stuff, check out Ghost Data.
--Scott

I'm kind of a closeted Synthwave and Vaporwave fan. I don't actively seek it out, but I also don't skip it, or move past it somehow when it shows up. I'm really surprised at how many artists do it so well these days. I'm also fairly surprised at how many of these artists' names I recognize that have been posted here so far. Something I really like is stumbling upon other artists in media where I wasn't looking for it. Like the game PinOut. It has a fantastic soundtrack by Douglas Holmquist, who's apparently done a number of games with synthwave, or "synthwave-adjacent" soundtracks. A lot of the videos for these songs on youtube have cool visuals that fit the genre, but to be able to play a pinball type game while listening to that music is even better.

The 8-bit Guy on Youtube also ends most of his videos with music from a guy named Anders Enger Jensen. Some of his stuff fits genre-wise, but he also ventures outside of it as well.

Any love for Starcadian? His album "Midnight Signals" is really good. Recently had a vinyl release as well.

I released an Electro house album a few years ago that was very heavily 80's inspired under the alias, Takuro Spirit.

Pretend - Feat LIONFACE (Kat Marsh)

Let You Go - Feat. Kate Brady

For full-on Synthwave, Oscillian remixed one of my tracks:

Enough tooting my own horn. As far as my favorite Synthwave band - Le Matos. Can't get enough of them.

Someone should make us a spotify playlist.. I'm far too lazy and also don't know very many artists

Look what just arrived in the mail!

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These were some of my favorites when I was really heavy into this sound.

I saw Carpenter Brut years ago opening for Ministry. He has a lot of great songs. There are 2 other excellent Jackie Chan montages but this one is my favorite.

One of the last CDs I kept from my record store years. Com Truise sounds like how Videodrome looks.

An early favorite. Megadrive just takes me back to the arcades.

Two great videos. Pertubator is even better with vocals like this.

I dont know if this is the best Lazerhawk but it's good and it's a classic.

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