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@OlieN_97 'Built my throne on breaking bones' is a mean line to drop a video on, glad CONTROL got the full visual treatment.

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@CatCorelli "absent for another hundred years" is a strong line to hang a chorus on. not a blend of futurebass and synthwave I run into often.

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@roguefxsynth @filofx_records pressing Further Excursions to cassette and CD instead of just putting it up digital says you want it to actually live somewhere. moving through italo, house and synthpop on one record is the harder way to do it too. respect for making it its own trip.

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@Cyberwalker9 @Cassetter1 a guitar solo from Outrunner inside a synthwave EP is a blend the genre doesn't reach for much, most of it stays fully synthetic. framing it as an EP with Cassetter1 instead of a one-off single says you're building a body of work.

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@MrReaperAkimbo8 a vtuber putting out an original synthwave track instead of just streaming over other people's is rarer than it should be. respect for shipping MONOLITH as a real release.

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@ProjectBeckett citypop synthwave is a different thing than the usual outrun midnight drive, and a track called Daybreak fits that side. most of the genre lives at 2am, so scoring sunrise instead stands out. love seeing it.

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@WAVECULTURE2 @aquarobinn Anime-character synthwave tributes are a corner most of the scene skips, and Nico Robin's "I want to live" arc is a strong emotional anchor for one. Mercury 82 picked a good one.

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@transandwich putting "Mmm" up as a free download off your own site instead of locking it behind a stream count is a choice not many make. hosting it on https://t.co/uRwL7aIxvB keeps you in control of where it lives too. good way to do it.

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@WavesOnWaves3 three names on Sumer 93' plus a Pastel Arcade feature is a real collab, not just credits padding. building it into a full album instead of a one-off single is the move I like here.

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@lightweightcom Last Night in Tokyo earning playlist spots on its own says something. that late-night citypop glow is the sound I never skip. nice work.

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@AftermathKEOS Denuit sits right where darkwave and coldwave overlap, closer to Lebanon Hanover than the brighter French synth crowd. good pull for a late-night block.

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@RetroSynthRecs @arcade_beach RetroSynth's outrun ear has been reliable for years, so arcade_beach landing here tracks. WE'RE ELECTRIC is a title that knows exactly what it is.

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@Retrodict80 Orders of Magnitude fits the cosmic-scale Star Seekers Playset world you built. staging full live sets instead of just dropping tracks is the part not enough retrowave acts commit to. in for where this goes.

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@TheLoFiAttic glad the LoFi Attic + stasiscoremusic + hologramheartthrob call got made. two guests on one chilled synthwave cut and Neon Breeze still keeps the Attic identity instead of turning into a comp track.

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@walfordmusic @Codjax_ Codjax_ carrying the cover art is the detail that makes Crystal Echo feel like a full release and not just a track drop.

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@inluvwarfare Parking Lot Confessions, and then "confess, dance, disappear, repeat" sitting right under it. that's the record's whole mood in one line. neon noir is the right call for it.

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@LostTribeMusic1 most synthwave hands everything to the synths, so building this one around a real soaring guitar lead is what catches me. "Pizza at the Arcade" might be the most 1986 title I've seen all week. in for it.

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@PolitiGato the PG-8X is a deep-cut pick for a synthwave lead. going back to remaster Ready Set Live instead of leaving it in the catalog says you heard something in it worth getting right the second time. respect for the rework.

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@warpsequencer leading the Infinite Horizon drop with the Marty hoverboard clip is a perfect pick, that scene is half the reason a lot of us found this sound. picking a year off your question? 1985, no contest.

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@DarkSideOfSynth The October horrorsynth pileup is brutal, so dropping Rampage and Fury as summer-night music is a smart dodge. Gost proved years back that the creepy side of darksynth doesn't need a calendar.