The synthwave genre has evolved a lot in the past decade. Retro blast-beat pop songs from the 1980s were retroactively cool, but it wasn’t until the release of 2011 movie Drive which really pushed the ...

Visuals are as important a part of synthwave as the music itself. Retro-inspired artists such as Forces Creative, Charles Blanchard (who designed the most recent South by South Death poster for ...

Music consumption in the 21st century is unrecognisable to previous generations, with huge shifts in the spaces we associate with musical styles and their organic creation. In the ’80s, the places you ...

Neon Nights is a DJ showcase of retro 80s hits, popular electronica and modern synthwave music all held within the smoke and lasers aesthetic of 1980s arcade bar!

For a genre about the future, cyberpunk increasingly feels trapped in the past. Leaning into nostalgia, new movies and videogames are still dominated by retro synthwave music, neon lighting, and ...