Category: Synthwave

STRAWBERRY STATION - CHRISTMAS PRESENT EP

12/7/2018

England's purveyors of Future Funk, Strawberry Station are into sampling and Synthwave, providing a bit of a merry beat that may be a bit too deconstructed, at times, for my taste. Overall, though, I quite liked it. It was cheery and Christmasy and you can definitely dance to it. My favorite track was probably the brief opener "I'm Dreaming of A Funky Christmas", which is very 70s, 80s and 90s all rolled into one. "The Gift" (which is a reworked "Christmas Wrapping") is also quite winning. I'm a little less enthoused by "Macross Roasting on an Open Fibre". This one's name-your-price at Bandcamp.

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ERIC C. POWELL (feat. ANDREA POWELL) - O COME EMMANUEL

11/26/2018

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Ancient carols done up in Synth Pop style? Count me in. Eric C. Powell is no newcomer to Synth Pop, having led the 90s band Turning Key, who opened for such acts as Flock of Seagulls, Missing Persons and Depeche Mode. Now living in Austin, Texas (where, it turns out, there's a thriving synthwave community) Eric is turning out solo albums like "Back To Life". His new Christmas single "O Come Emmanuel" featuring wife Andrea Powell, is currently a name-your-price download at Bandcamp, as is the 1987 (pre-Turning Key) demo recording of "A Wonderful Christmas". (To get the songs for free, click on "buy track" for each song.)

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UMMAGMA - WINTER TALE

12/18/2016

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I guess we're fully international today as Ummagma is a Canadian/Ukranian duo. "Winter Tale" shows the Dream Pop pair are finding their "voice" (so to speak), stripping away some of the devices hey've used on earlier recordings to fully showcase their layering skills and, of course, the ethereal vocals of Shauna McLarnon (she being, presumably, the Canadian half, while Alexander Kretov is the Ukranian half).

"Winter Tale", a name-your-price download from Bandcamp, features a pair of re-mixes from Dream Pop pioneer A.R. Kane who, to my untrained ears, seems to put a little more Shoegaze into one and a little more Ambient into the other. They're all dreamy and fascinating but I have to say it's rare you hear re-mixes that sound so completely different than the original.

Very cool stuff.

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STRAWBERRY STATION - CHRISTMAS PRESENT EP

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