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Top 5 Retrowave Artists

Everything old is new again, and everything 80s is popular again. Retrowave is a genre of music which emulates the synth heavy sound of the 80s, especially soundtrack composers such as Tangerine Dream and John Carpenter. It goes by a variety of names, including synthwave, futuresynth, and outrun (after the video game). Here are our picks for the Geek Top 5 Retrowave Artists.

5. Kavinsky

French producer Kavinsky was one of the first retrowave artists to gain widespread notoriety, when his song “Nightcall” was featured as the title track in the 2011 film Drive. The song has over 96 million views on YouTube, and his album Outrun, a reference to the video game of the same name, is one of the primary reasons the genre is sometimes defined as outrun.
Buy Kavinsky’s album Outrun, Here: http://amzn.to/2taVk1o

4. Power Glove

Australian duo Power Glove was commissioned to create the score for FarCry 3:Blood Dragon, and its sequel Trials of the Blood Dragon. Blood Dragon is retrowave in video game form, a tribute to over the top 80s action movies. They have also produced 2 EPs of original music.
Buy the Blood Dragon soundtrack here: http://amzn.to/2nj20EU

3. Tronicbox

Tronicbox takes a slightly different approach to retro music, he takes modern vocals from artists like Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande and rearranges them into 80s pop songs, complete with extravagant sax and guitar solos, and it works amazingly well. Check out his Youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/8uDQ0P9AWc8

2. Carpenter Brut

Carpenter Brut is quickly becoming one of the most popular artists in the genre. He uses darker and heavier synths to create a more ‘metal’ electronic sound than was used in the 80s, but still is reminiscent of the classic sound. His music has been used in the Corridor Digital short film Real GTA, and more recently in the trailer for Samurai Jack season 5.
Buy Carpenter Brut’s album Trilogy here: http://amzn.to/2oPVTvq

1. Mitch Murder

Swedish producer Mitch Murder is best known for his work on the soundtrack of the Retro 80’s short film Kung Fury. One of the tracks was used to create the theme song, “True Survivor” with David Hasselhoff on vocals. Both the music video and movie have over 27 million views each on YouTube. He has also produced several albums of original music, in the same style as his soundtrack work.
Buy Mitch Murder’s album Interceptor here: http://amzn.to/2nYtvmx

That's our Geek Top 5 Retrowave artists. Also be sure to check out the NewRetroWave channel, they have lots of great music from New artists each week.