the rise of the synths

Anyone into synthwave?

www.theriseofthesynths.com

This looks like it could be a nice documentary about the “scene” and some great acts. Hope it reaches its funding goal.

Love this! The crowdfunding campaign is supposed to have started yesterday, but I don’t see any way to contribute.

Looks cool. There is a donate button on the homepage that takes you to the kickstarter.


Looks cool. There is a donate button on the homepage that takes you to the kickstarter.

Ah, didn’t see that-- thanks !

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Wow, almost all dudes.


Don’t these people know that women make music as well?

@AdamJay I feel like you may contact them. IMO you have some credibility to show you know what you’re talking about :slight_smile:

And you’re definitely right, I feel like it’s not that hard to find cool women artists, with my very tiny nascent culture in electronic music I can already find a dozen.

Like her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ALnPqBxc6I

Bear in mind the doc is about the 80s tastic genre of “synthwave” rather than a homage to synthersizes per sé.

It’s true that misogyny was even worse in the 80s

As not to get off topic. I’ve created a discussion on women in music.

https://www.operator-1.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2022/female-producers#latest

I’m backing this up, awesome!

They left Kaminsky out, thought he was the posterboy for the genre… Wonder which would be the DeLorean of synths?

From what I gather some of the individuals approached refused to do any interviews or appear on screen. They still hint there are more TBC.

Also check out “Synth Brittania” on youtube, for another feature length documentary on synthesizer based music.

Will give that a look, cheers.

Seems synths are all the rage right now: “Live at the Necropolis: Lords of Synth” posted yesterday on Adult Swim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXgNo5Smino

Lords of Synth was Amazing!!!