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Pander
Oct 9, 2007

Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.



Cyril Sneer posted:

I saw The Midnight a few weeks ago. They played neither American Online nor Memories, which are basically their best songs.
I don't generally listen to America Online. It's...there? It's okay, I guess?

And better than Sunset, Los Angeles, Gloria, Shadows, Lost Boy, Wave, Jason, Comeback Kid, or Days of Thunder?

That's a hell of a take.

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Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
Well guess you’re just gonna have to go watch them again

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747

Pander posted:

I don't generally listen to America Online. It's...there? It's okay, I guess?

And better than Sunset, Los Angeles, Gloria, Shadows, Lost Boy, Wave, Jason, Comeback Kid, or Days of Thunder?

That's a hell of a take.

cough Vampires cough Crystalline cough

Rotten Red Rod
Mar 5, 2002

No way it's all about Kick Drums & Red Wine

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
y'all mispelling CLUBHOUSE - Kyra (The Midnight Remix)

Pander
Oct 9, 2007

Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.



The best is really Lost and Found (Tyler Lyle not-a-remix)

(Not gonna lie wife and I are addicted to Lyle's solo stuff atm)

e.pilot
Nov 20, 2011

sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Rotten Red Rod posted:

No way it's all about Kick Drums & Red Wine

I prefer Kick Drums & Red Wine

weekly font
Dec 1, 2004


Everytime I try to fly I fall
Without my wings
I feel so small
Guess I need you baby...



Static off the Timecop album is a dark horse candidate for my favorite Midnight related thing.

underage at the vape shop
May 11, 2011

by Cyrano4747
river of darkness hasn't been mentioned yet smdh

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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if a band doesnt play your favorite song live, you probably have poo poo taste hth

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
The gently caress am I supposed to listen to? Devo’s songs that aren’t “whip it”!

weekly font
Dec 1, 2004


Everytime I try to fly I fall
Without my wings
I feel so small
Guess I need you baby...



If I have to pick an actual song it’s Light Years or Sunset.

Shoehead
Sep 28, 2005

Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?
I didn't notice that GosT had another album out this year, and, I dunno I'm kind of vexed by GosT. Anything he does that's synthy is the kind of synth I really like, just really warm, filthy noise. And then lately he'll throw a few tracks of the weirdest screamiest shrieky metal songs that go nowhere and do nothing for me. It's almost the kind of thing that maybe should be done under a different name or altogether somewhere

Pope Guilty
Nov 6, 2006

The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature, capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty.
I adored Possessor as this amazing and menacing fusion of synthwave, black/doom metal, and even 80s goth, but the new album is just too much like conventional metal for me. Oh well, there's still literally everything else he's made.

VodeAndreas
Apr 30, 2009

Yeah the new one by him did nothing for me, apparently it's gone from one guy to two guys making the music?

Agree that having this album under a different artist would have made sense to me, I can see a bit of progression to this style with parts of Possessor but definitely going for a different audience than his first two albums at least. :(

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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https://open.spotify.com/album/2u83NlL7DfVYvQRA9QGFRj

new magic sword album just dropped

Xenix
Feb 21, 2003

I wish there had been more new songs (since Reborn and Colossus have been out for a while), but I really like the album.

Pander
Oct 9, 2007

Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.



Xenix posted:

I wish there had been more new songs (since Reborn and Colossus have been out for a while), but I really like the album.

Kinda deflated the gunship dark all day album for me too, having three of the most unique songs off the album as way early singles. Of the songs left, too many were underwhelming or not my cup of tea, so the album release felt kinda weak after the hype.

It's a fine album, just well short of their first.

Listened to the first half of the new magic sword...they really like that daft punk kinda sound don't they? It's cool, just didn't blow my mind. Colossus is still the best track.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Is it disco that people are referring to when they say daft punk sound?

Photex
Apr 6, 2009




Carpenter Brut did a remix of the League of Legends theme for this years worlds and it is pretty drat good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pjwRvLnF0w

Detective No. 27
Jun 7, 2006

The new Magic Sword is very disco and it's great. Disco forever.

Fishstick
Jul 9, 2005

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The new Magic Sword gave me a lot of Birdy Nam Nam vibes at times (specifically from Manual for Succesful Rioting) instead of Daft Punk, really.

buildmorefarms
Aug 13, 2004

любоваться
Doctor Rope

Photex posted:

Carpenter Brut did a remix of the League of Legends theme for this years worlds and it is pretty drat good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pjwRvLnF0w

It's kind of an odd collab, but I'll take anything new by CB. Had a quick listen to the original, and the brut bits are very....brut

Basticle
Sep 12, 2011


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1095895737280857&id=349539075249864

Sombrerotron
Aug 1, 2004

Release my children! My hat is truly great and mighty.

The album art is basically a parody of itself, but I'm really enjoying Ride the Madness by Mental Exile. Can't stop listening to this song in particular:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_dW44ckiss

Pope Guilty
Nov 6, 2006

The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature, capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty.
This year's season of American Horror Story, "1984", has an absolutely baller synth version of the AHS theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9g14iaqt3s

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747
So Power Glove dropped that "Throwback" EP.

The good: Hunters is finally out in some official form! So is Vengeance!

The bad: THEY TOOK OUT THE COOL INTRO FROM VENGEANCE, THE FUCKERS

e: also, I'm really, really not feeling the new Magic Sword. the disco thing is cool in theory but clashes with basically everything I liked about their previous sound. :smith: Colossus is a rad loving track and I like Reborn okay enough, but Awakening just outright sucks rear end and I'm not really feeling Lady of Light at all, and the rest of the album is literal filler.

WeedlordGoku69 fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Nov 15, 2019

Rotten Red Rod
Mar 5, 2002

I made a song: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nz8KEr6HMS0T1R1j3Wt_szamv6425CLl

It's my first. Be gentle. (I could use EQ help tho.)

NZAmoeba
Feb 14, 2005

It turns out it's MAN!
Hair Elf
The local scene in Montreal is having a SynthFest evening at one of the venues here, 6 artists, and they've released a promotional playlist to get a taste of what's on offer:

https://montrealsynthfest.bandcamp.com/album/volume-1

Probably a good sampler if anyone's looking to find more stuff. I certainly feel lucky to live here.

ShoogaSlim
May 22, 2001

YOU ARE THE DUMBEST MEATHEAD IDIOT ON THE PLANET, STOP FUCKING POSTING



Rotten Red Rod posted:

I made a song: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nz8KEr6HMS0T1R1j3Wt_szamv6425CLl

It's my first. Be gentle. (I could use EQ help tho.)

this def has potential. kudos on your first song, that's killer!

critique:
that drum roll/fill thing you do on transitions is over-used. try some different fills to add variety, or no drumfill at all and use another instrument to transition- some midnight jams incorporate that well. also the piano lines during the pauses could use some increased complexity to make it more interesting

praise:
you have the basics down well and the song overall is well put together minus the above comments. work on the EQ and add some dynamic poo poo to keep it from becoming too "droney"

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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shooga mate do you make music? can you link it?

Rotten Red Rod posted:

I made a song: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nz8KEr6HMS0T1R1j3Wt_szamv6425CLl

It's my first. Be gentle. (I could use EQ help tho.)

remember when sa banned you for drunk posting? well gently caress that im drunk and this is fun, we danced around a bit ;)

Bald Stalin fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Nov 28, 2019

Rotten Red Rod
Mar 5, 2002

ShoogaSlim posted:

this def has potential. kudos on your first song, that's killer!

critique:
that drum roll/fill thing you do on transitions is over-used. try some different fills to add variety, or no drumfill at all and use another instrument to transition- some midnight jams incorporate that well. also the piano lines during the pauses could use some increased complexity to make it more interesting

praise:
you have the basics down well and the song overall is well put together minus the above comments. work on the EQ and add some dynamic poo poo to keep it from becoming too "droney"

Thanks! I've progressed a bit since I made that one and am currently deep in trying to learn about sound design, layering, and eq so I can get my mixes sounding better. I've got another song I like even better, but I'm not ready to share it yet.

Ranter posted:

remember when sa banned you for drunk posting? well gently caress that im drunk and this is fun, we danced around a bit ;)

I... I think that might be the greatest compliment ever. :D

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.
I haven't been getting into new synth stuff that much lately, but Ferus Melek's new album We Don't Belong Here from this year is pretty fuckin' good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssZJTh2bCOo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZlqpZ9j8jg


A bit before that I also discovered last year's Invaders from Hollywood Burns and it's loving FIRE.
One of the YT comments just says "Dance with the Brut" and I think that's a pretty good summary, really, though in addition there's also some orchestral soundtrack flair thrown in for good measure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0lk5x0l5Is


And as a parting gift I'll just leave this here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z2ZyBt2Qcs

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Yeh Hollywood burns is sick the theremin stuff is cool

CherryCola
Apr 15, 2002

'ahtaj alshifa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQbwVsqByCI

Here's a new track from Indian retrowave artist Popcorn Kid. Loooove him

Fishstick
Jul 9, 2005

Does not require preheating

CherryCola posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQbwVsqByCI

Here's a new track from Indian retrowave artist Popcorn Kid. Loooove him

I dig it


Some retrowave I found recently, Platforms, big FM-84 vibe. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOafSl29AxQ

CherryCola
Apr 15, 2002

'ahtaj alshifa
Here's another dude I just found. I'm super into this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUcLdEjG6jY

ShoogaSlim
May 22, 2001

YOU ARE THE DUMBEST MEATHEAD IDIOT ON THE PLANET, STOP FUCKING POSTING



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2zlH72k0Rw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Cd5pSObTY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FptokW4IUQo

^ none of these are new, just some songs i've been jamming more than usual and wanted to share w y'all 😎🌴

Rotten Red Rod
Mar 5, 2002

If we're just sharing our favorite songs, I'm completely obsessed with this one, from an Australian guy named Beau McKee/DELOS:

DELOS - Trace Decay

Sadly as far as I can tell he's only made those 4 synthwave songs :/

A few others that are real good:

ZETA - The Distance

Color Theory - Phobiac

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Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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The duder that opened for magic sword tonight fuckin rocked it. he wore some kinda upper body sports armor to which a cape was attached. And he had a horn in the middle of his forehead.

edit: https://equipdream.bandcamp.com/

I was coming up just as he ramped up the zelda it was p. magic

Bald Stalin fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Dec 8, 2019

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