Interview by Shannon Lawlor Quiet Friend are an electro-pop duo currently based in New York. Initially conceived after producer and Nick Zanca put his mystifying electronic solo-project Mister Lies on indefinite hiatus, guitarist and synthesist Steven Rogers joined Zanca to form Quiet Friend – a sonically illuminating passion-project led by
Electronic / Elestial Sound / Interview / Mister Lies / New York / Nick Zanca / Pop / Quiet Friend / Synthpop / Synthwave
Interview by Shannon Lawlor German-born, now London-based synthstress NINA has been a spinning-cog and adhesive bond in the ever-growing Synthwave community since it’s hazy, nostalgia-fuelled inception. As well as heading her own innovative imprint Aztec Records, a label built around progressing the synthwave/synthpop scenes into the neon-lit giants it is
Aztec Records / Berlin / compilation / Dream-Pop / Electronic / Interview / London / NINA / Pure Synthwave Vol.1 / Synth / Synthpop / Synthwave
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Futurecop! – Manchester-based cinematic, dream-synth inspired electronic project led my musicians and producers Manzur Iqbal and Peter Carrol have graced the ever-growing synthwave community since 2005, bringing their own new-wave daydream-drenched brand of nostalgic pop to higher grounds, touring extensively and releasing grail after grail. Beyond
Dream-Pop / Electronic / Futurecop / Interview / Manchester / Pure Synthwave / Synthpop / United Kingdom
Chrome Sparks | Chrome Sparks | Counter Records Release date: April 13th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock An expression of growth and unbridled immersion in the new; yearning – a whole auditory world in which to embrace, the overwhelm of beauty in possibility. A delicate separation of sound within itself.
Angelica Bess / Chrome Sparks / Counter Records / Electronic / Electropop / Graham Ulicny / Kllo / New York / Review / Synthpop / USA
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Jeremy Malvin aka Chrome Sparks is an electronic musician and producer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Initially shattering the underground scene with the shimmering 2012 debut single, ‘Marijuana’, this then prompted a series of EP releases via Future Classic, swimming in synthesizer-bliss and percussive-paradise. He
Chrome Sparks (aka Jeremy Malvin) knows how to make his tracks shine. His forthcoming eponymous debut album via Counter Records (a Ninja Tune imprint), boasts a sparkling sound: a euphony of hip-hop, house and bright-beaming synthwork. On new single ‘Still Think’, the vocoder vocals and saccharine melodies show a predilection for straight-for-the-jugular songwriting. But there’s
