Podcasts about synthpop

In this episode of Caught On The Mike, I'm talking with sFox, the multi-instrumentalist and producer behind the mysterious creative project MASKS.MASKS recently released its debut EP, First Life, a five-track introduction to a much larger universe that extends beyond music into graphic novels, visual storytelling and online content. sFox uses the literal mask as an “ego hack,” creating distance between the artist and the work so the music can exist without the distractions that often come with identity and expectation.We talk about the philosophy behind MASKS, the influence of artists like Peter Gabriel, The Blue Nile and Doves, the idea of music being something to inhabit rather than simply understand, and the creative process behind “Every Little Light,” the final song to arrive for First Life.This is a conversation about anonymity, ego, storytelling, world-building and what happens when an artist chooses to let the art speak before the artist does.www.caughtonthemike.comcaughtonthemike@gmail.com 

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Mesh, VNV Nation, Dismantled, Clan of Xymox, Frontal Boundary, and many more artists from around the world.

2026-09-28 - Veckans sändning nyheter med svensk synth från Fräuleine Frake, Pigmachine, LeeZeth och Analfabetism. Internationellt från Kramm, Pharaoh Overlord, B1980 och Chvrches.

Synthpop and Electropop From all over the world Highlighting Indie bands

Made a big change last week and finally bid adieu to the remnants of my hair and shaved my head. Quite a chnage for someone who had long hair for a decade. Then short hair, then.. well.. You get the progression. Getting the show done early as I'm finally replacing the desk I've used since the 90s. Time to start taking everything apart! Mechanical Horizon - Forever Alone Phase Fatale - Guts Binokular - Klangfusion (Rotoskop) All The Ashes - Sehnsucht Im All Future City Punks - Be My Side Grendel - Dominion Phaser One - Enemy J Dead - Halo http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Grendel, Synthattack, The Cassandra Complex, Dead Can Dance, Mental Discipline,  and many more artists from around the world.

COMPUTER KILL – Must Have Been a DreamTONY & THE KIKI – Keep Shinin' OnLIVINGMORE – SharpU2 with MARTIN GARRIX – Fireflies (PO intro edit)OSCAR AND THE WOLF – Something in the AirHUMAN LEAGUE – The Lebanon (Blue Collar Bros. mix)SILENT WVLF – DeceptionNITE – Price for HeavenKASABIAN – Where Did All The Love GoCASTLECOMER – Get In LineWE ARE SCIENTISTS – Contact HighTRIPPING JUPITER – Time Doesn't StopSOUND OF GUNS – Bullets in the BloodstreamTHE STATIC AGE – RecoverPET SHOP BOYS – It's a Sin (2024 version)MAXIMO PARK – Meeting Up

2026-09-21 - Höstens första sändning och vi summerer sommaren lite kort och fortsätter med svenska nyheter från All Systems Out, Förnan, Quelle Bagatelle och Autorhythm. Internationellt från Namnd, Damien Hearse, NNHMN och Megan McDuffee.

This week we're slowly saying goodbye to summer, but apparently we're going to get a nice long warm fall and thats my favourite time of year. Nothing like being able to break out the leather jacket without freezing or broiling. This week we dip our toes into some more techno industrial along with some great straightforward EBM and finishing off with the epitome of what was old is new again with a completely re-recorded Stabbing Westward disc. DSTRTD SGNL - Tanz Den Teuefel (The Left Hand Path) Chainreactor - Maybe, Maybe not Massiv In Mensch - Procrastination Damage Control - Modernity Destroy Me Again - Stray (Freak Mix) Llumen - The Leftovers Resistor - Moldavia Stabbing Westward - Shame http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Gli ABC nascono nel 1980 a Sheffield, nel South Yorkshire, dall'incontro del cantante dei Vice Versa Martin Fry (1958) col chitarrista Mark White (1961) ed il sassofonista Stephen Singleton (1959) durante un'intervista per il giornale universitario.Arrivano Lickley e RobinsonDa quest'incontro emerge in nucleo fondatore, cui si aggiungeranno a breve Mark Lickley (1961) al basso e David Robinson (1949) alla batteria. Nel 1982 gli ABC pubblicano due singoli: Poison Arrow e, appunto, The look of love, che arrivano al decimo posto nelle classifiche UK, facendo strada all'album di debutto The lexicon of love, che fisserà l'apice del successo.

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Blutengel, Neuroticfish, C-Lekktor, Ayria, Actors, and many more artists from around the world.

LUKKA – StardazerDEPECHE MODE – No More (TSF remix)ALICE GIFT – Pretty HateFUTURE NOBODIES – 80's CocaineVOGON POETRY – Further Than BeforeERASURE – Who Needs Love Like That (TSF remix)TWIN RITUAL – SuffocateFUTURE ANALOG – Out of TouchSECRET CAMERAS – It Doesn't MatterARTEMAS – Eat Me AliveCOLD SHOWERS with RXKNEPHEW – Bury You SoonDOUBLESPEAK – Back to Nature (Fad Gadget cover)BEACH BUNNY – ChasmFRIENDLY FIRES – Lose All Your FriendsSIMPLE MINDS – Beginner BoysTHE CRUXSHADOWS – Windbringer

OK I goofed last week and managed to not play the regularily sceduled last track and went straight to the "bonus" track. Oops. Well, the J Dead track has been put back into the inbox and I'll get to it soon! Another beautiful weekend, so I'm getting this posted and getting my butt outside to enjoy the weather. But I had to make a quick edit to the show as I listened to a bit during my "proofreading" and found a section that came off as negative when it wasn't supposed to be. Rather than just let it go I slapped some tape overtop. Lights Of Euphoria - The Silent Dance Atoms Inc. - Trail Blazer Rogue Unit vs Darkvolt - Aggresion (CJ Bolland) Novosti Kulturi - Beat Control Desolate Memory - Haunted Mildreda - Faded Schwefelgelb - Fieber DXNSE MCBRE - Zeit http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

THE SOUND VEIL SOCIETY – The RiverANDY BELL – Put Your Empathy On IceEMBRACE – StopMOWTH – AnimalsYES AND MAYBE – M.I.A. (Missing in Action)DEF LEPPARD – Armegeddon It (Blue Collar Bros. remix)LOUSE – Give Me PauseCKAABAL – TaxiTHE GRISWOLDS – Down and OutPARRALOX – The Sun and The Rainfall (Depeche Mode cover)SELEBRITIES – LoversBRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND SUNS – IncuriousMINISTRY – I'll Do Anything For You (Squirrely mix)PROVOKER – Rose in a GlassDEATH BELLS – New Signs of LifeSATURDAY AM – Heart First

A happy labour day to us all in North America where we celebrate the workers right we have that are slowly eroding! But I was good, I made sure that what I did yesterday didn't cause anyone else to work. No food ordering, no shopping. Plus I took the rest of the week off so I can do that stuff through tyhe rest of the week. We've got some great new stuff for you this week, including an extra track from Forma Tadre! Death By Love - Krolowa Swiata Phaser One - Enemy Emmon - Relics Massiv In Mensch - Artificial Honey (Kontrast) Dekad - You Don't DSTRTD SGNL - Tanz Den Teufel (Blind Vision/Orange Sector) Aesthetic Perfection - Villain Era J Dead - Halo Forma Tadre - Date Unknown http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from The Cruxshadows, Mildreda, I Ya Toyah, j:dead, and many more artists from around the world.

Some '80s bands sold millions of records. Some filled arenas. Some became so permanently embedded in pop culture that you can't walk through a grocery store without hearing them over the frozen peas. And then there are the bands that somehow found us anyway. This week on Stuck in the '80s, we're celebrating Book of Love and a handful of other synth-pop bands that deserved a little more attention the first time around — and whose music might sound even better today. Our centerpiece is a conversation with Book of Love singer Susan Ottaviano. Book of Love arrived in the mid-'80s with a sound that never fit comfortably into one box. Were they synth-pop? New wave? Alternative? Dance? College rock? Maybe the fact that nobody could quite figure that out is one reason the music has aged so well. Susan talks with Spearsy about the band's beginnings, the influence of groups such as The Cure and The Slits, the importance of New York's music and art scene, and what Book of Love learned when they suddenly found themselves touring with Depeche Mode. There's also a fascinating discussion about what happens to music decades after its original release. Songs get rediscovered. Movies and streaming introduce bands to people who weren't alive the first time around. Music that once sounded like it belonged to a very specific moment can suddenly sound contemporary again. And then comes our favorite question: the Podcast Time Machine. If Susan could go back and change one moment in Book of Love history, what would she do? Her answer: Get a better lawyer. Ouch. She also considers another tantalizing bit of alternate '80s history: What might have happened if Book of Love had ended up on Mute Records, the label famously associated with Depeche Mode? Susan also gives us an update on Book of Love's future. This could be the band's final full tour, although she says the group still plans to make more music. After the interview, Brad and Spearsy keep the synthesizers plugged in for five more bands from the second half of the '80s that they wish more people had discovered. There's Canada's Kon Kan, whose “I Beg Your Pardon” brilliantly repurposed Lynn Anderson's “Rose Garden” for the dance floor. Germany gives us Cetu Javu and Camouflage, two bands that inevitably drew comparisons to Depeche Mode. Australia contributes Boxcar, who had the unenviable task of bringing electronic music into a guitar-heavy pub-rock scene. And finally there's Red Flag, whose story begins with brothers Chris and Mark Reynolds and takes a much sadder turn in the years that followed. Maybe that's part of the fun of being Stuck in the '80s after all these years. There are still bands to rediscover, songs that deserve another spin and stories we somehow missed the first time around. So dust off the synthesizer, apply an unreasonable amount of reverb and join us for Book of Love — and five more synth-pop bands we wish we'd heard more from. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Synthspiration #274: Synth, Pop, Synthpop 05:13 [Miami Nights 1984 - Data Sync (feat. System Glow) [(DISK 2)]] (https://miaminights1984.bandcamp.com/album/disk-2)08:50 [Mitch Murder - Copacetic] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZOi6qgzrXc)15:46 [Roger Raw - Bliss [(Neon Sunset)]] (https://rossocorsarecords.bandcamp.com/album/neon-sunset)20:32 [Max Project - Azure Dreams] (https://maxproject.bandcamp.com/track/azure-dreams)27:09 [Aeronexus - Astroloop (feat. Beckett)] (https://aeronexus.bandcamp.com/track/astroloop-feat-beckett)31:17 [Fury Weekend - Shadows of the Night (feat. Cold In May)] (https://furyweekend.bandcamp.com/track/shadows-of-the-night-feat-cold-in-may)38:51 [Thought Beings - Dream] (https://newretrowave.bandcamp.com/track/dream)42:03 [Jessy Mach and Oceanside85 - Dreams] (https://oceanside85.bandcamp.com/track/dreams-2)50:10 [AWITW x Femmepop - Radiate] (https://awitw.bandcamp.com/album/radiate)53:51 [K.A.R.R and JJ Mist - Runaway Heart [(Runaway Heart)]] (https://karrmusic.bandcamp.com/album/runaway-heart)61:12 [DETRALIS - Venger] (https://detralisv3.bandcamp.com/track/venger) A écouter également sur le flux original "Synthspiration".

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Ministry, Lights of Euphoria, Pixel Grip, Digital Energy, Mildreda, and many more artists from around the world.

Synthspiration #274: Synth, Pop, Synthpop 05:13 [Miami Nights 1984 - Data Sync (feat. System Glow) [(DISK 2)]] (https://miaminights1984.bandcamp.com/album/disk-2)08:50 [Mitch Murder - Copacetic] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZOi6qgzrXc)15:46 [Roger Raw - Bliss [(Neon Sunset)]] (https://rossocorsarecords.bandcamp.com/album/neon-sunset)20:32 [Max Project - Azure Dreams] (https://maxproject.bandcamp.com/track/azure-dreams)27:09 [Aeronexus - Astroloop (feat. Beckett)] (https://aeronexus.bandcamp.com/track/astroloop-feat-beckett)31:17 [Fury Weekend - Shadows of the Night (feat. Cold In May)] (https://furyweekend.bandcamp.com/track/shadows-of-the-night-feat-cold-in-may)38:51 [Thought Beings - Dream] (https://newretrowave.bandcamp.com/track/dream)42:03 [Jessy Mach and Oceanside85 - Dreams] (https://oceanside85.bandcamp.com/track/dreams-2)50:10 [AWITW x Femmepop - Radiate] (https://awitw.bandcamp.com/album/radiate)53:51 [K.A.R.R and JJ Mist - Runaway Heart [(Runaway Heart)]] (https://karrmusic.bandcamp.com/album/runaway-heart)61:12 [DETRALIS - Venger] (https://detralisv3.bandcamp.com/track/venger) A écouter également sur le flux original "Synthspiration".

RELIGION OF HEARTBREAK – 100 DegreesU2 – Street of DreamsTHE PARADOX – I Kinda Like ThatTHE HAUNTED YOUTH with MAX FRY - DeathwishOMAR DOOM – AfterlifeCYNDI LAUPER – When You Were Mine (Blue Collar Bros. mix)ALEXA VILLA – Call Me CrazyBOY AFRAID – Two Truths & A LieCHRISTOPHER ANTON – Don't Cry TonightNEW ORDER – Leave Me Alone (The Skinflutes remix)NOSHOWS – Feel It StillJFARRARI – Face Myself AgainTEMPERS – Who SaysSOCIAL DISTORTION – TonightSPYCAMERA – PredictableDISINTEGRATION – A Thousand Clouds of Static

Completely back on my feet and as usual when I'm on the mend I have more time to sit in front of the computer and work on RSA. I'm proud of all of my shows (1402 so far!) but the ones that I spend extra time listening and adjusting are always special to me. Plus it's really nice not to be sick! I don't always have great luck with bad food. Frontal Boundary - Burn Lights Of Euphoria - City Streets (Extended) Kant Kino - Temptation (Remix) ICD-10 - All Data Is Lost Phosgore - 20 Ways To Kill Someone Mildreda - Silk Skin Phaser One - A Thousand Gods Lifelong Corporation - You Got No Influence http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

retro alt. club, punk 80s (late 70s,80s,early 90s) It's a mad world/A Forest - Tears for fears / cure living on the ceiling - blancmange cccant you see  - vicious pink all day and all night - the kinks we belong together - secret society something tells me - tiger moon room at the top - adam ant change your mind - Sharpe & numan  give me your love - voice in fashion i beg your pardon - kon kan if you leave - OMD emperor's new clothes - sinead o'connor  low rider - war (remastered) Call of the Wild (12") - Tom Tom Club American Worker - The Bus Boys billy idol vs berlin - white wedding sex (bueller mash) give me back my man - b-52's nobody but me - Human Beinz (60s! also remixed in 80s, whatever) secret agent man - DEVO just a gigolo - Barbie and the Kens Lucky Discourse Number - Lene Lovich vs Sleaford Mods

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Combichrist, Peter Murphy, Chris Harms, Mental Discipline, Pixel Grip, and many more artists from around the world.

Sorry for the lateness this week, I was sick all weeekend and hasn't quite gotten the show finished by then. But it up for everyone now, and I'm going to cut this short so I can go back to the couch for a bit. Miranda Cartel - Darkness Of The Night Ankomst - AI Disillusion Emoice - Tanz Mit Mir (Excubitors) Mutation 73 - Lose The Name Capsules Of Energy - Liars For Hire Velena Drohm - Grip Cycle Elektrostaub - Winter Has Come To Its End Spray - Living In Neon (reSPRAY) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Everybody please stand, for we are in the presence of pop royalty as Nikki and Chris start the dizzying task of ranking and discussing the albums of the Queen of Pop herself... Madonna!We start with the pre-Y2K era, ranking the seven albums up to 1998's Ray of Light.In part 1, all seven albums are ranked and we discuss Madonna (the woman and the debut album), Like a Virgin, True Blue and Like a Prayer.

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from KMFDM, Pixel Grip, Mildreda, NNHMN, L'âme Immortelle, and many more artists from around the world.

This week we've got a great show for everyone as we get back to a little bit more aggressive and beat driven stuff this week. I also struggle with the concept of physical media and just what in heck are we supposed to call digital releases? I'm a simple man, lets try to keep things simple for me! Tortured Souls - 10 Years Dead (Frontal Boundary) ICD-10 - Parallel Realms MissSuicide - Love Means Suicide (Chains Of Agony) Mechanical Horizon - Bilder von Sehnsucht Suicide Commando - Destroyer Of Worlds (SGNLS) Kant Kino - Choice Prometheus Flame - Angels Dance Mangelexemplar - Kontraste http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Priest, Aesthetic Perfection, Ayria, ES23, and many more artists from around the world.

A beautiful weekend to be spending outside, so I'm getting the show done a day early so I can enjoy as much of it as I can! This week we've got a lot of great new stuff including a pair of tracks that seriously give me moments of "Deja Vu". Plus the missing Rob Dust remix from last week! Vexillary - Digital Suspiria Devision Redux - Synchronize (Excubitors) Alex Braun - Wrong Direction (Rob Dust) Supreme Court - Walking With Shadows Robotiko Rejekto - Cyper Space Reworked Klean - Brothers Of The Sword Planetdamage - Exocomm v2 (Kris Baha) Aesthetische - Chew The Loop http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Combichrist, Boy Harsher, Ultra Sunn, Extize, Alex Braun, and many more artists from around the world.

Sadly this appears to be another rainy Sunday. The summer this year has taken direct aim at my cycling hobby as I swear damn near every Sunday has been rainy and bleah. But being a renaissance man, I have many hobbies. Including getting called by work at 7am. But because it's a long weekend here in Soviet Canuckistan, I have plenty of time to procrastinate on my chores and get RSA out to everyone! Mechanical Horizon - Walking On Rainbows Phase Fatale - Immobile Symmetry ElektroStaat - Uberall KY - Lies (Rob Dust) NNHMN - Mannequin Kontrast - Sekundenlicht (Club) Dawn Of Ashes - Anatomy Of Suffering Ginger Snap5 - Carcosa (Single) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Front 242, Blutengel, Actors, Culture Kultür, Leather Strip, and many more artists from around the world.

No cycling this weekend, and more importantly no smoke in the air to make me sound like I'm seriously hung over. Spent a little time out in the garden trying to coax a few things into growing and tossing some dead stuff. All very fascinating. But I'm here with a fresh cup of tea, and its time to get this show on the road! Fragments Of Passion - Fegefeur (2026 Remaster) Kant Kino - Run Devision Redux - Synchronize (Eletrya) Desastroes - Mutter der Drachen Fused - Robot Romeo Train To Spain - Likeable (Uncreated) Ricardo Autobahn - World Car Explosion Aesthetische - Break The State http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Can the biggest AI labs simply walk into any market and replace the software companies already sitting there?Storm Ventures has spent 26 years building an answer for B2B founders. The firm has made close to 200 investments, backed 11 unicorns, and produced some of the cleanest enterprise exits in Silicon Valley, from AirGap Networks selling to Zscaler to earlier winners like Marketo and MobileIron. Its portfolio today runs from Tekion in automotive retail to Atomicwork in IT service management, Krisp in voice AI, and Synthpop in healthcare.Arun Penmetsa is a Partner at the firm. He built enterprise software at Oracle and Google before moving into venture, and he now leads Storm's work in AI, security, and digital health. In this conversation, he is unusually specific about how the decisions actually get made. He meets ten to twelve founders every week; the entire partnership makes only six to eight investments a year, and the single filter he trusts most is urgency. If a buyer can comfortably wait six to twelve months, the pain is not real, and the company is already in trouble.Arun is direct about the question every AI founder now gets asked, which is whether OpenAI or Anthropic will simply take their market. He answers that the foundation model companies will own a handful of core verticals and leave the rest, so the durable business is the one that owns the full stack between the model and the interface and delivers a real outcome inside law, healthcare, construction, or a market as unglamorous as convenience retail. He also lays out where he is placing his next bets, from physical AI and humanoid robots that can retool an assembly line on the fly to vertical companies like Tote that rebuild the software running gas stations and corner stores, where a single day of downtime can cost an owner tens of thousands of dollars. If you are excited about building enduring B2B and AI companies, this episode is for you.00:00 - Trailer01:21 - The 26-year-old B2B fund behind AirGapp, Marketo and Tekion02:47 - The patterns Storm has seen repeat across 200 investments05:37 - What actually drove seven clean exits06:37 - The airgap story: the agentless bet that Zscaler bought13:10 - The one signal Arun trusts more than pedigree14:37 - Where the moats survive once the models get this good18:01 - Why Storm backed Atomicwork against ServiceNow20:00 - Two weeks to decide: how the fastest deals happen25:27 - The cold email that gets a venture partner to reply28:52 - The funnel: 500 founders a year, 6 to 8 checks35:31 - Why Stanford on the resume buys you nothing here38:13 - The pattern behind every 4 billion dollar outcome40:44 - The question every AI founder gets: can OpenAI replace you46:16 - The mistakes that killed companies Arun believed in50:14 - The million-dollar wall every B2B founder hits53:30 - Why buyers have already decided before they call you58:12 - AI agents that stay on a one-hour insurance call1:08:33 - Physical AI: assembly lines that rebuild themselves1:12:39 - Tote: the fuel pump they built to win gas stations-------------India's talent has built the world's tech—now it's time to lead it.This mission goes beyond startups. It's about shifting the centre of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India.What is Neon Fund?We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that's done it before.Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we're doing it all at Neon.-------------Check us out on:Website: https://neon.fund/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShowwConnect with Siddhartha on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7-------------This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice.Send us Fan Mail

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Dead Can Dance, Silke Bischoff, Alienare, ZyniC, Massiv in Menschm and many more artists from around the world.

For like the first time this summer both the days and the weather aligned so that I could actually get out and do second ride of the year. Air was pretty clear of the fire smoke, but it did make me a little hoarse. Last week it looked like Mars outside. But the air is clear and the ride was fun, so I am back energized with a new show for everyone! Lifelong Corporation - This Life (Diva Mix) A Spell Inside - City Of Reborn (VORN) J:Dead - Draws My Blood Zanias - The Spire (Stockholm Syndrome) Dekad - Adrenaline (Remix) Vogon Poetry - All Systems Red (Sanctuary Moon) Super Dragon Punch!! - Scar (Faderhead) BlakLight - The Haunting Of Us http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Nachtmahr, Mental Discipline, Silke Bischoff, Interface, Anders Manga, and many more artists from around the world.

It's Monday the 13th! Why oh why did I decide that that would be a good day to go back to work? I'm dreading tomorrow. (Yeah, I post these on Sunday mornings and pretend its Monday.) Had a nice trip away to smell fresh air and feel new streets under my feet. Sadly my travel sickness followed me, but to a lesser degree. I guess I have to figure out what the heck to do with my free time! But we're back with some great new stuff for everybody! Culture Kultur - Living In A Hard Drive Aesthetische - Parallel Worlds Vorn - Under The Gothic Moon ElektroStaat - Maschinengeist Mondtraume - Better Off (Code 64) Kant Kino - Choice Phaser One - Infinity (White Noise TV) Phosgore - Pestbringer http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from C-Lekktor, Frozen Plasma, ESA, Run Level Zero, Corlyx, and many more artists from around the world.

Feeling much much more human this week, so you'll have to listen to the dulcet tones of my voice that much longer. Actually, we're doing a slightly longer show than usual as I'll be away next weekend basking in the tropical sun of Edinburgh. I intend to eat so poorly that when I return to Canada I'll have to spend a month eating nothing but vegetables. But the just the idea of a Munchie Box intrigues me. So since I'll be absent next week have an extra few tracks! Perikkles - Threshold Hyperfiction - Progress Is Dead Vexillary - Pardon Me DSTRTD SGNL - Astoria Darkness On Demand - Tragedy For You Mondtraume - Pictures Of You (Beyond Border) Future Trail - Another Town Fragments Of Passion - All I Wanna Be (2026) Fortification 55 - Static Veil (Tension) Aesthetische - Neurobashing http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Mesh, Diorama, Hocico, Extize, Aesthetic Perfection, Blaklight, and many more artists from around the world.

Very brief this week. I've been sick all weekend, but I had the show mostly done before I was flattened. Still recovering, so I'm going to cut this short. Kris Baha - Hi Flow (Dark Energy) Vorn - Faithless (Speechless) Vogon Poetry - All Systems Red Mildreda - End Of The Line (Steril) Andreas Davids & Sven Phalanx - 802701 (Misssuicide) cut.rate.box - New Religion Elektrostaub - Moments In My Life (Beyond Border) Frozen Plasma - Warmongers 2026 http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

EPISODE 146: New wave icon Howard Jones is very proud to announce the “Things Can Only Get Better” North American tour for summer, 2026.  The feel-good 80s event of the summer features a bill curated and headlined by Jones himself with support from fellow British 80s greats Wang Chung, The English Beat and Modern English and will be hosted by SiriusXM's Richard Blade. A pioneer of electronic music, Howard Jones has been a constant presence on the international touring scene for the past four decades, playing live in several different configurations including intimate solo shows and dates with his full high-tech band set-up.  He first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English songwriting and pioneering synthesizers with “New Song”. His first two albums HUMAN'S LIB and DREAM INTO ACTION were worldwide hits.  HUMAN'S LIB reached #1 in 1984 in the UK and featured the hits “New Song,” and “What Is Love?”  In 1985, Jones released the follow-up, DREAM INTO ACTION, which quickly became a Top Ten Platinum album in the United States and featured the smashes: “Things Can Only Get Better,” “Life In One Day,” “No One Is To Blame,” and “Like To Get To Know You Well." Howard Jones has sold upwards of 10 million albums worldwide and continues to make new music and tour the world. howardjones.comContact us: makingsoundpodcast.comFollow on Instagram: @makingsoundpodcastFollow on Threads: @jannkloseJoin our Facebook GroupPlease support the show with a donation, thank you for listening!

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Blutengel, Suicide Commando, Astari Nite, Extize, Vogon Poetry, and many more artists from around the world.

Welcome back! Only a couple of weeks until my vacation, and I'm starting to get prepared! I've also been tossing around a thought for the past few months that I need to do another supplemental show. I think I'm going to make use of my musical "mid life crisis" and do something up to sorta encapsulate the late 80s and early 90s Thrash Metal. Kids need to learn who Exodus was. Especially beacuse a lot of music from that era had an environmental message. Beyond Border - To Hell And Back (Elektrostaub) Fragments Of Passion - Maschinen Mensch (Remaster) Neon Electronics - Justification Unknown Life On Mars - Confessions Dead Lights - Gravity Apres La Nuit - In The Name Of (Narcotic Elements) Train To Spain - Likeable J Dead - Keep Walking http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Neuroticfish, Hocico, Nachtmahr, SINE, Destroy Me Again, and many more artists from around the world.

We've got a great show for everyone this week including a really cool "re-master" 27 years later from Neuroticfish. I'm getting ready for my little vacation this summer. Pickles has been told to need the Vet in the first week of July, and my garden will get watered. But until then, enjoy this show with some great new music from... Culture Kultur - Verbundenheit BlakLight - Cruel (Ego Bliss) Extize - Cyberghost (C-Lekktor) Destroy Me Again - Red Pills Neuroticfish - Skin26 Beyond Border - Last Dance (Ruined Conflict) VORN - Fathless (Extended Club) Exsequor - Sixty Seven Times http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Combichrist, De/Vision Redux, PIG, Culture Kultür, Dead Lights, and many more artists from around the world.

Had a bit of a pet emergency as DJ Pickles decided that after 4 years he was going to be just like his brother Riki and develop a urinary blockage. A lot of money and worrying later, and he's fine. He's currently on the other chair in my office stoned out of his mind. But now that I'm down off the ceiling lets get you listening to some great new stuff as I stumble my way through more German words! Schattenfrequenz - Feuer (Club Mix) Mängelexemplar - Neue Zunkuft Dead Lights - (The Edge Of) Dusk Alienare - I Absolve You (Ruined Conflict) J:Dead - Silence Calls DSTRTD SGNL - No Limit$ Schwarzbund - Der Eskapist (Extended) Seelennacht - April Rain http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio