Scott Ryser ‎– Flying Away

Scott Ryser and his partner & wife, Rachel Webber, were the principal, songwriters, synth players, singers and filmmakers for the UNITS. The UNITS were one of America’s first electronic new wave bands and have been cited along with The Screamers and Suicide as pioneers of the music genre “synthpunk”. Scott & Rachel moved from SF to NYC in 1984 where Scott continues to make music & film.

Scott: “Flying Away” is a collection of song ideas I’ve been slowly working on ever since the UNITS broke up. That’s why the album sounds a bit like an old ‘80’s synth record at times. I stepped up the pace recently with the invaluable help and collaboration of Kit Watson in order to get the album out. Throughout the process of writing these songs I kept asking myself the same thing I did while writing songs for the UNITS, How can I make it sound original? Like something someone else hasn’t done yet. I also stayed true to my roots and kept it all synthesizers and drums (except for Blaine’s excellent violin solo on “Society For Two”).

LP / Digital Album

Posted on April 20th, 2020 under Releases, ,

M!R!M – The Visionary

M!R!M is the solo project of Jack Milwaukee, italian multi-instrumentalist based in London since 2011. Inspired by early 80s synth pop, cold and dark wave, M!R!M has been releasing on labels as Fabrika and Manic Depression. Since his debut album, he’s been touring and playing shows all around Europe building an important following and a significant name within the scene.

Still featuring Milwaukee at the helm along with selected collaborators as supplementation, The Visionary is a further evolution in M!R!M sound, which showcases how the musician’s vision has evolved throughout the years. Holding firmly to the vibes that recall the most dreaming 80’s, Jack Milwaukee this time blends together that typical FM synth timbre, which has always characterized the artist, with deeper and sumptuous sounds found within the notes of mellotron and sax; overcoming previous Lo-Fi approaches to undertake a solid, prominent and more mature path. Pulling from the ‘pop’ approach of mid 80′s synth-pop pioneers like New Order, The Wake, Tears For Fears to most iconic figures of the Italian 80’s era, M!R!M dialed in on a clear understanding of its own specific sound, which has since evolved.

The Visionary is the ultimate unified vision of M!R!M’s work, it’s the sweetest transition of the most nostalgic daydream.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on April 19th, 2020 under Releases, ,

Zeropolis

Post-punk outfit consisting of two French musicians living in London, Zeropolis embodies the anti-city, woven with dead utopias and technological fatigue. Layering noisy riffs and synthetic melodies over throbbing electronic beats, their music oscillates between coldwave, punk outbursts as well as the darkest corners of pop music.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on April 18th, 2020 under Releases, ,

Desolation Years

Desolation Years is a misantropic synthpunk, dark synth duo from Berlin (Germany) who have printed and edited their music in tape version, on a South American label called Infravox Records based in Lima – Peru.

Cassette / Digital Album

Posted on April 17th, 2020 under Releases, ,

Ferdinand Cärclash - En Invierno

Unpublished work during the 14/17 year of the Colombian singer-songwriter, a whole saga of singles within the synthpunk and minimal synthwave, legacy for the new genre scene in Latin America.

Cassette / Digital Album

Posted on April 16th, 2020 under Releases, ,