Call it New Wave, call it Synthpop, call it Electropop, call it what you like. ManMachine is Roland XP50 and Goran Uroich, from Zagreb, Croatia.
Synths Versus Me is Nico Cabañas and Vanessa Asbert, known as founders of the vinyl spanish label Oráculo Records. The band project started on late 2014 influenced by darkwave sounds produced with synthesizers but going through many different substyles as minimal synth, ebm, synthpop or italo-disco. Several releases/appearances came during 2015 and 2016, not only for their home base label Oráculo Records but as well for Mecanica Records (Poland), Cold Beats Records (Spain) and Seja Records (Netherlands). SEX / BODY / TOUCH is the third album of Synths Versus Me, following AUFERSTEHUNG and TORMENTO. When the last name is Forsberg you are called Foppa by the Swedish friends. And the noise I make is named Fopmusic. Inspirations: Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, New Order, Joy Division, Tangerine Dream, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Vince Clarke, OMD, Alphaville, China Crisis, Ultravox, Visage, Mike Oldfield, The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Mission, David Bowie… Here’s a split featuring Dark Gray Houses from Seattle, with Prudence from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The new label serie RIDE THE WAVE, a compilation of some of the best fresh WAVE music coming from all over the world… |