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Synthpop Symphony 347 Electropop Synthwave Italo Dance New Wave & Synth Mix Retro Edition!

October 2, 2026 · 2 h 1 min

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SYNTHPOP SYMPHONY – SHOW 347

Show 347 is ready, and this week’s Synthpop Symphony is absolutely packed!

We’ve got a huge week of brand-new synthpop and electronic music, including

SoftWave’s fantastic new Cicero remix of “Wake Up, KNIGHT$ with “Light the Fuse, Mind Enterprises and “Negroni Love, plus new music from Paul Quinn, Marc Viennes, Michael Angeaux, UFO UpDaTE, Slawek Strozyk and JXNS.

We’re also going back to the ’80s for a Bronski Beat Megamix, loaded with classics including “Smalltown Boy, Why?” and “Hit That Perfect Beat.

Then Hour 2 goes completely retro with Synth Mix 347: The Retro Edition — a full hour digging deeper into the synth vault!

The mix features Dead or Alive, New Order, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Nitzer Ebb, Vicious Pink, Boxcar, I Start Counting, Hubert Kah and Altered Images. These aren’t just the same obvious tracks you hear everywhere, either — we’re pulling out some deeper favorites and giving them the Synthpop Symphony treatment.

HOUR 1

Tommy Countach - Fade to Grey [Aztec Records]

Duran Duran - Rio (Andrew Elton Remix) [Independent Remix]

Mind Enterprises - Negroni Love [Because Music]

KNIGHT$ - Light the Fuse [MM/Specchio Uomo]

Marc Viennes - Get Up [Independent]

Michael Angeaux - Bad Connection [RetroSynth Records]

Bronski Beat - Bronski Beat Megamix [London Records]

Featuring “Smalltown Boy,

” “Why?” and “Hit That Perfect Beat”

Paul Quinn - Dancing With the Devil (Jwookiee’s Red Hot Remix Radio Edit)

[Independent]

T42 - Desire [Columbia]

SoftWave - Wake Up (Cicero Remix) [Side lIne]

UFO UpDaTE - Let the Dance Begin (Induljon a tánc) [Independent]

Slawek Strozyk - Only You [Independent]

JXNS - Good Lawyer [Independent]

HOUR 2 — SYNTH MIX 347: RETRO EDITION

Dead or Alive - Brand New Lover [Epic]

Boxcar - Freemason [Volition]

New Order - Round & Round [Factory Records]

Erasure - Breathe (LMC Extended Mix) [Mute]

I Start Counting - Lose Him [Mute]

Vicious Pink - Cccan’t You See [Parlophone]

Nitzer Ebb - Murderous [Mute]

Altered Images - I Could Be Happy [Epic]

Hubert Kah - So Many People [Blow Up]

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