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Synthpop Symphony 343 Electropop Synthwave Italo Dance New Wave & Labor Day Weekend Spectacular Mixes!

September 4, 2026 · 2 h 1 min

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This week, Matt Williams brings you another two hours of the Past, Present & Future of Synth-Driven Music!

⚡ TSF Erasure Mini Mix — three Erasure classics reworked by TSF

🎹 New and classic synthpop featuring Celebrate the Nun, Rhythm and Logic, Pet Shop Boys, Neon Capital, Color Theory, Lights of Euphoria and more

🍬 Candy Apple Blue – Breakthrough! Mini Mix featuring four Matt Pop remixes

🔥 Plus, Hour 2 goes IN THE MIX with the Not-So-New Synthpop Mix, revisiting some of our favorite synth-driven tracks from 2021–2023!

Featuring Andy Bell & Shelter, Sally Shapiro, Dubstar, Piston Damp, ELIOT & Silverhook, Tareq and more.

🎙 SYNTHPOP SYMPHONY — SHOW 343

The Past, Present & Future of Synth-Driven Music

Synthpop Symphony — Show 343 Playlist

TSF Erasure Mini Mix

1. Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That (TSF Remix) [Mute Records]

2. Erasure - Run to the Sun (TSF Remix) [Mute Records]

3. Erasure - Lay All Your Love on Me (TSF Remix) [Mute Records]

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4. Celebrate the Nun - She’s a Secretary [Enigma Records]

5. Rhythm and Logic - Into the Dark [Independent]

6. Haute & Freddy - Touch Touch [Atlantic Records]

7. Lifelong Corporation - You Got No Influence [Independent]

8. Pet Shop Boys - Heart (Daddy Squad Remix) [Parlophone]

Candy Apple Blue — Breakthrough! Mini Mix

9. Candy Apple Blue - Images of Heaven (Matt Pop Remix) [Mrix Muzik Records]

10. Candy Apple Blue - Special Star (Matt Pop Remix) [Mrix Muzik Records]

11. Candy Apple Blue - Hot as Hell (Matt Pop Remix) [Mrix Muzik Records]

12. Candy Apple Blue - Movin’ On (Matt Pop Remix) [Mrix Muzik Records]

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13. Color Theory - Time to Kill [11th Records]

14. Lights of Euphoria - City Streets (Extended Mix) [Infacted Recordings]

15. Johan Agebjörn feat. NINA - Hush Hush Baby [Paper Bag Records]

16. The Electrozixx - Endless Conversations (People Theatre Remix) [Independent]

17. Neon Capital - Is It Love [NewRetroWave Records]

The Not-So-New Synthpop Mix — 2021–2023

18. ELIOT & Silverhook - Neon Bluebird (Silverhook Remix) [Independent]

19. andhim - Choose Love (Gerd Janson Remix) [Superfriends Records]

20. ELIOT - Let the Sun Rise (Silverhook Remix) [Independent]

21. Andy Bell feat. Shelter - Lift Me Up (DJ Jekyll Extended Mix) [Ministry of Pop]

22. Tareq - You and Me (Silverhook Extended Mix) [Undo Records]

23. Sally Shapiro - Million Ways (Gerd Janson Remix) [Italians Do It Better]

24. Dubstar - Tectonic Plates (Dressing Up Mixshow) [Northern Writes]

25. Silverhook & Tareq - Slow Motion (Kiss The Panther Remix) [Independent]

26. Piston Damp - Something In Me (Technomancer Remix) [Sub Culture Records]

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