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Synthpop Symphony 330 Electropop Synthwave Italo Dance New Wave & Sinister POP 2!

June 5, 2026 · 2 h 4 min

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Join Matt Williams for another journey through the Past, Present, and Future of Synth-Driven Music!

This week’s show features:

Duran Duran vs. Depeche Mode – Come Undone / But Not Tonight (Matt One Mashup)
Brand new music from FHE, Neon Capital, Train To Spain, Averra, Mark Santuro, and Catherine Moan
Exclusive TSF remixes of The Human League, Foreign Affair, and Front 242
A lost piece of California synth history as School of Synth revisits Fresno’s own Oh Lamour
BT’s classic “Communicate” from Emotional Technology

PLUS…

A full hour IN THE MIX with Sinister Pop Vol. 2 featuring reimagined classics from Depeche Mode, Erasure, Duran Duran, Laura Branigan, Pet Shop Boys, The Cure, Dead Or Alive, New Order, and more!

Tracklist:
Duran Duran vs. Depeche Mode - Come Undone / But Not Tonight (Matt One Mashup Remix) [Parlophone / Mute]
MS Project - Lessons In Love [Independent]
FHE - Ghosts [Five Head]

TSF Mini-Mix

The Human League - Being Boiled (TSF Remix) [Virgin]
Foreign Affair - Love, Time And Death (TSF Remix) [Independent]
Front 242 - Masterhit (TSF Remix) [Wax Trax!]

Neon Capital - LA Is Alive [Global Underground]]
Train To Spain - Likeable [Progress Productions]
Erasure - Knocking On Your Door [Mute]

Averra - Shadows On The Floor (Italo Night Mix) [Independent]
Mark Santuro - Overdrive [Independent]
New Order - Thieves Like Us (Mashup Remix) [Factory Records]

Oh Lamour - Sin [TSR Records]
BT - Communicate (Matt Williams Edit) [Nettwerk]
Catherine Moan - No Magic [Born Losers Records]

Sinister Pop Vol. 2

Depeche Mode - People Are People (Remix) [Mute]
Erasure - Chains Of Love (Marty Mar Edit) [Mute]
Level 42 - Something About You (Remix) [Polydor]
Real Life - Send Me An Angel (QH Remix) [Curb]
Taco - Puttin’ On The Ritz (Quick Kutz) [RCA]
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill (Redrum Remix) [Parlophone]
Laura Branigan - Self Control (Doffer Remix) [Atlantic]
When In Rome - The Promise (Redrum Remix) [Virgin]
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart [Atco]
Dead Or Alive - Lover Come Back To Me (Extended Remix) [Epic]
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Retro Love Remix) [Parlophone]
Erasure - Breath Of Life (Alex Djohn Remix) [Mute]
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes [Fiction]
Ultravox & Propaganda - White China [Chrysalis / ZTT]


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