Synthpop Symphony 341 Electropop Synthwave Italo Dance New Wave & Sinister Disco Italo!

Synthpop Symphony 341 RSDH– The Past, Present & Future of Synth-Driven Music

This week, Synthpop Symphony takes you on a two-hour journey through the evolution of electronic music.

Hour 1 begins with an extended New Music Spotlight featuring INXS with the Parralox remix of “Don’t Change,” Tommy Countach’s take on the Phil Collins classic “Another Day in Paradise,” VXhRR with “Kick the Dead,” and the new Above & Beyond Club Mix of “When You Believe.”

Then we head back to the ’80s for an extended Mini-Mix featuring Yazoo, Prince and Simple Minds before moving into a Modern Synth Set with De/Vision, Anna Marx and Piston Damp.

We’ll also explore the Retro Revival with Brighter Than a Thousand Suns, Foreign Affaire and Positronic—three artists creating new music with the unmistakable sound and spirit of the ’80s.

In Hour 2, Matt Williams takes over the decks for Sinister Disco Vol. 22: a nonstop mix exploring the future of synth-driven dance music through Italo disco, Italo dance, synthwave, electropop and modern club sounds.

Featuring music from Blixx 86, Ballet Mecanico, Hazell Dean, Italoconnection, Linda Jo Rizzo, Solarstone, Kasablanca, Jordan Nocturne, Thessla, Dead or Alive and more.

Two hours of new music, remixed classics and future-facing electronic dance music.

Synthpop Symphony 341 — the sound of your past, the vision of your future.

Hour 1 – New Music Spotlight

INXS- Don’t Change (Parralox Remix)[Warner]

Tommy Countach Another Day in Paradise [Independent]

VXhRR - Kick the Dead {Independent]

Above and Beyond - When You Believe [Above and Beyond Club Mix]

Mini-Mix – 80s Remixed Classics

Yazoo – Situation (Extended Mix) [Mute Records]

Prince – When Doves Cry (Remastered) [Warner Bros. Records]

Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) (12” Extended) [Virgin / A&M Records]

Modern Synth Set

De/Vision – Synchronize [Popgefahr Records]

Anna Marx – You Never Really Cared [Independent]

Piston Damp – Something in Me (Technomancer Remix) [Sub Culture Records]

Retro Revival Set

Brighter Than a Thousand Suns – Falling Into You [Independent / TikTok Discovery]

Foreign Affaire - Love, Time and Death (Machine MAde Pleasure Mix) [Independent]

Positronic – Strangelove [Retro Synth Records]

Sinister Disco Vol. 22 Italo Dance
(Mixed by Matt Williams)

Blixx 86 – Pull the Trigger [NewRetroWave]

Ballet Mecanico – Primera Secuencia [Blanco y Negro Music]

Project K feat. Magenta Soulstar – R [Independent]

Hazell Dean – Searchin’ (Italoconnection Remix) [Energise Records]

De Soffer – French Kiss [M-Sol Records]

Linda Jo Rizzo – You’re My First, You’re My Last [ZYX Music]

Torrevado feat. Linda Jo Rizzo & DJ V – Desire [ZYX Music]

Solarstone – I Found You (Extended Mix) [Black Hole Recordings]

Kasablanca – Better Today, Better Tomorrow [Anjunabeats]

Jordan Nocturne & Velvet Velour – Midnight Emotion [Shall Not Fade]

Thessla feat. SirPaul – The Sun & The Rain [Sub Culture Records]

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