Trevor Something - Death Dream

 I enjoy the VHS electro haze of Trevor Something's releases. Some tracks also blur into a "High Tides" style of distortion which are dreamily pleasant too:

Trevorsomething - Trevor Something Does Not Exist Synthwave Album

An amazing, amazing synthwave album by "Trevorsomething" titled "Trevor Somethign Does Not Exist".

In particular, a mashup/cover/original track called "Come back down", which mixes the beat and samples from New Order - Blue Monday with Animotion - Obsession phenomenally well. There's even some aspects of Gary Numan - Cars thrown in there for good measure.



I can't recommend this guys work enough. The full album is also available for FREE download on his BandCamp.

Track 3 contains a sample and interpolation of "Blue Monday" by New Order. Also contains samples from "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League, "Cars" by Gary Numan, "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell, "Da Da Da" by Trio, and "Close To The Edit" by Art of Noise. Track 6 is a remix of "The Inner Voice" by DJ Ten. Track 8 is a remix of "So Far Away" by Lazerhawk. Track 9 is a remix of "Hyperlips" by Com Truise. Track 10 is a remix of "Genesis" by Grimes. Track 12 is a remix of "Miami" by Jasper Byrne. Track 15 contains a sample from "What I Like About You" by The Romantics. Track 16 is a cover of "Enjoy The Silence" by Depeche Mode. 

Pearl White - White EP

This came across my SoundCloud dashboard this morning, and it's wonderful.

Pearl White difficult to peg what genre it is, and it's all the better for it. I'm hearing some elements of trance, trap, and various other electronic dance genres - but it also has some pitch-shifted vocals and spooky synth happening (mixed with urban-dance vocals? ok!) that remind me of Purity Ring, or random Witchouse bands--minus the "triple-clap" sound.

The general vibe is a multi-genre, futuristic distopian background music. Some of that might come from how the EP is mixed together into a single set:

https://soundcloud.com/pearlywhite/white-ep

Support the artist by buying the EP (no minimum price, currently) via Bandcamp.



Another album with a similar vibe (but far more ambient-dance) was reposted on the Pearl White SoundCloud called Heavy Hearts - Archaic.

DJ Blayne Mixtape: Retrowave & Other Futuristic Music

The Hope That Was - Mixtape by thisstuffiswonderful


DJ Blayne's : Retrowave & Other Futuristic Music (Mix Tape):

Current artists whose songs evoke an '80s futuristic sound 

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1. Power Glove - Nightforce
2. ActRazer - We Own The Night
3. Mega Drive - Neo Tokyo 2019 [DJB Edit]
4. Thomas Barrandon - The Quiet Earth
5. Perturbator - There Is No Love Highway [DJB Edit]
6. Makeup and Vanity Set - A Glowing Light, A Promise (88:88 film score)
7. Steve Moore - Frigia [DJB Edit]
8. SquareWav - 4 AM Sunrise [DJB Edit]
9. Com Truise - Polyhurt
10. Maethelvin - Plan B
11. The Outrunners - Diamonds [DJB Edit]
12. Noir Deco - Fantisy Noir

If you like the artists included in this set, buy their music. Some tracks are already available for free (Soundcloud) or for purchase (via Bandcamp). Mixtape created using Adobe Soundbooth and Premier.

Update 2013: Now available for streaming from MixCloud:

The Hope That Was: Retrowave & Other Futuristic Music Mix by DJ Blayne by Djblayne on Mixcloud

-DJ Blayne 
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