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Get Your Faux '80s Synth Fix With This Retrowave Radio Station
Retrowave Radio is an online station with serious ’80s synth appeal.
Synth music peaked in the mid-’80s, and it’s never been the same since. This might be a controversial opinion, but it’s one that seems to be held by practitioners of the retro genre known variously as retrowave, synthwave or outrun. The style is an internet-indebted hauntological return to the neon-soaked sounds of the Reagan years via video game soundtracks, Italo instrumentals and synth-pop aesthetics.
Sound appealing? Get your feet wet with Retrowave Radio, an interactive site that lets you skim through and rate tunes by a variety of artists associated with the style. There’s even a cool cassette tape interface (it really helps to set that perfect ’80s mood). Give it a listen here.
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