Welcome to Original Synths, our neon-lit corner of the internet dedicated to the pulsing heart of modern Synthwave. This is where analog dreams, retro beats, and futuristic vibes collide.
The city is empty, but the lights never turn off. Neon reflections ripple across rain-slick streets as you drift past shuttered storefronts and glowing signs that hum like they’ve been waiting just for you. Somewhere in the distance, a ...
There’s a certain kind of nostalgia that doesn’t belong to childhood or adolescence but to the machines that quietly shaped us—the beige towers, the humming CRTs, the Encarta encyclopedias, and ...
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LukHash’s Home Arcade feels like someone cracked open a time capsule from 1989, wired it into a modern DAW, and said, “Yeah, let’s make this thing glow.” It’s pure neon energy—bright, buzzy, and unapologetically retro in that way Gen‑Xers don’t have t...
Read more: Neon Loops and Endless Shifts: Daniel Deluxe’s Sometimes He Comes Back - Music Review
Hardline finds Vestron Vulture continuing his prolific streak with a release that feels both immediate and emotionally corroded, steeped in the project’s signature “dethwave” aesthetic—a hybrid of darkwave, lo-fi post-punk, and ..
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Vector Hold’s From the Streets hits like a coded message slipped under a flickering streetlamp at 3 AM—the kind of thing you only notice because the city won’t let you sleep. Vector Hold, the long‑running synthwave ...
There’s a stretch of coastline I keep returning to in dreams—a place that feels half-remembered, half-invented. The sand is warm, but not hot—the kind of warmth that feels like it’s thinking about you. The tide rolls ...
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AWITW’s latest release, Valley Girl, moves like a neon breeze—always forward, always glowing—each track slipping into the next with that quiet, lived‑in confidence of someone who’s finally figured out that reflection ...
Read more: Where Heart Meets Horizon: AWITW’s Valley Girl - Music Review
Dear Lord of the Neon Sax, this album doesn’t just play—it materializes like the moment the buzz hits and the saxophone melts into the synths, that slippery, honey‑warm glide that makes the whole ...
Read more: Neon Cocktails and Sleepless Nights: Sandor Gavin’s Afterlight - Music Review
The lights drop, the fog creeps low, and suddenly it feels like you’ve stumbled into some neon-lit underworld where skeletons in leather jackets are grinding on a midnight dancefloor. That’s the energy ...
Read more: Skeletons in Leather Jackets: Dance With The Dead's Malombra - Music Review
Somewhere past 2 a.m., when the city stops performing and starts revealing its circuitry, Leather Temple kicks in like a power surge—sudden, blinding, and impossible to ignore. Carpenter Brut doesn’t ...
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