Mirage is a new danceable single from the Swedish synthpop legends, Lowe, from their upcoming album, Evolver. Great stuff!
Read More »DE/VISION – Hands on my Skin (Live)
A classic synthpop song from DE/VISION, performed on their current tour at a club in Russia called TeleClub. Awesome performance! I’d love to see these guys live!
Read More »Polish Depeche Mode fan club does clever video to commemorate the band’s 30th anniversary
This amazing video was shot entirely in one take, and features the members of a Polish DM fan club lip-syncing to “Just Can’t Get Enough” to commemorate the band’s 30th anniversary – very, very cool!
Read More »DE/VISION – Time to be Alive
Arguably the best song from DE/VISION’s new album, Popgefahr.
Read More »Mind.in.a.box – Lightforce
Lightforce is an excellent instrumental track from Mind.in.a.box’s new album, R.E.T.R.O. – which is a tribute to the old 8-bit electronic music that was made on a Commodore 64 computer many years ago. Highly recommended!
Read More »Schiller – I Feel You
A hauntingly beautiful electronic ballad by Schiller, featuring the unmistakable voice of Peter Heppner from Wolfsheim.
Read More »Mesh – Trust You 2010 (Instrumental)
Mesh recently posted this club-friendly instrumental version of Trust You on YouTube – complete with posterized video of the group dancing to it. It’s a really great arrangement of this song – lots of layered synth goodness and a strong, driving beat.
Read More »De/vision – Rage
“Rage” is the first single from the new De/vision album, Popgefahr.
Read More »Silica Gel – ¿Dónde Estás?
There is some very good modern synthpop produced around the world that is not sung in English. Among the best of these groups is Silica Gel from Spain. Here is their club-friendly hit, ¿Dónde Estás?, from their 2008 album, Exodo.
Read More »Marsheaux – Pure
The Greek synthpop duo Marsheaux does a marvelously bright and bouncy cover of Pure, the 1989 pop hit from The Lightning Seeds. I listened to the original song before posting this, and I must say – I like Marsheaux’s update of it much better!
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