synthwave
Neon-soaked electronica
Synthwave is a genre of electronic music that emerged in the late 2000s, drawing heavy inspiration from 1980s film soundtracks, video games, and synth-pop.
The sound emphasizes analog synthesizers, drum machines, and pulsing basslines that evoke a nostalgic, often neon-tinged vision of retro-futurism.
Synthwave has expanded beyond music into a broader aesthetic movement encompassing visual art, fashion, and film.
I've been listening to synthwave while working late nights.
Eighties-inspired electronic music
- outrunSurpass in speed
- neonInert illuminating element
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- VHSAnalog tape format
cassette · DeLorean · boombox · Miami · Walkman · mixtape · Atari · keytar
Inert illuminating element
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- chromeReflective metal coating
- gradientRate of change across space
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
palm-trees · purple · pink · cyan · glow · wireframe · scanlines · glitch
Cycles chord tones automatically
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- synthpopElectronic keyboard-based music genre
- darkwaveSomber electronic rock style
- chillwaveHazy, nostalgic electronic genre
electropop · reverb · vocoder · Moog · Roland · Juno · soundtrack · cinematic
Audio production software
- pluginModular software extension
- presetConfigured before use
- layeringForming successive strata
- mixingCombining into one mass
mastering · Diva · MIDI · sequencer · filter · LFO · envelope · waveform
Imperfect audio quality, informally
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- choppedCut into pieces
- sampleSubset for study
- muzakInoffensive background melodies
Imaginary terrible society
- metropolisLarge important city
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
- androidsHuman-shaped artificial beings
- rain-soakedThoroughly wet from precipitation
megacity · hacker · corporation · replicant · noir · urban · skyscraper · hologram
retrowave
Eighties-inspired electronic music
VHS · cassette · DeLorean · boombox · Miami · Walkman · mixtape · Atari · keytar · fluorescent
neon
Inert illuminating element
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- chromeReflective metal coating
- gradientRate of change across space
sunset · palm-trees · purple · pink · cyan · glow · wireframe · scanlines · glitch · retro-futurism
arpeggiator
Cycles chord tones automatically
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- synthpopElectronic keyboard-based music genre
- darkwaveSomber electronic rock style
chillwave · electropop · reverb · vocoder · Moog · Roland · Juno · soundtrack · cinematic · pulsing
DAW
Audio production software
mixing · mastering · Diva · MIDI · sequencer · filter · LFO · envelope · waveform
lo-fi
Imperfect audio quality, informally
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- choppedCut into pieces
- sampleSubset for study
dystopia
Imaginary terrible society
- metropolisLarge important city
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
- androidsHuman-shaped artificial beings
rain-soaked · megacity · hacker · corporation · replicant · noir · urban · skyscraper · hologram · underground
- genresaction, comedy, detective fiction, fantasy, horror
- music genresblues, pop, jazz, rock, classical
- art stylesimpressionism, surrealism, cubism, realism, pop art
- music trendsBeatlemania, disco fever, MTV era, streaming, rave culture
- cyberpunkcyberspace, chrome, cyberware, implant, augmentation
- microgenresmicrogenre, subgenre, chillwave, shoegaze, dreampop
synthwaveunplugged
Disconnected from power
chamber music · bluegrass · traditional folk · a cappella · classical guitar
wave, synthetic, synthesis, synthesize, synth, synthesizer, synthesized, synthesizing, photosynthesis