Beyond Synth

Happy Halloween! The Bad Boys are back as Andy joins Miami Nights 1984, Lazerhawk, and System Glow for four hours of spooky tunes and highly questionable conversation. There’s a Toronto meetup to revisit, arcade grievances to settle, and an argument about AI-assisted PC ports before we get to the evening’s main attraction.
This time, the boys watched Vibrations (1996), a film about a musician who loses his hands and eventually reinvents himself as the robotic rave sensation Cyberstorm. Along the way: Christina Applegate, cyborg fingers, an enthusiastic explanation of techno, and some truly bewildering shifts in tone. Andy has several concerns about this movie. Miami Nights has several concerns about Andy’s concerns. Everyone would probably benefit from more Cyberstorm. There’s also some unfinished Turbulence 3 business, including an email from a man who says he was originally cast as Slade Craven!
Then it’s time for Halloween Topic Roulette, covering horror movies and practical effects, pizza toppings, AI brain rot, personal projects, elaborate toilets, and the deeply troubling existence of mac-and-cheese-flavoured soda. All this, plus 18 tracks to accompany your Halloween activities.
Godspeed, Spider-Man.

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Today’s Playlist:

Jessy Mach - “The Verdict”
https://soundcloud.com/jessy-mach
https://future80s.bandcamp.com/album/rainbow-active

DRUMxWAVE - “SEVERED”
https://drumxwave.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/drumxwave

Hills and Valleys - “Sinister”
https://soundcloud.com/hillsandvalleys
https://hillsandvalleys.bandcamp.com/

Astral Tales - “Supernova Rider”
https://soundcloud.com/ernesto_pow
http://astraltales.bandcamp.com

Collins - “Bodies (1988)”
https://soundcloud.com/gary_collins
https://garycollins.bandcamp.com

Miami Nights 1984 - “Server Ghosts (feat. Lazerhawk)”
https://soundcloud.com/miami-nights-1984
https://miaminights1984.bandcamp.com/album/lords-of-netscape

Lazerhawk:
https://soundcloud.com/lazerhawk
http://lazerhawk.bandcamp.com/

Cursedcable - “The Devil’s Son”
https://soundcloud.com/cursedcable
https://cursedcable.bandcamp.com/track/forbidden-lands

Hideotronic - “Cordyceps”
https://soundcloud.com/hideotronic
http://hideotronic.bandcamp.com

David Hale & YATTE - “Bury It”
https://www.instagram.com/davidhalemusic/
https://www.youtube.com/@officialdavidhale

Yatte:
https://yatte.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/album/6AgDGqWzXoe76npACD9lHQ

Alex Lightspeed - “The Corrupt”
https://alexlightspeed.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.youtube.com/lightspeedfieros

Matrix Thousand - “House of Thrills”
https://matrixthousand.bandcamp.com/album/deep-cuts

Power Rob - “The Edge of Death”
https://soundcloud.com/powerrob
https://powerrob.bandcamp.com/

Skylane Drive - “Digital Hex”
https://soundcloud.com/skylanedrive
https://skylanedrive.bandcamp.com/

Frédéric Scarfone - “Piranesi Panopticon”
https://fredericscarfone.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@fredbaroque/

DAV - “Sonnance”
https://davsynth.bandcamp.com/album/logic-machine
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hGwiWUQIzI2TLVgraJWsU

Gregorio Franco - “STALKER 2025”
https://soundcloud.com/gregoriofranco
https://gregoriofranco.bandcamp.com/

DROIDGLOW - “Legacy of Terror”
https://open.spotify.com/artist/038vqkYcaGc58ZUONuqkzk
https://lazerdiscs.bandcamp.com/

COVENOUT - “Hunter-Warrior”
https://soundcloud.com/covenout
https://synthwave-radio.bandcamp.com/album/protagonist

Today on the best synth wave chat show there is Andy catches up with Eddie a.k.a. DEADLIFE!
Eddie talks about making music for 30 hours straight, concept albums, and his harrowing medical journey. The grown men then discuss their evolving video game interests as they’ve gotten older, and for some reason, they talk about cars for a long time even though neither of them are “car guys.” Eddie shouts out the visual artists he’s worked with over the years like ATOMCYBER, FØGRA, Ariel Zucker-Brull, Duchess of Deco, Billelis, and Tony SKEOR, as he’s tried to keep the visual style of DEADLIFE fresh. Besides Cyberpunk and Baldur’s Gate, it turns out Eddie’s latest video game recommendation is IRON NEST and Andy is still deep into the N64 Recomps. So tune in to listen to a bunch of nonsense and discover the secrets of the Domesday Book!

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Check Out DEADLIFE here:
https://soundcloud.com/deadlifecorps
https://deadlife.bandcamp.com/releases
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YAOorJSNGWyH8m9N7cDeX
https://www.instagram.com/deadlife
https://www.facebook.com/deadlifecorps

Today’s Playlist:
DEADLIFE - “Ardent Surge”
DEADLIFE - “We Detach”
DEADLIFE - “To Be Low”
DEADLIFE - “Domesday Engine”
DEADLIFE - “Bureau of the Structural Labyrinth”
DEADLIFE - “The Curse of Pattern Recognition"
DEADLIFE - “New World Birth”
DEADLIFE - “Modern Gestalt”

After many years Parallels, Dana Jean Phoenix and Mecha Maiko return for LADIES NIGHT 2 and we have a lot to catch up on! Dana Jean talks about losing her voice, moving to Wales, and writing music for theatre. Holly has been getting into video and TV production, starting a new solo music project and finishing up the documentary on her dad’s band The Stampeders. Hayley just released an album, started a label with Le Matos, and began live-streaming on twitch! So tune in and find out what these awesome ladies have been up to and what’s coming next!

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Check Out PARALLELS here:
https://soundcloud.com/parallels
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3eXBEeqm9v4aEheDYs1goi
https://www.instagram.com/iloveparallels/
https://www.youtube.com/parallelsfm
https://www.facebook.com/Parallels/

Check Out DANA JEAN PHOENIX here:
https://soundcloud.com/dana-jean-phoenix
https://danajeanphoenix.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/danajeanphoenix/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0XXvmAHHzCFNx5p2-HaqGA
https://www.facebook.com/danajeanphoenix

Check Out MECHA MAIKO here:
https://soundcloud.com/mecha-maiko
https://newretrowave.bandcamp.com/album/mad-but-soft
https://open.spotify.com/artist/53a9zoSEQzvgcmy27AUkMq
https://www.instagram.com/mechamaiko/
https://www.facebook.com/mechamaiko/
https://twitter.com/mechamaiko

Today’s Playlist:

Parallels - Handle With Care (SLACKMACHINE Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/slack-machine
https://slackmachine.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0aFvnOYet5WcdanXQXgAW1
https://www.instagram.com/slackmachine/
https://www.facebook.com/slackmachine

Andrew Huang - “Interstellar feat. Dana Jean Phoenix”
https://andrewhuang.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/andrewismusic/
https://andrewhuang.com/
https://www.facebook.com/andrewismusic
https://www.youtube.com/andrewhuang

Mecha Maiko - “Crawl”

Parallels - “Golden (Factory Sessions)”

NeverMann feat. Dana Jean Phoenix - Living Without You
https://soundcloud.com/user-728976782
https://nevermann.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0CKu06OY0F0uQBRTA2lh6b
https://www.instagram.com/nevermannofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/nevermannofficial

OSC:
https://soundcloud.com/opus-science-collective
https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/opusscience/
https://www.facebook.com/opusscience

Mecha Matos - “Montrose (2025)”
https://soundcloud.com/mecha-maiko
https://newretrowave.bandcamp.com/album/mad-but-soft
https://open.spotify.com/artist/53a9zoSEQzvgcmy27AUkMq
https://www.instagram.com/mechamaiko/
https://www.facebook.com/mechamaiko/

Mecha Maiko - “Fool”

Parallels - “Ultralight - Ghosthouse Remix”
https://soundcloud.com/ghosthousechicago
https://ghosthousechicago.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3mmOTu4bYfBY6YVGZN14OH
https://www.facebook.com/GhosthouseChicago/

Mecha Maiko - “Cold featuring Dana Jean Phoenix”

Today on the best synth wave chat show there is Andy catches up with longtime pal and synthwave OG Mike Mendoza—aka Who-ha, Modern Knight, and the man behind Retro Promenade—for a sprawling conversation about creativity, nostalgia, and whether synthwave is dead or merely “no longer culturally ascendant.”

They discuss Mike’s return to making music, the satisfaction of learning your tools, AI-generated slop versus genuinely useful AI, and how new technology is helping them resurrect old projects. And it wouldn’t be an episode of Beyond Synth without a bunch of complaining, video game talk, and general off topic silliness. The gentlemen also try and eulogize Tim Curry and Peter Cullen, but then that just becomes Andy talking about King Willy from Predator 2 which has nothing to do with anything.

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Check Out MODERN KNIGHT here:
https://soundcloud.com/modernknightly
https://modernknight.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3qbXYP5qPi1Sd0XrP8cnCN
https://www.instagram.com/modernknightly/
https://www.youtube.com/user/thetheWhoWhoHaHa

Today’s Playlist:
Who Ha & STARFORCE - “My Fantasy”
https://soundcloud.com/starforce
https://starforce.bandcamp.com/
http://aphasiarecords.bandcamp.com/album/omniversal-oscillations

Magic Sword - “Side Quest (Droid Bishop Remix)”
https://soundcloud.com/magic-sword
https://magic-sword.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6PzFRXjgGHQw6K4WeERMK1

Droid Bishop:
http://droidbishop.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0HPVHsbV2yIYPp2Pk4kdHe
https://www.instagram.com/droidbishop/

PULSITHER - “Space Dream”
https://neonretrorecords.bandcamp.com/album/space-dream
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TKEbmEiwhqeigZMfqPFcg
https://www.instagram.com/neonretrorecords/

DAN TERMINUS - “Live Is To Haunt”
https://soundcloud.com/dan-smith-terminus
http://dan-terminus.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/danterminusindustries/

Emil Rottmayer - “Departure”
https://soundcloud.com/emil-rottmayer
https://emilrottmayer.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UuvaSzB0VNumArR71ReMT

Roger Raw - “Bliss”
https://soundcloud.com/rogerraw
https://rossocorsarecords.bandcamp.com/album/neon-sunset
https://www.instagram.com/rogerraw/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/69c8xGWEjlFr47o2VMtS7N

Hideotronic - “People Machine”
https://soundcloud.com/hideotronic
http://hideotronic.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2fbKUtuqbMy9695ieFtFcX

GEORGE ERGEMLIDZE - “Psycho”
https://soundcloud.com/georgeergemlidze
https://ergemlidze.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/38LvPFlgQ19IPv07bvI32H

jacket. & New Arcades - “Hold You Up”
https://soundcloud.com/jacketsynthwave
https://jacketsynthwave.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dBdh9JWiaj8RanPakxQ6d?si=-3D0w7kTRD6unPoUKhamUg

New Arcades:
https://soundcloud.com/newarcades
https://newarcades.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/newarcades/

Mild Peril - “Pure Reality”
https://soundcloud.com/mildperil
https://mildperil.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/mild.peril/

Young Empress - “Heart Attack”
https://soundcloud.com/young-empress-725718952
https://open.spotify.com/album/42fSZHGm9KWBvymIN9ye0M
https://www.instagram.com/yngempress/

Caspro & Decisive Koala - “Come Cruise With Us”
https://soundcloud.com/caspromusic
https://caspromusic.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jtjyIKx9XY1wuIc5UKwSp

Decisive Koala:
https://soundcloud.com/decisivekoala
https://decisivekoala.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4WWpuWvJQum5ylWMjvDPHT

Cassetter & CONNÖR - “No Remorse”
https://soundcloud.com/cassetter
https://cassetter.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6rzOP8pWzUuXlniCGCtrcE

CONNÖR:
https://www.instagram.com/connor_retro/
https://connoer.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WFKMDluecw7Yy9PS4t0lI

After 12 years, Magic Sword returns for an epic retrospective spanning the project’s origins, evolution, and future. The Keeper reflects on the early energy of synthwave, the realities of turning a creative passion into a career, and the personal struggles that nearly brought Magic Sword to an end. He also discusses the ambitious Omnibus collection, the origins of Badlands, the experimental Side Quest, and the forthcoming record that will conclude the current good-versus-evil saga while opening the door to new creative territory.

Andy and Magic Sword wander through touring mishaps, video games, fantasy storytelling, burnout, social media, A.I., and the challenge of staying inspired. Featuring music from across the Magic Sword catalogue.

If you like what you’re hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth

Check Out MAGIC SWORD here:
https://soundcloud.com/magic-sword
https://magic-sword.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6PzFRXjgGHQw6K4WeERMK1
https://www.instagram.com/magicswordmusic/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/magicswordmusic

Today’s Playlist:
Magic Sword - “Uprising”
Magic Sword - “Lady of Light”
Magic Sword - “A New Quest”
Magic Sword and Droid Bishop - “Super Nova”
Magic Sword and Metavari - “Dressed For Fantasy”
Magic Sword - “Precursor”
Magic Sword - “Suspendida Drift”
Magic Sword - “Zaros Returns”
Magic Sword - “Side Quest”
Magic Sword - “One More Chance”
Droid Bishop - “Through The Fire the Magic Sword Remix”
Magic Sword - “Dead Serious MALO Remix”