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Will Bush passed away December 24th 2025. Today on the show we look back at the time that Immortal Girlfriend were on the show back in 2020. Will was a good guy and he will be missed. You can check out IMMORTAL GIRLFRIEND here: https://soundcloud.com/immortalgirlfriend https://immortalgirlfriend.bandcamp.com/releases https://open.spotify.com/artist/3BRdjtA6y3mQYgGgqNFydC https://www.instagram.com/immortal_girlfriend/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8mn7zABKaA5rt_3Qt40JAQ https://www.facebook.com/Immortalgirlfriend/ Today’s Playlist: Immortal Girlfriend - “Calling” Immortal Girlfriend - “Overcome the Night” Immortal Girlfriend - “Moon (Runner)” Immortal Girlfriend - “Celestials” Immortal Girlfriend - “In Motion” Immortal Girlfriend - “RIDE” Immortal Girlfriend - “Phantasm” Immortal Girlfriend - “Moment”

Today on the show we dive deeper into the world of Starcadian with Rob O’Neill, a cool guy who is also the co-director of some of the Starcadian videos and the steward of Starcadian’s future. Rob talks about how he met George, the making of the Freak Night video, the mysterious Starcadian Codex, and much more! Plus, Rob has picked out some of his favourite Starcadian tracks for us to listen to while we remember the immense talent that was Starcadian and what will happen with his unreleased works in the future… 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 You can check out STARCADIAN here: https://soundcloud.com/starcadian https://starcadian.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3I0ceM8qfqhCKGepaswmVg https://www.instagram.com/starcadian/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQwragNeTJ-JhCg-SBHhQQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.facebook.com/starcadianofficial You can check out Rob O’Neill here: https://www.roboneill.com/ https://vimeo.com/roboneill https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1678475/ https://bsky.app/profile/roboneill.bsky.social https://instagram.com/rob.oneill/ Today’s Playlist: Starcadian - “HE^RT (Album Mix)” Starcadian - “Freak Night” Starcadian - “Chinatown” Starcadian - “Interspace” Starcadian - “Propaganda” Starcadian - “It Ends Now (Pompey Pirate Theme)”

Today on the show Andy chats with Jess Blaise Ward, author of the book “Making Synthwave: How an Online Music Community Invented a Genre”. Jess talks about her musical upbringing, writing her PHD, and the process of putting the book together. Jess was also in charge of the playlist and picked some of her favourite tracks! 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 You can check out Jess Blaise Ward and the Book here: https://www.routledge.com/Making-Synthwave-How-an-Online-Music-Community-Invented-a-Genre/BlaiseWard/p/book/9781032732039 https://jessicablaiseward.wixsite.com/blaiserunner https://www.instagram.com/blaisejess https://open.spotify.com/artist/6b3Mo22D2dZ3mdh62FvOnl Don’t Forget to Check out ALL the artists featured on the show: Jessie Frye & Ollie Wride - Malibu Broken https://soundcloud.com/jessiefrye https://www.instagram.com/jessiefryemusic/ https://www.youtube.com/user/jfryemusic?feature=watch https://www.facebook.com/jessiefryeband https://bsky.app/profile/jessiefrye.bsky.social Ollie Wride: https://soundcloud.com/olliewride https://open.spotify.com/artist/1anhHn744LbctzF9EHpvea?si=V8BuzwZvTyy19rdaWGDXYg https://www.instagram.com/olliewride/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDTKs4N0RW8&feature=youtu.be Dana Jean Phoenix - “Synth City” (prod Till Wild) 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 Till Wild: https://soundcloud.com/tillwild https://tillwild.bandcamp.com/track/on-a-summer-night https://www.instagram.com/tillwild/ Jess Blaise Ward - “Resistance Song” https://open.spotify.com/artist/6b3Mo22D2dZ3mdh62FvOnl https://www.routledge.com/Making-Synthwave-How-an-Online-Music-Community-Invented-a-Genre/BlaiseWard/p/book/9781032732039 https://jessicablaiseward.wixsite.com/blaiserunner https://www.instagram.com/blaisejess Rose Thaler - “Under The Sea” https://soundcloud.com/rosethalermusic https://rosethaler.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rosethalermusic/ https://www.facebook.com/RoseThalerMusic https://www.youtube.com/rosethaler Gunship - “Fly For Your Life” https://soundcloud.com/gunshipmusic https://gunshipmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PALZKWkpwjRvBsRmhlVSS https://www.instagram.com/gunshipmusic/ https://www.facebook.com/GUNSHIPMusic Timecop1983 - “Back to You (feat. The Bad Dreamers)” https://soundcloud.com/timecop1983 https://timecop1983.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/iamtimecop1983/ https://www.facebook.com/timecop1983 The Bad Dreamers: https://soundcloud.com/thebaddreamers https://thebaddreamers.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thebaddreamers/ https://www.facebook.com/thebaddreamersmusic Bunny X - “Daydreaming” https://soundcloud.com/bunny-x https://bunnyx.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Jm30qu7cd4QfXkJSoYL6y https://www.instagram.com/bunny_xmusic/ https://www.facebook.com/bunnyXmusic/ https://bsky.app/profile/bunnyxofficial.bsky.social Aeronexus - “Debris Disc” https://soundcloud.com/theaeronexus https://aeronexus.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.instagram.com/theaeronexus/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSoiBy0Pr_1wRcTNnv1BKDw https://www.facebook.com/TheAeronexus/

Today Andy catches up with old friend of the show Droid Bishop! James chats about his album Cinema and his 2025 singles, but for the most part, they just talk about AI for the whole show. 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 You can Check out DROID BISHOP here: https://soundcloud.com/droidbishop http://droidbishop.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/0HPVHsbV2yIYPp2Pk4kdHe https://www.instagram.com/droidbishop/ https://www.facebook.com/DroidBishop Today’s Tracklist: Droid Bishop - “The Hero Within” Droid Bishop - “Renegade” Droid Bishop - “In The City of Angels” Droid Bishop - “Return of the Gemini” Droid Bishop - “Vice” Droid Bishop - “Frontiers” Droid Bishop - “Man Machine” Droid Bishop - “Feature Presentation”

It IS Halloween! This spooky season Andy chats with Killer Klowns movie composer John Massari! John talks about adapting the Klowns score to a live to film concert, music education in the 70s, and his love for vintage synthesizers. John has some juicy behind the scenes stories while working on the music for B-movies like the Snake Eater Trilogy, Retro Puppet Master and Kickboxer 5. They also chat about how music production has changed over the years, scoring mobisodes, and being a kid on Halloween during the Cuban missile crisis. And to keep things Halloweeny, Andy is joined by Mike Mendoza to, sort of, talk about Halloween stuff. 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 You can Check out JOHN MASSARI here: https://soundcloud.com/johnmassari https://www.instagram.com/john.massari/ https://www.youtube.com/c/johnmassari https://www.facebook.com/kkfosmusicsoundtrack/ https://linktr.ee/johnmassari Don’t Forget to Check out ALL the artists featured on the show: Hollywood Burns - “Scherzo No. 5 in Death Minor” https://soundcloud.com/hollywoodburn https://blood-music.bandcamp.com/album/invaders https://open.spotify.com/artist/0m8rUYGZIXTo8knUYP7uB9 Arcade High - “Splatter” https://soundcloud.com/arcade-high http://arcadehigh.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fVPo8qWQK1quywHw9kMdI Dream Invaders - “House By The Cemetery” https://soundcloud.com/dreaminvaders https://dreaminvaders.bandcamp.com/releases https://open.spotify.com/artist/3onTvEvpTe24h7UBh0Tlhp Johnatron - “Patch of the Living Dead” https://soundcloud.com/johnatron https://johnatron.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/johnatron3000/ Mr Creep - “CRAVEN” https://soundcloud.com/mr_creep http://mrcreep1981.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mrcreep_original/ DRUMxWAVE - “Looks That Kill (feat. Justin Klunk)” https://drumxwave.bandcamp.com/ https://www.retrosynthrecords.com/artists/drumxwave/ https://soundcloud.com/drumxwave Justin Klunk: https://justinklunk.bandcamp.com/album/kindness-is-mandatory https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinKlunk https://www.instagram.com/klunkfunk/ Neon Shards - “Unforeseen Revelations” https://neonshards.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@neonshardsmusic https://open.spotify.com/artist/4NbDjJ25vyHIa5x0o6ROFG Pfeffermouse - “Phantomware” https://soundcloud.com/pfeffermouse https://pfeffermouse.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Q9UujPcQ1fPaj6xnNI28q Flashback - “Cleveland Vampire” https://1984flashbackmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/1984flashbackmusic https://open.spotify.com/artist/4adJnzKfPgiiCN3k9Oz5bI Terrordyne - “Last Rites” https://terrordyne.bandcamp.com/album/the-seventh-seal https://www.instagram.com/terrordyne/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6P5GUtpISiShk3WnsCrABy They Speak in Tongues of Black Fire - “Shadows Over Eden” https://tonguesofblackfire.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tonguesofblackfire https://open.spotify.com/artist/4U0FZqW2JKM0IVNid5RiQW Stealth Mode - “Reaper of Souls” https://soundcloud.com/stealthmode1983 https://stealthmode.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.instagram.com/stealthmode.83/ Mission 87 - “Halloween in Miami” https://mission87.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/mission87 https://open.spotify.com/artist/722kuNJQVNxt7N8N27FgMW The Glitzy Groovebots - “BCAAndroids” https://theglitzygroovebots.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/glitzygroovebots/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4mZV5rSkyPXe3eGC3arIPc DAV - “Highriser” https://davsynth.bandcamp.com/album/logic-machine https://www.instagram.com/dizavin/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hGwiWUQIzI2TLVgraJWsU Who Ha - “Halloween” https://soundcloud.com/modernknightly https://modernknight.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/modernknightly/