Synthetic Villains Lancaster, UK
Instrumental, mostly electronic music.
From the "experimental, slightly off-kilter" (Bandcamp New
& Notable) synth-pop of the debut album to the "pulsing Berlin School synths" (Electronic Sound Magazine) of the latest albums, SV albums explore drones, repetitions, textures and riffs.
The 3rd album is over on Werra Foxma's Sub Club.
wfrsubclub.bandcamp.com/album/through-a-crack-of-light
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Synthetic Villains recommends:
WFR SubClub 2022
by Various Artists
A subscription-free one-off comp on cassette of the class of 2022, including my track "Alive to it All".
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'A Compulsion For Propulsion' Studio Album, 2018
by Three Dimensional Tanx
"The speeding motorik of 'His Latest Apparatus' would get them pulled off the autobahn...Buzzcocks, Swell Maps and especially Wire are reference points" Shindig! Magazine
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Interim Report, March 1979
by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
supported by 16 fans who also own “Rhythm & Weep”
Amazing!!! I missed out on the vinyl. Hopefully there’s a 3rd pressing of this release in the future. So far, my favorite album of 2021
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WF 67 - Infinite Interiors
by Polypores
supported by 12 fans who also own “Rhythm & Weep”
This is superb. It is almost like a guided meditation; I found myself slightly altered, emotionally and mentally, while listening. It really is beautiful.
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Darkwave synth that directly addresses our modern dystopian political environment, with proceeds going to the Voting Rights Project.
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Mysterious and vaguely vaporwavey, the synth songs on the latest from Stefan Smith hover like distant mirages, opaque and beguiling.
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