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Night City: All The Damn Vampires – VICECORE and the Rise of Noir Synth Rock

Enter the neon shadows of VICECORE’s All The Damn Vampires — a synthwave-driven debut where AOR nostalgia, noir storytelling and modern rock collide ...
A retrofuturistic radar installation.

FEBRUARY

This edition features: Cannons, All The Damn Vampires, Primo the Alien & Sunglasses Kid, Eli & Fur, Kalax & NOCTRA, and Tape Arcade ...
Sun City: the artwork of Forever album

[Review] Sun City: Forever

In this review, Sun City emerges as a contemporary link between ’80s AOR tradition and synthwave, blending pop romanticism with a nostalgia that looks forward as much as it looks back ...
A silent city, heavy sky, diffused light

The Human Spirit: Autonomy in a Programmed World

Between networks, systems, and predictable behaviors, a quiet awakening takes place. A narrative about the Human Spirit, reflecting on the dignity of still being able to choose. Now ...
Poster do Afterlife:

[Visual Essays] Afterlife: GUNSHIP Translates Evanescence into Tech Noir …

Evanescence and GUNSHIP reveal how the same song can cross worlds — from gothic rock to synthwave, from flesh to code. An essay on identity, machines, and the sound of a future lived as tension ...
One of Venice's many canals, bathed in sunlight.

Tempesta: When the City Becomes a State of Mind

This is not a review. It is an invitation to drift in a critical essay on La Tempesta (2004), where Venice emerges as a cinematic labyrinth, in which neon-noir, Renaissance art, investigation and obsession converge. A bridge between European cinema and the sensory logic of synthwave and retrofuturism ...
A futuristic city viewed from a low angle, with cars, skyscrapers, and neon advertising signs reading "Happy New Year." in shades of blue and white.

[In Orbit] 2026

A poem to greet the new year together. Read and celebrate a harmonious 2026 with us ...
a well-equipped office – in outer space. Use light bluish tones in the background

[In Orbit] Logbook — Area Orbital, the 2025–2026 Turn

This text is not a point of arrival, but a marker. Area Orbital remains a project in progress — by choice. What endures is a commitment to quality, to genuine listening, and to a refusal of superficiality ...
Yota's, new album The Touch

[Review] Yota: The Touch

Yota returns with an album that blends elegance, intensity and neon-lit atmosphere. In this review, Area Orbital dives into the sonic layers, emotional themes and refined production that reaffirm the singer as one of the most distinctive voices in modern Synthwave ...
Rush: Geddy Lee playing bass and synthesisers (show: 2011)

[The Eighties] Rush: The Bridge from Prog to Synthwave

Synthwave drew inspiration from the legacy of 1980s bands like Rush. Discover how the fusion of progressive rock, New Wave synthesizers and sci-fi atmospheres paved the way for the retrofuturist aesthetic that defines the genre ...
Soft Cell, circa 1983 — Marc Almond (left) and David Ball (right).

[The Eighties] Dave Ball of Soft Cell: The Synthpop of the Heart

Dave Ball’s sound pulsed like an electric heart. Between synthesizers and human emotion, he gave soul to the machine. Here and now — our tribute to the artist who made synthpop rhyme with spirit ...
NINA, the German synthpop singer behind “Videotheque”

[Visual Essays] Videotheque: The Stunning Music Video by NINA and Ricky Wilde

CRT screens, glitch storms, and retro synths: in “Videotheque,” NINA & Ricky Wilde bring pop cyberpunk back to life with a noir pulse and an irresistible beat. A hypnotic VHS-dream — broadcast straight from the retro-future to your screen! ...