Synthwave | Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video I am trying to document the main points in synthwave's history , what it's about and where I think it will go !
btw if u want u can listen my synthwave album : • Vosto - Metro Holograf...
my hideout 24/7 radio and chat :- nightride.fm or rekt.fm
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patreon : / vostovlad
sorry for the part at 8:15 , but the sound got banned by the youtube bot so it's muted :( don't forget to visit nightride.fm radio !
HEY, i just saw your video, only when you said you made your own songs I noticed your name is Vosto and that my favorite synth music was yours: A world within. what a masterpiece, congrats. (btw sorry if I made a grammar error, I'm Brazilian)
@@HoundNL thanks a lot ! I only now saw your comment !
Nice documentary! I subbed and liked it a lot!
i was born in 81, 80-90 used to be lame and cool at the same time, but now its pure aesthetic artform gold
It makes it more funny
The 80's Guy approuves this Documentary.
As does Turbo Knight :)
As does Damokles :-)
plz undo
So say we all. Btw I have no real value. I just enjoyed the documentary. :D Cheers
@@TurboKnight yo what!? Wicked
I just did a show with Com Truise headlining and let him know about how this documentary first introduced me to his music. He was really knocked out that this documentary exists, and meant a lot to be held in a regard high enough to reach so far and wide. Such a nice, humble man - it was a blast getting to talk to him, and see him interact with fans like a fun, fair, easygoing guy.
yeah this documentary is good but it's kind of out of date and also misses some bands like the midnight because I never even heard of them at the time. I hope you showed him or told him about the part where I mixed arnold quotes from pumping iron to com truise's music, the "I'm cumming day and night" quote.That being said this was part of me trying to do something positive on the channel because I usually talked about conspiracy theories so I wanted to add what matters to me and that is music and synthwave. Now the scene is kind of falling appart and people moved on to do other stuff but I'm still doing it because for me it wasn't just a trend. If you have time check out my new album station 23 on bandcamp. - vosto.bandcamp.com/album/station-23
I was born in 89, so I always say I'm from the '80s even I just lived just 5 months in that decade. My favorite stuff is from de '80s, music, movies, games, visual identity.
Thanks for your documentary, it was really nice!
I knew I would find gold if I searched "synthwave explained"
I Searched "why synthwave"
Agree I got a good overview of the genre 👍
The Midnight is a pretty good synthwave artist ive recently discovered and i really enjoy his music
it's not just one person :D
It's a band. My favorite song from them is shadows.
Amazing band! Amazing live too!
Timecop1983, Jessie Frye - Kiss Me in the Rain (Full Album) 2020, NINA - Sleepwalking (Full Album), Lazerhawk, FM84, FMattack
Absolutely love this duo. My favorite synthwave artist by a mile. Sunset, Los Angeles, and Jason are my personal fave songs.
French artist DANGER was probably the first modern synthwave artist I ever heard back in 2007 (19h11 holy shit). I've always felt there were some quiet roots in the chiptunes community - some Razor1911 tracks are very reminiscent of current synthwave releases - both harkening back to 80s arcade nostalgia.
hehe piracy very good culture yes
I was born in 2004 and I still get nostalgic vibes from this music
yeah how is that even possible, the magic of the aesthetic
Great video dude! I love Synthwave and I love the community of people that feel just as nostalgic as I do
I was born in 1984, a bit too young to experience the 80s myself. But my dad was always playing music at home during that time, so there's certainly a nostalgic memory to that.
I saw 80s movies only much later, but they were still awesome.
So glad I found this! I have over 1,300 songs in my Synthwave playlist. I was born in the year of Star Wars 1977. I will never let go of the 80s or 90s ❤️
This was a really good documentary! You really covered just about everything and the production values were top notch. Well done!
Your warning about an ever possible dystopia is sooooo to the point. I have been to the 2020's. I have seen it.
yeah ikr :)))
I 'd recommend listening to Waveshaper, his music is consistently good.
My WHOLE thing is Synthwave. I LOVE IT. I've never found a more enjoyable genre (other than EuroBeat) to listen to PERIOD. Even though it was pioneered from 80's music I believe it took everything amazing about the 80's and doubled it. This whole video was right up my alley and I loved the whole thing. Really great job dude.
Nailed it! Wonderful, in depth look into the rad genre that brings us so much joy. I was class of 1984 and can say you definitely did your homework! The 80s were indeed a friendlier time, fresh fun and full of promise. Might sound corny but blasting Synthwave jams [daily] is jumper cables for my spirit, a bit of the same fun and promise that keeps me going in today's often uncertain world. Bless you Vosto Vlad!
bless you too man, thanks
I was born In 1990 but I was ahead of my time! I love synthwave!! Takes you back to that nostalgic 80s vibe! Nothing better than that era.
Who’s here in 2022 where synth wave is so much bigger and acknowledge more!
Cool documentary, I love synthwave. I was born in 1975 so remember the 80s, many of the movies like Robocop etc , me and my freinds were watching those in the early 90s as VHS rentals as were too young to get to see them at the cinema so in many ways the 80s nostalgia also seeps into early 90s :) As well as 80s, I grew up watching 70s sci fi movies so I am also nostalgic for sounds like Boards Of Canada etc. In the UK we used to tune into soviet/eastern European radio stations on the radio as if we were spies, didnt understand what was being said wanted to believe it was top secret probably mundane things like the weather and local news ha ha.
heh if you like you can check on of my recent video which is a soviet block eastern european 80's music compilation
>The Midnight
>Quixotic-Arnold
>Kristine
>Bubblegum-Teenage Synth Rock/Pop(Retro ones).With that high school summer break vibe.Some are quite minimal but really catchy.Not necessarily cheesy
>The influence of Post Punk/Industrial and Electronic Music in general on this genre
Best synthwave documentary on the internet. Marvelous job Vlad! 😄👍🏻
I was 10-19 in the 80s... and I can say in al the years I've lived, the 80s were the most upbeat, light-hearted, and cheesy eras I've lived through... in the 70s, the "free love" time was ending and people were living with the end of the Vietnam war, and the 80s seemed to be an era where most of the world was finding hope and peace, and music reflected that - the 70s were a kind of driven transition, with a lot of harder rebellious or sad, melancholy feelings in most music... the happy, carefree tracks were the rarity... but the 80s music gained the new technological sounds from Kraftwerk, Isao Tomita and others started in the late 70s meeting the hopeful, upbeat driving momentum of the 80s and the influx of home computers and games, the coolness of the space shuttle program, MTV and cable giving us a hundred channels to watch to entertain us, and the feeling that the future was so bright, we'd have to wear shades... and not yet to the pissed-off, overwhelmed, depression-filled angst of the 90s alternative and grunge music.
It was really a magical time in a lot of ways... a confluence of hope, tech, and style that was unique to the era... and the bands and people who work to recapture that are appreciated by those that were there and miss it, like myself. :)
The music is untouchable. Nothing can take that away. More exposure is a good thing because someone lonely might never have heard these songs. Fm84, sunglasses kid, the midnight--- they really changed my night, and changed my life. Music is what I need to get me going and I've been looking for something like this for so long. I don't want anyone to miss out on this.
sorry for not mentioning The Midnight, I didn't know about them back then
Make a video :
Why 1980s movies is like the golden age of Hollywood
Blood Dragon is still my favorite Far Cry game. Thanks for including it!
21:47 i love how you follow up with a brut track lel
What I love about about synthwave is that it's not only a pastiche of all the greatest 80's cheesey tropes, cyberpunk but has even bled over into the 90's and Simpsons-wave was born.
This was really well produced. Thorough, but also concise enough that I didn't get bored. I was particularly struck by the part about you growing up in Romania under Soviet-era conditions. Smuggling in western music and movies must have created a very different experience to those of us that took our freedoms for granted in Western Europe (and in many cases heard the songs and saw the films years before you could) but ultimately we are unified in our love of music.
yeah what I can say is that since the time of this documentary synthwave has had a big surge in lame artists over saturating it and begging for attention...I still follow the OG's tho
Mate, this video seems to be at least 1 year old, but it’s fantastic. I always had the feel of being out of the place I should be, having a sip of pleasure whenever I came across smth that I couldn’t describe, and since a few months I found myself in the Synthwave/Cyberpunk universe and I feel like I finally found myself.
yes the title used to have 2018 on it but I removed because ppl are less to click on stuff if it's not from the present or smth... I still think it's relevant as this is an entire retrospective and I don't just talk about daily nonsense like all the other youtubers :D
Legend says that Vosto Vlad stills hearts comments to this day. Awesome video btw!
Synth is huge!!! and im glad. People from all walks can love this stuff. Im from a Heavy metal background, born 1985 and love the old games and action movies. Still finding new artists and loving the sound.
I used to despise the electronic music for my whole teenage, but this year, 2022, I've just run into this new retrowave by chance and now I cannot stop consuming it. I like good music, but most of the time I don't wanna listen to anything, but just enjoy the moment, the atmosphere, my thoughts. Synth is here to stay, comrades.
There is a lot going on. From a love of specific art to music styles, nostalgia and things retro. Dance With The Dead, Perturbator, Gost and also more pop style artists like Gunship and Scandroid, they all deliver. Can't believe this is lasting more than a decade now. When I became aware of this I thought it won't outlive electro swing, which was a really badly played house music thing. But this retro synthwave was more than that. 80s pop, 80s horror soundtracks, Italo Disco, all mixed up with metal, hard rock and even death metal to let the darkness collide with bright neon lights.
Is there anything that did not exist?
Top Gun got me into listening to synthwave and yes the 80's was a somewhat better time in our day!
Thank you for making this. I’ve been trying to find a decent video doing a deep dive analysis on the resurgence of retro wave in recent years.
well this documentary is now 5 years old but I'm glad it still holds up, I didn't mention the midnight for example which is a big synthwave band :D
Tron and Tron legacy art style and soundtracks.
Was what got me into synthwave.
15:10 OMG WHAT!?!? Talk about savage!!! ...and yet totally 80s at the same time XD
I was born in '95 in Poland and can definitely resonate with 80's cultural heritage having a major impact on some people in my generation growing up. Watching 80's films, playing old SNES and DOS games and hearing all the old songs way into the 2000s was amazing.
Nice documentary!
My favorite Synthwave artists right now are: Dance with the Dead, and ORAX.
ty , ye your on that dark side :D
i am a huge fan of Retrowave. The songs, the art, and everything about it
Well done and well put together! I do feel that there is a part missing from your documentary - a comparison between Synthwave and Vaporwave. There's a strange relationship between these two genres were Vaporwave puts an ironic, "arty", spin to 80's and 90's commercialism, chopping it and slowing it down to create an eerie, lonely sense of rootlessness, like you are walking through a dying shopping mall.
In contrast, Synthwave started out as an ironic take on 80's aesthetic (Vice City, Blood Dragon) and over time became more and more sincere. It's like Vaporwave points to the failure of commercial escapism while Synthwave doubles down on it, refines the aesthetic and does a better job than the original - more 80's than the 80's!
I am born in 2004 but i love 80s things
Thank you man for this great content. I was/am an 80´s kid, and i can't believe this all is still alive and relevant today, and with a cool community!
A lot of the "dead mall" youtube channels use Synthwave. I found out about it this way and never looked back. it really is some amazing music.
Huge shoutout to Dance With The Dead for getting me into this genre
In my case it's perturbator.
Holly shit you opened some memories for me,
Back in the day I heard a electronic like beat in GTA IV back in 2008 or something always was searching for what type of genre it could be so fast forward to 2014 I heard a song from dance with the dead looked very similar. Around the same time I saw a video with Rc cars fighting or something and Carpenter brut - Roller mobster. took me another year to finaly through vaporwave find synthwave and retrowave, now it was like 4 years since I last listened to ut but now since a year or something Im back listening to it fulltime😂
Found the gta one Boys noise - down. Not realy synthwave but it set the basis for me
This is a great video. Thankyou for taking the time to create and upload it. 😁
no problemo
Great Documentary! I was born in 1974 so I got experience the 1980’s in all its glory. One movie people never mention that should get more attention is Risky Business! The soundtrack is very Synth based and features Tangerine Dream but the style in that movie I think influenced Mitch Murder.
WONDERFUL DOCUMENTARY !!!! 💀
:DDD
Loved this Vosto, thank you!
I appreciate the Synthwave/Vaporwave/Cyberpunk aesthetic - it's nice to get some background on the origins.
Also to get a mini-history lesson on what was happening in Romania.
Thanks for the vid
Synthwave will always be about freedom. I make music in this genre because it reminds us always to love freedom.
I need to find the most used sounds and vsts for making my own synthwave. For I made some songs with synth sounds in my channel but I need to find more and more songs to learn to hear them as well.
I loved this documentary and I appreciate the songs you shared so everyone can look for the artists.
In this millennium I was born, I hope I can help with the spread of synthwave, so that everyone can enjoy such beautiful vibes.
The best documentary ever, and on my favorite genre!! You are a piercing lad!
This was really well made, good job!
I watch it making fist my hands and tears in my eyes !!!!! Thank you for this Doc. I was having some problems to share my knowledge and feelings to my friends about synth... and here is the solution. Again dude, thank you.
I borned in 1984, but I admit that 80's was the best years; movies, toys, music, culture and so on... I love synthwave too much. I 'd like to go back in time to live in 80's.
That David hasselhoff clip is extremely bomb
Foarte tare documentarul ! Sunt chiar mandru sa aflu ca exista oameni in propria mea tara care promoveaza stilul meu preferat de muzica cu atata pasiune ! Nu-i de mirare ca miscarea synthwave devine din ce in ce mai populara. Felicitari !!!
in acest moment synthwave face cam 10 ani de existenta , nu stiu daca are puterea sa mai creasca in popularitate dar continuitate cu siguranta va avea
amazing work. greets from southamerica
im so in love with synthwave and this is definitely one of the best videos I've ever watched ! thank u so much for such an amazing documentary pleas keep going ❤❤
Passionate, informative and enjoyable from start to finish, as an 80s baby I say salute to you sir!
Vosto, I just want to share a personal THANK YOU on just how stellar this documentary was. You nail the hammer on the head, and further cements my love of this no-longer niche music and art style. In 2021, its becoming more popular, as game series such as Battlefield, Need for Speed, Arcade Paradise, Solar Ash, Rocket League, Five Nights at Freddy's, Fortnite, Beat Saber, Wave Break and FarCry all take inspiration from the vibes of the 80s. What a time we live in.
This video es AWESOME!! thank you , I discover my passion .
A lot of these got me into synthwave in the last years. Another for consideration is Brother Tiger with his 80s inspired tracks.
When I listen to classic 80s pop song, I don’t feel like dancing, only synthwave gives me the nostalgia
You guys should absolutely check out Street Cleaner. He's one of my absolute favorites. I discovered him and Synthwave from Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Nights in 2019 that had an 80s theme with dark, horror inspired synthwave playing throughout the park as you walked through. I was hooked immediately. My favorite artists are Street Cleaner, Donbor, Occams Laser and Daniel Deluxe
yep we promote him very much on nightride fm now!
Occams Laser is a new discovery but we promote the others and with Donbor I even have a collab :D
@@GamesExposed glad to hear it! Nightlife is quite possibly my favorite synthwave song of all time. Occams is great, definitely check him out. :)
29:47 you just explained the exact way I got into synthwave
great documentary. Thank You.
well done Mr .Vlad...well done!
glad i found a documentary about synthwave and who else better than you to explain it
Felicitari! 😊
3rd time watching this, it's great work and deserves more veiws but you should have put a track list in the show more tab.
too much effort :)))
Romania Gang
Great vid. Some other great names: The Migdnight, Trevor Something, Kalax, Volkor X, CXNTRAST...
Volkor X is beast! \m/
@@GamesExposed Would you happen to be The Vosto who made Cyber Fire, Night Wanderers and the World Within??
I discovered Synthwave thanks to The Back To Back 1983 1984 Video Game Champion and Two Time Streamer Of The Year Six foot 8 with 37" vertical leap International Gaming Superstar Dr DISRESPECT
Lovely documentary bro
what a great watch! Thank you for putting this together, so nicely. Very comprehensible! 🤖
Wow man, Fusionnist talked to me about this video, it looks solid as fuck, let's watch it now.
Thank you so much for this video. Your hard work and recommended artists and your own music are hugely appreciated and enjoyed. I discovered synthwave through Hotline Miami soundtrack and later sorta through vaporwave. But didn't know where to start to try to understand how all these juicy tasty genres and subgenres started. I'd tell friends about this music in really vague limited ways. So now I'm equiped and educated more so on this music that makes life that much more meaningful for me. Thank you!
Give my music a listen if you see this comment. I'd love to have yall as subscribers and fans.
Truly amazing amazing video! I’m 21 With a c3 corvette my dream car cuz I’ve been a fan of synth wave since I was a kid grew up watching and listening to classics and vhs the 80s were badass and inspire the future! Lucky I came across this video!
thanks for watching Gabriel, you have a nice car!
Thank you for this documentary! Very interesting 😁
SO good to finally find someone real talking about what matters to us. SYNTH. Thank u so much bro! Keep diggin' our digital 80's influences!
Growing up, I always thought of the 80’s as the cheesy decade, but the 70’s was the cool decade. The 70’s had Zeppelin, Queen, Aerosmith, AC/DC, etc etc. You know, THE rock stars. However, now that I’m this age, the 80’s sounds have this mystical ability to make me feel as though I’m a young child again. It’s like my little kid brain picked up on the aural texture of the era without me even realizing it. Also, no mention of The Midnight?
Amazing video, the Arnold jokes were on point.
Dance with the Dead's B-Sides Album and Hasselhoff's True Survivor brought me into the Genre.
It became one of my favorites besides Metal and 80s Rock/Pop.
I'm looking forward to more Video Games with the aesthetics of Cyberpunk2077, Hotline Miami, FarCry 3 Blood Dragon...
Was a teen in the 80's, best time ever to be alive! What I miss most? The slow dance with a crush, I guess.
yeah now people dance alone in a club to zombie music, ah wait it's 2020 they don't even do that cos pandemic
Bravo Vasto
This was fun to watch had moments of laughter, really love this genre you introduced me to few great artist including yourself lol
Still love this doc
You have done well, brother. We are pleased.
Australia used to be a decade behind the world, before the internet. 80's music was still in full force during the 90's here.
just like Romania :)) 80s music and movies were aired here during the 90s , along with the new stuff but like you say still in full force
Aahhhhh....a real hero ...
29:14
Holy shit, you just earned a sub.
I was Born in 1999 and i'm not even Such in in 80's Stuff (exept Cars❤️). But the Sound of the Synthesizer is just so Beautiful and Addicting.❤️
Great video.... Serbia, Belgrade born in 96`
Awesome documentary. Really helped orient me as I've been loving this music for a while now but as a vital and living genre it's a bit harder to get a handle on what's going on. I hope this genre lasts and evolves for a long time. It's such a great mix of beautiful sounds, dance feel, and evocative moods. Love the clip of your personal track too.
It was very nice to learn a different perspective of the 80s. I was a young boy in México during that time and can attest that the 80s were a great decade to live in. You made that point very well. And you also introduced me to lot of new music to listen to! You got my subscribe, man.
Amazing documentary. thank you so much
As a huge synthwave fan, I love the music and the aesthetic, and even produce some on the side - I never knew where to look for more. You've opened my eyes to an entirely new world, and for that, I thank you. My friend sent this video to me and it was the best thing I've watched in 2018, and trust me, I have youtube on in the background almost 24/7.
This comment is very strong and motivational for me !
hey you should visit my radio website sometime , I update it all the time , If you go to rekt.network and go to " stations " and then " rektro " it will play synthwave 24/7 in 320kbps , so better than the 192kbps on youtube :D also would like to chat with you in the chat section XDD
@@GamesExposed TH-cam is only 128kbps now D:
nice video, love your own 24/7 music site.
The Midnight is my fav Synthwave band
Loving Gunship right now!
Absolutely loved this! Thank you putting this together.
yw! thanks for watching!
the best 33 minutes of my life mult noroc omule
p.s: i fucking love the Arnold jokes
mersi! yes Arnold jokes are best jokes!
@@GamesExposed here at the beginning of 2023 back for the Arnold jokes at 23:04 ..... its still going strong
Bro . I feel your love for the genre . I subscribed 😎