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Synthwave

Synthwave (also called retrowave, or futuresynth) is an electronic music microgenre that is based predominantly on the music associated with the soundtracks of action, science fiction, and horror films of the 1970s and 1980s. Other influences are drawn from the decade's art and video games. Synthwave musicians often espouse nostalgia for 1980s culture…

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Cultural origins
Mid-to late 2000s; France, Western Europe
Other names
Retrowave · future synth
Stylistic origins
Electronic · synth-pop · new wave · 1980s film soundtracks · electro

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related to Origins · 29
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related to Popularity and legacy · 23
Synthwave → Blood Dragon, College, Despite, Drive, Electric Youth, Far Cry, He, Hotline Miami, In, Kavinsky, Kavinsky's, Legacy, Nerdglow's Christopher Higgins, Netflix, Nightcall, PC Gamer, PopMatters, Preston Cram, Real Hero, Stranger Things
related to Characteristics and related terms · 18
Synthwave → According, BPM, Common, Dance With The Dead, It, Jean-Michel Jarre, John Carpenter, Other, Out Run, Outrun, PC Gamer, Some, Tangerine Dream, The, There, Vangelis, VHS, Zombie Hyperdrive
related to External links · 18
Synthwave → August, Childhood, Club, Goes Mainstream, ISSN, January, Media, Neil, November, O'Neal, Retrieved, Sean, Sound, Stranger Things, The, Wall Street Journal, Wikimedia CommonsShah, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to References · 15
Synthwave → Bibliography Wetmore, Cynicism, Eighties Nostalgia, Essays, Innocence, ISBN, Jess Blaise, Jr, Kevin, Making Synthwave, McFarland, Routledge, Series, Uncovering Stranger Things, Ward
Stylistic origins · 10
Synthwave → 1980s film soundtracks, chiptune, electro, Electronic, Eurodisco, French house, Italo disco, new wave, synth-pop, video game music
Other names · 2
Synthwave → future synth, Retrowave
instance of · 2
Synthwave → leading directly to genres, was an umbrella term that encompasses 1980s revivalism genres
Cultural origins · 1
Synthwave → Mid-to late 2000s; France, Western Europe
is a · 1
Synthwave → microgenre of electronic music that draws predominantly from 1980s films

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1980s video music film game genre soundtracks artists also drive well electronic french house vice miami included vaporwave outrun kavinsky

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SynthwaveOther namesRetrowave1.00infobox
SynthwaveOther namesfuture synth1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic originsElectronic1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic originssynth-pop1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic originsnew wave1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic origins1980s film soundtracks1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic originselectro1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic originsEurodisco1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic originsFrench house1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic originsvideo game music1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic originsItalo disco1.00infobox
SynthwaveStylistic originschiptune1.00infobox
Synthwaveis amicrogenre of electronic music that draws predominantly from 1980s films0.90text

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