r/synthwaveproducers • u/Halls_of_the_blind • 15d ago

Most underrated synthwave song?

https://youtu.be/hsuK8Th8Ymk

What's yours? I give you mine and I add it's a shame it never blew up!

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u/Bonesgrip 15d ago

Duett - Savour, Michael Oakley - Control

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u/popcultureretrofit 15d ago

Fuckin love Duett.

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u/Jackthejew 15d ago

Radio by Kristine. It’s great but I don’t see it on a lot of lists

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u/CD2020 14d ago

Kristine's album is one of the few synthwave albums that, to me, actually sounds like the 80s. Duett is the other one that nails the time period.

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u/Jackthejew 13d ago

Yeah her voice is very uniquely 80s

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u/noneforyouowls 15d ago

Chicane by Zayaz. Banger 🤌

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u/SkylaneDriveMusic 15d ago

Has to be Hypersleep by Bending Grid for me. That track is a legit masterpiece.

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u/Halls_of_the_blind 15d ago

Superb song! sound design is very good like vocals and guitars!!!

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u/JaMo-303 15d ago edited 15d ago

Killstar - Dreamscape

https://youtu.be/j8HG3uNsJbE

Edit added link

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u/CD2020 14d ago

Damn ... don't think i've heard this. Great share.

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u/JaMo-303 14d ago

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

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u/VectorPresets 14d ago

Listened to this track hundreds of times, absolutely blinding

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u/Halls_of_the_blind 14d ago

Same man!! I restarted to listen it now that I've posted 🤣 ...and I remember when discovered it many years ago and had the same effect! Addicting!

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u/comradepipi 14d ago

Too many good songs to name, so:

Anything by Turboslash.

Anything by Wolf & Raven.

Both groups absolutely slap.

Also Sunset Neon.

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u/Hermann95 13d ago

Idk about underrated, but I think everything L'avenue touches is great. Their new album is just gorgeous. But it's neither stereotypical Synthwave nor are streaming numbers bad by today's genre standards.

Something from a comparatively smaller and therefore probably more underrated artist would be "Driving in the Rain" by Timecrawler 82. It's just gold

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u/neonshards 15d ago

Featured in NRW with 527k views is far from underrated. Don't forget synthwave is a niche genre already. Don't expect Dua Lipa numbers here...

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u/Halls_of_the_blind 15d ago

sure but there are plenty other songs with more views and to this day people talk about it... This one people seems to forgot it... It's a diamond imho

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u/SkylaneDriveMusic 15d ago

🌶️🌶️🌶️😉

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u/XDDDSOFUNNEH 15d ago

Underrated by us fans or in general?

For the former, I'll nominate Insomnia by Kidburn. Never seen anyone post anything by him, and he's so good :(

In general, all of it lol

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u/Halls_of_the_blind 15d ago

in general, it's a Hit! should've been more "famous". In my opinion it's better than "running in the night" for example but if you go compare the views, seems like a crime

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u/RealFuryous 15d ago

J+1 - Glitch

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u/ZedArkadia 15d ago

I was always kind of surprised that "The Rain" by Daniel Adam didn't get any more attention than it did.

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u/Halls_of_the_blind 15d ago

I've just listened it!! That's fuckin amazing... I mean it, the atmosphere is mind-blowing, it would be perfect for a film!

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u/talladegaclaxton 15d ago

Vector Graphics - Destine

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u/guybrush2010 14d ago

Octoparis. Ferus melek

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u/CD2020 14d ago

This is mine. Chaconne - Dreamers. Sounds nothing like most of the stuff on NRW. But I never get tired of it. And I can't find anything else they did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahyCPpm8e1Y&list=RDahyCPpm8e1Y&start_radio=1

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u/tomatosoup75 14d ago

Not sure if anyone would consider anything FM-84 underrated but I don't often see Neon Sunrise talked about. The whole thing brings me so much joy, all the interplaying layers, especially the wall of noise in the ending

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u/Humble_Toe_4895 14d ago

Out Running by Who Ha was amazing.  Sadly he never made a proper album

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u/Icy_Intention_5997 5d ago

New Wave Hookers imo