The State of Synth

Dennis and Jules welcome Arcade High to the show to discuss unique song naming practices, a new album, head bands, sweat, and how Taco Bell did everyone dirty. Dr Shultz creates his own arcade game. Lots of things get spilled.

Von Kaiser drops their new album and we all have a pizza party.

Dennis and Neon Fawkes welcome Nina to the show. Vosto does battle at sea.

Dennis G and Neon welcome Max Cruise to the show to talk about his new amazing new album Cruise Control. Synthbot 83 finds inspiration in the most unlikely of places.

Dennis G and Jules talk with everyone's space cadet Starfarerer. Vosto Vlad tell us about a new 80s movie documentary called In Search Of Tomorrow.

Dennis and Neon Fawkes welcome Aztec Recording artist Syst3m Glitch to the show to talk about his music and upcoming album. Vosto and secret agent Stan Steel do battle with the KGB military, because of course they did. Voice-overs for everyone!

Dennis and Neon Fawkes welcome darksynth producer Kick Puncher to the show. Vosto is discovered in the far reaches of Siberia. Everyone gets jacked.

It's a big livestream weekend and we're all excited! On this episode, Neon Fawkes welcomes Serbian producer Bonggita to the show to talk about his music and his amazing life journey. Synthbot also breaks the station by cranking out too many NFTs.

Dennis G and Neon Fawkes welcome W O L F C L U B to the show to chat about their new album, upcoming shows, and their scoring work on the Infamous movie soundtrack. Kitty Caboodle reports on the new Turbo Kid Video game.

Dennis G and Neon Fawkes welcome Street Cleaner to the show to talk about his new album and video game. Kitty Caboodle reports on location from a village in Romania where a strange metallic disc has been discovered.

Dennis G and Neon Fawkes welcome visual artist and storyteller Jonathan Bell to the show to chat about his positive energy and his Synthwave and Chill YouTube series. We find out about a new video game Narita Boy and their campaign to help save local arcades.

Neon Fawkes and Dennis G are back for the season 5 premiere! This episode they welcome one of their favorite artists Thought Beings to chat about their unique style, and killer album Neon Beach. Kitty Bartholomew takes us to the Daft Punk vigil in France and somehow gets roped into a cult.

Thanks for listening! See you in 2021.

Vosto gets blasted into another dimension, again! Neon Fawkes and Dennis G welcome DEADLIFE to the show to discuss his music, vinyl obsession, and what type of tea he prefers. Seriously, lots of tea and crumpet talk here. Seriously, I'm getting hungry just writing this..

Neon Fawkes are joined by Turbo Knight, YORU 夜, and Dimi Kaye to talk about the music they make together. Other enlightening topics included: Thundercats, Olympus plants, guitar shredding and how to curse in other languages. Praise to Zeus/Vangelis.

Dennis and Jules welcome Power Rob, Dark Rob, and Sebastian from the 80s power synth groups Megatronix and Thrillkiller. Lot's of power. Lots of Robs. Vosto also gets to the bottom of the Spotify Retrowave playlist scandal.

Dennis and Neon Fawkes are joined by shredwave extraordinaires McRocklin & Hutch. They discuss BMX bikes, stormtroopers, tracksuits, and their epic guitar driven sound. Vosto interviews a potential new employee that might have embalming fluid in his car (seriously, where does he find these guys?)

Kaarin, Ashley from Forged in Neon and Joe Lokay (AKA The Rad Pack) take over The State of Synth. Dennis G and Vosto Vlad report on location from the Kung Fury 2 set.

Kaarin joins Dennis G and Neon Fawkes for a very special edition of TSOS. They welcome Gryff on is their special guest who is just hanging at the beach (because of course.) They talk about his album Calypso Drip FM and dive into some of his inspirations in making it.

Synthbot 83 drops the big story, but not really. Dennis and Neon Fawkes welcome special guest Cat Temper. Puns and cats run wild.

Dennis and Neon Fawkes are joined by special guests The Midnight. They drop premieres from Arcade High, Beckett, Mike Templar, Eightecs, and more. Vosto investigates a strange synthesizer that can be played using brain waves.

L'Avenue joins the gang to talk his sizzling debut album Into The Night. Dennis and Neon Fawkes premiere his track "Corporation" as well as a new banger from synth newcomer FancyNormal. Vosto travels forward in time to check out the new streaming event from The Midnight.

Electrish from Static Realms joins Dennis G and Neon Fawkes. Vosto discovers a new type of synthwave.

Retro Revolutions join the gang and impresses with their complex modding wizardly and wild stories from the land called New Zealand. Synthbot 83 visits a local coffee shop to try to solve the Midnight's ARG puzzle and gets drunk on coffee. Dennis G and Neon Fawkes drop some fresh new tunes.

Neon Fawkes and Dennis G talk with Cannons about their music style, influences, and new video for their hit single "Fire for You." Vosto takes us on a tour through the Nightride FM research facility to investigate a strange new device.

On this Episode of The State of Synth Dennis and Jules are joined by producer Mark Cooper and introduced to something called nerdcore. Meanwhile, the synthwave virus continues to spread and takes yet another victim. They drop premieres from Gryff and NeverMann.

This is the one where Dennis G gets jazzed off of hot chocolate and Vosto almost sets off a nuclear apocalypse with a sandwich slicer. They are joined by Droid Bishop. They talk about his unique music style and drop a fresh cut from his new album.

Dennis and Jules catch up with Scott from Elevate The Sky to talk about his music and generally being an awesome supporter of the synthwave scene. Vosto reports on the new Chex Quest HD game. When there are snacks and rad tunes involved, everyone's a winner.

Starcadian joins Dennis and Neon Fawkes for the season 4 premiere and talks about everything from touring to video games. He also gets very real with discussion of his new EP Shadowcatcher. They also drop premieres from Eightecs, Best Korea, and Von Kaiser.

Dennis and Jules try out the new Synthfamulator 9000.

MacReady join Dennis and Jules and turn their brains to mush. Vosto goes hot on the trail to uncover the meaning behind an ominous message by Kavinsky. Primo tells it like it is. #blacklivesmatter

On is a super sized episode Dennis and Jules discuss the Synth Rider Festival with the documentary creators Ivan and Damien. They also have a chat with Espen Kraft to talk about his music and the awesome Norwegian music scene.

Dennis and Neon Fawkes welcome Seattle synthwave artist Wolftron to the show to discuss his music and the Seattle music scene. Dennis drinks too much Vaporita and accidentally starts an east/west synthwave gang war. Rad tunes and random discussions run rampant.

Straplocked and CZARINA join Dennis and Jules and things go quickly off the rails. Vosto dives into the Virtuaverse. They drop premieres from Espen Kraft feat VIC20, Straplocked, and CZARINA.

This week Dennis and Neon are joined by NewRetroWave recording artist Let Em Riot. Vosto somehow gets stuck in the 5th dimension on his way to September 87's TV set. Dennis and Neon drop rad tunes from Roxi Drive, Kidburn, Peacecraft, Kay Burton, DEADLIFE, and more.

This episode Neon Fawkes and Dennis G are joined by special guest Vampire Step-Dad. They discuss his music and his on-point merch game. Bandcamp drops it's fees again and once again threatens to do serious damage to Jule's Credit Card.

Ray Gun Hero joins Dennis and NEON to discuss his general overall badassery. Jules works on getting buff. Dennis has too much Rye. Vosto does battle with Volkor X when he tries to take over the world. Seriously, we gotta get out of our houses! Oh, and we play rad tunes.

Vosto pushes a big red button and somehow almost breaks the space-time continuum. Alpha Chrome Yayo joins Dennis and Jules and things somehow get even weirder. It's a show full of whiskey, kimonos, alternate universe episodes of Cheers and partially sentient video golf menu screens.

Dennis G and Neon Fawkes are joined by synthpop group ØPAL. Vosto Vlad interviews himself. Primo kicks Corona's ass in the playground. Dennis tries to understand bidets and how to make the Ø symbol on his keyboard. They also play rad premieres from Taurus 1984, Czarina, and of course ØPAL.

Jeremy from Skald Brewing joins Dennis G and Neon Fawks to talk about brewing synthwave beers. Vosto and Arnold get ready to terminate the competition at The Midnight's remix contest. The gang drops a world premiere from Dana Jean Phoenix's new album called "Figure Me Out."

Welcome to our apocalypse show. This episode we invited artist Shikimo to our bunker for some social distancing, a few drinks, and a nice chat about his new tune "Shimmer Isle." We also play some synthwave composed by a cat.

CZARINA and Primo join Dennis and Neon Fawkes to take the show completely off the rails. Vosto discovers a new type of synthwave called Microwave. Dennis G and Neon Fawkes play rad tunes along with a new premiere from HeartBeatHero.

Dennis G and Neon Fawkes welcome Ace Marino to the show. They talk music, body building tips, and Ace shares his secret on how he maintains his fabulous mullet. Vosto is super excited for the new indie synthwave game Retro Drive.

Dennis and Jules welcome Arcade High to the show and they all enter the Virtuaverse

Grammy nominated producer David Joseph Wesley joins for a fun discussion about his passion musical passions. They also talk about vintage video games, gear porn, and the music he creates under the name Parsec. Vosto reports on a new sweatwave contest.

Dennis and NEON Fawkes dust off their mics for an all new season of TSOS. Their special guest is ALEX. They discuss his new album Blood City and play cool tunes from Dynamite Stranger, Neon Arcadia, NeverMann, Embers (remixed by HeartBeatHero).

Neon Fawkes and Groot chat with US3R

Neon Fawks and Groot chat with Signal Void

Dennis and Jules chat with Honey Beard

Andy Last joins Dennis G and Jules to get caught up on synthwave and his Black Friday shopping