Inspired by great music from the 80s, An electro synth side project of Lee Maguire from the band Mercury Machine.

Ascend

Age of the Machine is the electro-synth side project of Lee Maguire from the band Mercury Machine and, frankly, his nom de guerre says it all. This is a formidable, implacable, immovable entity, with a gridiron muscularity caged around clever configurations of intertwining melodies. Ascend evokes Harold Faltermayer’s legendary 80’s synth-pop soundtracks (Running Man, Top Gun etc) but stands assuredly beyond any lingering shadow that such works may cast, its rolling pulsating modulations mounting towards a climax of coldblooded efficacy.

-Louis Barabbas (freshonthenet.co.uk)

Ladies and gentlemen there are other worlds out there,distant planes and far away planets. One day we will live in outer space and our children will be safe,our lands unmolested and we will be at peace with each other. Listening to Starfall made me a believer,it gave me hope for all our tomorrows,in fact I would go as far as to say that it cheered me up,made me feel better about myself and kissed me on the cheek (face) with the power of a synth and drum machine-Corking! Age of the Machine is Lee Maguire from Manchester and he not only has a fine track record in the game he also knows how to charm you with his synth - layers of blissful 80's inspired key bending that build and build and then build a little more for good measure-Future retro synth gorgeousness.

-Johnno Casson (freshonthenet.co.uk)

Kraftkabel is the artist name of Philip I. Buckland. I am a musical scientist in a parallel universe living in a studio flat orbiting Jupiter. My keyboards are suspended in gravity nets, and my mixer is controlled by the power of the mind. My cosmic sequencing software masters through the power of emotion, and my keyboards are simultaneously both retro and new.
My music originates from the point of divergence of these universes - the mid-late 1980's, but is spliced by genre splicing interludes. I use a time machine and dimensional portal to get to work.
For the other nerds out there:
Hardware synths: 
Moog Subsequent 37; Roland Jupiter X, JD-Xi, VR-09, S-1; Korg Prologue, NTS-1, Monotron Duo; Sequential Take5; Yamaha DX7; Akai PRO MiniAK; Novation Mininova; Arturia MicroFreak; Modal SkulptsynthSE; Teenage Engineering PO-20.
Main software: Ableton, Arturia Analog Pro, InSidious, random free stuff from the interweb and Dexed to program the DX7. Audacity. All played through Arturia Keylab and Keystep (which has a better arpreggiator).
Plus some guitars that I can't really play very well. And an mbira, tin whistle and an alien head-shaped ukulele.

Fresh from cracking another killer case involving a hack-ed up sexual synthesised love affair between a Commodore 64 and Atari 2600, AMNESIA is back to crack the next big magnetic tape noir.
Bringing you the FRESHEST Synth-wave tracks this side of the neon river.

He's currently the resident Sytnhwave DJ at RHETORIC, a Synthwave // Chiptune // Techno // Lo-Fi // Vaporwave // Dreamwave // Electronic night, here at Game City

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