👽 Merging Y2K vibes, Trance, Breaks, 80s and 90s nostalgia. Hit the play button and get on board! 👽

“This is an alternate 1999. It is the future that never was... The future that will never be... A future that exists only in dreams caught on VHS!"    
  
"90's Trance and Drum 'n Bass meets Y2K"

VHS Dreams is the alias of UK-based, Greek-born electronic music artist George Dervenagas. Since his life-changing discovery of dance music at the age of 11, he's made the curation and creation of sounds his lasting obsession. After many years of club residencies in his home island, he got his first break as a producer with VHS Dreams' "TRANS AM". The album, a revivalist tribute to the dance culture of the 80's and his childhood love for GTA, put the artist at the forefront of 2015's Retrowave movement. In 2018, VHS Dreams pushed the nostalgia needle further with “Lost World”, a return to 90’s Ambient House music.

As his consequential first exposure to the beauty of electronic sounds reached its 20th anniversary, and our century a new decade, VHS Dreams yet again expanded on the stylistics of his trademark nostalgia. Reflecting on the euphoric innocence and optimism of a bygone Y2K world, his music explores new anthemic heights that reflect upon attitudes towards our own emerging future.

There is a Japanese term: Mono no aware. It means basically, the sad beauty of seeing time pass - the aching awareness of impermanence. These are the days that we will return to one day in the future only in memories. How do we capture them? How could we possibly be able to fully appreciate them in the present? This project is our attempt to put time under glass.

The Midnight is a marriage between a songwriter from the Deep South and a producer from Denmark who both live in Los Angeles. This is our love song to our city and a testament to the weight these years can hold.

Beautiful, dark and menacing Synthwave splendour.
Artist at RetroSynth Records.

For all enquiries please email mkultrauk80@yahoo.co.uk

My name is Stephen. I’m from a small town in Canada called Prince George. I fell in love with Eighties music as a child. Everything from Depeche Mode to OMD to Gary Numan. 80s music and especially synths, played a big role in my development. I wrote my first song on a cheesy Casio at 14 years old, entitled “Under The Moonlight”.  
After a string of Mcjobs, I eventually went to Emily Carr Art University and after graduating, torn between filmmaking and music, I chose the latter, diving into it full time. I become a full-time musician in 2009 with my duo Trike. In 2013 I branched off and went solo, reaching viral fame a year later with “EKSF”. Since then I’ve released “People Tonight” (LP), “Single and 17” (EP) and “Synthpop is Dead” (LP) which I also released on vinyl. I’ve also released several singles. I toured Europe several times and now, in 2023, I released my first pop song in two years entitled “Craving My Affection”.  
“Craving My Affection” was written on the subject of obsession and desire. I had a stalker in my early days of Trike and this song harks back to those days, except in the song, the protagonist desires his admirer intensely, even though he’s aware that it will lead to disaster. I was influenced by Synthwave and “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd whilst making this song.   My upcoming single features Preston Heyman (Kate Bush’s drummer) as producer and Derrick McIntyre (Jamiroquai) on bass. They’re appearing on three songs from my upcoming album.

This is where I share some sounds of my life!
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Halda is an acoustic group from Finland which creates dark, atmospheric music in different languages and styles, mainly drawing from fantasy themes and literature, folk music and soundtrack music.

Jenni Torni (vocals), Meri Korhonen (piano, percussions), Noora Rämö (violin), Petrus Makkonen (flute), Visa Forsblom (acoustic guitar, vocals), Maija Palojärvi (bodhrán, percussions)

Anne Lodders (guest violinist) 

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