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These are the underdog tracks of 2024 that for whatever reason did not get as much attention as they deserved. This is a chance for people to again discover some unearthed gems of sonic bliss.

Gems of 2024

Synthpop Emerging Artists

Album available here: radicalbicep.bandcamp.com/album/nearer

Oleander (feat. Adryelle)

Prophecy from Deja Vu album Produced by MosyaTheProducer. IG:@MezzoStudioProd 

Prophecy.mp3

VENDETTA From Deja Vu Album Produced by MosyaTheProducer. Find me on IG : @MezzoStudioProd 

VENDETTA.mp3

Cabriolet

Cabriolet (Feat. Chloé DEROY)

Lost in Love

A tale of love and longing, a place you yearn to return to, a person you ache to see again.

Home

Home - Instrumental

Home feat. Eli X - Instrumental

Feel the heat of the dance floor with the brand new, fresh and groovy track "Synthscothèque"!

Full maxi-single available on Bandcamp

Synthscothèque

The track "Magnetized Lens" is an acid house instrumental mix. It starts with a lead synth and an epic hook synth for texture, both with automated fading. The synth harmonizes with the UAD Polymax synth horn and eventually transitions joined by a big room after-party electronic drum kit. The middle part of the mix features an electrifying dance beat with various TB-3 acids and synclavier sub-bass. These were all sent through bus processing before the final master bus. My intention with this composition was to journey the listener in their mind through cosmic light as if bouncing from one "Magnetized Lens" to another.

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Magnetized Lens

Artificial Intelligence

Can't get any better than this

Here is my new chillsynth single which will be part of my upcoming album on Neon Retro Records I expect to release in autumn.

https://awitw.bandcamp.com/track/thinking-of-you

Music, Mix, Mastering & Artwork by AWITW
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Thinking Of You

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3LZhN8rnmVOjTebb2YhqTa
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cberxRBYDmA

Pixel Waves

The chorus of "Merry Go Round (Neon City)" originally started as a bridge section for another track I was working on called "Sedate". I created a new track template and built this song around it. I still plan on releasing "Sedate" as well. It's a very different, darker style of track, more intended for Halloween or a gothic theme. It features the same darkwave and synth-wave pads and beats. "Merry Go Round (Neon City)" is similar but focuses on a retro-futuristic landscape with hedonistic zombies searching for drinks and gambling their lives away in the desert heat.

Merry Go Round (Neon City) 

Dust is settling down on the dark hallways
Where we’re supposed to meet 
Clock strikes midnight again as you
Scamper down the stairs
Holding your little feet

Make my way through the merry go round 
Laser lights dragon wings
Go and grab the sound 

All these zombies on the strip keep holding
out for fresh drink in the summer heat 
Loss of reality impairs their judgment 
and they’ll desperately gamble everything 

Make my way through the merry go round 
Laser lights dragon wings
Go and grab the sound 
Make my way through the merry go 
Merry go round 

Life in the retrofuturistic desert is 
a mix 
of escape and debauchery 
Watching my shoulder for the 
Warlocks waiting out the next prey
their compelled to seek 

Make my way through the merry go round 
Laser lights dragon wings
Go and grab the sound 
Make my way through the merry go 
Merry go round 

Neon city beckons me for another hand 
Don’t throw it out for love’s sake 
Rolling the dice could be your last test 
Pulling you down or maybe richer than you’ve ever dreamed

Make my way through the merry go round 
Laser lights dragon wings
Go and grab the sound 
Make my way through the merry go 
Merry go round 

Your hot sweat keeps me up til the dawn 

Merry Go Round (Neon City)

A common term related to investing can also apply to various aspects of life. The fear of missing out, driven by others' participation, can lead to negative outcomes. This track was started about a month ago using Model 84 and 77 Softube synthesizers, along with a Juno emulation. I incorporated guitars similar to those used in "Endless Summer Daze" and "Unrealized Future," and it features a synth bass Arturia preset called "Pet Shop Boys."

FOMO 

They all wait in line for the money machine 
Caught in an avalanche of emotion 
Don’t wanna rain on your parade

Fear of missing out
Now you’ve jumped into the
shark tank
You thought you’d join in too late 
Now the bank has taken it all away 
 
So you found what your hoping to emulate 
Everyone’s winning and you wanna 
partake in it

Fear of missing out
Now you’ve jumped into the
shark tank
You thought you’d join in too late 
Now the bank has taken it all away

FOMO

I completed this track last May. Although I hadn’t felt like sharing it, I thought it was important to include it in the tracks I’ve finished this year. It’s an unusual track to me because it evokes a sense of hiding from the spotlight. It mentions superheroes battling villains and captures a unique intensity. I’m not sure how this peculiar track will be received, but it does seem to have a strong emotional impact, even if it’s not as upbeat as some of my more recent tracks. I also created a music video for it with some interesting imagery which briefly shared and again now:

https://youtu.be/qRz3-hKlZbo

Hiding out from the Spotlight 
Go from street to street  
Corner to corner 
Aisle to aisle all before the escape 
Scurry down the hillside 
trailing meadow disguise my cape
One time I found my bearings 
Won’t be long until the return 

Oh yeah yeah yeah 
Where is the spotlight
Find my way over 
Oh yeah yeah yeah 
Why are the answers
Always 
in front of me 

One can bring one can try 

Gliding out with super powers
Now this ancient city trusts me 
Battle to battle 
Counting the hours
Waiting to save the day 
All the villians running for cover
They all fail to make their run
They all never had no fun and 
can’t take ours away
If I can’t make this journey
What will be left to return 

Oh yeah yeah yeah 
Where is the spotlight
Find my way over 
Oh yeah yeah yeah 
Why are the answers
Always 
in front of me 


Hiding out - from the spotlight beams 
See them silhouette the dark sky
through the mountains they make pathways
Looking for one they’ll just have to wait 
until the return  
Hiding out - battling villains with steel
Save the city from being burned

Spotlight

This track was one of the last holdouts from April that I hadn't shared yet. Originally titled "Acid Rain (the Good Kind)," the music has always resonated with me, though the title never quite fit. I even uploaded a live studio jam of it, combining the track with Arturia and a Roland MC-101:

https://youtu.be/cE6TVjUCZ9w?si=y3Nuc4hlwBe55T6u

At that time, I was deeply exploring Arturia Acid V emulations, but I feel this piece leans more toward electro-funk dance than acid. It certainly had the potential to be on my "Pantheon Escape" album, but for some reason, it didn't make the final cut. I attribute that to being in the midst of a move and taking a critical look at my life and musical journey. Hence the new title, "Salient Reflections."

When I listen back to the creation of this jam, its best traits are the production, bass melody, and the rocking solo at the end, similar to the one found in "Sea vs Sky."

Merry Go Round (Neon City)

Mark Antares