The epic finale — wide analog synthscapes, powerful guitar solos, and deep bass drive this cinematic, emotional closer. It’s about love and memories that last longer than the night itself. Keywords: synthwave, cinematic, romantic, retrowave, nostalgic, 80s, night drive.

Our Shadows Will Outlive the Night

A heartfelt synthwave ballad featuring a beautiful, emotive female vocal performance that glides effortlessly over lush analog synth pads and warm basslines. The lyrics speak of longing and connection, wrapped in the romantic glow of neon lights. Dreamwave textures and reverb-soaked guitars create a cinematic backdrop, while the 80s-inspired beat keeps the track pulsing with gentle energy. This is the sound of a love story played out under the city’s night sky — intimate, nostalgic, and timeless.

Without You

Echoes of a Neon Heart is more than just a synthwave album — it’s a time capsule. Originally recorded over five years ago in a small home studio bathed in the glow of vintage gear, these songs were left in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to shine. Now, fully remastered and reimagined, every track bursts with new life — warmer analog textures, deeper bass, and pristine guitar tones breathe fresh emotion into each melody. From the haunting stillness of When the City Held Its Breath to the euphoric hope of We’ll Meet Again Under Different Skies, the story unfolds in neon light and cinematic detail. The emotive female vocals on Without You now soar more vividly than ever, layered over lush Juno-106 and Prophet-5 harmonies. This is nostalgia refined — a bridge between the past and the present, crafted for night drives, city rain, and hearts that still beat to the rhythm of the 80s.

She Walked Through the Rain

Intimate and cinematic, this track paints the picture of warm night air drifting in through an open window. Soft pads, delicate leads, and gentle basslines create a tender atmosphere. Keywords: synthwave, romantic, dreamwave, 80s, nostalgic, night scene.

The Window We Left Open

Something I've been trying to do with my vintage synths is to recontextualize them as contemporary sounds rather than throwbacks. In this piece for example, I wanted to use the Moog, and have it sound like a Moog, but without feeling retro or nostalgic. And that's what I'm most interested in hearing from you: how it's landing for you and ideas for what I might do to meet my aesthetic goal of preserving the unique voice of the instrument, without situating its sound in an earlier era?

This piece was posted in response to Disquiet Junto #0711. More on the 711th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Show & Tell & — The Assignment: Share some recent music; get and give feedback — at https://disquiet.com/0711/.

Tethys (disquiet0711)

An 80s inspired electronic synthwave track

From Dusk Till Tron

Currently an instrumental track. Lyrics to be written.

Second Genesis

Carry On

"Polarity" is a track built around contrast and tension.

I set out to explore the balance between driving rhythm and emotional melody, using analog textures, hypnotic progression, and a resolutely progressive structure.

Inspired by the melodic techno scene, this piece is designed for both immersive listening and DJ sets.

"Polarity" aims to create a bridge between raw energy and subtle sound design — a balance between extremes.

Polarity

"Stranger Things" blends house energy with a throwback 80’s vibe, wrapped in modern indie-pop textures. Analog synths meet infectious grooves, while the lyrics capture the tension of love turning distant — when something once so okay suddenly feels strange.

Stranger Things

Disquiet Junto 0712 invited us to interpret a barcode as a rhythm.

The first barcode patent was issued in 1952, but they didn't look like the ones we usually see now: they were bullseye-shaped. Today's linear barcodes use what is called "many-width symbology", meaning that the vertical lines ("modules") in the barcode are different widths, from 1 to 4. The lines are printed vertically instead of horizontally so that if the ink smeared during printing, the code would still be legible and no information would be lost. 

Barcodes almost failed in the retail space, because no one wanted to be the first to invest the money to adopt them when they were unproven. They were a lot  more popular more quickly in the railroad business, where by the early 1960s optical scanners could read the color-coded barcodes on train cars as they rolled past at full speed.

The barcode I chose as source material for the prompt was from a tape dispenser that I bought to help my daughter pack to leave home. This piece is probably an aural photograph of the feelings I'm having right now, but that's neither here nor there. Where was I?

Instead of reading the barcode as if it were visually measuring out beats, I decided to decode the modules and transcribe the widths. This turned into the sequence 2 1 3 2 1 4 4 1 / 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 / 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 / 1 1, which I incorporated into this piece in several ways.

First, the percussion pattern is built by breaking the sequence into chunks of four numbers. These four numbers indicate the beat position of a series of drum kit components on a 16-step grid. So 2-1-3-2, the first sequence, means the kick drum hits on the 2nd, 1st, 3rd, and 2nd beats of the four divisions of the pattern. Next would be the snare, then the tom, and finally the hihat with 1-1-1-3. The sequence also determines the note length and note number of the "melodic" sequence. 

Finally, I translated the sequence into steps in a custom arpeggiator, with the width of the modules transposed into the vertical axis of the beats in the pattern. There are two arpeggiated synth tracks, running at different rates, played on the Logic ES2 and Alchemy software synths. A triggered vocal sample rhythmically reflects the numeric sequence. The rest of the synth parts came from the Roland boutique Studio Electronics SE-02, a reissue of the "Moog-adjacent" SE-01 analog monosynth of 1982.

There's a lot going on in this piece, but there's a lot going on over here, too. The sound that a single mom makes in her empty nest. Snapshot of a moment in time at 90bpm.

More on the 712th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Zebra Code — The Assignment: What rhythm do you hear in a bar code? — at https://disquiet.com/0712/.

The Passage (disquiet0712)

AURΔ is a Polish synthwave project by producer Krystian Gacek, blending nostalgic 80’s vibes with modern electronic production. Inspired by retro-futuristic aesthetics, neon city lights, and the timeless energy of night drives, AURΔ crafts music that feels like a cinematic journey through glowing skylines and endless highways. Each track fuses lush analog synths, pulsing basslines, shimmering arpeggios, and dreamy leads, creating a soundscape that captures both the excitement and melancholy of the past. Drawing influence from classic synthwave, retrowave, outrun, and electronic film scores, AURΔ delivers tracks perfect for fans of artists like The Midnight, FM-84, and Kavinsky. From slow-burning atmospheric pieces to high-energy driving anthems, the music is designed for late-night listening, deep focus, or simply escaping into another world. More than just sound, it’s an experience — a blend of nostalgia, motion, and emotion that keeps the neon dream alive in the digital age.

I create original experiential music from NOSIGNAL Multimedia Lab in Chicago. The Hard Times described my music as "creepy, haunted, but also a little bit uplifting." Prolific.

DJ and music producer based in Switzerland, I'm passionate about Latin and Afro-inspired sounds.
I also enjoy exploring different styles, depending on where life takes me and what inspires me along the way.

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