Bio's in Yellow are from the band.
As I hear more of these bands I'll add them.
Thanks to Sean Nguyen
(Stranger Thoughts - Synthpop - The Next Generation - get it)
for the inspiration.
In a band making this style of music?
Why not send me a bio
(with the four categories and your net address)
and I'll add you to the page!
"The future has arrived; it's just not evenly distributed".
William Gibson
Is looking for new bands who have put out their
own stuff (or are on small labels) to review.
Contact David Richards for more info.
Formed - january 1991
Best song(s) - Space Divider, Parallel, Neuron
Origin - Finland Tampere
Driving Force - Love of analog synthesizers..
Machines does it better!
Formed - 1994 (New CD available)
Best Song - New Faith - Very Mode this one,
dark and moody with lush strings and tense moments, cool retro Lindrum claps
and plenty of rouge.
Origin - Sydney, Australia. Formed in 1994 when
Jason Last, Katrina Hughes & Albertine Martinez decided to bring our
musical influences together to form an outfit where we could express our
taste for 80's electro.
Driving Force - Three into one, Albertine concentrates
on programming, arrangements & production, Jason's talent is songwriting,
vocals & sounds; Katrina is great for lyrical ideas, overall feel &
keyboards.
Formed - January, 1997
Best Song - "New Clear Sky" and "Acid Test"
Origin - New York City
Driving Force - The power of the human experience.
More specifically, classic opera to classic synth. Mouth = Robert Dombrower,
studied with NYC Metropolitan Opera Tenor Richard Cassilly. Hands = Robert
Cotnoir, exclusive programmer/technical designer for composer Howard Shore
whose work can be heard on the "Cop Land", "The Game", and "eXistenZ" soundtracks.
Formed - 1997
Best Song - decide for yourselves
Origin - Paris, France
Driving Force - Variety of music
Formed - 1996
Best Song(s) - My personal favorite is the entire
"Unplugged" album, which - Orbitronik being a synth band - you understand
is pretty much silent. Otherwise, the tune "Orbisexxxual" has been getting
a lot of airplay, so has the quintessential electro-pop wonder "Orbitronik
Manifesto" which features just about every classic trick in the book.
Origin - Somewhere in close orbit to your planet,
between Chicago and Northern California.
Driving Force - To entertain ourselves and all
the right people... and also, perhaps, to piss off all the right people ;-)
Formed - In the spring of 1997, and have been
going strong since.
Best Songs - Though we tend not to judge our
material as best to worst, our most popular song is "Dying to be beautiful".
Origin - We originated in Nashville, TN (U.S.A.)
amidst a sea of country and christian music. Our melodic synth-new rock sound
to big notice in a town where the last time that there was more than one
synth player on stage was when Depeche Mode came here in 1988.
Driving Force - Our Driving force is the future,
and the wanting to let people know that they are not alone in their dark
times.
Pajamazon
Formed - While on an illegal substance
Best Songs - Frontiers, Crazy, Jump Rope, Acid
Rain
Origin - In the far depths of James Elvidge's
mind.(Spokane,WA. USA.
Driving Force - Intelligence, Creativity, Talent,
Looks, etc...
Formed - 1991
Best Song - depends on who you ask.... "crystal-clear",
"l'enfer", "lies", "voice of God", ....
Origin - Basel, Switzerland
Driving Force - Passion for good music, synthetic
sounds, hammering electro basslines and multi-layered arrangements.
Formed - 1989
Best Song - Let the listener decide
Origin - Provo, Ut.
Driving Force - Our Father in Heaven, the power
of music, and the people of the world who need the two combined.
Paradoxx
Formed - late 1995 by founder and songwriter
Ralph Dix Paradoxx is Lissa - vocals, Ralph - keyboards,vocals,bass Steve
- keyboards, programmes
Best Song - "submission" did very well in the
clubs , here and overseas but "romantic was a radio favorite
Origin - Perth, Western Australia
Driving Force - Holy trinity, New order, (early)
Mad at the world, Boxcar, The Church,LSU, Depeche mode and Joy division.
Formed - 1983
Best Song - "Big", "In our time","Oh mother earth"
Origin - Bollns, Sweden
Driving Force - To make really good music with
our synthezisers.
Formed - 1994 / 1995
Best Song - Machines
Origin - Hamburg, Germany
Driving Force - strong melodies and lots of
flexibility of the 3 members Sven, Janne and Rico
Formed - Pivot Clowj was formed in 93/94
Best Song - ??? Hmmmm. that's a tough question.
Origin - Orange County, California USA
Driving Force - Life, hope, dreams, and electronics.
Posh
Formed - 1995
Best Song - Hard to tell, it varies from time
to time.(Rebellion on our debut album "In vanity we trust" is what we like
the best at the moment
Origin - Greaker. Norway-100 kilometers south
of Oslo
Driving Force - To create the perfect pop song.
Formed - 1998
Best Song - Glide,Screamer
Origin - Lincoln,Nebraska
Driving Force - love of music. In our music
we want to make others feel the intense emotions we do when hearing our favorite
bands.
Provision
Formed - November 2000
Best song(s) - Visualize, My Only Question,
December Morning
Origin - Houston, Texas
Driving Force - Our Fans, and Our Love for Analog.
Formed - Edmonton, Alberta Dec.13, 1982
Best Song - Unveiling The Secret, Murder In
Your Love
Origin - Darrin and Stephen Huss, Canada/ Per-Anders
Kurenbach,Germany
Driving Force - Our brains and our hearts and
some synthy noises
Formed - April 1993
Best Song - Mirage available on the EP 'Demo'
Origin - San Jose, California USA
Driving Force - To explore both the classic Pop
song and to continue the legacy of Synthpop.
Formed - (under this name): Jan 1999
Best song - Into Sleep
Origin - Cape of Storms, South Africa
Driving Force - I want my music to move people
in the same way I have been moved by the legacy of brilliant synth music.
Formed - 1981 (we took a few years off!)
Best Song - Saturdays In Silesia, Dancing On
The Berlin Wall, Beware The Fly
Origin - Montreal, Quebec
Driving Force - Tracy Howe & Bill Vorn,
AND our supporters in Scandinavia and Germany who made us pull up our socks
and get back at it!
Formed - Summer 1995
Best Song - "Maren" from the Album CD "GREED"
and "Crazy Minds" from the E.P.CD "Crazy Minds"
Origin - Pasewalk/Germany
Driving Force - Sampler and the Sound of Future!
Formed - 1987 or so
Best Song - Count to Three
Origin - San Diego, CA, USA
Driving Force - 2 brothers
Formed - We were formed, as the band we know
as of 1994.
Best song - That's a hard one. I would say "hope
in my eyes"
Origin - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Driving Force - The resurgance of new wave synth.
I believe it will make a comeback. Realistically in the next century, when
everyone gets sick and tired of listening to the same music our parents listened
to.
Formed - 1990 as Reflected Image, 1988 as New
Life
Best Song - Frank: The Theatre; Tom: Members
of Glory (both as mp3
)
Origin - Aachen, Germany
Driving Force - achieving the best combination
of powerful and melodic synth-pop. The main influences are Soft Cell, New
Order, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys and Talk Talk!
Formed -1992
Best Song -Break the fall
Origin -Germany (Thuringian)
Driving Force -?
Formed - 1995
Best Song - Aldrig (for the moment)
Origin - Stockholm
Driving Force - Create good music
Saudade
Formed - in the early 80's
Best Song - That's hard to say since so few
people have heard any of the songs.
Origin - That would have to be the state of
Utah, USA.
Driving Force - Love's making music, even if
only a few people hear it. It is a way to get ones feelings out in the open
and make a sort of record of ones life.
Formed - early 90's
Best Song - According to myself; "The Fall",
"Let me die" amongst others...
Origin - Skellefteå, Sweden
Driving Force - Making music and multimedia.
Formed - Fall 1997 by Steve Zahler and Cameron
Scott
Best song - Ice Planet Zero - isolation
loop
Origin - Seattle, WA
Driving Force - Juno Reactor, Delirium, and
Intermix
Formed - 1992
Best Song - I Remember
Origin -Södertölje, Sweden
Driving Force - Writing the perfect synth popsong.
Formed - Fall 1995 by Steve Zahler. Signed to
J-Bird Records
Best Song - Infatuation
Origin - Portland, OR
Driving Force - Pet Shop Boys, Red Flag and
Depeche Mode.
Formed - 1988
Best Song - The Seducer and Animals
Origin - Germany
Driving Force - DM, KRAFTWERK, A-ha, Ultravox,
Alpaville, Alan Wilder, Erasure
Formed - 1997
Best Song - Sacrifice the Kingdom
Origin - From Sweden - Nora
Driving Force - Just making music!
Formed - 1984
Best Song - Out of control
Origin - Gothenburg, Sweden
Driving Force - To have fun and make the best
songs ever!
Formed - 1994
Best Song - Johan says:"I think 'Never Want
To Be Like You' on the iNTERkO compilation.". Conny says: "'Let This Feeling
Be Forever' on the same compilation."
Origin - We both live in a little town in the
middle of Sweden called Vösters situated about 100 kilometers west of
Stockholm.
Driving Force - As long as we think we're having
fun, we'll continue to play.
Formed - out of Play-doh
Best Song - Big Chief Indian (I learned it in
2nd grade)
Origin - east/west usually
Driving Force - A big white van, but we are
saving up for a bus.
Formed - 1992
Best Song - Emotional
Origin -San Bernardino, CA
Driving Force - Passion for music
Formed - 1997
Best Song - january one
Origin - torrance ca.
Driving Force - erasure, DM, anything box and
darkness
Silent Voices
Formed - Silent Voices has been existing since
1993. In 1995, David joined us as a leadsinger because we wanted a frontman
the old one never was.
Best Song - We cannot say what our best song
is, but almost all people say it is "And now we're falling" !
Origin - We are living in Saarbruecken, the
capital of the state "Saarland", it's in southern Germany (very near France).
Driving Force - Our driving force? Our fans,
the fun we have, to see our success and the will to keep SynthPop alive!
Formed - 1998
Best Song - A Little Confession
Origin - Tel Aviv, Israel
Driving Force - The passion for music
Formed - 1998
Best Song - Tree From The Bark
Origin - South Africa, but now living in NJ,
USA.
Driving Force - Love of music, technology, and
synthesisers.
Formed - late 1994
Best Song - 'Följ Mig' & 'Lady of the
Forest'
Origin - Malmö, Sweden though we lived
in Olofström when we started!
Driving Force - The stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
Formed - Recently.
Best Song - I like them all.
Origin - Minneapolis, MN USA
Driving Force - Having fun.
Formed - 1993
Best Song - Hard to say since everyone has got
their own favourite. Possibly Icebreaker, The Spy who Loved Me or Soldier
of Fortune.
Origin - Goteborg, Sweden.
Driving Force - To make great pop songs, to
maintain a unique style, to make our music heard by as many people as possible,
to get respect.
Formed - In 1991
Best Song - Love&hate, Vergiss mich
Origin - Hannover, Germany
Driving Force - The love to electronic music
Formed - 1998
Best Song - We've just finished a new demo with
the following songs: 1. Broken; 2. Knife; 3. Almost impossible; 4. Slinky
but look out for EVOL, Yello Mello and I Don't Think So
Origin - London, UK
Driving Force - to produce classic (pop) songs
that move; songs that scar; songs that groove; songs that bury themselves
deep into your head and stay there for the rest of your life
Formed - 1997
Best Song - Fuck You Doctor, Sanitize, Already
Yesterday
Origin - Commack, NY
Driving Force - We attempt to destroy a universe
of boring music
Static Icon
Formed - 1990
Best Song - Taste The Pain
Origin - Adelaide, Australia
Driving Force - Humanity and all it offers
Formed - 1992
Best Song - Get real. How could I pick >one<?
Origin - From Stockholm and Nyköping, in
Sweden
Driving Force - Been asking myself for ages
now. Don't know.
For more live shots of Statemachine.
Formed - 1989
Song - "X Approaching -1"
Origin - Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Driving Force - Well, for me at least, it was
a drive that started at an early age: a passion for music. At first, I didn't
have an instrument or anything, so I started writing lyrics, and songs in
my head. My favorite subject is existence (which is where the name came from).
Years later, I figured out how to use technology to express myself musically.
Since then, we have a brilliant four piece band -- the energy and passion
keeps it going.
Station Obscen
Formed - Summer of 1989
Best Song - Heal My Soul - crucimix
Origin - Sandviken, Sweden
Driving Force - Electronic music has a tendency
to sound steril and dull. We hope we can change that by making our music
as living as possible, and explore the grey gap between synth pop, ebm and
gothic rock. Great influences: FLA, Nitzer Ebb, DM, Kraftwerk, F242, Skinny
P., Tangerine Dream, everything electronic, really.
Formed - 1988
Best Song - Sad to See, Perfect Man, Sleep
Origin - Copenhagen, DK
Driving Force - Music itself was the driving
force. Heavily inspired by the British post-punk New Romantics wave from the
beginning of the eighties, Stealth's influential bands included Depeche Mode,
The The, Visage, Stranglers, Heaven
17, and REM. Probably the most prominent inspiration was the early-eighties
work of Ultravox, the widely celebrated masters
of the New-Wave style.
Formed - 1994
Best Song - Once and always King
Origin - Gothenburg, Sweden
Driving Force - new musical territories to be
conquered
Formed - 1996
Best Song - Tonight
Origin - Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg, Norway
Driving Force - To continue making great electronic
pop music!
Synaptic
Formed - Memorial Day 1995
Best Song - Start
Origin - We were getting a little "tipsy" at
a bar before an Anything Box concert and the idea to form a band came up.
Two of us had done solo work before that.
Driving Force - Anything Box, Depeche Mode,
Erasure, Pet Shop Boys.
Formed -
Best Song - It's a Lie
Origin -
Driving Force -
Formed - December 1984
Best Song - L.E.D., I Was a Boy, The Temple
Origin - Bologna (Italy)
Driving Force - I think, briefly: love in our
music and in our capabilities
Formed - 1991
Best Song - Biological Fear
Origin - Turin, Italy
Driving Force - The project Theatre of Loneliness
aims to convey by mean of a mixture of trance-mistic wave music the inner
need to express their own feelings toward life and the awareness of being
part of an Universe in continuos evolution
Formed - May 1995
Best Song - Nations Divided
Origin - Frustration with 90's pop music
Driving Force - Enjoyment of programming songs,
writing songs, and having people tell me they like the songs. Kinda cool
when my close friends will quote lyrics sometimes, too. I guess I just like
the act of getting a document of some event or feeling in my life in some
form where I can look back on it and see how I felt when I wrote the song.
Some people write diaries, some take pictures, videotape, etc.., I write
songs. I hope I never stop.
Think System
Formed - late 80's/early 90's
Best Song - New Wave Dancing
Origin - My bedroom in Minneapolis
Driving Force - Silly, minimalist synthpop like
early Human League, early Numan, and of course Kraftwerk. Something to do
when I'm not playing in either of my punk bands.
Formed - 1994
Best Song - We always feel happy about our latest
song and think that it's the best one so far, otherwise we would have threw
it away. Please take some time and listen to some tunes here (available
in some weeks, we are working on this page at the moment)
Origin - Gothenburg and Lysekil, Sweden
Driving Force - Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll
:-) No, seriously - The three of us have listened to electronic music ever
since we were just a few feet high and it feels great to be a part of it.
But why 'waste' your spare time in front of the synthesizers every day, you
may ask. Simply because it's so damn fun!
Formed - 1991-96 (56K the new TDO
minus Tristan and vocals has interest from Virgin in France)
Best Song - Omen,Heartbreaker,Nightmare
Origin - Melbourne Australia
Driving Force - Electronic sounds
Formed -1995
Best Song - Disco
Origin - Basle, Switzerland
Driving Force - Love...
Formed - Fall 1992
Best Song - "where the grasses grow"
Origin - inspired by local synth band, bought
some keys, the rest is history|
Driving Force - emotion
Formed - 1999
Best Song - I'll Be OK
Origin - Detroit, Mi.
Driving Force - A pure love of all things electronic
and poppy!
Tract Charta
Formed - 1990
Best Song - Of our own? "Traveller in Time"
Origin - Beatles, Depeche Mode, PSB and Tears
for fears among others.
Driving Force - The electronic sounds...
Formed - 1989
Best Song - Emotional Display [EMP700]
Origin - Stockholm, Sweden
Driving Force - More music, more fun!
Formed - 1993
Best Song - Dreams of Dying or Enemy or maybe
Dislocation
Origin - Brisbane, Australia
Driving Force - A love of 80's synthpop
Formed - 1995
Best Song - I breathe
Origin - Stockholm, Sweden
Driving Force - Well, I guess we just make the
music that's close to our hearts. We really hope that other people will enjoy
it...well, I guess that's why were on a label.
Vagina Dentada
Formed - 1996
Best Song - NOHAD
Origin - France
Driving Force - Strange music & crazy muscian
(live acts) I wanna drive peaple in a "world" out of reality, to put of the
depressive part of themselves.
Formed - Spring 1996
Best Song - 3 WORDS
Origin - North Hollywood, CA
Driving Force - There is nothing better then
the connection that can be made through music. To experience love, pain,
joy through another's eyes.
Formed - 1993
Best Songs - "Two Lives" and "Blue Void"
Origin - Begin as a desire between David Duddleston
and Jeremy Wells to create an original, warm, and organic electronic sound.
Driving Force - Creating music that moves the
listener through new realms of consciousness and emotion.
Formed - in 1991
Best Songs - Of ours? Well Disconnect Me."
Origin - Stockholm / Sweden
Driving Force - To make the music that we would
want to hear ourselves.
Formed - 1991
Best Song - Promise
Origin - Karlstad, Sweden
Driving Force - I just feel like it. If anyone
else likes it, It's fine with me
Formed - 1999
Best song(s) - we'll leave it up to you, but
if asked i'd say perfect crush, letting go, in these silences.....
Origin - charlottesville virginia, out of frustration
with the guitar scene and a love for the eighties, we'd like to put the songwriting
back into dance music, and create "sin-pop."
Driving force - to help bring back the music
we love, and a return to the blitz.
Formed - 1991
Best Song - Shame (one of them)
Origin - Karlskrona (Sweden)
Driving Force - All our fans who want to see
us play live. To show the youth of today the world of synthetic music.
Formed - 1984?
Best Song - "Killing you" or "It's time"
Origin - Nykˆping, Sweden
Driving Force - To make the best music we (WaveFront)
like to listen to.
Formed - 1998 (Your Silent Face), 1990 (Ci2i)
Best Song - Depends on what you like, maybe
"Hard to Own," a ballad
Origin - Born and raised in the midwest of the
US
Driving Force - We love the look on people's
faces the first time they see us live... not many synth bands in the midwest.
Formed - 91
Best Song - ink diving
Origin - Phoenix, AZ USA
Driving Force - to someday build our own robot
Formed - 1995
Best Songs - NO Way Out, Fruitless
Origin - Germany, Lower Saxony
Driving Force - to make good music
The place to get material by most of the bands here.
It took under a week to get stuff in Australia - as an indication.
Very helpful, friendly and personal service - even half way round the world.
Includes the bands I don't know.
A more indepth look at Sweden.
A resource for New Wave music and genres it encompasses.
Created: 22/3/97
Modified: 7/9/01
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