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This is a promo for the DVD Jean-Michel Jarre – Live in Your Living Room, which is highly recommended for synth music fans.

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Skinny ties, drum machines, 1-finger synth string melodies and bad haircuts – looks like the 80’s are cool again.

This is the first video from Los Angeles alternative electro band Celebutante, from the upcoming Nightlife full-length release.

What 80’s band does Celebutante remind you of the most?

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Devo has announced that it’s reuniting and plans to release a new Devo album in the fall.

They’re now in the studio putting the finishing touches on their new album (title TBA), their first one since 1990’s Smooth Noodle Maps. It’ll mark their first new music since the 2007 single Watch Us Work It.

They’ve also got concerts plans, starting with a gig March 20th in Austin.

Here are the details: Read more…

Retrosound, whose videos we’ve featured here frequently, has released a couple of albums of vintage-synth filled music, Ambient Traxx & Electro Traxx.

• Ambient Traxx features sound landscapes in the style of Vangelis, J.-M. Jarre, Tangerine Dream and John Carpenter. You an preview a track from Ambient Traxx, Cold Land, above.
• Electro Traxx features music in the 80’s styles of Kraftwerk, Yazoo and Human League.

Both feature the 100% virtual analog-free sound of vintage synths, directly played and recorded.

If you’ve listened to either of these albums, leave a comment with your thoughts!

This video is a quick tutorial on making an Electro Bassline In FL Studio.

You can find the FL project here.

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