Synth Single Review: “Frontrunner” by SynthPrincipal

by Karl Magi

SynthPrincipal’s “Frontrunner” evokes a lonely highway journey. The track begins with rising notes glowing with a sunrise’s warmth before slowly encircling arpeggios swirl into motion. The beat throbs with smooth regularity as the lead synth adds radiant energy, conjuring the image of yellow highway lines blurring beneath a supercar’s tires as it charges onward. I feel transported along twisting blacktop as the melody moves on a rounded synth, full of drifting emotion.

The blend of mournful feeling, tenderness and momentum creates a layered, image-rich whole. Sensations of dawn roads and endless travel fill the track as it unfolds. A raised tonal pattern cries out with aspiration and encouragement while spinning arpeggios elevate the motion. The main melody is full and luscious, floating with peace and hypnotic speed as percussion pulses steadily. Polished sounds shimmer above computerized notes that echo softly, and the track exhales into silence.

Synth Single Review: “The Remnant”’ by Everdune

by Karl Magi

Everdune’s “The Remnant” surges with exhilarating strength. The piece begins with hollow drums exploding into life over a resounding bassline. Glimmering tones rise like sunlight while explosive underpinnings seethe with vitality. The main melody rings out on crystalline bells, leaping with adventurous dynamism yet tinged with melancholy.

A rushing foundation launches with irrepressible force before a medium-high, majestic synth carries a melody that reflects a thrilling flight across endless spaces. I am filled with rising joy as the colossal beat erupts and dense bass growls. Bell-like notes glitter with possibility, creating forward motion above a bursting underlayer. A secondary melodic line sings with grandeur and indomitable power.

The low end batters as brassy melodic patterns blaze through the music with coruscating brilliance, the bass crashing against them. Imagery of adventure on a strange world fills the soundscape before shining notes introduce a calmer melody. A diaphanous synth glides out in a tender line before trumpeting tones race for the stars. Like much of the artist’s work, the track paints cinematic imagery as it unfolds, ending with blasting brass hits and foundations that rush unstoppably forward.

Synth Single Review: “Tokyo Drift" by CainxD'84

by Karl Magi

CainxD'84’s “Tokyo Drift" paints images of late-night racing through neon-lit streets. The track begins as monumental, surging bass moves with hammering drums, accelerating into a ferocious rush. An ominous synth rises with muscular power while the rhythm throbs like a living city night and the melody rings out with vitality and growing tension.

Images of city lights blurring as cars charge through an urban maze fill the music. The underlayer tumbles with hard-edged energy as squealing tires join a powerful motor’s roar. The lead synth grips me with surging strength and unrelenting motion, rising above the thunderous low end with conviction and drama.

The bass growls like a supercar’s reverberant exhaust note while heaving percussion presses forward. Laser-bright tones leap with increasing dynamism as a heavy percussive pulse drives on. Trumpeting notes carry a haunting quality as they hover above hammering percussion and the entire track seethes with wild force before the music stops.

Synth Single Review: “Saraia” by lxst child

by Karl Magi

lxst child’s “Saraia” evokes majestic visions of cosmic vistas. The piece commences with astronomically immense bass flowing beneath whisper-soft notes that twirl into an ever-accelerating arpeggio, like stars being born. A solar wind seems to flow as rounded tones carry a hushed melody full of melancholy while the arpeggios swirl like the extending arms of a galaxy.

Whispered voices begin a countdown as the arpeggios spin with thrilling energy and a drifting synth carries a melody that lifts me on a weightless tide. The drums are sharp and clear while a medium-high synth blooms with celestial light and flickering notes arpeggiate with diaphanous life.

A piano slowly fades as the track drifts into openness and the foundation punches with great power. Brassy notes cry out with mournful emotion while a planetscape fills my mind, lofting me across strange terrain. Pattering notes brush softly before a rising synth illuminates the music with a phosphorescent glow. Arpeggios whirl and noble tones rise and fade into silence.