Synth Single Review: “Fragment of Time” by SkelOne

by Karl Magi

SkelOne’s “Fragment of Time” is a musical chance to pause and reflect. The track starts as incandescent tones drift with mournful, tentative sensations while the bass rumbles. Serenity permeates the lead synth as it fills the music with celestial phosphorescence while the drums and bass form a powerfully moving rhythm.

The beat is propulsive while the main synth carries an active melody that is still soothing and permeated with peaceful thought. The rhythm solidly pulses while the main melody glows with starlight, filling me with meditative sensations.

Metallic percussion touches along with a strong heartbeat while glowing tones slide through the music, transmitting the tranquil melody. Shining notes repeat a hypnotic pattern that undulates with waves of galactic calm while the shaping underpinnings move forward. The main synth glides with contemplative ease, suffusing the music with a lambent luminosity while the bass rumbles and the drums guide the track to silence.

Synth Single Review: “Megawave” by LukHash

by Karl Magi

LukHash’s “Megawave” celebrates child-like energy and classic console sounds. The track begins as a funky 8-bit groove shimmies through the music. The low end has Sega Genesis grittiness while the synth skips past with jazzy, playful energy that radiates throughout the track. The drums bounce and bop with joyful insouciance while the groove locks in with the percussion, wriggling with a hip-shaking funk.

The main melody is full of childlike wonder and celebratory energy while the sharp edges beneath add propulsion. Hollow tones are joined by gruff notes before a synth jumps through the music with a pure sense of earnest enjoyment, taking hold of me.

8-bit notes shine and the main melody flickers through the music with a sense of irrepressible happiness. The low end dances with easygoing relaxation while the higher synth gains power before wobbling into quiet. The melodic lick fades away, and the track ends.

Synth Single Review: “Neon Nights” by Fury Road

by Karl Magi

Fury Road’s “Neon Nights” is an invitation to an intoxicating retro-future world. The song opens as fiercely iridescent notes tumble over each other above a solid bass flow. Cascading tones create dramatic tension while the background drifts along before a razor sharp synth leaps out with bursting liveliness. All of the tightly wound notes release their tension before the main melody vaults, erupting with tremendous inspiration.

Rob Fox’s voice is propulsive and reverberant, full of thrilling potential, while the synth glints like hot pink neon. The chorus flies out with triumphant optimism while the main melody rockets forward with unbridled wildness. Drums propel the song with irresistible energy while Rob Fox’s compelling, effusive performance grips me.

The underlayer leaps as the chorus accelerates and the track slides into a segment in which Rob Fox’s passionate vocal performance trembles with feeling. The marching beat thunders while the vocals soar. A synth solo explodes with untamed intricacy, blazing brilliantly before a climbing synth ramps up the mad energy. Rob Fox cries out, and the driving low end punches the track to a conclusion.

“In the city of endless lights, we dance beneath the stars,” as our storyteller and the song’s subject feel the nocturnal rhythm, they are two lonely hearts. Our storyteller welcomes the other person to “Neon Nights, where the broken parts shine brighter,” while they dance in ultraviolet light, believing they cannot get any higher. He adds, “We look so alive in Neon Nights.”

As “memories of our first kiss resonate in the air,” they ache to “taste the past once more as we move across the floor.” Each heartbeat of the narrator and the song’s subject reverberates loudly like a “symphony in disguise.” He concludes by saying that “we’ll chase the dawn together where truth and fantasy collide.”

Synth Single Review: “Astral Projections” by Droid Bishop

by Karl Magi

Droid Bishop’s “Astral Projections” creates a sense of freedom and excitement. The track commences as trickling sounds flash past and the foundation drives with compelling dynamism. The main melody shines out on a bell-like synth that rings with elevating, adventurous strength while the undulating bass cuts cleanly.

The drums hit with precise force while high notes hover with a cosmic sheen, transmitting a melody that is free-flowing and feels like drifting in flight. The rhythm is full of smooth power, propelling high notes which radiate intergalactic shimmer.

The exhilaration and encouragement of the melody seize me as it speeds out above the flooding beat and the arpeggios ripple rapidly to add shape. The main melody rushes with undimmed positivity as twisting sounds move along with punchy drums, speeding forward with unbridled brilliance.

The echoing melody floats while bells add gleaming light before the lead synth carries the melody out above the charging underlayer. The bass fades away as every bell flows in an encouraging melody and the drums return in full force along with the bass. The lead synth broadcasts indomitable, planetary strength while the beat bursts and closes out as the song ends.