Synthwave
The future that never arrived is still playing somewhere in someone's car.
Synthwave is a style from the Machines That Dream family. 110 BPM, Weirdness 28, Style Influence 93.
Retro analog synths and arpeggios racing beneath a neon sky. Synthwave: nostalgia for an 80s future that never came, cinematic and endlessly dreamy.
See lyrics written in this style →When to choose this style
Choose it when nostalgia calls for a neon 80s future.
How it sounds
nighttime highway stretching to the horizon, neon sun with grid lines, silhouetted palm trees
Palette: orange sunset cyan violet magenta
- BPM
- 110 BPM
- Family
- Machines That Dream
- Serial
- MAQ-05
- Rarity
- Rare
- Style fidelity
- 93
- Sonic weirdness
- 28
Typical structure
[Intro] arpeggio → [Section A] → [Build] → [Section B] → [Outro]
- RETRO SYNTHS
- THE FUTURE THAT NEVER CAME
- INSTRUMENTAL
Sample excerpt
Una ciudad que solo existe en portadas de casete, neón morado sobre una carretera infinita. Manejo hacia un futuro que ya pasó de moda y aun así me sigue pareciendo hermoso.
Enciende las luces, pon la primera, que este futuro todavía nos espera. No importa que nunca haya llegado: lo bonito era imaginarlo.
Workshop note — Primera persona, presente, retrofuturista. El synthwave evoca un pasado imaginado: usa neón, carretera, casete y horizonte. A 110 BPM las frases largas caben si el sinte sostiene el fondo.
Sample excerpt written by MUSAI. Your lyrics are written from scratch, based on your story.