Nervechannel - Control [video edit] by nervechannel

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6hpGqaD37k

I want some of my tracks to evoke a feeling of technologically codependent dystopia — still-relevant 80s cyberpunk literature given musical voice through the algorithms of that era, bent into making sounds their early pop adopters would have hated.

Alternatively: like synthwave, but instead of racing down a coastal highway in your head, you’re escaping a Shiba City office complex pursued by yakuza and augmented ex-mil private security.

Because Syndicate > Outrun, no competition.

The Digitone is the perfect tool for this. It lets you sound futuristically retro — lo-fi sci-fi — without falling into cliché. (At least not by accident)

The graphics are from Cathodemer which makes a deliberate attempt to emulate video hardware of long gone days, warts and all. It’s all software but can mostly only do things that were possible in old-school hardware systems like Scanimate. It’s dead cheap (currently £12.74 on Steam) and a bit buggy, but still a good place to start with video synthesis in general. And its look and feel are perfect for this kind of aesthetic.

Control is taken from the Area X EP, coming out in March 2021.

Mastered by Nicky @ https://thefatmastering.com (@thefatmastering)