Synthpop Symphony W/Matt Williams
About Synthpop Symphony
Electronic dance music (EDM) shows are among the most exciting ways to experience your favorite DJs spinning the latest beats. However, there’s a glaring issue: nearly all of these programs cater exclusively to house, trance, and Top 40 pop hits.
Currently, there are no radio programs that celebrate the burgeoning indie appeal of Synthpop, Synthwave, and Electropop, while also paying homage to the iconic music of the 1980s with reimagined remixes and modernized covers. This is despite the fact that thousands of artists across more than 60 countries are actively creating music in these genres.
In addition, many legendary 1980s artists continue to release new music, embark on tours, and sell out venues worldwide. For example, in Los Angeles alone between 2022 and 2025, Depeche Mode, Howard Jones, Duran Duran, New Order, Gary Numan, Tears For Fears, and a Flock of Seagulls all unveiled new albums and performed to packed audiences over multiple nights. Even niche Italo Disco artists like Thomas Anders of Modern Talking sell out two-night engagements in Los Angeles every year.
The fanbase for this music is alive and thriving, hungry for new sounds, fresh artists, and nostalgic classics reminiscent of radio stations like KROQ, Live 105, and 91X in California. Yet, as electronic music has ascended to dominate the mainstream, this passionate audience has been left behind.
Worse still, the general public lacks an easy way to discover this music. The solution lies in bringing it directly to listeners—meeting them where they are. Affordable streaming, FM radio and satellite options are the most effective ways to connect with these audiences.
While companies like XM Satellite Radio honor classic new wave and indie rock, there is currently no equivalent radio program for electronic music fans to hear the latest from these dynamic artists. It’s time to fill this void and give this genre, and its dedicated listeners, the platform they deserve.
Synthpop Symphony W/Matt Williams
Synthpop Symphony 252 Electropop Synthwave Synthpop Italo and New Synth Mix 252 80's and 90's!
This week’s synthpop Symphony 252 is 100% brand new and has tons of new music and 2 huge mixes!
New music from Parralox, The Overlookers, R.Missing, Love Quest with Jake Shears, Future Analog, and more plus classics in the mix!
Two big mixes first up is a 15 minute mini mix with Tears for Fears, Howard Jones, Pet Shop Boys and Bananarama! Then in the 2nd hour it's one hour in the mix with Pete Burns, New Order, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, La Bouche, Wham!, Taylor Dayne and more!
Parallox, Stepping Out V4(Conzoom)
The Ovelookers,Cast Away Your Shadow(Indie)
Delimmachine,Superstition(FiloFX)
Pet Shop Boys, What Have I Done to Deserve This(Parlophone)
Howard Jones,What Is Love(Warner)
Tears For Fears,Shout(Mercury)
Bananarama,Cruel Summer(London)
R,Missing,I Could Be Happy(Terminal Echo)
The Killers, Your Side of Town(Island)
Future Analog,Algorithm(Retro Reverb)
The Grey Disorder,Something in My House(Indie)
Pet Shop Boys,All The Young Dudes(Parlophone)
Zero Corporation, Only You(Indie)
LoveQuest,Miss Me(Indie)
C-RO,Running Late(Indie)
Overlords Ft Vince Clarke,God’s Eye(Universal)
Pete Burns W Glam,Sex Drive(Epic)
New Order,Round and Round(Island)
Company B, Fascinated(Atlantic)
Depeche Mode,Stranglove(Sire)
La Bouche,Sweet Dreams(RCA)
Phillip Oakey & Georgio Moroder, Good Times(WEA)
Duran Duran,Reach Up(Capital)
Wham!, Wham Rap(Epic)
Taylor Dayne,Tell It To My Heart(Arista)
Cetu Javu,Adonde!(ZYX)
Undercover,Baker Street(Indie)
One Nation,Moo Monster(Melopee Records)
Ardi Vinchira,La Esfera(Melopee Records)