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 253 Electropop Synthwave Synthpop Italo and Matt D Indie Synth Mix!
This week's Synthpop Symphony 253 delves into the indie side of electronic music
With new tunes from Phantoms, Die Sexual, Lauren Mayberry from CHVRCHES
And Male Tears! I’ve also lined up a new mini mix with Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys and
Oingo Boingo and Matt D is on the decks in the 2nd hour with his new Indie Mix!
Human League-Heart like a Wheel(Blue Collar Bros Remix)(EMI)
Neon Radiation VS RogueFX-As The Crow Flies(FiloFX)
Beyond Obsession-Weight of Words(Indie)
Frida-Strangers(Matt Pop Remix)
Phantoms-Perpetual Motion(Nest)
Die Sexual-Fate Awaits(Pylon)
Duran Duran-View To A Kill(Capital)
Pet Shop Boys-Lonliness(Parlophone)
Oingo Boingo-Weird Science(IRS)
Male Tears-Little Doll(Artofakt)
Second Complex Feat Color Theory-The Curve(Liquid Substance)
Fluid Ghost-How Was I Supposed To Know(Mother Solitude)
Lauren Mayberry-Crocodile Tears(EMI)
The Magician-Melodic Avenue
Madonna - Hung Up (Extended Club Mix)(Maverick/Warner)
La Roux - Bulletproof (Tiborg Club Remix)(Island/Universal)
The Killers - Somebody Told Me (King Unique Remix)(Island/Universal)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf (Boys Noize Remix)(Secretly Canadian)
Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl (Tim Davison Remix)(Virgin/Astralwerks)
Royksopp - What Else Is There? (Artbat Remix)(Astralwerks/PIAS)
Interpol - My Desire (Man Without A Country Remix)(Matador/Beggars)
Fcukers - Devil’s Cut (Junior Sanchez Remix(Fcukers Music)
Annie - Greatest Hit (Stefano Noferini and Marini Mix) (679/Warner/Big Beat)
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro (Original Mix)(Roulette)
Robyn - Indestructible (A-Trak Remix)(Konichiwa)