Synthpop Symphony 285 Electropop Synthpop Synthwave + Sinister Retro Volume 3!
Synthpop Symphony 285 is live! 🚨 We kick things off with an amazing Hi-NRG 3-track mix featuring the brand new Nicolas Rixon – Heart on the Line, Candy Apple Blue – Images of Heaven, and Tee Webb’s brand new Matt Pop remix of Steel Bars — pure synthpop adrenaline to start your weekend! ⚡💃 Then we dive into fresh cuts and electrifying remixes from Erasure, Debbii Dawson, Depeche Mode, Cerrone, and more. 🎛 🎓 Mid-show, don’t miss a special “School of Synth” segment spotlighting the legendary ban...
Synthpop Symphony 285 is live! 🚨
We kick things off with an amazing Hi-NRG 3-track mix featuring the brand new Nicolas
Rixon – Heart on the Line, Candy Apple Blue – Images of Heaven, and Tee Webb’s brand
new Matt Pop remix of Steel Bars — pure synthpop adrenaline to start your weekend! ⚡💃
Then we dive into fresh cuts and electrifying remixes from Erasure, Debbii Dawson, Depeche
Mode, Cerrone, and more.
🎛
🎓 Mid-show, don’t miss a special “School of Synth” segment spotlighting the legendary band
The Beloved. I’ll share some background on where they came from and play two of their most
iconic tracks — including Sweet Harmony and Your Love Takes Me Higher.
🔥 And for the grand finale — the SECOND HOUR brings you Sinister Retro Vol. 3: a non-stop
mix of reimagined ’80s classics from Bananarama, Bronski Beat, Dead or Alive, Mike
Mareen, Stacey Q, Kylie, Shannon, Erasure, Journey and more!
Erasure – Don’t Say You Love Me [Mute Records]
Nicolas Rixon – Heart on the Line [Retro Reverb Records]
Candy Apple Blue – Images of Heaven [MRIX MUZIK Records, Inc.]
Tee Webb – Steel Bars (Matt Pop Extended Remix) [Energise Records]
Debbii Dawson – Chemical Reaction (Ranny Remix) [RCA Records]
Cerrone – Catching Feelings [Malligator / Because Music]
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus (Moreno J Remix) [Mute Records]
Diazza – Only For You [Independent]
Italove – Italian Boys (Italo Disco Remix) [ZYX Music]
Scenius – Swift as Light [Self‑Released]
School of Synth Segment - The Beloved
The Beloved – Your Love Takes Me Higher [Warner Music / London Records]
The Beloved – Sweet Harmony (Andle Refresh Remix) [London Records / Andle Rework]
Keriah – Another Chance [Independent]
Graflex – Dance [Independent]
Nightspark – Destiny (Matt Williams Edit) [Realm of the Senses]
Dreadful Savior – Dance of Doom [7243758 Records DK]
Sinister Retro Volume 3 [Synthpop Symphony Exclusive]
Bananarama – Venus (Moreno J Remix) [London Records]
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy (Age of Consent Remixed) [London Records]
Dead or Alive – I Paralyze (12″ Extended Mix) [Epic Records]
Mike Mareen – Agent of Liberty (Razormaid Remix) [Zyx Records / Razormaid]Fake – Another Brink (Ludo Remix) [Independent]
Erasure – Love to Hate You (DB Remix) [Mute Records]
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ (Cesar Vilo Remix) [Columbia / Remix: Independent]
Stacey Q – 2 of Hearts (Beat Studio Retro Remix) [Atlantic Records / Remix: Independent]
Kylie Minogue – The Loco‑Motion (Fabian Fattorini Remix) [PWL / Remix: Independent]
Shannon – Let The Music Play (Mambas Get Up Remix) [Mirage Records / Remix:
You're listening to DDJ Matt Williams, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Welcome to Synth Pop Symphony. Playing the first new wave electric, synth wave, Italiano Disco, and high-energy electronic dance music from the 80s to today. With your host, DJ Matt Williams.
SPEAKER_11You're listening to Synth Hope Symphony 285.
SPEAKER_03I won't be laugh you like an jail. I told you last, I'm still around, I'll still you're at my angel. I won't be long, but still you're around, I'll serialize the radio, but don't say you love me. Straight up and go through the same. Close eyes. Don't go, I see your eyes, I screw you around, my danger. Still my love, it's in your eyes. I saw it's on the radio. Straight, and I'm not sure.
SPEAKER_11Off the Nightbird album featuring the beloved hit Don't Say You Love Me. Hello, and welcome to Synth Pop Symphony 285, showcasing the very best in the past, present, and future of synth-driven music. I'm your host, Matt Williams, and tonight we got a lot of fun ahead, packed with remixes and classics that you're going to love. On tonight's show, I've got brand new tracks from Diasa, Rafflax, Phineas, Knight Spark, and Ali Forman. Plus a fresh one from Dreadful Saviour gotta hear. And then tonight we're gonna bring back the school of synth segment. I'll be sharing the spotlight on Synth Hop Legend. And yes, we will be playing Sweet Harmony amongst others. In an hour two, it is Signature Retro Volume 3 with a bunch of great new remixes from Hune for that. Let's get things off for the next setup loaded with some of the most anticipated new Synth Hop tracked out right now. It's brand new and furiously worth your attention. First up, we got the brand new Nicholas Rickson with Heart of the Lion. And we get ready for a cover that Furious Goldra is candy apple blue with images of heaven, originally done by Peter Godwin, and then wrapping up the scene, we got the brand new T Web with the Map Hop extended remix of Steelbars. It's all new, it's all synth-driven. Let's get into it right now on Synth Hope Symphony two eighty-five.
SPEAKER_01This is Synthop Symphony.
SPEAKER_00You were very kind, it's down the line. How we come to find We're both all the time.
unknownTell me what we live on. Tell me what we're living for.
SPEAKER_03Tell me what we live on. What are we living for? It's just my heart on the heart. As if the world was a child.
unknownI stopped being, you stop being you.
SPEAKER_03So tell me what we live in for, tell me what we live in for, in this town, in this town. Tell me what we're living for. What are we living for? It's just my heart on life. I don't know how you find you such a chest. I don't know if I'm still going to be able to do that.
SPEAKER_13Nothing is secret, so give me your soul, my love. Somebody filled me with photos of you. And there's nothing I can do. Cause you don't exist, you don't exist. Just images of heaven that take me to hell. Images of heaven are something for sale. Images of heaven, images of heaven. Something possessed me. An image of you, my love. In this new religion. Yeah, nobody believes. Cause nobody sees, nobody sees Images of heaven that take me to hell. Images of heaven are something to say. Images of heaven, I love Images of heaven, I love laugh Then there's nothing I can do. The camera made you There's nothing I can do Cause you don't exist, you don't exist Just images of heaven that take me to hell Images of heaven are something for sale Images of heaven that take me to hell Images of heaven are something for sale Images of heaven Images of heaven.
SPEAKER_15In the night I hear you speak Turn around, you're in my sleep.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_15Feeling hands inside my soul. You hold on and you won't let go. Yeah, yeah. I've tried around and just no escape. Camping of man, I just can't breathe. Steel balls, wrapped off me.
unknownI've been present since the day I found me.
SPEAKER_15Steel balls wrapped around this heart of mind. Try it hard to recognize. See the face behind the eyes. See the face behind the eyes. Feel your haunch and waves like chains. Ramma, they still remain. Yeah, yeah. I'm still running, there's nowhere to hide. My fool has got me locked up inside this.
SPEAKER_03Steel balls, wrap so found me. I think it princesses the day.
unknownSteel balls, raptors both.
SPEAKER_03Steel boats, wrap so found me. I think it princess has to be found me.
SPEAKER_15And with every step I take, if it's just move, I make it clear to me. What can I live in me when Tommy's self is told to see? Thomas Delph don't be the thing I've seen.
SPEAKER_11We kicked it off with a set with Nicholas Rickson and Hard on the Line. All of these tracks are available now, so go check them out and support the artist. Coming up next is someone I was just introduced to, and I've been completely hooked. Her name is Debbie Dawson, and she's got a very unique sound, and I've been taking her discography and finding one gym after another. Last month she dropped Chemical Reaction and a streaming hit, racking up over two million streams in just the past week. And tonight I've got a very special remix of it for you guys. And then we've also got brand new music from Throne, and then I've got another remix from Moreno J. It's a fresh twist on the patch mode Personal Jesus. Tonight's a non-stop party, so jump in right now. This is Synth Pop Symphony.
SPEAKER_01Experience the evolution electronic dance music only on Synth Pop Symphony Wait is it wanna be in love?
SPEAKER_04Don't have a time for something so filled up.
SPEAKER_08Chalk it up to those funny feelings.
unknownWhen it feels so high, when it feels so good, so bad. Is it just that load? I was a tribe.
SPEAKER_04My head's telling me on the rest. I don't look at home.
SPEAKER_03What's happening that it's not my control? Now it's all gonna be on When it feels so right, when it feels so good, so right.
unknownIs it just my word? I wasn't trying to.
SPEAKER_03When I feel so good, when it feels so good. So long, flying so long, that's strong. So sufficient, be a man, to make case, must stop your plans. Don't be anxious, be careful. Don't be afraid, she feelings for me. Keep your heart open, give me the key. Don't be afraid of she feelings for me. Don't be afraid of she feelings for me. Don't be afraid of she feelings for me. Don't be afraid, she feelings for me. Don't be afraid, she feelings for me. Take a change, I'm the stand, I can be beyond free of life, open up, I can be the one you want. Take a change, I'm the stand, I can be beyond free of light, open up, don't fight the left, can't switch it up, don't fight the way I tell you on your face is facing, your lips sweat with face to face. I'm not a threat. Don't be anxious, be careful. Don't be afraid, she feelings for me. Don't be afraid, she feelings for me that I'm staying, I can be beyond free life, open up, I can be the one Take change, understand, I can be on free life, open up, I can be the one be afraid, she feelings for me, I change, I'm the step Don't be afraid, she feels for me the one take church, I'm the stead, I can be beyond that Free of my open up, I can beat the one take church, I'm the stead, I could be on Freeway, open up, I can beat the one Don't be afraid of she feelings for me, no Don't be Don't be afraid of she feelings for me Take chance I think chance Take Jones Understand Since Pop Symphony the next generation of electronic dance music Jesus Someone to hear your press and someone who can't be able to do it.
SPEAKER_16Someone to hear your pressure feeling unknown and you're all alone flesh and home by the seller lift up the receiver, I'll make you a believer takes the confess for me to the test Base on your chest, we need to confess I know to live and no one forgive us Reach out, such as face Reach out, Suspace Bear Snow Jesus Someone to hear oppressed, someone who has the around, you're all so Jesus, someone to hear oppress, someone who said unknown in your own Flesh and both by the cell of hell Live up the receiver, I'll make you a believer I was a little bit no one to forgive Reach out, suspect the song Jesus Reach out, suspect, suspect, suspect. Someone who gets we wrong, personal Jesus, someone to hear oppress, someone who said, What an incredible remix.
SPEAKER_11That was the patch mode's personal Jesus reimagined by Moreno J. Absolutely massive. Also, we go into new music from Thorone with Catching Feelings. We started off the set with the brilliant Debbie Dawson remix of Chemical Reaction. Hey, don't forget to follow SinPop Symphony on social media. We're on TikTok at syntop.siphony, Instagram at DJMaphilliamsLA, and of course you can always visit syntopsymphony.com for past episodes, exclusive content, and concert clips for shows I've attended this year. Up next is Diazza with a stunning Italo track called OnlyFor You. And then it's Italy with Italian toys. Last week we featured the Maphop High Energy Remix. And this week, as promised, we're spinning the Italo Disco remix. We're also gonna wrap up the set with the latest from Siniest. The brand new brilliant track is called Swift as Light. When you absolutely gotta hear it, you gotta hear it right here on Synth Hop Symphony.
SPEAKER_01When dreams come true.
SPEAKER_08A memory dancing like you're still there. I try to hide, but you're in every song, in every beach you still belong, only for you.
SPEAKER_03I keep the play alive inside no matter where no matter who this heart beats only for you.
SPEAKER_08In dreams you whisper like the wind. I reach for you, just doubt you still everything I do only for you. Your name is written on the stars above. Can you erase this kind of love?
SPEAKER_03Only for you I crossed the tide. Oh, yeah. If you feel me, come back through the night. I'll be waiting in the only for you. I like the stars the stars we make how we try. No matter where no matter who for you.
SPEAKER_12A symphony of synth. Let the music move you on synth pop symphony.
SPEAKER_17I walk by the river's side in the heat of the night. The moon cast was in the side. My eyeshine so bright. I think it's home forever.
unknownI wanna be home. In the meat of the night, it's worth alright.
SPEAKER_17I am a man, I am a fan. Like it's daddy a boy.
unknownOh, okay, that's why. Like it's a boy. I walk through the bed free.
SPEAKER_17With an endless fire. With a free and beautiful beat. The heaven's on fire.
unknownLet's divide the free. Forever free.
SPEAKER_17If we go right, I am a man, and I have a plan.
unknownLike it badly. Like that.
SPEAKER_17I have a man, and I have a man. Take a digital dog. Take it to the boy.
SPEAKER_01The best new electronic dance music only on Synth Pop Symphony.
SPEAKER_03A lack of foresight. You can't tell what exactly was the draw. It's an art win, it's a sham night. I'm longing for the day I'd miss you more. Now that's all fire. We should be sure.
unknownAnd we still love.
SPEAKER_13I guess you know it's a long day, it's a slow day.
SPEAKER_03It's taking all two months to night. It's a war, it's not the shots.
unknownI'll kiss you.
SPEAKER_11That was Sinia's Incredible New Music. That was Swift as Light. Just a reminder, you can support Sinious and many other artists directly by picking up their music on Bandcamp.com. Also in this set, the Italo Disco mix of Italian Boys by Italy, and we kicked it off with one of the most beautiful Italo tracks I've heard in a long time with Diazza and only for you. Welcome to the Synth Punk Symphony School of Synth. Alright, it's time to get into the School of Synth and it's back in session, and today I wanted to shine a light on a band that doesn't always get the recognition they deserve, but absolutely should. Tonight we are talking about the band The Beloved, who began their journey in mid-80s London as a post-punk act, but everything changed when frontman John Marsh shifted the sound toward electronic music. What followed was a stunning evolution into synthop and house influenced game music with depth, heart and soul. Their 1989 single, Your Love Takes Me Higher, is a pure slice of late 80s club euphoria, pulsating with acid house energy and uplifting vibes, and then in 1993 they delivered the bomb. Sweet Harmony, a chill, emotional anthem of unity, peace, and connection that still resonates to this day. It's been covered by synthop artists around the world multiple times. So tonight we're gonna do two songs for these guys.
SPEAKER_02Let me tell you that I've had enough.
SPEAKER_11We featured incredible covers of this song right here on the show from artists like FHE, Moderno, and many others. So definitely check out those uh covers because they're also fantastic in their own right. I hope you enjoy this week's School of Scent spotlight on the beloved. Alright, now let's keep things moving with brand new tracks that are absolutely smoking hot. First up, new artists making their debut on Synth Pop Symphony called Karaya with another chance. Then we've got fresh new songs from Graphlex with Dance, and we're gonna wrap it up with a brand new song from Knight's Ark. Their latest track is called Destiny. It's all high energy, it's all brand new, and it's only on synthop Symphony.
SPEAKER_06And I know you tell me what you're trying to do.
SPEAKER_03It's so easy to say the truth. Yeah, she played hard her games, but she better truth. Baby, I'm coming back for you. For you Lily, I don't wanna play, I'm so I'll find Don't you say I can send you tonight? Oh baby, I want it. I'm looking for another chance. I'm ready for another chance. I can wait all night, I can do it all over again. Do it again, yeah. Oh, I'm looking for one more chance. Baby, please hold my hand, head. Oh, I'm looking for one more chance. There's nothing that I cannot do. But everything is great without you.
unknownI'm so fine. Don't you say all the way, got to save me tonight.
SPEAKER_06Oh baby, I wanna I'm looking for another chance.
unknownI'm ready for another chance.
SPEAKER_03I can wait all night, I can do it all again, do it again, oh, I'm looking for one more dance. Baby, please hold my hand. Oh, I'm looking for one more chance.
unknownI don't want to chance. I don't wanna play.
SPEAKER_03I don't want to play a symphony.
unknownIt's up to waiting for you and me now. I've got your soul, so feel the music go and go.
SPEAKER_03I got this feeling that tonight's a night, the fate will die away. A certain feeling that our lives just change in all so many ways, the tensions building Just a touch on your hands, pushing against mine Electric tingle. We'll be together till we end up time scalding. For you and me now, then slow, there's no point for you.
unknownWhen the river has got your soul, so feel the music that's so certain.
SPEAKER_03I know you know your feelings are so strong. Cause when I met you, it felt as if we'd known each other for so long.
unknownSo come over. I feel complete when you are by my side. Just let me know now. But a lot is strong, it cannot be feeling the night lights calling. It's up to waiting for you and me now. They're gonna float the noble brain. It's shaped for you, and me.
SPEAKER_01You're listening to Synth Pop Symphony, where the beat is unstoppable. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Oh, I've been waiting like stars aligning in the midnight sky.
SPEAKER_14Your love hit me like a whispering light. I was wandering, lost in empty space. Then you appear and I found my place. Every heartbeat was calling your name.
SPEAKER_08Through the silence I felt your flame. It's like the universe brought you to me.
SPEAKER_03And now I'm tangled in destiny. You're the wings and my soul. We were in the life.
SPEAKER_14You're the calm of the storm of my mind.
SPEAKER_03The missing peace I've been trying to find. In a way to shadow my life. Through the endless night. With every kiss, we rewrite time. Together forever, your heartbeats with love. Your mind. You're the reason that you say tonight. We will read it.
SPEAKER_11We also kicked off the set with a debut of Karaya and her stunning new single called Another Chance. I'm really excited to hear more from her. I think she's already got some amazing new releases out, and honestly, it was kind of tough picking this one for tonight's show. Now, let's keep things going. Coming up, I've got a killer dark synth track from a brand new artist to Syncop Symphony called Dreadful Savior. Now, if you want to have a synthop fan that's dark, Dreadful Savior, I think, is the perfect name for a band. The new song is called Dance of Doom, and nope, we're not even in Halloween yet, but this one brings the moody vibes early. Then it's Sinister Retro Volume 3, packed with reimagine and remixed classics like only Synpop Symphony can deliver, featuring Banana Rama, Get or Alive, Rocky Beat, Mike Marine, Fake, Journey, Erasure, DCQ, and much more is coming up right after this track.
SPEAKER_01The very best in high-enter details music, only on Synth Pop Symphony.
SPEAKER_04A dreadful hymn of broken wings from ashen flame, the shadows soar, the fallen rain forever.
SPEAKER_03A ritual born of rage and pain. Costumes, the thrones where angels raise. The covenant space, their curves is red, a dance tune that knows no end, In twilight's hush, the witches arise, their curses flare, in smouldering skies, the towers sway, their marble cracks, no angel's grace can call them back. Arch was born of rage and pain, consumes the thrones where angels raise, the cup and plays, their curves is red, a dance of doom that knows no end.
SPEAKER_05A curse lament, a shattered dream, from flame and dust, the witches call, the shadows rise where heavens fall A ritual bones of rage and pain.
SPEAKER_03The colors we have covers to the spread, a chance to do those.
SPEAKER_11Alright, you've waited long enough. It is time to drop the brand new Sinister Retro Volume 3. This is packed with fresh remixes and classics from Bananorama, General Alive, Bronsky Beat, Mike Marine, Erasure, Stacey Q, Shannon, and much, much more. It's retro, it's remixed, and it's taking over the rest of the show. Let's get into it right now. Sinister Retro Volume 3, right here on Synth Pop Symphony in the Mix.
SPEAKER_01The very best in the mix, only on Synth Pop Symphony. Home of modern electronic dance music heard around the world.
unknownWhy do you like the summer flame?
SPEAKER_03She's got it. Yes, baby, she's got it. The sun in the beauty. The sun is a beauty and love. She's got it. Yes, baby, she's got it.
SPEAKER_00As a young, gay, queer, trans person. And it's still just as relevant today. Young, gay, queer, trans non binary kids are still having to run away.
unknownAll that you need. All that you need All that you need All that you need.
SPEAKER_19It is making and it comes as no surprise. But if you have to be right before my eyes, I should have never let you come into my life. That's why I think for your team.
SPEAKER_10I paralize a building.
SPEAKER_19I think that's something that we hope.
unknownThat's why I did. That's why I see.
SPEAKER_19I was why I didn't need to mind. I barrel.
SPEAKER_09That's why I say the vantage on my heart. Who's gonna give me some old paint? And I know that you've been messing around with strangers in the night. Who's gonna put a vantage on my heart? Who's gonna put a vantage on my heart?
unknownWho's gonna put a bandage on my heart?
SPEAKER_01The best Sispoff, Sit Wave, Electro Pop, and it's allo dance in the mix. Only on Sisbox and me.
SPEAKER_07I tell you to harm the world of TV, and you will know about the mason is that you're free. Come with this feeling, come on your hand, TV. Don't be afraid. Sending up the corner, smoking a cigarette, the quiet of suffer, waiting for this match, someone to catch, don't cry of your body.
unknownWhoa, come on, and set me free.
SPEAKER_03Don't get out.
unknownYou search your free.
SPEAKER_03That's all you want, so free, get free, get free.
SPEAKER_07Fighting for definition.
SPEAKER_19Get free, get free, get free.
SPEAKER_03On the side of the brightly bad fee, is it all the body? Stop the suggestion.
unknownIt's not too bad. Love and make about a beautiful combination.
SPEAKER_18We got to know the team. I said it should have been love and make a beautiful combination. And the love is that you take on me. So I'm a turn of the note attached for me. I love the teacher. I love the teacher. I love the teacher. I love to catch you next time to believe. Every single let's always see. I like to make the story. I like to know the killer is the thing. The love and make about a beautiful combination. And the lovers that you sent for me. Didn't come with any satisfaction guaranteed. So I returned them to the sender and the no the test for me. I wanted to hate you. I wanted to hate you. I love to hate you. I love to hate you.
unknownAnd the lot of that is on me.
SPEAKER_18I like to know the killer is the tea.
unknownDidn't come with that in satisfaction, guarantee. Twine turn on to descend the and the noted tax will be.
SPEAKER_18Now I love to hate you. I love to hate you.
unknownAnd the daughter's that you step for me.
SPEAKER_18Twelve turn on through the send up, and the note that will be. Now I love to hate you. I love to hate you. I love to hate you. I love to hate you. I love to hate you. I love to hate you.
SPEAKER_01Eighties remixes, club classics, and new electronic dance music only on Synth Bob Symphony with D DJ Matt Williams.
SPEAKER_03Come on, beat my desire. Come on, come on.
unknownI need you, I need you to buy, too hard, the fee that is for you. Come on, come on.
SPEAKER_03People be jealous, cause we always stay together. I guess they really wanna love that forever.
unknownI never thought that I could ever be sad before.
SPEAKER_03You came and I think the chance you got that you have a story. I think it I mean, I bring it back, I never said I was alone. I tell nobody, no bid. But that's the love that I can give it to myself when we're together, it's like holding a fire.
SPEAKER_01I never knew that this way, but you have a spirit and now I must have You're listening to DDJ Matt Williams from Los Angeles, San Francisco. Everybody's doing the friend dance now.
SPEAKER_03I'm sure you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now. My little baby says what you do it with me. It's easy at the leg, your ABC, come on with me. You gotta swear your heads now. Come on, baby. Gotta spake your head. Well, big you got to dancing love for us into all. As soon as we started to move.
unknownThe music played my heart as display through the dance.
SPEAKER_03The love makes us have a romance. I don't think this clear the plan was we wish between us else. The music changed, the plan was we arranged. He went to dance with someone else. Someone else, someone else, someone else, someone else, someone else, someone else, someone else, someone else, and I'll send you a thank you so much for joining me this week for Synth Pop Symphony, your global source for the best and new and classic synth pop.
SPEAKER_11It's a crazy world out there, so be kind to one another and let's keep connecting the world through music. Take care, and until next time, stay well. Good night.
SPEAKER_01You are starting off synth symphony with DJ Matt Williams.
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