(Synthpop, Synthwave, Retrosynth) VA - Ladies Of Synth, Vol. 2 - Retro Synth (Compiled by Scott Forte) - 2017, MP3, 320 kbps

01. Ships In The Night - Myriologues (03:30)
02. Roxi Drive & Neon Black - Behind The Mask (04:40)
03. The Van Dammage - Two Sides (05:22)
04. From Apes To Angels - New Skin (03:54)
05. Mandi Mae - Virus (feat. Straplocked) (03:33)
06. 2DCAT - Slow Down (feat. Tamara) (05:32)
07. Astral Tales - Before Your Eyes (feat. Alejandra B.G.) (04:42)
08. Miles Prower - Glass Futures (feat. Hannah Edwards) (02:48)
09. Ships In The Night - Dark Places (04:17)
10. Hante. - Living In A French Movie (04:24)
11. The Colder Sea - Young Love (04:14)
12. Megan McDuffee - Hostile Takeover (02:02)
13. NINA - Beyond Memory (03:35)
14. Moonraccoon - Showdown (feat. Straplocked) (04:48)
15. Night Vision - Heartbreaker (04:16)
16. Diamond Field - Neon Summer (feat. Nina Yasmineh) (04:15)
17. Daria Danatelli - Marion (04:43)
18. Powder Slut - The Right Ride (04:57)
19. Night Vision - Runaway (feat. Dave Maverick) (04:31)
20. The Nite - The Nite (feat. Jennifer Jane Johnsson) (03:39)
21. The TCR - You Get Me High (feat. Oceanside85) (02:53)
22. Hamerzya - Surfin' The Electric Sky (02:55)
23. Future Holotape - Proxy (04:40)
24. Femmepop - Bled For You (04:20)
25. Parallels - The Last Man (04:02)
26. Vast Hill - Apollo (03:24)
27. Palisded - Summer Dreams (05:34)
28. Love Impasse - Distant (06:28)
29. LGHTNNG - Hold On To Let Go (03:29)
30. The Northern Lights - Get Physical (feat. Vast Hill) (05:21)
31. Femmepop & Chronica - The Game (03:52)
32. Nightlights - Purple Sky (04:21)
33. Miles Prower - Level Up (feat. Morissa) (03:46)
34. Absinth3 - Long Island (feat. Kaye Kiernan) (03:47)
35. Roxi Drive - Stay With Me (03:33)
36. LANights - Don't Stop (02:37)
37. Mandi Mae - Wav Rider (03:43)
38. Roxi Drive - Human (04:12)
39. Don Dellpiero - Here With You (05:30)
40. Radio Wolf - Runaway Girl (feat. Parallels) (04:13)
41. The Alphabet Zero - Friends Don't Lie (feat. Kellie Besch) (03:56)
42. JJ Mist - Battle Of Love (I Surrender) (05:53)
43. Dimi Kaye - Daylight (feat. Oceanside85) (04:00)
44. Nightlights - Fade To Purple (03:40)
45. 2DCAT - Believe (04:51)
46. Box and the twins - Pale Blue Dot (05:39)
47. Hante. - Lonely Horse (04:15)
48. Ethereal Delusions - Betrayal (feat. Banshee) (06:17)

"The second installment of RetroSynth Records’ Ladies of Synth series raises the high bar set by the first outing, collecting 48(!) tracks by female synth musicians, most of whom operate on the darker, gothier end of the musical spectrum. As the label’s name implies, the synths here are thick and chunky, fat streaks of neon smeared across the back of the songs, the rhythms proudly artificial. Above all else, these are pop songs, grounded in assured melodies, and while the synths provide the structure, there’s very little experimental noodling or spaced-out sci-fi sound effects. This clears the way for gorgeous tracks like “Two Sides” by The Van Dammage, an improbable combination of ‘80s R&B vocals with Stranger Things synths that works because the melody is so confident and assured. “Slow Down,” by 2DCAT and Tamara, is a blue-light Blade Runner torch song, Tamara’s voice winding its way gently through bright bars of electronics. “Dark Places” by Ships in the Night is a haunting bit of goth balladry, and Radio Wolf’s “Runaway Girl,” featuring Parallels, is a big, unabashed pop banger, with a trillion-watt LED chorus. And while there are a few detours into straight-up synthwave—Moonraccoon’s “Showdown” could easily soundtrack some sort of futuristic adaptation of the ‘80s video game Spy Hunter—most of Ladies of Synth Volume 2 is a bold portrait of retrofuturist pop."
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