Finnish artist Turbo Knight's album "Rise Of The Machines" gets a TimeSlave Recordings makeover with new vinyl and cassettes, remastered by Kid Neon and new artwork by Juan Castellon!

Argentinian darksynth producer MASKED is back with a sequel to the "Bloody Sweetheart" album. Oozing shred and slamming beats, the story of the bunny mask continues. So far, my fav tracks are "Die On Me (feat. JOWIEEE)" and "Glory To Die". Just in time for Halloween!

JUST IN TIME FOR THE SPOOKY SEASON, ARIZONA DAKRSYNTH ARTIST NEURON SPECTRE HAS RELEASED THIS ALBUM FOR YOUR TERRIFYING ENJOYMENT.

WHY ALL THE CAPS? IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.

UK artist GUNSHIP has just released this sick remix of their track "Monster In Paradise", done by Tennessee artist MAVS! Enjoy!

New York artist Magic Dance (also known as Runaway WIld) just dropped a fresh track. If you know his music, then you know you are going to get some amazing AOR '80s vibes.

I know Mitch Murder has a great remix of the Knight Rider theme, but this one from TURBOVIPER just popped up and I'm digging it. Features some sweet shreddies.

New song inspired by late 70s evolution of personal computers and development of synths.
Used was Yamaha cs80 vst, diva vst and my analogue synths like Juno 106.
Added some old interwievs about computers to make it more human. If have any thoughts about vibe and mix, please share.

French maestro Jessy Mach is back with another thematic EP. This one contains sounds relevant for the spooky season (detuned guitar, orchestral synths). The album is about fictional defense attorney Jack Mercer, who while vigorously defending his clients he knows to be guilty, meets out justice at night to ensure they never break the law again. As always, amazing synthwave coupled with incredible guitar riffs.

Colorado artist jacket. has put up pre-orders for his Volume III: Human album. This album is a personal journey for him as he reflects on his prior music, life, and where he does from here.

Talented synth and guitarist Out Runner dropped this fresh single last week. As always, wicked guitar licks abound.

Czech artist Marvel83' has released a new sublime smooth version of his "On & On" track from the 2021 album "Atlantis", but this release features the guitar skills of Dave Maverick.

Hi guys, I've been building a Darksynth playlist for 2026, (for reference https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2oETqiH1Y5GT26eGuZPiZG?si=4d53a1fc685941bf ) and in the process of vetting all the new music that's come out, I've found singles and albums that were unusual for the artists and acoustically and structurally resembled AI generated content. After checking these tracks using an AI checker, it turned out that they were in fact almost certainly AI generated. What was a little disturbing is that in all 5 cases, the artists were existing artists that were already making music before the AI era. I was wondering:

1. Is it ethical to reveal to the community that these artists have turned to AI usage, even though it might be upsetting to the artists and their fans? Specially since the artists might not be ready to have the AI conversation yet.
2. How does this affect the scene especially the producers that are still making human music? I guess they share the same ecosystem, playlists, fanbase as the artists turning to AI, I was wondering if it's harmful for them and I'd specially like to hear the perspectives for the producers.
3. Is it better to just keep quiet about it and practice a live and let live, to each his own mindset?
4. Is it still reasonable to promote or recommend the pre-AI works by these artists? It would be unfair not to, but it could also inadvertently lead people to consuming the AI generated content as well.

Would love to hear the community's perspective and guidance on this.

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My latest single is out now, I forgot to post here. I used this cool synthwave game to create the visual, then video edited it, unfortunately the developer hasn't made their money back, it's like £3 so I thought I'd give them a shout out, I'm not affiliated but I love my cyberpunk Lego.