The Paradise Arcade

This week Eric goes solo, and speaks to the director of The Rise of the Synths to discuss the genesis of the documentary. What drove him to make the film, The long and sometimes frustrating process. He talks about the contrast to the scene when he started to where it is now. The amazing blessing that having John Carpenter involved in the film was. Weather or not the scene will ever achieve mainstream status and many other interesting anecdotes from his very interesting perspective.

This week Tony Kim joins us from Dance With The Dead. We catch up with what he has been up to during his time during the pandemic. How he has been occupying his time. We touch on the origins of DWTD, What's coming up. Video games he has been playing. The PS5 hunt. Horror movies and so much more.

This week we have Electric Dream Records alum, Lightspear on. He sits down with us and talks about his background in music. How he got into Synthwave. We dive deep into his influences and his music production mindset. His top tier artists that he looks up to production wise. We talk classic production techniques from artists such as Daft Punk, George Michael, Michael Jackson and Queen. He gives us the background influences and history of his 2 albums. The importance of physical media and he hints at whats next

This week we have the one and only synth master and chameleon ALEX. He joins us to talk about his new E.P. through Playmaker 2020 A.D. We chat about his influences. If he still considers himself a "synthwave" artist. We also get into what drives him now to make music and the difficulties in the Covid era. He gives us many hints at what's to come. Of course we chat about his pal Tokyo Rose and the Akuma serie. other synthwave artists he thinks are great. Cough... Andrew Tremblay AKA STRNGR cough... So much to unpack in this episode.

This week we have synthwave legend Matt Pusti AKA Makeup and Vanity set joining us to talk about all your MAVS related questions. We start off with Tacobell and get into his new album, the music video. This episode is over 2 hours of engaging riffs.

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This week we have legendary Hungarian dark synth maestro Gabor' AKA the one and only Lazerpunk. We chat about the success of his new video. The charity all the proceeds are going to. What Covid is like in Hungary. What it takes to be successful as an independent artist, touring America and much more.

This week we have Andrew Tremblay AKA STRNGR on the show. Due to technically difficulty Kiel is mostly in the background. But we have a most excellent chat with the main man of dark synth artwork. We chat about the Nightwav scene in new york, lazerpunk, destryur and his early influences. We also chat 70's and 80's horror movies. musical influences such as Skinny Puppy, Godflesh and Gost. His remix work with Lazerpunk and Destyur and so much more.

This week we have special guest co-host Chris AKA North Innsbruck joining Eric to interview Cody Carpenter AKA Ludruim AKA you know.... We sit down and chat with Cody about his very interesting background both inside the music world and outside. We explore many of his interests and influences. He reveals surprising insights into his musical process and his various tastes in music. He talks to us about synth wave and some of the artists he admires. We also talk about what it's like scoring films and the different mindsets required. There's a lot to unpack in this episode.

This week Steven AKA Lucy In Disguise joins us to talk about the success of his latest vinyl release. His history into how he got into synthwave. Tonenox, His music process, his influences from music and movies. Cough John Carpenter. Video games he's into his thoughts on anime. Steven talks about his new single being released on FIXT Neon and Kile complains about New Retro Wave again. also his favorite pickle......thanks Kiel for that one.

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In part 2 of this weeks interview with Johnny Keeper, we continue to explore the Synthwave vinyl scene