Andy chats with Marko shortly after a Tornado watch and updates Marko on his arcade machine and how he feels about Magic Spoon cereal. Marko’s been playing Star Fox 64 and tells Andy to watch RoboWar. Andy and Marko finally learned what a bivouac is, and then they chat a bit about AI, strip clubs, skunks, and Star Wars. They also talk about character gender video game preferences, mischievous bears, and Andy finally reads the iTunes reviews from the listeners! You can support Beyond Synth on Pat...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Today on Beyond Synth Andy chats with Sferro; talented music man and founder of Girlfriend Records! Eric talks about his early musical influences, making tunes with a Groove Box, filming skate videos, and his shocking revelation that he doesn’t watch movies! This leads to a lot of video game talk including Sferro’s love for the Sega Dreamcast, Sonic games, and Elden Ring. Andy discovers another Perfect Dark fan, and the two distinguished gentleman take about all things Perfect Dark including the...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 55 min
There’s no time to celebrate the 400th episode of Beyond Synth because Mike and Andy are too busy doing John Rhys-Davies impressions while talking about ketamine, ground nutmeg, Murdoch and David Dastmalchian. The titular hosts speculate about 90s movie sequels, and Andy doesn’t like the Elves’ square heads in the Amazon Lord of the Rings series. Meanwhile Mike teaches Andy about the twin fairies Shobijin who communicate with Mothra. Plus we hear lots of great music from the Retro Power Chart! I...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 24 min
The round table convenes again but Michael is missing in action! Florence went to England to see a Pendulum concert and Mew playing with a chamber orchestra. Marko got a new job, beat Goldeneye64 on 00 Agent mode, and Andy is proud of him. Michael pretends that he is not the local vandal sabotaging the speed cameras in his village. The Gang also talks about The Fallout Tv show, disturbing internet videos, Flying High, Yaz, and Bush X. You can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyo...
May 14, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Today on the best synth wave chat show there is, Matt a.k.a. Makeup and Vanity Set returns after not being on the show for 6 years! And there’s a lot to catch up on. Matt talks about his collaboration with Sferro on Wavefinder, scoring true crime podcasts and making music for the Batman The Animated Series Bluray release. Andy and Matt both have nice things to say about Yatte and the X-Files, and then there’s chat about music licensing, algorithms and content suppression. And finally, Matt talks...
Apr 24, 2024•2 hr 5 min
Today Mike and Andy continue their look at the movies of 2024…sort of. Mike gives his thoughts on Godzilla x Kong x Ghostbusters New Frozen Empire and Andy complains about the new The Crow movie which looks stupid. But most importantly, they play awesome music from the Retro Power Chart! If you like what you’re hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth Don’t Forget to Check out ALL the artists featured on the show:...
Apr 14, 2024•1 hr 35 min
Today on the best synth wave chat show there is, Andy chats with Ben a.k.a. Minute Taker. Ben talks about his Contemporary Music education, music marketing, and his collaborations with Walter Alienson. Andy finds out what a Minute Taker actually is, what Ben’s writing process is, and what Ben has been watching on Netflix. They also talk about their pets and reselling old video game consoles. If you like what you’re hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or P...
Apr 06, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Today on the Marko and Andy Power Hour these two cobbers just watched Mega Force and spoiler alert… it sucked. We get an update on Andy’s arcade machine build, more retro game emulator talk, and Marko loves Pseudoephedrine. Nothing will ever be the same as Marko is shocked by Andy’s startling Goldeneye revelation! Plus the old man hosts listen to some awesome music! If you like what you’re hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/payp...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Today on the best synth wave chat show there is, Droid Bishop returns to to let Andy know what he’s been up. They chat about being a new dad, social media algorithms, and Jame’s other music project YACHTS ON FIRE! James and Andy reminisce about the past 10 years, new video games, and the joys of Air Fryers. If you like what you’re hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth Don’t Forget to Check out ALL the artists f...
Mar 15, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Today, Mike introduces Andy to the Retro Power Chart! Mike's groundbreaking data-driven music playlist represents a paradigm shift in synth wave music presentation. Leveraging cutting-edge algorithms and AI-driven analytics, this dynamic playlist uses real-time data to accurately assess the contemporary musical synth zeitgeist. Andy and Mike also talk about the upcoming movies of 2024. If you like what you’re hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal:...
Mar 03, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Today, Andy chats with Elevate The Sky on the best synth wave chat show there is! Scott tells Andy about his storied retail career and the time he accidentally broke his Oculus. They talk about Scott’s approach to making music, overused songs in movies, and VR Games. Andy and Scott also invent some new sayings and proverbs that you’re all welcome to use. If you like what you’re hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyonds...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Today on the Marko and Andy Power Hour the boys catch-up after the holidays. Andy tells Marko about the arcade he is building and Marko finally bought Baldurs Gate 3. They chat about childhood gaming memories, video game emulation, CRT monitors, game prices, and why Goldeneye is the best. Andy rants about modern FPS games and Marko thinks games peaked during the PS3 era. If you like what you’re hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com...
Feb 10, 2024•1 hr 38 min
Today on the best synthwave chat show there is, Andy chats with electronic music veteran LIFELIKE. Laurent talks about his early musician days, making house music, playing in bands, and discovering computer music production. They discuss making music in the early 2000s vs. now, and the effects of getting rid of physical media on the music business. LIFELIKE also chats about his collaborations, fun times with Kris Menace, and meeting his musical idols. If you like what you’re hearing you can supp...
Feb 02, 2024•2 hr 23 min
In the final installment of Andy’s Playlist Warehouse, and the final episode of Season 11, Andy chats with more awesome Beyond Synth patrons and listens to more cool music! Andy catches up with Warrant Officer Kyle in Kosovo and they chat about Non compliant weaponized actors, Kyle’s recent marriage, long work days, and crazy mansions in Kosovo that would put Tony Montana to shame! Andy then chats to Akio about running Focus Groups, being a hotel night manager, and studying to become a physical ...
Jan 06, 2024•2 hr 27 min
In the last episode of 2023, Andy continues playing cool music from his playlist warehouse while chatting with awesome listeners and patrons of the show! Andy catches up with Joshua Winter and learns about wrestling, one-shot RPGs, fractured ribs, and Jeff Jarrett. Then, Andy gets a call from David Evans, the Irishman in Cambridge, andy they talk about N64, Animal Crossing and Biskit, Hallmark Christmas movies, and dog training. Finally, Andy chats with Greg a.k.a ULAS a.k.a. TV in Bed, who was ...
Dec 30, 2023•2 hr 2 min
Andy is playing all the awesome music he’s collected over the year and chatting with awesome Beyond Synth listeners and Patrons in the fifth installment of Andy’s Playlist Warehouse! Andy chat’s with Tyber 83 about game streaming on twitch, Mario RPG, huskies, litter boxes and everyone’s favourite topic: Star Wars! Then Andy is joined by Skye Wolff who chats about chemistry degrees, accents, getting married and moving to America, and more pet talk! Finally, Andy is joined by Binkley who is immer...
Dec 26, 2023•2 hr 21 min
As we near the end of Season 11 of Beyond Synth, Andy still has lots of awesome music to play and cool people to chat with! Today on the show, Andy chats with Tron Javolta about parenting 4 boys, dens, Black Friday Tramplings and wedding playlists. Then Andy is joined by Timo who is beginning his journey into scoring video games. They talk about Commodore 64, chiptunes, the Yakuza game series, and restoring an old XBOX. Finally Ethan pops on the show to talk about running a cidery/restaurant, pa...
Dec 21, 2023•2 hr 9 min
Andy’s Playlist Warehouse continues on Beyond Synth where Andy plays awesome music he wants you to hear while chatting with awesome Beyond Synth patrons! Andy chats with Wes a.k.a. Cenotaff all the way from Wales to talk about delivering groceries, European chocolate, True Crime and fried chicken. Then we travel to the United States to chat with Julian a.k.a. Knight of Ducks to talk about Meals on Wheels, the Dead Space remake, Baldurs Gate 3, Thanksgiving (the movie), and Launchpad McQuack. And...
Dec 12, 2023•2 hr
Today on the best synthwave chat show there is, we continue the trip into Andy’s Playlist Warehouse where Andy plays lots of awesome music, continues his chat with Mike Mendoza and talks to Beyond Synth patrons Jimmy and Ken! Jimmy is buying lots of LEGO sets as part of his retail therapy, Ken enjoys cycle accurate game emulation, and Mike needs to protect his neck. You can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth Don’t forget to check out all the artists featured on the show...
Dec 06, 2023•2 hr
As we wind down this season of the best synthwave chat show there is, Andy is joined by old friend Mike Mendoza a.k.a Modern Knight/formerly Who-Ha/Retro Promenade! These 2 goofs kick off Andy’s Playlist Warehouse, where Andy plays all the music he didn’t get around to playing on the show this year. They chat about the Publisher’s Clearinghouse, having a baby, doobies and edibles, calorie counting, and the current state of synthwave. Mike picked up a Switch and Mario Wonder, Andy reminisces abou...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 59 min
Today on the best synthwave chat show there is, Andy catches up with Color Theory about his latest album Underneath These Dying Stars. Brian talks about Model UN, being a medical experiment as a kid, music production, anime music videos, and his excitement for his new toy the Elektron Syntakt! Also today, Andy has a quick chat with Power Rob to play his new collab with Miami NIghts 1984! If you like what you're hearing, you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayP...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Today on the best synthwave chat show there is, Andy catches up with Yota to talk about her latest album Room 412. They also talk about movies, pretentious art and cinema, and Swedish porn? Yota explains the meaning of the album and discusses her producer collaborators: Lifelike, Douze, Stéphane Lozac'h Brandon Duhon, Tommy '86, Olivier Visconti, & Sergey Ledovsky. And most importantly, Andy and Yota talk about the instagram algorithm that puts pictures of boobs in everyone’s feed. If you li...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 37 min
Today Andy chats with business-wave artist and sushi chef Michael Weber! Michael talks about how he discovered synthwave, going to culinary school, and that time he had an MMA match. Andy has lots of questions about cooking and then he and Michael nerd out about Zelda Ocarina of Time. If you like what you're hearing, you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth You can check out MICHAEL WEBER here: https://soundcloud.com/mich...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 51 min
On this very spooky Halloween edition of the Marko and Andy Power Hour, the terrifying duo discuss the horror/comedy Dead Heat and have an awesome playlist of darksynth tracks. Andy got an Anbernic RG35XX and is VERY excited about his new Air Fryer. There’s a ball school update, Marko had a birthday and watched Terrifier 2, and Andy skimmed through a bunch of bad horror movie remakes. Happy Halloween!! Support Beyond Synth: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsyn...
Oct 25, 2023•2 hr 25 min
Today on Beyond Synth, Andy catches up with Dan Terminus and finds out what he’s been up to for the past few years. Dan quit smoking and had some life shake-ups which have affected his favourite hobbies. Now Dan is learning to draw and collaborating on video games like Bio Crisis. It’s always fun when Dan pops up on the show! If you like what you're hearing, you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth You can check out DAN T...
Oct 18, 2023•2 hr 10 min
Today on Beyond Synth, Andy chats with All The Damn Vampires a.k.a. Davey Oberlin! Davey talks about touring with Five Finger Death Punch, Metallica and Korn! We get sidetracked a bit while Andy rants about his taxes before talking about Mortal Kombat for a long time. They talk about Disney Club 33, Davey’s collabs with Mint Simon, Yota and U DYE, and AI Art. If you like what you're hearing, you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/b...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 59 min
In the latest Beyond Synth Round Table, Florence and Michael share their experience from the Ollie Wride show in LA alongside Parallels and the following synthwave hangout. Michael got a new kitten and Florence witnesses something interesting on the streets of LA. Marko has too many cats, Andy watched "Basket Case" and then everyone watched "Brain Damage." Dive into discussions on the latest in the world of "The Flash" and Michael Keaton's Batman, and share in Andy's enjoyment of Mission Impossi...
Sep 26, 2023•2 hr 13 min
Something crazy has happened! Le Cassette has released a new song! To celebrate, Andy is joined by Adam and Joe from Le Cassette to talk about it. They don’t actually talk about it though, because this is an episode of Beyond Synth. I’m not sure what you were expecting. If you like what you're hearing, you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth You can check out LE CASSETTE here: https://soundcloud.com/le-cassette https://l...
Sep 16, 2023•43 min
Today on Beyond Synth, Andy chats with Alex Chod a.k.a. Yatte! Alex talks about the collaborative nature of the Yatte project, his early years making music, and his mimicry skills, and the voice of Super Mario. Then, Andy explains some Mortal Kombat lore to Alex who could not be more disinterested. It’s a good time! If you like what you're hearing, you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth You can check out YATTE here: htt...
Sep 06, 2023•1 hr 38 min
Today on the best synthwave chat show there is, Andy has a fun chat with Gryff all the way from Australia! They chat about funny Australian memes, being movie nerds, and their favourite James Bond theme songs. Gryff also talks about his collaborations with Kopano, Ace Buchannon, and Yatte. If you like what you're hearing, you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth You can check out Gryff here: https://soundcloud.com/gryffau...
Aug 27, 2023•1 hr 56 min
