NYMPHWAVE
@nymphwave84.bsky.social
Daily recommendations of retrowave, synthwave, vaporwave, darkwave, outrun, and related electronic music found on Bandcamp.
////NEWRETROWAVE
Another EP from one of the great retro synth artists, Android Automatic's LOST SONGS is manufactured nostalgia* in audio form.
(*That's a positive for synthwave music.)
Favorite track: VHS Memories
androidautomatic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-s...
Another EP from one of the great retro synth artists, Android Automatic's LOST SONGS is manufactured nostalgia* in audio form.
(*That's a positive for synthwave music.)
Favorite track: VHS Memories
androidautomatic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-s...
April 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////NEWRETROWAVE
Another EP from one of the great retro synth artists, Android Automatic's LOST SONGS is manufactured nostalgia* in audio form.
(*That's a positive for synthwave music.)
Favorite track: VHS Memories
androidautomatic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-s...
Another EP from one of the great retro synth artists, Android Automatic's LOST SONGS is manufactured nostalgia* in audio form.
(*That's a positive for synthwave music.)
Favorite track: VHS Memories
androidautomatic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-s...
////TRANCE
While it's not synthwave, the music of Juno Reactor – especially their TRANSMISSIONS album – was our introduction to electronic music.
Favorite track: Man To Ray
junoreactor.bandcamp.com/album/transm...
While it's not synthwave, the music of Juno Reactor – especially their TRANSMISSIONS album – was our introduction to electronic music.
Favorite track: Man To Ray
junoreactor.bandcamp.com/album/transm...
April 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////TRANCE
While it's not synthwave, the music of Juno Reactor – especially their TRANSMISSIONS album – was our introduction to electronic music.
Favorite track: Man To Ray
junoreactor.bandcamp.com/album/transm...
While it's not synthwave, the music of Juno Reactor – especially their TRANSMISSIONS album – was our introduction to electronic music.
Favorite track: Man To Ray
junoreactor.bandcamp.com/album/transm...
////OUTRUN
Happy Friday, everyone. Crank up Jordan F's SLIPSTREAM album as you drive off into the neon-lit weekend.
Favorite track: Nightwave
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Happy Friday, everyone. Crank up Jordan F's SLIPSTREAM album as you drive off into the neon-lit weekend.
Favorite track: Nightwave
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April 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////OUTRUN
Happy Friday, everyone. Crank up Jordan F's SLIPSTREAM album as you drive off into the neon-lit weekend.
Favorite track: Nightwave
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Happy Friday, everyone. Crank up Jordan F's SLIPSTREAM album as you drive off into the neon-lit weekend.
Favorite track: Nightwave
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////OUTRUN
One of Sung's few collections, AUTO RAN EP is a six-track album of darker, faster, and heavier outrun music.
Favorite track: The Sector
sung-music.bandcamp.com/album/auto-r...
One of Sung's few collections, AUTO RAN EP is a six-track album of darker, faster, and heavier outrun music.
Favorite track: The Sector
sung-music.bandcamp.com/album/auto-r...
April 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////OUTRUN
One of Sung's few collections, AUTO RAN EP is a six-track album of darker, faster, and heavier outrun music.
Favorite track: The Sector
sung-music.bandcamp.com/album/auto-r...
One of Sung's few collections, AUTO RAN EP is a six-track album of darker, faster, and heavier outrun music.
Favorite track: The Sector
sung-music.bandcamp.com/album/auto-r...
////OUTRUN
Caspro's MEMORY DRIVE is a fantastic example of outrun music – a pulsing, rhythmic bass line giving the impression of speed, with layers of bright, glossy synths over it.
Favorite track: Last Station
caspromusic.bandcamp.com/album/memory...
Caspro's MEMORY DRIVE is a fantastic example of outrun music – a pulsing, rhythmic bass line giving the impression of speed, with layers of bright, glossy synths over it.
Favorite track: Last Station
caspromusic.bandcamp.com/album/memory...
April 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////OUTRUN
Caspro's MEMORY DRIVE is a fantastic example of outrun music – a pulsing, rhythmic bass line giving the impression of speed, with layers of bright, glossy synths over it.
Favorite track: Last Station
caspromusic.bandcamp.com/album/memory...
Caspro's MEMORY DRIVE is a fantastic example of outrun music – a pulsing, rhythmic bass line giving the impression of speed, with layers of bright, glossy synths over it.
Favorite track: Last Station
caspromusic.bandcamp.com/album/memory...
////OUTRUN
If you asked us for one artist to represent the outrun subgenre, we'd pick SPACEINVADER; all the tracks on CHROME DRIVE evoke a sense of speeding down a neon-washed highway.
Favorite track: Neon Rush
spaceinvadermusic.bandcamp.com/album/chrome...
If you asked us for one artist to represent the outrun subgenre, we'd pick SPACEINVADER; all the tracks on CHROME DRIVE evoke a sense of speeding down a neon-washed highway.
Favorite track: Neon Rush
spaceinvadermusic.bandcamp.com/album/chrome...
April 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////OUTRUN
If you asked us for one artist to represent the outrun subgenre, we'd pick SPACEINVADER; all the tracks on CHROME DRIVE evoke a sense of speeding down a neon-washed highway.
Favorite track: Neon Rush
spaceinvadermusic.bandcamp.com/album/chrome...
If you asked us for one artist to represent the outrun subgenre, we'd pick SPACEINVADER; all the tracks on CHROME DRIVE evoke a sense of speeding down a neon-washed highway.
Favorite track: Neon Rush
spaceinvadermusic.bandcamp.com/album/chrome...
////RETROWAVE
Waveshaper has always been one of our favorite artists. Even their older stuff, like SOUNDS THAT KILL still hold up.
Favorite track: The Safe Road
waveshaper1.bandcamp.com/album/sounds...
Waveshaper has always been one of our favorite artists. Even their older stuff, like SOUNDS THAT KILL still hold up.
Favorite track: The Safe Road
waveshaper1.bandcamp.com/album/sounds...
March 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////RETROWAVE
Waveshaper has always been one of our favorite artists. Even their older stuff, like SOUNDS THAT KILL still hold up.
Favorite track: The Safe Road
waveshaper1.bandcamp.com/album/sounds...
Waveshaper has always been one of our favorite artists. Even their older stuff, like SOUNDS THAT KILL still hold up.
Favorite track: The Safe Road
waveshaper1.bandcamp.com/album/sounds...
////DARKWAVE
Death Selektor's BIOMECHANICAL ERA takes inspiration from action, horror, and sci-fi movies and videogames from the 80s and early 90s, resulting in a fantastic dark synthwave album.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Stellar-Mass Black Hole
deathselektor.bandcamp.com/album/biomec...
Death Selektor's BIOMECHANICAL ERA takes inspiration from action, horror, and sci-fi movies and videogames from the 80s and early 90s, resulting in a fantastic dark synthwave album.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Stellar-Mass Black Hole
deathselektor.bandcamp.com/album/biomec...
March 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////DARKWAVE
Death Selektor's BIOMECHANICAL ERA takes inspiration from action, horror, and sci-fi movies and videogames from the 80s and early 90s, resulting in a fantastic dark synthwave album.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Stellar-Mass Black Hole
deathselektor.bandcamp.com/album/biomec...
Death Selektor's BIOMECHANICAL ERA takes inspiration from action, horror, and sci-fi movies and videogames from the 80s and early 90s, resulting in a fantastic dark synthwave album.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Stellar-Mass Black Hole
deathselektor.bandcamp.com/album/biomec...
\\\\SPACEWAVE
Lost Engineer's ODYSSEY album is a sound journey trough hyperspace. Full speed ahead to the stars, to unknown places for a better life!
Favorite track: Starlight
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Lost Engineer's ODYSSEY album is a sound journey trough hyperspace. Full speed ahead to the stars, to unknown places for a better life!
Favorite track: Starlight
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March 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
\\\\SPACEWAVE
Lost Engineer's ODYSSEY album is a sound journey trough hyperspace. Full speed ahead to the stars, to unknown places for a better life!
Favorite track: Starlight
buff.ly/UN9hYPW
Lost Engineer's ODYSSEY album is a sound journey trough hyperspace. Full speed ahead to the stars, to unknown places for a better life!
Favorite track: Starlight
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////SPACEWAVE
Isidor takes you on a journey through time and space with the powerful 3218 album.
Favorite track: Grid Surfer
isidorbobinec.bandcamp.com/album/3218
Isidor takes you on a journey through time and space with the powerful 3218 album.
Favorite track: Grid Surfer
isidorbobinec.bandcamp.com/album/3218
March 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////SPACEWAVE
Isidor takes you on a journey through time and space with the powerful 3218 album.
Favorite track: Grid Surfer
isidorbobinec.bandcamp.com/album/3218
Isidor takes you on a journey through time and space with the powerful 3218 album.
Favorite track: Grid Surfer
isidorbobinec.bandcamp.com/album/3218
////SPACESYNTH
Andromeda Dreams' POINT OF NO RETURN is a is an interstellar journey through the cold beauty of endless space.
Favorite track: Rise to the Stars
retrowavetouchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/point-...
Andromeda Dreams' POINT OF NO RETURN is a is an interstellar journey through the cold beauty of endless space.
Favorite track: Rise to the Stars
retrowavetouchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/point-...
March 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////SPACESYNTH
Andromeda Dreams' POINT OF NO RETURN is a is an interstellar journey through the cold beauty of endless space.
Favorite track: Rise to the Stars
retrowavetouchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/point-...
Andromeda Dreams' POINT OF NO RETURN is a is an interstellar journey through the cold beauty of endless space.
Favorite track: Rise to the Stars
retrowavetouchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/point-...
////DREAMWAVE
The tracks on Cyberwalker's ESSENCE OF LIFE are, for lack of a better term, repetitive. Looping back on themselves for a seemingly endless amount of time. But rather than a negative, it gives the album a vague, dreamy quality.
Favorite track: Rays of the Sun
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The tracks on Cyberwalker's ESSENCE OF LIFE are, for lack of a better term, repetitive. Looping back on themselves for a seemingly endless amount of time. But rather than a negative, it gives the album a vague, dreamy quality.
Favorite track: Rays of the Sun
buff.ly/nuCzioq
March 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////DREAMWAVE
The tracks on Cyberwalker's ESSENCE OF LIFE are, for lack of a better term, repetitive. Looping back on themselves for a seemingly endless amount of time. But rather than a negative, it gives the album a vague, dreamy quality.
Favorite track: Rays of the Sun
buff.ly/nuCzioq
The tracks on Cyberwalker's ESSENCE OF LIFE are, for lack of a better term, repetitive. Looping back on themselves for a seemingly endless amount of time. But rather than a negative, it gives the album a vague, dreamy quality.
Favorite track: Rays of the Sun
buff.ly/nuCzioq
////DARKSYNTH
It's Friday. Let's get aggressive. The latest in Occams Laser's "occult" series, OCCULT 91 is full of dark, moody synths and buzzing distortion.
Favorite track: Aether
occamslaser.bandcamp.com/album/occult...
It's Friday. Let's get aggressive. The latest in Occams Laser's "occult" series, OCCULT 91 is full of dark, moody synths and buzzing distortion.
Favorite track: Aether
occamslaser.bandcamp.com/album/occult...
March 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////DARKSYNTH
It's Friday. Let's get aggressive. The latest in Occams Laser's "occult" series, OCCULT 91 is full of dark, moody synths and buzzing distortion.
Favorite track: Aether
occamslaser.bandcamp.com/album/occult...
It's Friday. Let's get aggressive. The latest in Occams Laser's "occult" series, OCCULT 91 is full of dark, moody synths and buzzing distortion.
Favorite track: Aether
occamslaser.bandcamp.com/album/occult...
////RETROWAVE
Move, move! Don't stand still! MOVE TO THE BEAT by A-Reis.
Favorite track: Bassquake
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Move, move! Don't stand still! MOVE TO THE BEAT by A-Reis.
Favorite track: Bassquake
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March 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////RETROWAVE
Move, move! Don't stand still! MOVE TO THE BEAT by A-Reis.
Favorite track: Bassquake
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Move, move! Don't stand still! MOVE TO THE BEAT by A-Reis.
Favorite track: Bassquake
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////RETROWAVE
Out Runner's self-titled OUT RUNNER album mixes heavy rock guitars into crystalline synths for a distinct sound.
Favorite track: Drive
out-runner.bandcamp.com/album/out-ru...
Out Runner's self-titled OUT RUNNER album mixes heavy rock guitars into crystalline synths for a distinct sound.
Favorite track: Drive
out-runner.bandcamp.com/album/out-ru...
March 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////RETROWAVE
Out Runner's self-titled OUT RUNNER album mixes heavy rock guitars into crystalline synths for a distinct sound.
Favorite track: Drive
out-runner.bandcamp.com/album/out-ru...
Out Runner's self-titled OUT RUNNER album mixes heavy rock guitars into crystalline synths for a distinct sound.
Favorite track: Drive
out-runner.bandcamp.com/album/out-ru...
////SYNTHWAVE
We've mentioned before, several times, about how we're generally not a fan of vocals in synthwave music. So we're always happy to see Timecop1983 put out NIGHT DRIVE (INSTRUMENTAL EDITION).
Favorite track: On the Run
timecop1983.bandcamp.com/album/night-...
We've mentioned before, several times, about how we're generally not a fan of vocals in synthwave music. So we're always happy to see Timecop1983 put out NIGHT DRIVE (INSTRUMENTAL EDITION).
Favorite track: On the Run
timecop1983.bandcamp.com/album/night-...
March 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////SYNTHWAVE
We've mentioned before, several times, about how we're generally not a fan of vocals in synthwave music. So we're always happy to see Timecop1983 put out NIGHT DRIVE (INSTRUMENTAL EDITION).
Favorite track: On the Run
timecop1983.bandcamp.com/album/night-...
We've mentioned before, several times, about how we're generally not a fan of vocals in synthwave music. So we're always happy to see Timecop1983 put out NIGHT DRIVE (INSTRUMENTAL EDITION).
Favorite track: On the Run
timecop1983.bandcamp.com/album/night-...
////SYNTHWAVE
Daynoss' ATTRACTION album wonderfully captures the nostalgic feeling of a memory that never existed.
Favorite track: The Chase
daynoss.bandcamp.com/album/attrac...
Daynoss' ATTRACTION album wonderfully captures the nostalgic feeling of a memory that never existed.
Favorite track: The Chase
daynoss.bandcamp.com/album/attrac...
March 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////SYNTHWAVE
Daynoss' ATTRACTION album wonderfully captures the nostalgic feeling of a memory that never existed.
Favorite track: The Chase
daynoss.bandcamp.com/album/attrac...
Daynoss' ATTRACTION album wonderfully captures the nostalgic feeling of a memory that never existed.
Favorite track: The Chase
daynoss.bandcamp.com/album/attrac...
////RETROWAVE
Although it has that hazy, fuzzy sound, the tracks on DEEP 90S DREAMS by CARLIGHTS are too energetic for us to call it dreamwave.
Favorite track: Fluent Moves 97
carlights.bandcamp.com/album/deep-9...
Although it has that hazy, fuzzy sound, the tracks on DEEP 90S DREAMS by CARLIGHTS are too energetic for us to call it dreamwave.
Favorite track: Fluent Moves 97
carlights.bandcamp.com/album/deep-9...
March 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////RETROWAVE
Although it has that hazy, fuzzy sound, the tracks on DEEP 90S DREAMS by CARLIGHTS are too energetic for us to call it dreamwave.
Favorite track: Fluent Moves 97
carlights.bandcamp.com/album/deep-9...
Although it has that hazy, fuzzy sound, the tracks on DEEP 90S DREAMS by CARLIGHTS are too energetic for us to call it dreamwave.
Favorite track: Fluent Moves 97
carlights.bandcamp.com/album/deep-9...
////VAPORWAVE
We really like the fuzzy, almost distorted sounds on Caspro's DREAM TOWER EP.
Favorite track: Rum and Romance
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We really like the fuzzy, almost distorted sounds on Caspro's DREAM TOWER EP.
Favorite track: Rum and Romance
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March 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////VAPORWAVE
We really like the fuzzy, almost distorted sounds on Caspro's DREAM TOWER EP.
Favorite track: Rum and Romance
buff.ly/b437NGE
We really like the fuzzy, almost distorted sounds on Caspro's DREAM TOWER EP.
Favorite track: Rum and Romance
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////CHILLWAVE
We're big fans of Android Automatic, and VISIONS is one of our favorite EPs.
(Plus, their entire discography is always steeply discounted. Please consider picking up some of their stuff.)
Favorite track: Distant Eyes
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We're big fans of Android Automatic, and VISIONS is one of our favorite EPs.
(Plus, their entire discography is always steeply discounted. Please consider picking up some of their stuff.)
Favorite track: Distant Eyes
buff.ly/xyfKLnl
March 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////CHILLWAVE
We're big fans of Android Automatic, and VISIONS is one of our favorite EPs.
(Plus, their entire discography is always steeply discounted. Please consider picking up some of their stuff.)
Favorite track: Distant Eyes
buff.ly/xyfKLnl
We're big fans of Android Automatic, and VISIONS is one of our favorite EPs.
(Plus, their entire discography is always steeply discounted. Please consider picking up some of their stuff.)
Favorite track: Distant Eyes
buff.ly/xyfKLnl
////RETROWAVE
Bright, smooth, optimistic, and with a hint of energy from those electric guitars, Frank Redux's MEMORY LANE EP is a great way to kick off the week.
Favorite track: Tunnels
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Bright, smooth, optimistic, and with a hint of energy from those electric guitars, Frank Redux's MEMORY LANE EP is a great way to kick off the week.
Favorite track: Tunnels
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March 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
////RETROWAVE
Bright, smooth, optimistic, and with a hint of energy from those electric guitars, Frank Redux's MEMORY LANE EP is a great way to kick off the week.
Favorite track: Tunnels
buff.ly/vkFlJwE
Bright, smooth, optimistic, and with a hint of energy from those electric guitars, Frank Redux's MEMORY LANE EP is a great way to kick off the week.
Favorite track: Tunnels
buff.ly/vkFlJwE
////RETROWAVE
Let's end on a lighter note. While still sci-fi themed, Dark Helmet's APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN is brighter and a tad more hopeful than other albums we've shared this week.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Invasion
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Let's end on a lighter note. While still sci-fi themed, Dark Helmet's APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN is brighter and a tad more hopeful than other albums we've shared this week.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Invasion
buff.ly/JKlaxMX
March 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
////RETROWAVE
Let's end on a lighter note. While still sci-fi themed, Dark Helmet's APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN is brighter and a tad more hopeful than other albums we've shared this week.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Invasion
buff.ly/JKlaxMX
Let's end on a lighter note. While still sci-fi themed, Dark Helmet's APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN is brighter and a tad more hopeful than other albums we've shared this week.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Invasion
buff.ly/JKlaxMX
////RETROWAVE
Let's end on a lighter note. While still sci-fi themed, Dark Helmet's APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN is brighter and a tad more hopeful than other albums we've shared this week.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Invasion
buff.ly/JKlaxMX
Let's end on a lighter note. While still sci-fi themed, Dark Helmet's APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN is brighter and a tad more hopeful than other albums we've shared this week.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Invasion
buff.ly/JKlaxMX
March 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
////RETROWAVE
Let's end on a lighter note. While still sci-fi themed, Dark Helmet's APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN is brighter and a tad more hopeful than other albums we've shared this week.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Invasion
buff.ly/JKlaxMX
Let's end on a lighter note. While still sci-fi themed, Dark Helmet's APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN is brighter and a tad more hopeful than other albums we've shared this week.
Happy Friday.
Favorite track: Invasion
buff.ly/JKlaxMX
////ANNOUNCEMENT
It's Bandcamp Friday.
For the next 24 hours, Bandcamp will waive their revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels. If you've enjoyed any of the albums, artists, or bands we've recommended, please consider buying something today as a thank you.
buff.ly/eQWhYNv
It's Bandcamp Friday.
For the next 24 hours, Bandcamp will waive their revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels. If you've enjoyed any of the albums, artists, or bands we've recommended, please consider buying something today as a thank you.
buff.ly/eQWhYNv
March 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
////ANNOUNCEMENT
It's Bandcamp Friday.
For the next 24 hours, Bandcamp will waive their revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels. If you've enjoyed any of the albums, artists, or bands we've recommended, please consider buying something today as a thank you.
buff.ly/eQWhYNv
It's Bandcamp Friday.
For the next 24 hours, Bandcamp will waive their revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels. If you've enjoyed any of the albums, artists, or bands we've recommended, please consider buying something today as a thank you.
buff.ly/eQWhYNv
////DARKWAVE
ALIENS EXPANDED is a collection of nine songs by nine different artists inspired by, and used in the documentary about, the 1986 sci-fi epic ALIENS.
Favorite track: Zombie Hyperdrive - Monsters
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ALIENS EXPANDED is a collection of nine songs by nine different artists inspired by, and used in the documentary about, the 1986 sci-fi epic ALIENS.
Favorite track: Zombie Hyperdrive - Monsters
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March 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
////DARKWAVE
ALIENS EXPANDED is a collection of nine songs by nine different artists inspired by, and used in the documentary about, the 1986 sci-fi epic ALIENS.
Favorite track: Zombie Hyperdrive - Monsters
buff.ly/JLUL24A
ALIENS EXPANDED is a collection of nine songs by nine different artists inspired by, and used in the documentary about, the 1986 sci-fi epic ALIENS.
Favorite track: Zombie Hyperdrive - Monsters
buff.ly/JLUL24A