Synthwave talk with the wires showing.
Beyond Synth follows Andy through loose, funny conversations with synthwave artists. The show moves from guest backstories and music talk into video games, music videos, Depeche Mode side quests, Patreon shoutouts, and blunt pro-human thoughts on AI music.
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Beyond Synth is a synthwave interview show that keeps the edges visible. Andy hosts with the feel of someone juggling a radio desk, a group chat, a pile of music links, and a half-finished video project from years ago. Episodes often begin with a rambling reset: schedule apologies, Patreon thanks, jokes about games, side shows, room sound, or whatever has recently followed him around the internet. Then the guest arrives, and the conversation opens up. The structure is loose, but not aimless. Artists talk through their projects, covers, videos, scenes, and taste histories in a way that feels more like a musician hangout than a formal press cycle. Droid_Bishop becomes a route into AI music and why Beyond Synth stays centered on human artists. The Motion Epic brings up old Outland interviews, unfinished YouTube plans, and the strange afterlife of scene footage. The Dream Eaters prompt talk about funny videos and the appeal of a band with a clear oddball personality. Alex Lightspeed appears with Todd Daggett and the Neon Syndicate, framed through project dynamics and bonus-show housekeeping. TLF leads into Rondo Veneziano, Instagram repetition, and a cover that Andy wants to play before the interview catches up. TheyLive, also named as Whitney, turns music-video production into a conversation about cheap warehouses, blue-painted fruit, friends in creative fields, and the fun of making something look bigger than its budget. Fear of Tigers brings in older digital music culture, from Microsoft and Yahoo video portals to editorial pages, promo CDs, and central London offices watching music videos all day. The show can be silly. It can also be tender. A recent episode remembering Will Bush of Immortal Girlfriend pauses the usual momentum to replay an older conversation and let his voice be heard in a happier context. That memorial quality matters because Beyond Synth is not only cataloguing releases; it is tracking a community over time. Its humor is dry and self-aware, but its loyalty is sincere. The show likes artists, not just content. It has a clear pro-human position on AI-generated music while still admitting curiosity about tools and background fluff. It also keeps music connected to games, movies, Depeche Mode, bad-movie side projects, Patreon supporters, music videos, scene gossip, and whatever else naturally fits the conversation. For synthwave fans, that messiness is part of the point. Beyond Synth sounds like a living archive with jokes left in.
Made for: Suited to synthwave fans who enjoy artist conversations with jokes, scene memory, and tangents intact. It also fits listeners interested in musicians, music videos, games, and the culture around niche music communities.
What sets it apart: Beyond Synth stands out by treating interviews as living scene documents rather than polished promo stops. Its mix of music cues, personal digressions, Patreon shoutouts, memorial episodes, and pro-human AI stance gives the show a handmade radio feel.
The podcast about people who make cool music! BEYOND SYNTH is the best synth music chat show there is. Featuring artists and producers who make synthwave/new-retro/electronic music and much more!!We talk Music, games, movies, the 80s, and lots more while I play samples of the guests music.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Beyond Synth turns synth-focused guest talk and playlist chatter into an informal record of how electronic music is made, shared, and enjoyed.
Beyond Synth runs on guest conversations, cohost catch-ups, and playlist editions, with the host moving easily between synth-focused music and the culture surrounding it.
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A low-budget "Circles" video leads into a funny, practical talk about filmmaking, thrift-store wardrobe, and the distractions around making music.
Beyond Synth 431 works best when it gets into the funny, practical mess behind a polished music video. TheyLive, aka Whitney, talks through how "Circles" came together with Houston filmmaker Jon Connor in a borrowed warehouse, using blue-painted fruit, thrift-store clothes, and…
A grounded look at the office life behind online music culture.
Fear of Tigers, also known as Benjamin, gives Beyond Synth a clear route into the machinery around music, tracing a path from programming online radio stations and talking with record labels into journalism and editing.
A loose cohost catch-up turns Wii motion-control fatigue into a case for the Switch.
Beyond Synth's 427th outing plays like a loose cohost catch-up, opening on a supper aside before easing into a spirited case against the Wii's motion controls.
A loose Power Hour turns one unusual track title into a playful mystery about where the music came from.
The Marco and Andy Power Hour works best as a show still discovering its own rhythm. Marco and Andy fumble through the opening hello, debate who should speak first, and fold in Kyle as a Beyond Synth patron, setting a tone where the music and the conversation keep happily…
A year-end playlist catch-up where Phaserland and Ken help the loose format land.
Beyond Synth 384 turns a year-end cleanup job into a loose, music-heavy hang. Andy works through songs he gathered during the year but never managed to fit into the show, including a Minute Taker collaboration he calls a great pop song and Phaserland's "Lightspeed Defender."…
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Host of Beyond Synth catches up with synthwave artist Droid Bishop after a year, with patron shoutouts.
Hosts Andy and Marco debut the 'Marco and Andy Power Hour' on Beyond Synth, joined by patron Kyle, who works in geospatial mapping for Dallas-Fort Worth and serves in the Texas Army National Guard.
Host Andy Last presents the second installment of Andy's Playlist Warehouse, a year-end series featuring unreleased synthwave tracks from artists like Walter Alienson and Minute Taker.
Mike and Andy introduce their new podcast 'Radio Fiasco' with chaotic banter about re-recording a sleepy episode and teasing bonus content for patrons.
Beyond Synth 453 is a 'Marco and Andy power hour' that treats Sony's reported end of game-disc production as a starting point for arguing that physical media also fails, citing VHS tapes, PlayStation 1 discs and melted cassettes.
Host remembers Will Bush of Immortal Girlfriend, who passed away from cancer, by replaying their 2020 interview.
Andy chats with James (Droid_Bishop) about the pros and cons of AI in music, reaffirming the show's pro-human stance.
The host of Beyond Synth chats with the band The Motion Epic about their music and a past interview at Outland festival.
Host Andy apologizes for the schedule and introduces a chat with the band Dream Eaters, while promoting Patreon bonus content.
Andy hosts a chat with Alex Lightspeed and his collaborators, with updates on Beyond Synth's Patreon bonus content including a Depeche Mode series and a movie review show.
Andy interviews TLF about his synthwave project and a cover of Rondo Veneziano.
Whitney, who records as They Live, says her first album blended post-punk and 80s pop with singer-songwriter roots, and she points to a Leonard Cohen cover as part of that sound.
Fear of Tigers, credited here as Benjamin, explains how his music predates the synthwave label and traces it back to the Valerie blog era, Disco Dust, and Track Casseur.
Beyond Synth 427 is an Andy-and-Marco Maric catch-up that spends most of its time on games, remasters, and console hardware.
Andy catches up with Julian (Neon Fawkes) about his hiatus from synthwave and DJing during COVID and his return to the scene.
Andy from Beyond Synth introduces an interview with Neil Holdsworth of the Astral Stereo Project about his new album Turnaround.