Ladies of Synth - Volume 2
by 48 Track VA Compilation
Volke
Volke
A follow up to 'Ladies of Synth' this continues the sounds from Vol. 1 and combines the tracks in such a way that they almost flow together.
Favorite track: Ships In The Night - Myriologues.
David Rotenburger
David Rotenburger
Wow! What an incredible compilation of the women of retro synth! Thank you, ladies for making so much amazing music! It seems to be almost as endless as my love for it!!!
Favorite track: Roxi Drive - Human.
lyingcat
DibsOnTacos
Melissa Price
Julia
summer villain
Aaron Myradon
Francis Bundy
Scott Canfora
1987lebaron_gts
Destructa
shinde1987
byeriptor
Groupees
Bolton
CMDR Deem
kmxexii
GOTO GOSUB
professoroake
Adrian Solis
julesette
FrkGva
A|R
Jaisaben
quortaz
Justin K
gonzo009
Fahrenheight Nova
NONONO
David Ariel Asher Jeshurun O'Byrne
Mykola Makhin
dave88
cuphes
lonely_hooligan
Kyles Rocks
Jakub
D83
abaphex
Nexus the Sixth
Jonny Z
thrasher
Roger Bradley-Jungemann
effsee
dannyboy77
osvi
Kirk St Moritz
barry ragin
Kasper Hartman
Music Iconoclast
bambam
Dinosaur Egg Hoarder
Lanarch
max_speed
mrglennjones
t3l3phasicworksh0p
Zeebound
cptodin
James Mitchell
Martin Hölscher
Gus Rich
Dixbit
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When the days wear thin
You close your eyes
Return to a time
Before you were born
I know that I can’t change
What you see though I would
I turn the hours into days and
Hold on and wait
But I reached for you
When you were lost
In the dark, without trust
And though i lost your hand at the end
I tried to carry us.
When the world turns cold
You live in other times
You dream of other lives
But I reached for you
When you were lost
In the dark, without trust
And though i lost your hand at the end
I tried to carry us.
And I draw the power out of thin air
And I pull strength from the sky
And in the years to come (years behind)
I was there all this time
I was there all this time
I was there all this time
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You're going places
I passed long ago
Seeing young faces
That have grown lined and old
You're learning all
But forgetting more
You're everything I was
And everything I know
And even though
You'll never think from there
There are so many here who care
And so much love to share
I cannot blame you
For ignoring all I say
I cannot help you now
So let me help myself
One day you'll find
You'll feel alright
And it's alright
To feel alright
Your mirror image is
A blotched and twisted view
Cracked and shattered glass
On a broken, beaten soul
You rip out your old bones
New skin fits with ease
Bleeding heart won't show
And you can crack a smile
Subtract all bad advice and you will add degrees
Face the white knights and watch them turn and flee
Blind to false love you will see
That she will be waiting
She will be waiting
You don't need me to see this out
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A ray of light
Defying the time
As the Moon rotates you pass the Sun
Gamma rays keep touching your soul
No place to hide in the open skies
You're reaching the stars
As you move away to the unknown
You realize you're too far from home
Pride inside your eyes
That break the time
And giant stars
In silence...
Ice, massive holes
That break the time
Before your eyes
A ride of hope defies the probe
Hypernovas strike the dwarfs
And the solar winds of frozen stars
Keep pushing you through mountains of dust
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I found you deep in dark places
Up against a wall
And I found you standing in shadows
With your eyes cold and full
We ran from the light
We lived in the night.
Don’t forget the times that we spent
In silence I’m lost in them.
I felt you reaching towards me
From so far away
I felt you moving through me
From another time and place
We ran from the light
We lived in the night.
I can hear you dreaming tonight.
I can feel you going to dark places.
We ran from the light
We live in the night.
Don’t forget the times that we spent
In silence I’m lost in them.
Don’t forget the times we spent in
Dark places I’m lost in them
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Nothing’s gonna happen
I’m sinking in a fantasy
If we love each other
Why can’t we be dreaming together?
Nothing’s gonna happen
I cannot stand reality
Does true love only exist?
I don’t want to live in a french movie
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Young Love
We hold it tight
When I was in your arms
You were at my side
Young Love
You touched my heart the most
Powerful, passionate
And I know we won't let go
This is all I was searching for
From the age of seventeen I can say for sure
This is all I was searching for
It wasn't easy growing up fast
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NINA - Beyond Memory
03:35
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Take it, I surrender the attack
Nevermind the killing
Dazed and numb, stripped to the core
Our moment was stolen
Time has won
Wounded souls
Our moment was stolen
Time has won
Beyond memory
Faces I see
Mean nothing to me
Only shadows in my dreams
Beyond memory
Why is it me
And no one can see
Only shadows in my dreams
Fake it
I surrender
To the fight
I can see the darkness in your eyes
Down to the bone
Your victim was chosen
Time has won
All along
Your victim was chosen
Time has won
Paint me, with your colours
And your love
Nevermind the killing.
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Tonight, I leave it all behind
I don't want to go
But you've been wasting my time
All your promises
They were all just lies
So now I'm free
And you won't change my mind
Chorus
So tell me now
when you told me that you loved me
Why'd you lie
Now our futures gone
cause you threw it all away
And now it's all too late
I'm so sick of trying
It's time, it's time to say goodbye
All the lonely nights
You made me cry
Now I feel so cold
You've torn my soul inside
I guess I should have known
Not to put my heart on the line
Chorus
So tell me now
when you told me that you loved me
Why'd you lie
Now our futures gone
cause you threw it all away
And now it's all too late
and I'm so sick of trying
Chorus
So here we are
when you told me that you loved me
Why'd you lie
Now our futures gone
cause you threw our love away
And now it's all too late
I'm so sick of trying
Outro Vocals
So tell me why (tell me why)
Why did you lie
Tell me why (tell me why)
You threw our love away
There's only so much I can take
Of your lies
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(Verse 1)
It was a neon summer
Just you and me babe
No thought of September
Adventure all the way
The pulsing dance floor glowed
Beneath the flashing lights
Down at the club all night
Our love it felt so right
(Verse 2)
It was our neon summer
You kept me smiling
Running together
We were flying
The sound of video games
In the arcade, up all night
In back-lit dreams we found
The love that felt so right
(Chorus)
My heart runs wild
Just like the fire
That keeps you burning in my memory
My heart is wild
Full of the desire
That keeps you running through my neon dreams
My heart runs wild
Just like the fire
That keeps you burning in my memory
My heart is wild
Full of the desire
That keeps on bringing you back to me
(Verse 3)
It was a neon summer
You kept me smiling
It was our neon summer
Just you and me babe
(Spoken)
Then, as the days grew colder, and the lights began to fade,
I knew, soon, I'd have to go away…
Now, as I play the tape you made me,
I relive those neon summer nights,
But I know, I can never rewind…
(Bridge)
Neon summer, neon summer…
(Chorus)
My heart runs wild
Just like the fire
That keeps you burning in my memory
My heart is wild
Full of the desire
That keeps you running through my neon dreams
My heart runs wild
Just like the fire
That keeps you burning in my memory
My heart is wild
Full of the desire
That keeps on bringing you back to me
My heart runs wild
Just like the fire
That keeps you
That keeps you burning in my memory
My heart runs wild
Full the desire
That keeps you
That keeps you running through my neon dreams
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Daria Danatelli - Marion
04:43
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In the city of summer dreams
In the city where no one sleeps
And there's no silence on its streets
The city is a disease
They say you can't stop the New World
And you don't know exactly what they want
And they're just history, but he's not
Just say a word
Every seconds
A violent crime
Murder every minutes
Stop the time
Marion /Oh-oh-oh/
[Nobody knows his name
But his name is…]
Marion
Marion
[Meet the cure
Meet the cure]
Marion
In the city where Evil lives
The city where Angels are Supremes
This city gives you cold creeps
This city is a disease
Living on the edge of a knife
Going under and survive
Neverending bitter strife
The line of life
I love this man so reverent
When his Monterey
Rushes through the city where no one sleeps
Hear my prayer!
Marion /Oh-oh-oh/
[Nobody knows his name
But his name is…]
Marion
Marion
[Meet the cure
Meet the cure]
Marion
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Ooohoooo I must have been dreaming
I wanted so much more
I gave you, gave you my love
Now I'm standing on my own
And I really wish that you could know
The way that I'm feeling
You stole my heart
You stole my pride
And all you ever did was run away
We could have been something
I wanted so much more than this
I gave you all that I could give
And now you're gone
I must have been dreaming
Everything you've said and done
Thought I was the only one
But now I see
You were no good for me
Ooohoooo I must have been dreaming
I wanted so much more
I gave you, gave you my love
After all that I've been through
Never thought I'd love soeone like you
But I do
I should have seen through your disguise
But every time I looked into your eyes
I thought I was meant for you
I wanted so much more than this
I gave you all that I could give
And now you're gone
I must have been dreaming
Everything you've said and done
Thought I was the only one
But now I see
You were no good for me
I wanted so much more than this
I gave you all that I could give
And now you're gone
I must have been dreaming
Everything you've said and done
Thought I was the only one
But now I see
You were no good for me
Ooohoooo I must have been dreaming
I wanted so much more
I gave you, gave you my love
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City life so ((far))
In a dream, on the other side of night
In Space and Time
Watching me, on the brink of...
Chorus:
Wings of dark hour
Fallen is what you (2x's)
Fallen is what you are
Atmosphere surrounding ((me))
Colors seem so vivid to my eyes that see another dream
That follows me...and carries me away from here
My Call of Arms is what I've been waiting for
Chorus:
Wings of dark hour
Fallen is what you (4x's)
Fallen is what you are
On the other side
Outer Dimension
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Future Holotape - Proxy
04:40
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Femmepop - Bled For You
04:20
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Parallels - The Last Man
04:02
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Remember how it used to be, before our Mother wept,
before our needs and industries took everything she had.
Burn the bridges, burn the trees, ships fall lifeless on the sea,
ash to ashes, smoke and dust, is there time to turn back now?
If we learn from our mistakes, and learn to give and not just take,
oh for he who denies it first, will get what he deserves...
the last man to walk to walk the earth.
Darkness fell upon his dreams, the morning held no sun,
barren streets and plastic soul were all that he had won.
[The legacy we left the universe?] Man-made things...
[What about our beloved human race?] The chance to begin again...
Void of women, void of kin, silence danced like a ghostly friend.
All that's left is loneliness for the ones who couldn't care less.
If we learned to change our ways, and learned to give and not just take,
oh for he who denies it first - the last man to walk the earth.
Oh, I believe in you and me, I believe we can be free,
and walk together hand in hand, to save the last man.
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Vast Hill - Apollo
03:24
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I don't wanna feel like someone's dancing on me,
Too many people tell me I'm low.
Don't you understand this place I'm in,
I don't understand the point you've made
I think I'm losing you
I think I'm losing you
You think I'm lost but I'm just going nowhere,
Maybe two wrongs will make this alright,
I don't understand this place I'm in, you don't understand the point I've made
I think I'm losing you
I think I'm losing you
I think I'm losing you
I think I'm losing you
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Palisded - Summer Dreams
05:34
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Love Impasse - Distant
06:27
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Motion in waking
Lying here with broken hearts (with broken hearts)
Dark in the morning
Crying over torn up cards (You broken my heart)
I don't want to wonder why again, again
Crying on the pillow
Stories never right
Waiting by the window
Under starry nights
No word of warning
We were ones they talked about (they talked out loud)
Risking the wager
Hoping you're just acting out (I'm way too proud)
I don't want to wonder why again, again
Crying on the pillow
Stories never right
Waiting by the window
Under starry nights
I wish you well
If you want to stay the same
I wish you well
Just a crying shame
I wish you well
If you want to stay the same
I wish you well
Just a crying shame, again
Crying on the pillow
Stories never right
Waiting by the window
Under starry nights
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The Game
Verse 1
There's nothing you can do, I have my own point of view.
I don't ascribe to your ideals, I don't believe in you.
Chorus
Because you all look the same, you all think the same.
You don't question anything,
that's the name of the game. x 2
Verse 2
For a minute there I almost lost myself,
I won't dance to your rhythm, I'm not here for you!
It's just a vicious circle without room for change.
I dont ascribe to your ideals..no..I don't believe in you!
Chorus
Because you all look the same, you all think the same.
You don't question anything,
that's the name of the game.
name of the game, name of the game, name of the game .....
Hey! do you think originality and individuality stand for anything anymore?
Well, I don't know but I certainly hope so...otherwise what's the point?
Chorus
Because you all look the same, you all think the same.
You don't question anything,
that's the name of the game.
name of the game, name of the game, name of the game .....
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Nightlights - Purple Sky
04:20
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LɅNights - Don't Stop
02:37
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Mandi Mae - Wav Rider
03:43
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Roxi Drive - Human
04:12
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I know you don’t belong here
I know it’s time to break free
Never always your friend
Never always your enemy
Don’t ever look back my runaway girl... runaway girl
In time you’ll forget my runaway girl... runaway girl
I know you’ll never stay here
I know it’s time to let go
Never always in love
Never always hate you so
Don’t ever look back my runaway girl... runaway girl
In time you’ll forget me runaway girl... runaway girl
Don’t turn back keep going runaway girl... runaway girl
No time for regret my runaway girl... runaway girl
And now you’re reaching out
It’s time you miss it
I’ve never seen you so cunning
Your heart is broken up
It’s time to fix it
I’ll never reach back... keep running
Don’t ever look back my runaway girl... runaway girl
I’ll never regret you runaway girl... runaway girl
Don’t turn back keep trying runaway girl... runaway girl
I’ll never forget my runaway girl... runaway girl
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Two steps away from the edge,
two worlds on each side of the bed
Lonely lovers full of regret
Your eyes say it all, I play your games you watch me fall
This is a battle field an arena, but nobody can win the war
I don't want to fight you anymore
Can we not be how we were before
I don't know
Let me go
I won't fight in this battle of love
Just slam the door
Say you don't love me no more
I surrender, you have won
Pointing and blaming
Throwing accusations
living out this hell
at the mercy of our creation
Figuring out who’s the biggest liar,
our words are our weapons
each syllable burns like fire
each cut begins to deepen
I don't want to fight you anymore,
Can it not be how it was before
Oh how I loved you when this all began
A prisoner, within your fort
I think it's time I let you go
I don't know
Just let me go
I won't fight in this battle of love
The battle starts
this isn't love
dysfunctional
I don't love you anymore
I surrender you have won
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Listen I hear your soul
and I would do anything
if I could heal your heart
and take all your pain away
cause you have saved me too
from the darkest night of my soul
and I would do it all again
just to be with you
Our love's fire
it's like it's daylight
instead of the night
Our love's fire
as the moon rises
it fades into the sun
Our love's fire
it makes it daylight
instead of the night
Our love's fire
as the moon rises
it fades into the sun
Again tonight
I'm searching for
a way to make it right
and I know that our demons
are just waiting to take a bite
but baby I'm on fire from your light
I'm the blunt you're the spark
you're my high lets make smoke
We've done it all before
I feel it like deja vu
so I'll follow you to the light
if thats where the love ends
Our love
yeah that's where the light is
Our love
its burning hot now
Our love
yeah that's where the fight is
Follow you to the end
we'll never know every bend
where this road of life ends
but I wanna ride with you
Our love's fire
it's like it's daylight instead of the night
Our love's fire
Our love's fire
I know I've found my daylight
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2DCAT - Believe
04:51
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Hante. - Lonely Horse
04:14
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One thousand miles away
He’s running from his fate
He’s looking for the answer
Is he gonna be saved?
Nobody knows where he escaped
The lonely horse
Nobody knows where he escaped
The lonely horse
Is he gonna lose the race against time, is he gonna die?
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about
"The second installment of RetroSynth Records’ Ladies of Synth series raises the high bar set by the first outing, collecting 48(!) tracks by female synth musicians, most of whom operate on the darker, gothier end of the musical spectrum. As the label’s name implies, the synths here are thick and chunky, fat streaks of neon smeared across the back of the songs, the rhythms proudly artificial. Above all else, these are pop songs, grounded in assured melodies, and while the synths provide the structure, there’s very little experimental noodling or spaced-out sci-fi sound effects. This clears the way for gorgeous tracks like “Two Sides” by The Van Dammage, an improbable combination of ‘80s R&B vocals with Stranger Things synths that works because the melody is so confident and assured. “Slow Down,” by 2DCAT and Tamara, is a blue-light Blade Runner torch song, Tamara’s voice winding its way gently through bright bars of electronics. “Dark Places” by Ships in the Night is a haunting bit of goth balladry, and Radio Wolf’s “Runaway Girl,” featuring Parallels, is a big, unabashed pop banger, with a trillion-watt LED chorus. And while there are a few detours into straight-up synthwave—Moonraccoon’s “Showdown” could easily soundtrack some sort of futuristic adaptation of the ‘80s video game Spy Hunter—most of Ladies of Synth Volume 2 is a bold portrait of retrofuturist pop."
- Bandcamp Essential 7 for December 2017
This has been a long time coming, there are many females in synth music that need their voices and productions to be heard, and on this compilation they are front and center for the first time ever!
RetroSynth Records is proud to bring you the first ever Synth compilation devoted to female vocalists and producers "Ladies of Synth".
This second Volume starts right where Volume 1 left off and moves into Darkwave and Downtempo territory, later picking up the pace with some Outrun and then finding its way back into the light again with shimmering synth-pop and Dreamwave before closing out things with an epic operatic track!
Big thanks to all the wonderful women who wanted to be involved, and the dudes as well. Huge thank you to Ariel at Aztec for making this easy for me, Vincenzo, Yana, and the whole Sunlover crew for being so cool as well, you guys are all awesome! also Hélène for wanting to bring her Synth Religion tracks to this compilation at the last minute!
- Bandcamp Essential 7 for December 2017
This has been a long time coming, there are many females in synth music that need their voices and productions to be heard, and on this compilation they are front and center for the first time ever!
RetroSynth Records is proud to bring you the first ever Synth compilation devoted to female vocalists and producers "Ladies of Synth".
This second Volume starts right where Volume 1 left off and moves into Darkwave and Downtempo territory, later picking up the pace with some Outrun and then finding its way back into the light again with shimmering synth-pop and Dreamwave before closing out things with an epic operatic track!
Big thanks to all the wonderful women who wanted to be involved, and the dudes as well. Huge thank you to Ariel at Aztec for making this easy for me, Vincenzo, Yana, and the whole Sunlover crew for being so cool as well, you guys are all awesome! also Hélène for wanting to bring her Synth Religion tracks to this compilation at the last minute!
credits
released December 31, 2017
Major thanks to all my crew and my homies: Lucy, Tali, Dan, Derek, Taylor, Amanda, Chris, Graham & Mike, Stanis, Vladimir, Lisa & Mike, Johan, and Jon and the rest of the Retrosynth Army and friends that were not featured on this! Love you all fam!
Major thanks to Dave Maverick who has created some truly remarkable artwork for both volumes, working with you has been a pleasure bro. Big thanks to Dan "Neon Black" Oxier for providing the early pre-release artwork as well!
Huge thank you also to James @ Echosynthetic, Grant and Amanda @ NEON Festival, Robert @ Square Wave Clothing, and Nikolai @ Watermelon Banzai, you guys all rock! Thank you so much for all of your support this past year!
Special thanks also to everyone who has supported our label and our YouTube channel in 2017! We are just getting warmed up!
- Scott Forte (December 30, 2017)
Tracks 2, 5, 36 and 48 are previously unreleased and exclusive to this compilation
compiled by Scott Forte (December 2017)
Cover artwork & design by Dave Maverick
LADIES 2
Major thanks to all my crew and my homies: Lucy, Tali, Dan, Derek, Taylor, Amanda, Chris, Graham & Mike, Stanis, Vladimir, Lisa & Mike, Johan, and Jon and the rest of the Retrosynth Army and friends that were not featured on this! Love you all fam!
Major thanks to Dave Maverick who has created some truly remarkable artwork for both volumes, working with you has been a pleasure bro. Big thanks to Dan "Neon Black" Oxier for providing the early pre-release artwork as well!
Huge thank you also to James @ Echosynthetic, Grant and Amanda @ NEON Festival, Robert @ Square Wave Clothing, and Nikolai @ Watermelon Banzai, you guys all rock! Thank you so much for all of your support this past year!
Special thanks also to everyone who has supported our label and our YouTube channel in 2017! We are just getting warmed up!
- Scott Forte (December 30, 2017)
Tracks 2, 5, 36 and 48 are previously unreleased and exclusive to this compilation
compiled by Scott Forte (December 2017)
Cover artwork & design by Dave Maverick
LADIES 2
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RetroSynth Records Deptford, New Jersey
We promote Synthwave and other electronic music.
Founder - Scott Forte
A&R - Dan Eachus
Vinyl Subdivision - Lazersteel Records
Based in Bangor, ME & Deptford, NJ
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