Though the song could’ve been on any of Stewart’s records, it is nonetheless undeniably pretty. It’s six minutes long, but it’s so breezy that it’s over before you know it. It feels almost euphoric, with synths that reverberate like whispers in a cave. Opener “Somewhere” is the record’s longest and best track.
It sounds exactly like something that would be played in a club or on the radio in 1980s London, and the results are often really lovely, if not slightly repetitive. Stewart is not one to change his sound though, and throughout his career he’s released record after record of extremely competent synth music this one is no different. Both songs feature crisp production, and Stewart plays his synthesizers with the dedication of a professor reading late into the night. It melts seamlessly into the grayscale “Try,” which is made up of the same slouchy drum machines and aqueous synths. “Royal Walls” gives off the vibe of walking out of a club and into rainy city streets. There’s nothing wrong with making mood music, but these songs often feel indistinguishable from each other it’s a flat record without highs or lows, lacking momentum or lift. It’s an enjoyable, sexy record that is little more than a composite of its influences.įast Idol is a record of makeout jams the kind of druggy, pupil expanding synth-pop that you leave on so you can tune out. It’s a pastiche that sounds more New Order than New Order, so close to OMD that it makes you wonder if you were perhaps living inside of Pretty in Pink. On his latest record, Fast Idol, he continues his decade-long project of essentially rewriting ’80s synthwave classics.
Switchable input / output headroom level for Guitar or Synth / Line level.
Digitally controlled Analog mix control.Wide ranging Ring Modulation with ability to assign envelope control.Custom 6 mode filter with frequency, bandwidth (resonance), and envelope.Adjustable Compressor with Threshold and Mix for your input signal (Dry mode).Two Tap Delay with Time, Feedback, Modulation, and special two stage level control (530 mS max delay time).Sustain control for extending your volume envelope all the way to endless synth hold.Tunable Portamento Time for smooth transitions between synth notes and pitch shifts.Two Distinct Tunable Envelope Types: Triggered and Envelope Follower.Three Synth modes: Poly Synth, Mono Synth, and Arpeggiated Synth.Colossal Multi-Voice Dual Oscillator Synth architecture with selectable waveforms.
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