Anyone who knows me knows that I’m an 80’s nut. I have been djing an 80’s night since I was 19ish in some form or fashion. I’ve always been mesmerized by the synth and a lot of mixes over the years have had some form of 80’s mix or “80’s inspired” composition. I recently rediscovered an artist who I passed over years back. I have a man crush on the music of this French house producer named LIFELIKE aka Laurent Heinrich. He has worked with Kris Menace, A-Trak and even Chromeo, just to name a few but I’m more in to his underground remixes and original works.
I’m so into this guys sound right now that I can’t seem to grab up enough music like it. It seems a lot of people are doing something similar like retro wave, future disco, or synth pop but a few of his tracks hit like wave of excitement coming over you. It’s the perfect blend between upbeat pop, hypnotic arpeggiated rhythm and the right mix of synth with a house/techno beat. Music like this is what reminds me of how I felt as a teen in the 80’s and how the sound of the synth inspired me… it’s that good. Here is a little taste of one I like, placed to a mash of video snippets from an 80’s movie fav – MAD MAX. Enjoy!
