{"id":3839,"date":"2017-02-16T04:35:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T04:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=3839"},"modified":"2017-02-16T04:44:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T04:44:45","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-new-retro-wave-artist-robert-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=3839","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews New Retro Wave Artist Robert Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3840 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Stark and co-host\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZM4HLJJ75VhYvtRnq5dA9w\">Pilleater<\/a>\u00a0talk to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Parker_(music_producer)\">Robert Parker<\/a>. Robert Parker is a Synthwave\/New Retro Wave musician \u00a0from Stockholm, Sweden. Check out his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/robertparkerofficial\">SoundCloud<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robertparkerswe?lang=en\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/robertparkermusic\/\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Topics:<\/p>\n<p>How Robert started making tracker techno music in the 1990&#8217;s, and got into New Retro Wave in 2009 after buying a Korg Polysix analog synthesizer<br \/>\nHis use of a variety of hardware synthesizers in his music including the Roland Juno 106<br \/>\nThe New Retro Wave Genre, how the film\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drive_(2011_film)\">Drive<\/a>\u00a0exposed the genre to the masses<br \/>\nThe Noire sounds of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kavinsky\">Kavinsky<\/a>\u00a0in contrast with the more upbeat Retrowave Sound of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collegeoflove\/\">College<\/a>; Parallels to Vaporwave and Cyberpunk<br \/>\nRobert&#8217;s nostalgia for growing up in the 80&#8217;s, early influences, and the Swedish media in the 80&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italo_disco\">Italo disco<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neue_Deutsche_Welle\">Neue Deutsche Welle<\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alphaville_(band)\">Alphaville<\/a>), 90&#8217;s French House Music(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daft_Punk\">Daft Punk<\/a>)<br \/>\nThe audience of New Retro Wave(40% United States and 40% Russia and Europe, largely men in their 30&#8217;s, but a growing number of women in their early 20&#8217;s<br \/>\nRobert&#8217;s\u00a0vinyl album\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newretrowave.bandcamp.com\/album\/crystal-city\">Crystal City<\/a>\u00a0on NewRetroWave Records<br \/>\nRobert&#8217;s new album\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lazerdiscs.bandcamp.com\/album\/awakening\">Awakening<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjA1JDwwpPSAhUKRSYKHRNAAg8QFggaMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Flazerdiscs.bandcamp.com%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNGIffMXUcCEfD5AxvwFXaOvZDpXrw&amp;bvm=bv.147134024,d.eWE\" data-href=\"https:\/\/lazerdiscs.bandcamp.com\/\">Lazerdiscs Records<\/a><br \/>\nRobert&#8217;s upcoming performance with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collegeoflove\/\">College<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjJiuHQwZPSAhXKOCYKHWg-BJIQFggrMAI&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWaveshaperofficial%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNEdyuv2OkY1MSTFMKgL-iPZwZUjOw&amp;bvm=bv.147134024,d.eWE\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Waveshaperofficial\/\">Waveshaper<\/a>\u00a0at the new club <a id=\"js_1x\" class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/neonsthlm\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=520478791489031\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">NEON<\/a>\u00a0on March 18th in Stockholm<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newretrowave.com\/\">NewRetroWave<\/a>\u00a0Records, which is the main company that produces New Retro Wave music<br \/>\nIllustrator\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/florian-renner.com\/\">Florian Renner<\/a>\u00a0who designed Robert&#8217;s Crystal City Album, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rDBbaGCCIhk\">Miami Nights 1984&#8242; Accelerated<\/a>, and his animations of 80&#8217;s Retro-Futuristic Cities<br \/>\nRussian artist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dribbble.com\/alex_ricochet\">Aleksey Rico<\/a>\u00a0who designed the poster for the Chiptune Retro Wave Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia<br \/>\nThe footage from films used in New Retro Wave Videos, \u00a0Robert&#8217;s favorite 80&#8217;s films, and the influence of the film\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tron\">Tron<\/a>\u00a0on New Retro Wave aesthetics<br \/>\nRobert&#8217;s thoughts on youtube channels uploading his work<br \/>\nPilleater&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hipytmnd.ytmnd.com\/\">Parody using Andy Milonakis rapping over Miami Nights 1984<\/a><\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3839-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Robert-Parker.mp3\">Click Here<\/a> to download!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\"><span style=\"color: #1a0dab;\">Check out Robert Stark&#8217;s Paintings!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"75RF3EG8CMWVE\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Stark and co-host&nbsp;Pilleater&nbsp;talk to&nbsp;Robert Parker. Robert Parker is a Synthwave\/New Retro Wave musician &nbsp;from Stockholm, Sweden. Check out his&nbsp;SoundCloud,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Facebook Page Topics: How Robert started making tracker techno music in the 1990&rsquo;s, and got into New Retro Wave in 2009 after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=3839\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Stark interviews New Retro Wave Artist Robert Parker<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572,141,542,457,459,795,852,748,140,600,853,694,851,747,695],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","category-80s-music","category-aesthetics","category-art","category-culture","category-cyberpunk","category-florian-renner","category-italo-disco","category-music","category-neon","category-new-retro-wave","category-retro-futurism","category-robert-parker","category-synthwave","category-vaporwave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3839"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3852,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3839\/revisions\/3852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}