{"id":5856,"date":"2017-09-30T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T00:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=5856"},"modified":"2017-09-30T00:04:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T00:04:36","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-synthwave-artist-damokles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=5856","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews Synthwave Artist Damokles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5859 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles.jpg 960w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/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>Robert Stark, Sam Kevorkian, and J.G Michael talk to Swedish Synthwave Artist Damokles. Check out his work on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/damokles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-sb=\"\/beacon\/clk;_ylt=AwrTceLH0s5ZrNsAFSEPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByb2lvbXVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--\" data-08d=\"59ced2c7e11a3\">SoundCloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DamoklesSword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-sb=\"\/beacon\/clk;_ylt=AwrTcdsK085ZdJoAv8APxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByYnR1Zmd1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--\" data-31e=\"59ced30aac02c\"> Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/future80s.bandcamp.com\/album\/time-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-sb=\"\/beacon\/clk;_ylt=A86.J3Zm0s5ZTX8AvrcPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByb2lvbXVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--\" data-dbc=\"59ced2670687f\"> Future 80&#8217;s\u00a0Records<\/a>\u00a0which produces his music.<\/p>\n<p>Topics:<\/p>\n<p>Intro: Into the Future from the new <a href=\"https:\/\/future80s.bandcamp.com\/album\/time-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-sb=\"\/beacon\/clk;_ylt=A86.J3Zm0s5ZTX8AvrcPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByb2lvbXVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--\" data-dbc=\"59ced2670687f\">Time Machine<\/a> album<br \/>\nDamokles&#8217; new\u00a014 track album\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/future80s.bandcamp.com\/album\/time-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-sb=\"\/beacon\/clk;_ylt=A86.J3Zm0s5ZTX8AvrcPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByb2lvbXVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--\" data-dbc=\"59ced2670687f\">Time Machine<\/a><br \/>\nThe Time Travel Theme; Back to the Future<br \/>\nCreating synth music since the 70&#8217;s<br \/>\nInfluences including Kraftwerk<br \/>\nFavorite songs including Yazoo&#8217;s Don&#8217;t Go and Don&#8217;t You Want Me? by the Human League<br \/>\nExperimentation with synthesizers in the 80&#8217;s<br \/>\nBeing a DJ in the 80&#8217;s and how DJ culture has evolved<br \/>\nWorking as a\u00a0piano bar entertainer<br \/>\nThe New Retrowave genre and how it is different from original 80&#8217;s synth music<br \/>\nIndustrial music<br \/>\nThe future of electronic music, the mainstreaming of synthwave, and\u00a0the need for an alternative to mainstream pop<br \/>\nThe pros and cons of producing music online without large corporations<br \/>\nCinematic influences; sci-fi and horror<br \/>\nThe illustrations for the albums<br \/>\n80&#8217;s Retrofuturism<br \/>\nVisions of the future and how humans are\u00a0becoming\u00a0cyborgs<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5856-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Damokles.mp3\">Click Here<\/a> to download!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\"><span style=\"color: #1a0dab;\">This show is brought to you by 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Stark, Sam Kevorkian, and J.G Michael talk to Swedish Synthwave Artist Damokles. Check out his work on&nbsp;SoundCloud, Facebook, and Future 80&rsquo;s&nbsp;Records&nbsp;which produces his music. Topics: Intro: Into the Future from the new Time Machine album Damokles&rsquo; new&nbsp;14 track album&nbsp;Time Machine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=5856\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Stark interviews Synthwave Artist Damokles<\/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":[807,572,819,141,752,542,429,459,1122,428,548,370,371,823,423,812,1124,140,853,822,694,1063,603,678,543,747,744,1123,469],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1970s","category-1980s","category-1990s","category-80s-music","category-90s-music","category-aesthetics","category-cinema","category-culture","category-damokles","category-film","category-futurism","category-horror","category-horror-films","category-industrial-music","category-internet","category-j-g-michael","category-kraftwerk","category-music","category-new-retro-wave","category-rammstein","category-retro-futurism","category-sam-kevorkian","category-science-fiction","category-space-travel","category-sweden","category-synthwave","category-technology","category-time-travel","category-transhumanism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5856","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=5856"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5870,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5856\/revisions\/5870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}