Week 29 - November 8, 2024
EPISODE 29 of Z-GR! Radio
Z-GR! Radio overview right from your Host:
- My name is Scot Apathy – I’m the lead singer for Zero-G Racetrack, and I curate the ‘Floating Around the Racetrack’ Spotify/YouTube playlist. It’s not a pay for play list; I personally choose what’s on it based on what I hear. True story.
- For Z-GR! Radio, I pull from tracks/artists on the playlist (current and archived) and include newer finds that might not be on the list yet (but likely will be).
- The artists included come from myriad genres, geographical locations and stage of growth. I stay away from mainstream established artists, but I will play artists that I’ve followed as they grow. I love it when emerging artists gain traction, and I like to celebrate it.
- I include a cover song each week, and highly recommend checking out MetroVeteran’s (Ruel Smith) ‘Synthwave Covers’ Spotify playlist. There are 900+ great tracks on that list.
- I post a page like this each week to help you find out more about the artists you heard on this week’s show and to make it easy to do so.
- I’m working with NEWHD on a Featured Artist program, and I’ll note those artists as they appear.
Have fun with the list below, enjoy the artists/music and…
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Episode Twenty Nine - On Demand
Z-GR! Radio Episode Twenty Nine Lineup
O.a.G / Future Analog - Running - Future Analog Remix
O.a.G. is a transatlantic electronic duo composed of Iwan Bedford (UK) and Wesley Reid (US) creating Synth-Pop/Retrowave/Dancepop music. They are big into joints with other artists, and for this track, they’ve chosen Future Analog, who also works with multiple collaborators including among others Aztec Records label mates and Z-GR! Radio favorite Bunny X. We’re opening things up this week with the Future Analog Remix of ‘Running’ right here on NEWHD Rock Evolution.
O.a.G
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Future Analog
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RogueFX / Hollywood Brown - Nightcrawling
Rogue FX AKA Andrew Wood guested on Episode 16 and appeared again on Episode 23 – lots of great stuff coming out of his label FiloFX, and I’ll get to that in the weeks ahead, but I’ve been looking forward to playing ‘Nightcrawling’ for a while now. It’s a joint between RogueFX and Birmingham’s Hollywood Brown and it really sounds great.
RogueFX
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Hollywood Brown
Berlin Banter - Clockwork Orange
Germany’s Berlin Banter is a project by Chris Kobusch and frankly, I’m surprised that I haven’t come across his work sooner. He’s big on collaborations and has worked with several noteables including Sneaker Pimps vocalist Simonne Jones and Z-GR! Radio artist Mark Reeder. Lots of great tracks to choose from, but I decided on his latest – this is ‘Clockwork Orange’ and you’re hearing it here on NEWHD Rock Evolution.
The Antipøp Mvmt - Yours Truly
The Anitipop Movement is a project by Los Angeles native and LGBT artist OpheliaX and overall has a really great polished Pop sound – , ‘Yours Truly’ has been on my radar for the show for a while now – There’s a calm before the storm, but once it kicks in, Ophelia X makes a statement or several.
Bite The Bullet - I'll Be Fine
Copenhagen’s Bite The Bullet is one of my favorite new artists for show – this track, ‘I’ll be Fine’ caught my ear with some really cool, really creative sound design and it’s straight ahead 4 on the floor rock vibe. The more I hear it, the more I like it.
James McCartney - Beautiful
It’s really great to see the kids of the legendary members of the Beatles making modern music – I had Julian Lennon on a few weeks back and this time it’s James McCartney, son of Linda and Sir Paul. Like Julian, you can catch a bit of his father’s tone in his voice, but he still brings his own thing.
Tonic Ocean - Danger
Magnetic Skies - I Opened Up My Eyes
European Synth-Pop / Electronic Rock artist Magnetic Eyes have been at it since 2019 – they have a 2023 release, but I reached back to 2022 for ‘I Opened My Eyes’. I always like to hear rock tracks that lean into a foundation of analog synth sounds, and these guys do it really well.
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Wants - Fate and Fear
Calagry’s Wants does a great job of bringing the creative synth sound – they self describe as dark ‘radioactive synth-pop and neon fallout’ – I don’t know about all that, but I do know that I dig their sound and especially ‘Fate and Fear’ off of their 2023 self-titled EP.
Spacehotel - Infilitrator
Dare Summer - I Want One
London’s Dare Summer’s ‘I Want One’ is one of my favorite of the latest round of songs to feature on Z-GR! Radio – the wordplay is fun and catchy and the track carries a groove that sticks with you. She’s got a bunch more cool tracks, so make sure you check her out.
Alex Midi / Lonna - Doctor, Doctor
I always see the Thompson Twins as an underappreciated 80’s act – they had several hits, an amazing appearance at Live Aid and several cool MTV videos, so I’m always surprised that more people don’t know them, but Mexico’s Alex Midi is trying to fix that by delivering an excellent cover of 1984’s ‘Doctor Doctor.
Alex Midi
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Lonna
Zero-G Racetrack - Slave To My Ego
As Z-GR!’s vocalist, I have some insight on this track – I wrote the vocal as I was transitioning out of a long-term relationship, and realized that I had boxed up several things that I liked about myself to accommodate the relationship. The track is about self-realization within the context of a personal reboot, and making sure that you don’t go sideways during the process.
M.K. Kahn - Laugh Now Cry Never
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