Waveshaper (musician) explained

Tom Andersson (born 26 September 1984), known professionally as Waveshaper, is a Swedish electronic musician[1] specialising in synthwave. Inspired by artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk and Daft Punk, as well as 80s movie soundtracks, his music is retrofuturistic and is composed with a variety of hardware synthesizers, including the ARP 2600, Roland Jupiter-4, and Korg MS-20.[2] He released his debut album Tracks To The Future on the label Lunar Boogie in 2013,[3] and the EP Sounds That Kill on Telefuture Records in 2014.[4] In 2015, he released the four-track vinyl record Solar Drifter on the Swedish synthwave label Rad Rush Records.[5]

Andersson also featured in the 2019 documentary film The Rise of the Synths which explored the origins and growth of the Synthwave genre, appearing alongside various other composers from the scene, including Carpenter Brut. John Carpenter also starred in and narrated the film.

Discography

Albums

!Year!Title!Record Label!Notes
2013Tracks To The Future [6] Lunar Boogie
2014Retro Future [7] Self released
2015Exploration 84 [8]
2016Station Nova NewRetroWave
2018Lost Shapes Self released
2019Artifact
2021Mainframe [9]
2022Forgotten Shapes [10]

EPs

!Year!Title!Notes
2015Solar Drifter
2017Velocity

Singles

!Year!Title!Album
2014Dangerous LoveRetro Future
So French Disco
Radio SignalExploration 84
2015Hardware PassionStation Nova
201766 MHz
2019The GuardianArtifact
100 MHz
Data Source
2020CRT Days
The Disk Hunter
Vivid Stars
Walking in the Air
202133 MHz
Eternal Journey (Station Nova Bonus)
Friends AgainMainframe
Lost in the Cloud
The Phantom Machine (Movie Edit)
2022Gigabot
Terrabot
Pixel Force
Keep on Running(From "In Search of Tomorrow")
Disco on the Baltic SeaForgotten Shapes
Commute
Artificial Elements
E.P.R.O.M. (w/ Oscillian)
2023Megabot
Exabot
Hearts

Remix releases

!Year!Title!Record Label!Notes
2018Lost Shapes ReinventedAlbum - Self released
2020Heard it On The Radio - Waveshaper RemixMillion MusiqueSingle
Invincible - RemixJoyful Noise Recordings & Magic Sword
I Drive (Waveshaper Remix [The Rise of the Synths Presents]Lakeshore Records
2021Less Than Zero (feat. King Protea)[Waveshaper Remix]FiXTSingle, Also providedinstrumental track

Other

Notes and References

  1. https://soundcloud.com/waveshaper-2 "Waveshaper - Music"
  2. http://www.neonvice.com/news//interview-waveshaper "Interview: Waveshaper"
  3. http://lunarboogie.com/releases/waveshaper-tracks-to-the-future/ "Waveshaper - Tracks To The Future"
  4. http://telefuturenow.com/waveshaper-sounds-that-kill/ "Waveshaper:Sounds That Kill"
  5. https://radrushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/solar-drifterep "Waveshaper - Solar Drifter"
  6. https://www.discogs.com/master/1708844-Waveshaper-Tracks-To-The-Future
  7. https://www.discogs.com/master/731431-Waveshaper-Retro-Future
  8. https://www.discogs.com/master/1388537-Waveshaper-Exploration-84
  9. https://www.discogs.com/master/2601632-Waveshaper-Mainframe
  10. https://www.discogs.com/master/2876518-Waveshaper-Forgotten-Shapes