Waaaaaay back in June 2021 (So not that long ago… it just seems that way!) we took a dive into the world of Jason Priest (AKA Antoni Maiovvi) and were pleasantly surprised by the stunning Synthwave emanating from within Jason Priest Is Missing. Following up something that we deemed to “encapsulate everything that the term ‘wave’ (Read: synth, dark, etc)” represents is no easy task but luckily, Jason Priest did the homework and follows up that with a colorfully complex collection of tracks that takes our previous assessment and turns it on its’ head.
[Read more…]Jason Priest Finds Ziggy Stardust For Modern Synthwave On Jason Priest Is Missing
The alter ego of Antoni Maiovvi, think of Jason Priest as synthwave’s answer to Ziggy Stardust and on this, the debut full-length, Priest gets a fitting soundtrack for his introduction into the world. Combining the hopefulness and nostalgia of New Order with the raw, Electro-fied emotion of The Soft Moon, Jason Priest Is Missing captures this undeniably electric feeling on a record that encapsulates everything that the term “wave” (Read: synth, dark, etc) should be attached to from here on out.
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