Today my guest is an artist of whom I would claim for he’s at the threshold of establishing a new genre in Synth music, and I would call this genre: Progressive Synthwave! So, what do I mean with that? Just as in rock music there were bands like Saga or Yes or Rush who just tried to push the style they were in to its very limits, my artist today is pushing the Synthwave genre to former unknown grandezza.

Of course I’m talking about Maxx Parker and if you haven’t heard his latest albums like “Infinite Blue” or “Lodge on the Lake” you should really do that because there’s such awesome work on those releases.  

For the songs on his awesome debut album “Outsider” Maxx Parker collaborated with so fantastic artists like Young Empress, Syst3m Glitch and GeoVoc among others. Even on his debut album which was obviously aiming at the retrowave scene, Maxx was already far from being the average mainstream artist.  

On his album “Infinite Blue” Maxx Parker incorporated many sounds formerly unknown in Synthwave/Retrowave like pan drums, synth pan flutes, all kinds of chaka-chaka percussion and also natural ambient sounds like splashing waves. Maxx Parker’s latest release to date was an EP called “Lodge on the Lake”. Personally I think, it’s my favourite release of him so far. So don't hesitate to check out this podcast episode with one of the most interesting and prolific producers of today's Synth scene!

Music played in the episode:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5sjlX4c1SAnzh85lQ1UdRU?si=fa91cc9df60640c9

https://open.spotify.com/track/405MzOxPMpP2edAVmz5CA8?si=3c5b872ab4524111

https://open.spotify.com/track/0qTjkSx3KApUGHCBRcBzcq?si=a048369186df43af

https://open.spotify.com/track/01LiSxLapqCbPJJSh8G099?si=0c355052019940f9