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All About ORAX ! Retrowave/ Synthwave Artist ORAX's Career and Life

Who is ORAX ? Biography of Orax ORAX is an Italian musician and producer. His genre could be basically described as ‘’synthwave’’. His music also has elements from 80’s electronic music. He is a very successful musician in especially mixing the modern synthwave and 80’s sound. The soundtracks of 1980’s cult movies is very effective on his sound. He is also influenced by 1980’s English New Wave. He gave concerts in some major cities of the world such as NYC, Helsinki, Cologne, Milan, London, Paris and more. ORAX's Early Career ORAX is a really successful guitarist. From 1995 to 2003, he took part in an Italian electronic music band, XILEMA as guitarist and composer. In 2011 he started his first...

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The History of Synthwave

Do you remember the 80's? The era of roller skates, VHS and Walkman cassette, the golden age of neon’s, synths and future. The 80’s were an era when we used to fantasize a lot about the future. From the dystopian post-apocalyptic vision of the future to the high-tech utopian fantasy, the 80’s were like a draft of the  present. The Legend of Synthwave The nostalgia of that spirit led, at the beginning of the 2000s, to the appearance of a new kind of electronic music that goes by the name of Synthwave. A new kind of music ? Well, not completely. That’s why today we go back, to the future! You may have noticed there’s a lot of nostalgia going...

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How To Create 80s Style Retrowave / Synthwave Art in Adobe Photoshop

Creation of 80s Style Retrowave Synthwave Art Just like the Retrowave music genre, the aesthetics of the 1980s have inspired the popular art style that incorporates visual elements from 80s arcades, action movies, fashion and pop culture. Wireframe computer graphics, reflective chrome text, electric blues and hot pinks are just some of the themes associated with this nostalgic style. Follow along with this Adobe Photoshop tutorial to create your own retro artwork, featuring a surreal sci-fi scene with vivid colours.   Later You can immerse yourself with 80s inspired art with a quick Pinterest or Tumblr search, where you’ll quickly discover reoccurring elements and styles that form the basis of this popular look. Some of those features we’ll use in...

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What is Outrun ? History of Outrun

Outrun's Background Outrun is a 1980s-themed retrofuturistic visual craftsmanship and music style related with the electronic classes electro, synthwave, futuresynth, new retrowave and vaporwave. The style is named after the famous 1986 arcade hustling diversion Out Run. On September twentieth, 1986, the 3D third-individual arcade hustling amusement Out Run[5] was discharged, in which players control a Ferrari Testarossa Spider sports vehicle while dashing down different roads in a tropical area. Throughout the following five years, the amusement was discharged on the Sega Master System and Sega Genesis comforts.   Then Outrun  On March 31st, 2006, the computer game OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast was discharged for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Windows and Xbox frameworks. On February 22nd, 2013, the...

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History of Game Boy

GAME BOY  Gunpei Yokoi, the creator of Game Boy, developed a game called Game & Watch. This device, which sells over 43 million units in the world, was a revolution and started the era of handheld game consoles.Although Game & Watch has only been available for 2 years, the great success it has been achieved with led screens. Yokoi and his team to develop a new 8-bit R & D system. This is called Game Boy and was launched on April 21, 1989 in Japan.While the device was powered by four AA batteries, it was also able to work with a 6V DC adapter. There was a headphone jack at the bottom. Apart from these, the legendary connection entrance was also on the side. With...

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