Today on the show Andy chats with Jess Blaise Ward, author of the book “Making Synthwave: How an Online Music Community Invented a Genre”. Jess talks about her musical upbringing, writing her PHD, and the process of putting the book together. Jess was also in charge of the playlist and picked some of her favourite tracks! If you like what you’re hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth You can check out Jess Blaise Ward and the Book here: https://www.routledge.com/Making-Synthwave-How-an-Online-Music-Community-Invented-a-Genre/BlaiseWard/p/book/9781032732039 https://jessicablaiseward.wixsite.com/blaiserunner https://www.instagram.com/blaisejess https://open.spotify.com/artist/6b3Mo22D2dZ3mdh62FvOnl Don’t Forget to Check out ALL the artists featured on the show: Jessie Frye & Ollie Wride - Malibu Broken https://soundcloud.com/jessiefrye https://www.instagram.com/jessiefryemusic/ https://www.youtube.com/user/jfryemusic?feature=watch https://www.facebook.com/jessiefryeband https://bsky.app/profile/jessiefrye.bsky.social Ollie Wride: https://soundcloud.com/olliewride https://open.spotify.com/artist/1anhHn744LbctzF9EHpvea?si=V8BuzwZvTyy19rdaWGDXYg https://www.instagram.com/olliewride/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDTKs4N0RW8&feature=youtu.be Dana Jean Phoenix - “Synth City” (prod Till Wild) https://soundcloud.com/dana-jean-phoenix https://danajeanphoenix.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/danajeanphoenix/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0XXvmAHHzCFNx5p2-HaqGA https://www.facebook.com/danajeanphoenix Till Wild: https://soundcloud.com/tillwild https://tillwild.bandcamp.com/track/on-a-summer-night https://www.instagram.com/tillwild/ Jess Blaise Ward - “Resistance Song” https://open.spotify.com/artist/6b3Mo22D2dZ3mdh62FvOnl https://www.routledge.com/Making-Synthwave-How-an-Online-Music-Community-Invented-a-Genre/BlaiseWard/p/book/9781032732039 https://jessicablaiseward.wixsite.com/blaiserunner https://www.instagram.com/blaisejess Rose Thaler - “Under The Sea” https://soundcloud.com/rosethalermusic https://rosethaler.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rosethalermusic/ https://www.facebook.com/RoseThalerMusic https://www.youtube.com/rosethaler Gunship - “Fly For Your Life” https://soundcloud.com/gunshipmusic https://gunshipmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PALZKWkpwjRvBsRmhlVSS https://www.instagram.com/gunshipmusic/ https://www.facebook.com/GUNSHIPMusic Timecop1983 - “Back to You (feat. The Bad Dreamers)” https://soundcloud.com/timecop1983 https://timecop1983.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/iamtimecop1983/ https://www.facebook.com/timecop1983 The Bad Dreamers: https://soundcloud.com/thebaddreamers https://thebaddreamers.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thebaddreamers/ https://www.facebook.com/thebaddreamersmusic Bunny X - “Daydreaming” https://soundcloud.com/bunny-x https://bunnyx.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Jm30qu7cd4QfXkJSoYL6y https://www.instagram.com/bunny_xmusic/ https://www.facebook.com/bunnyXmusic/ https://bsky.app/profile/bunnyxofficial.bsky.social Aeronexus - “Debris Disc” https://soundcloud.com/theaeronexus https://aeronexus.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.instagram.com/theaeronexus/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSoiBy0Pr_1wRcTNnv1BKDw https://www.facebook.com/TheAeronexus/