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There's something magnetic about the sound of the 1980s, the decade where synths predominated, drum machines throbbed like the heart, and every song sounded like a movie adventure. And with their latest offering "Dust of a Future Past - 80S Synth Remix", the band Secretary of Fate captures that magic, giving us another reason to add this to the soundtrack of our Summer of Synth.
This remix isn't so much a reinterpretation of one of their own cuts as it is a bona fide time capsule. From the opening chords, listeners are immersed in a retro-futurist world where neon lights reflect off midnight highways and the night air is thick with possibility. It's not a slathering of memories for memories' sake, but a reinterpretation of the original song with the calm languor of artists who know perfectly well that the 80s have always had a place in today's musical palette.
The remix throbs with transparent, crystalline synth layers, a steady electronic groove, and just enough atmospheric haze to make it feel slightly dreamlike. It's a song that'd feel right at home on a packed dance floor or pulsing from the speakers on a long drive under the stars. Each note possesses that right blend of striking drama and frolicsome energy, the sort of cocktail that has you wishing, if you're closing your eyes, that you're the star of your own 80s training montage.
"Dust of a Future Past - 80S Synth Remix" is the third part in Secretary of Fate's Summer of Synth series, a homage to the lasting impact of the sound of the 1980s. At a time when this throwback style of psychedelia can often sound exhausting or overly elaborate, this is a fun and immersive piece of work, a reminder that the textures of generations past are as relevant as ever. It is not imitation but transformation, the past dusted off, remixed, and varnished into something bright and fresh.