[Thor Joachim Haga]

SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE was based on a book.

I mean, it’s not a big problem or anything. It’s just that, in the case of synthwave, there’s really no need for the juvenile extra layer of imaginary realities. The whole of synthwave is really one big imaginary reality.

I’m not a big fan of that Gorillaz band that Damon Albarn spearheads either, a virtual band. But at least there’s no pretense there. It’s the pretense that irritates me a bit, I think, and that you have to dig really hard to find the actual people who made it.