synthmachine
Synthmachine in 2024
Current songs we are learning and reworking to bring back into the set
New:
Banarama - Cruel Summer
Erasure - Sometimes
Revisiting:
Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Tears For Fears - Mad World
Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
Yazoo - Only You
2024 Showreel
We've compiled some photos, video clips, and songs to make a new Showreel
Synthmachine are:
A 3-piece 80's synth covers band, Julienne, Dom and Chris have played together in bands for over 12 years, previously as a rock covers band but, in 2014, we decided to move the band in a totally new direction, and started working on the 80's synth covers we are now performing live.
We've been totally blown away by the popularity of what we're doing now, and we've been perfecting the sounds to get the authentic synth sounds of the 80's.
Perfect for birthday parties, weddings, corporate gigs, public and private events, we provide a show unlike any other, with professional integrated lighting and full PA system.
We can take you back to the charts from the 1980's with covers by artists including Depeche Mode, OMD, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Eurythmics, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Human League and many more...
Synthmachine do Classic '80s Synthpop:
Think: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Gary Numan, New Order, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys, Eurythmics, Erasure, A-Ha, Yazoo, The Communards, Soft Cell, Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Tears For Fears, Cameo
Live at The Squirrel Inn
The hottest September day in 2023 so far, and our 101st gig (we think)
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Online Booking Enquiry Form
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2024 Events
March 2024
- March 16th 2024
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The Live and Let Live, Larkhall Lane, Harpole, Northampton NN7 4DP
April 2024
- Saturday April 13th 2024
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London Calling 11/13 Castle St, Rugby CV21 2TP
- Saturday April 20th 2024 from 9pm
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The Squirrel Inn, Church Street, Rugby CV21 3PU
May 2024
Sunday May 5th 2024 - 16.30 to 17.10 Doors open at 4pm
MorganFest 5 - The Squirrel Inn, Church Street, Rugby CV21 3PU
Synthmachine will start off MorganFest 5 at 4.30pm on Sunday May 5th
June 2024
- Saturday June 1st 2024
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The Ale Pole, 30 Sheaf St, Daventry NN11 4AB
July 2024
- Friday July 5th 2024 6pm
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Napton Festival, Napton On The Hill, Southam, Warwickshire, CV47 8LS
- Saturday July 13th OR Sunday July 14th - Date and Time To Be Confirmed
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Crick Music Festival, Bury Dyke, Crick, United Kingdom, NN6 7XA
August 2024
- Saturday August 3rd 2024
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The Squirrel Inn, Church Street, Rugby CV21 3PU
September 2024
- Saturday September 14th 2024
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London Calling 11/13 Castle St, Rugby CV21 2TP
November 2024
- Saturday November 16th 2024
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London Calling 11/13 Castle St, Rugby CV21 2TP
Live Recordings Videos and Photos
Synthmachine Lockdown Videos
Recorded at our separate homes, using mobile phones, and playing along separately to a "live" recoding from one of our gigs, then mixed by Ju and compiled into a lockdown video
The Communards ; Don't Leave Me This Way (cover version) COVID-19 Lockdown Version
Aha : Take On Me (Cover version) - COVID-19 Lockdown version
Depeche Mode : Just Can't Get Enough (Cover version) - COVID-19 Lockdown version
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark : Enola Gay (Cover version) - COVID-19 Lockdown version
Pet Shop Boys : Always On My Mind (Cover version) - COVID-19 Lockdown version
Kraftwerk : The Model (Cover version) - COVID-19 Lockdown version
Tears For Fears : Shout (cover version) - COVID-19 Lockdown version
Gary Numan : Cars (Cover version) - COVID-19 Lockdown version
Synthmachine YouTube Channel
Live (sound) recording at The Bell and Barge, December 10, 2015 of OMD's Maid of Orleans. Photos are from gigs at The Squirrel and The Web Ellis in Rugby.
Live cover of Kraftwerk's The Model - sound recording from The Milestone, Sheffield, April 16th 2016
Studio recording of Gary Numan's Are Friends Electric - Julienne did some graphics, and Dom turned the graphics and music into a video
Synthmachine Live at Daxtonbury performing Blue Monday
punkroksal recorded us playing the Daxtonbury Festival on Sunday 1th July 2017
Synthmachine doing A-Ha's Take On Me at Hook Norton Festival, 2018
Our friend Tim Yorath took this video at the 2018 Hook Norton Festival of Fine Beers
Synthmachine Live Videos on Youtube by MegaStrangeWorld (Max Amos)
Max recorded our performance of OMD's Enola Gay at our first gig at The Alex, in Rugby in April 2019
Synthmachine perform "The Model" at The Wheeltapper, Rugby on Friday 10th May 2019
Synthmachine perform "It's A Sin" at The Squirrel Inn, Rugby - Sunday 12th May 2019
Max captures Synthmachine covering Depeche Mode's "Everything Counts" and Aha's "Take On Me" live at The Squirrel Inn, Rugby - Saturday July 13th 2019
Recordings on ReverbNation
Depeche Mode's Everything Counts from the December 10th gig at The Bell and Barge, Rugby
OMD's Enola Gay from the December 10th gig at The Bell and Barge, Rugby
Kraftwerk's The Model recorded April 2016 at The Milestone, Crystal Peaks, Sheffield
Photos
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