L.A. To Mars, by Baldhero & Van Whelan

L.A. To Mars

by Baldhero & Van Whelan

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pike Solid Synthwave from Canada. Nothing you haven't heard before but it's clearly a product of love for the 1980s and maple syrup! Favorite track: San Dimas (Van Damme's Workout).

Landyachtz Used this song in our video "SKATEBOARDING AN ABANDONED WATERPARK"
youtu.be/WsgKyqMaX8Y Favorite track: Los Angeles (Testarossa).

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1.	Code 6EQUJ5 (Intro. for LA to Mars Video) 02:14	buy track
2.	Los Angeles (Testarossa) 02:45	buy track
3.	Baldwin Park (Tears for Gowan) 03:08	buy track
4.	San Dimas (Van Damme's Workout) 03:30	buy track
5.	Claremont (Det. Billy Roosewood) 03:30	buy track
6.	Upland (Ode to Tubbs) 03:08	buy track
7.	Victorville (Jed Eckert's Anthem) 02:30	buy track
8.	Barstow (Journey to the Ivory Tower)* 03:59	buy track
9.	Fort Irwin (The Hoff) 03:13	buy track
10.	Goldstone Deep Communication Complex (SHV 20905) 03:18	buy track
11.	Mars (The Resurrection of Goose) 03:22	buy track

about

October 27, 1984. NASA hardware engineer Dr. Ryan Cresler has just received potentially civilization-altering information from the Mars listening station in the Mojave Desert. Jump in his Testarossa as he makes the drive from L.A. to Mars...

LA to Mars is an 80’s inspired synthesizer animated concept album. You can check out the full video and story here: youtu.be/vdRmP3NAgJg

If you like the theme from Air Wolf, Jan Hammer (Miami Vice), John Carpenter, Tangerine Dream, Drive soundtrack, Kung Fury soundtrack & retro-synth masters S U R V I V E/Stranger Things soundtrack (or just synthwave in general) we're pretty sure you'll find something of interest on here. We hope the video and the album hits you right in the Rubik’s Cube with some warm and fuzzy 80’s nostalgia. Enjoy!

Synthwave Nerd Stuff: All tracks were recorded in Presonus Studio One V2 using the following Soft Synths: U-he Diva, TAL-U-NO-LX, Korg Polysix and Presonus Presence. Modified presets by Howard Scar, Bronto Scorpio, Luftrum, The Unfinished, Darren Burgen, Fritz & Binary Oblivian (and others) are heavily featured throughout.

All drum samples were taken from a vintage Linn drum machine and were recorded with a Yamaha DTXpress II drumkit.

credits

released October 28, 2017

Produced & Mixed by Baldhero

Synthesizers: Baldhero
Electronic drums: Van Whelan

Special thanks to Katie Noah for the intro solo in Baldwin Park (0:19), arpeggiated sequence (1:05) and electric piano (2:08) in Fort Irwin and outro Moog solo in Mars (2:28).

Album Cover by Baldhero (Background from Rad Pack 80's Theme by Nate Wren)

Motion Graphics by Glenn Bukacheski.

*A little bit of a musical shout out in the outro to one of my favourite movie scores as a kid. Thank you Giorgio Moroder for the awesome music!

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Baldhero & Van Whelan Ottawa, Ontario

Kicking open the next sonic frontier, BHVW insist that all synthwave isn't created equal. The latest album, “Hero’s Journey”, charts the rise of a protagonist riding the soundtrack of some of the most familiar sounds you’ve never heard before. Indebted to the past, never derivative, yet at once accessible and challenging, nostalgic and progressive and unabashedly your father’s synthwave. ... more

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