Tom Andersson (born 26 September 1984), known professionally as Waveshaper, is a Swedish electronic musician [1] specialising in synthwave. Inspired by artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk and Daft Punk, as well as 80s movie soundtracks, his music is retrofuturistic and is composed with a variety of hardware synthesizers, including the ARP 2600, Roland Jupiter-4, and Korg MS-20. [2] He released his debut album Tracks To The Future on the label Lunar Boogie in 2013, [3] and the EP Sounds That Kill on Telefuture Records in 2014. [4] In 2015, he released the four-track vinyl record Solar Drifter on the Swedish synthwave label Rad Rush Records. [5]
Andersson also featured in the 2019 documentary film The Rise of the Synths which explored the origins and growth of the Synthwave genre, appearing alongside various other composers from the scene, including Carpenter Brut. John Carpenter also starred in and narrated the film.
Year | Title | Record Label | Notes |
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2013 | Tracks To The Future [6] | Lunar Boogie | |
2014 | Retro Future [7] | Self released | |
2015 | Exploration 84 [8] | ||
2016 | Station Nova [9] | NewRetroWave | |
2018 | Lost Shapes [10] | Self released | |
2019 | Artifact [11] | ||
2021 | Mainframe [12] | ||
2022 | Forgotten Shapes [13] |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2015 | Solar Drifter | |
2017 | Velocity |
Year | Title | Album |
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2014 | Dangerous Love | Retro Future |
So French Disco | ||
Radio Signal | Exploration 84 | |
2015 | Hardware Passion | Station Nova |
2017 | 66 MHz | |
2019 | The Guardian | Artifact |
100 MHz | ||
Data Source | ||
2020 | CRT Days | |
The Disk Hunter | ||
Vivid Stars | ||
Walking in the Air | ||
2021 | 33 MHz | |
Eternal Journey (Station Nova Bonus) | ||
Friends Again | Mainframe | |
Lost in the Cloud | ||
The Phantom Machine (Movie Edit) | ||
2022 | Gigabot | |
Terrabot | ||
Pixel Force | ||
Keep on Running | (From "In Search of Tomorrow") | |
Disco on the Baltic Sea | Forgotten Shapes | |
Commute | ||
Artificial Elements | ||
E.P.R.O.M. (w/ Oscillian) | ||
2023 | Megabot | |
Exabot | ||
Hearts |
Year | Title | Record Label | Notes |
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2018 | Lost Shapes Reinvented | Album - Self released | |
2020 | Heard it On The Radio - Waveshaper Remix | Million Musique | Single |
Invincible - Remix | Joyful Noise Recordings & Magic Sword | ||
I Drive (Waveshaper Remix [The Rise of the Synths Presents] | Lakeshore Records | ||
2021 | Less Than Zero (feat. King Protea) [Waveshaper Remix] | FiXT | Single, Also provided instrumental track |
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