From the ashes of the 1980s

I gre up in the 1980s, and synth pop was one of the dominant forces on the radio. I must have absorbed more of it via osmosis than I thought because I've taken a cotton to checking out the various modern interpreters of the genre. I seem to have plenty of company because last week's Switched On Synths at House of Targ was pretty packed. Hard Science kicked things off. Here's Arturo!



The other side of Arturo!



Growly Targ perogie announcer, 80s dance night host and World War 4 singer Josh kicked in some vocals.



And so on!



Next, all the way from Glasgow, Michael Oakley!



Greenish action!



Michael emotes!



He's quite an engaging performer!



He certainly knows how to work a crowd.



Dana Jean Phoenix went the extra mile with a keytar and a bevy of lights.



And let us not forget the light-up tiara.



Somewhere  there's a naked Christmas tree.



Keyboard action!



Keytar action!



And so on!



Dana jumps about!



There's going to be more synth-pop at Targ with Parallels and Mecha Maiko, plus local bouncy techno chap pH May 11.