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.

Discography

Albums

Year Title Record Label Notes
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]

EPs

Year Title Notes
2015 Solar Drifter
2017 Velocity

Singles

Year Title Album
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

Remix releases

Year Title Record Label Notes
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

Other

  • Part of the soundtrack for Furi
  • Remixed the song "Eden" for the 2016 synthwave album Scandroid

References

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