The entire album was created using hardware synthesizers, primarily to give a reality to the timing and sense of the retrospective only hardware synths can give. An album that gives a mixture of uptempo and ambient in a shorter format than the usual electronic music of today. Electro Retro strives to give the listener a feel for the new sound synthesisers gave to the listening public. A sound, which in its heyday was not thought of as real music, but as a new world of the new wave of synthetic sounds. A sound that today seems more historic than commercial.

Heavy rhythms, sweeping synth combined with real bass sounds and synthetic leads all go into the "Electro Retro" mixing pot.

The artwork was left to the artist RIKO. He was given free reign to create a unique feel to an album cover that stands true to the original electronic feel through imagery. To see more of RIKO's work go to http://theoldtin.blogspot.com.

1. Snoodle
2. Rom Etal
3. Lushed
4. Electro Retro
5. Shred
6. Too Hot 2Bot
7. Moon Blue
8. Electrospective Skuz
9. Wired Again

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 12/31/2010
Ambient Teknology lives in Cornwall England

Tagged as: Electronica, Techno, IDM

1. Green by Arphaus: aficionado of deep house, IDM and ABBA
2. Pieces (extended) by Adam Fielding: atmospheric dance music with cool vocals
3. Singles Volume 1 by Christian Laki: a blend of artsy, quirky, 60's retro
4. Electroluv by Mr Gelatine: buzzy, trippy, glitchy melodic electronica
5. Versions by Version: Electro-Reggae-Blues.
6. Hyphen by Braindouche: experimental ambient, all flavors, no waiting
7. Distant Activity by Adam Fielding: atmospheric dance music with cool vocals
8. Faces of Epiphany by Kenji Williams: ambient/IDM with a dash of dub
9. Severed by Lie Big: Brooding, melodic grunge
10. Fashion Themes by Alexander Lisenkov: Lounge and dance electronic music with elements of jazz and ethnic
11. Pale Fire by Dead Leaf Echo: dreamy shoe-gazing pop
12. Vernissage Morceaux by Wavebuffet: jazzy eclectic and elegant dancefloor friendly electronica
13. Aluminum Forest by Aluminum Forest: folktronic - where parallel realities from the future meet the past
14. Bleeding Black Old Sun by Petar Alargic: a vision inspiring voyage across the diameters of your imagination
15. Unreachable Destiny by DJ Markitos: happy trance
16. Zeitpunkt by Monoide: minimal, hypnotic and mesmerizing electronic music.

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