Waveshaper (Tom Andersson, synthwave producer from Sweden)

Tom Andersson (born 26 September 1984), known professionally as Waveshaper, is a Swedish electronic musician 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. He released his debut album Tracks To The Future on the label Lunar Boogie in 2013, and the EP Sounds That Kill on Telefuture Records in 2014. In 2015, he released the four-track vinyl record Solar Drifter on the Swedish synthwave label Rad Rush Records. 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. Part of the soundtrack for Furi Remixed the song "Eden" for the 2016 synthwave album Scandroid "Waveshaper - Music". Soundcloud. Retrieved 22 June 2015. "Interview: Waveshaper" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Neon Vice. Retrieved 11 February 2015. "Waveshaper - Tracks To The Future". Lunar Boogie. Retrieved 13 May 2013. "Waveshaper:Sounds That Kill". Telefuture Records. Retrieved 3 April 2015. "Waveshaper - Solar Drifter"[permanent dead link]. Rad Rush Records. Retrieved 2 February 2015. Station Nova by Waveshaper on Apple Music, 2016-05-13, retrieved 2024-02-16 Lost Shapes by Waveshaper on Apple Music, 2018-04-16, retrieved 2024-02-16 Artifact by Waveshaper on Apple Music, 2019-05-06, retrieved 2024-02-16