Announcing a new Adrian Star album in the works, but I will not be making the music. It is an album of other artists doing '80s style instrumental or vocal cover versions of Adrian Star songs. This new album will be called "Stargazing". If you're an artist interested in contributing a track, please contact me at the bottom of this page. Open to all synth, pop, or rock styles of music, but it has to have a 1980's sound.
Adrian's new short film/music video for "Crimes" is now live & posted below and has been selected for several film festivals.
Listen to album samplers below by starting the appropriate player underneath the album covers. If you like what you hear, you can instantly order the album via digital download by selecting the album cover image.
"EMULATOR II+" (2018)
"EMULATOR" (2014)
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"EMULATOR II" (2016)
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Adrian Star is a 1980's anachronism in music. His synth-pop sound is influenced heavily by genres of the '80s such as New Wave, Top 40 Pop, and R&B Dance. He uses vintage synthesizers and older analog recording equipment to achieve his signature sound. He does not use "soft synths" (software/virtual based instruments). He plays his basslines & melodies humanly on actual keyboards and uses real saxophones & guitars. No auto-tune vocal technology is used on his songs. He sticks to his '80s guns for his videos as well.
Lately, Official Version has been on the bill with legendary pop/new wave acts such as Berlin and Missing Persons.
Adrian Star has had 6 songs featured in films & commercials, appeared on many radio podcast shows, as well as more than a dozen directed music videos. Most recently, he has provided songs for the official soundtracks of the feature films Stealing Sunrise and Stealing Sunrise 2: Malibu Trail.
Adrian has released 3 albums to date, EMULATOR (2014), EMULATOR II (2016), & EMULATOR II+ (2018).
Gear List:
- EMU Emulator II+ (sampler/synthesizer workstation, operates on 5 1/4 inch floppy disks, circa 1984/85)
- Korg Poly 61 (synthesizer, circa 1982)
- Yamaha DX27 (synthesizer, circa 1986)
- BOSS DR 550 (drum module, circa 1989)
- Steinberg Cubase VST 5.0 Production Software (circa 2000)
- Apple MacIntosh Computer OS 9.2 w/ 512mb RAM (circa 2001)
Lately, Official Version has been on the bill with legendary pop/new wave acts such as Berlin and Missing Persons.
Adrian Star has had 6 songs featured in films & commercials, appeared on many radio podcast shows, as well as more than a dozen directed music videos. Most recently, he has provided songs for the official soundtracks of the feature films Stealing Sunrise and Stealing Sunrise 2: Malibu Trail.
Adrian has released 3 albums to date, EMULATOR (2014), EMULATOR II (2016), & EMULATOR II+ (2018).
Gear List:
- EMU Emulator II+ (sampler/synthesizer workstation, operates on 5 1/4 inch floppy disks, circa 1984/85)
- Korg Poly 61 (synthesizer, circa 1982)
- Yamaha DX27 (synthesizer, circa 1986)
- BOSS DR 550 (drum module, circa 1989)
- Steinberg Cubase VST 5.0 Production Software (circa 2000)
- Apple MacIntosh Computer OS 9.2 w/ 512mb RAM (circa 2001)
Audio players below are segments containing Adrian Star's music on various radio podcast shows.
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS
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