The 19th and 20th centuries brought forth visions of a humanitarian utopia. Edison commercialized his electric lights, Jules Verne released 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and H. G. Wells released his book The Time Machine. In 1903 Henry Ford released the model A, his first commercial vehicle abd the Wright Brother’s took their first flight. In the span of 100 years between 1900 and 2000 humanity developed air conditioning (1902), neon lights (1902), vinyl records (1948), television (1925), home refrigeration (1913) and the first manned spacecraft (1957).

Innovations in health, science and computing paved the way for a better world. This might be nostalgia talking but the decades after WW2 seem to be full of hope. Conflicts were still raging but the greatest war in all of history was finally over, nothing could be worse then that. Technology could do nothing but make the world a better place.

A growing trend among people around the world is a return to technology of a bygone era. For some that’s the 60’s and 70’s. Pastel green walls, drive-ins and diners, neon lights. For other’s it's a return to the 80s or 90s. Lines of green computer code, MSN Messanger, cubicles and software.The most recent wave of nostalgia looks at the 2000s; The decade of Windows XP, Geocities and MySpace. The combination of nature and technology joined together during the early 2000s is called Fruteger Aero, combining skyscrapers and nature in a blend together.

Sovietwave lies somewhere within this realm. A musical subgenre of synthwave, Sovietwave is often filled with sounds of melancholy, hope and happiness. Not bombastic, not splattered with neon paint. On the contrary, we find a world where nature, technology and humanity live together in harmony. Inspired by the Socialist movements of Soviet Russia, Sovietwave is a glimpse of an alternate reality, what if things had gone differently? It is a vision of the Utopias people dreamed of rather then what we got.