BEHIND THE ARCADE SCREENS:
The humans of The Violet Ghost
“An incredible performer. I saw them at Battle of The Beasts 2, and the music was immaculate. The composition, sound choice, and the sonically unique vibes make for an incredible listen anytime.” - Aria Vey
“The Violet Ghost switched things up with a moody and impressive set of synth beats that could power several Giallo or Cosmatos flicks. A cluster of Satanists even got up and danced with nary a bonfire in sight.” - Todd Wardrope
THE SYNTHS
The Violet Ghost sounds like waking up in a dream where the ‘80s never ended. Lush synths swell beneath decaying arcade machines, forgotten save files, and the flicker of CRT screens.
It’s not about chasing the past - it’s about digging it up, rewiring it, and turning it into something that still matters.
These aren’t songs, they are portals: fever dreams stitched together from static and memory, always just on the edge of remembering something important - like a name you used to use, or a promise you almost kept.
THE GAMEBOY GUITAR
Somewhere between a soldering iron and a power chord, a different kind of alchemy took root - old consoles, half-alive, fed through towers of authentic analog gear until they started singing again.
Real chiptune, sampled straight from the still-beating digital hearts of ancient machines, crackling and groaning beneath shimmering synths and guitar lines bent into shapes they were never meant to make.
This is retro as resurrection. The kind of music you play when you're out of lives, but still not done trying. The kind of sound that might just wake something ancient and wounded, still curled up deep inside. It’s music for the kids we were supposed to be.
THE GENESIS KEYTAR
A real keytar talks MIDI to hardware that lets a Sega Genesis answer through its controller port, turning a 16-bit console into a playable stage synth.
The signal does not stop at sound. MioXL routing lets the visualizer read the same notes, while Unity maps the keytar into 3D space so performance becomes light, geometry, and motion.
It is cartridge-era voltage pulled into the live room: keytar to console, console to reamp, reamp to stage, stage to haunted neon world.
THE QUEST
Sean Tseplaev began the journey, guided by the cinematic sweep of Tangerine Dream and the pulsing futurism of Vangelis and Giorgio Moroder. Sean brings soaring synths and grand orchestration as our legendary Keytar Commander.
Ian Nicolades followed the call of 80's nostalgia from Scandroid and the chip-metal fusion of Machinae Supremacy. "The Bearded Guitarist" flows between metal bite, lush synthwave licks, and the digital howls of ancient consoles.
A stray encounter in a Minneapolis hair salon led to a collaboration that felt less like starting a band and more like stumbling into a story that had already begun.
One writes with melody, the other with code. Together, they stitch together worlds: imperfect, impossible, held with hope, static, and the quiet certainty that every ghost in the machine deserves a second chance.