Dark Smoke Signal

DSS is a Darksynth producer from Bristol, UK.

Incorporating elements of Metal, Cyberpunk and Synthwave flambéed with a splash of
80's cock-rock guitar into a melting pot of ingredients so uncool it’s delicious. DSS paints a dark cinematic world with splashes of
colour to ease the tension.

Songs are a mixDark Smoke Signal is synthwave artist and producer Alex Pope from the new music hotbed of Bristol, UK.

Alex started playing guitar from the age of 10, performing in various rock and metal bands with laughable monikers throughout the 90s and noughties. After graduating from Bristol with a degree in Audio Engineering, he started producing and mixing local artists which gave him the taste to produce his own material.

Discovering synthesizers proved a turning point and the obsessive nerd in Alex moved from 6 strings to keys, filters and envelopes. The neon world of Synthwave and artists such as Kavinsky, Gunship, Carpenter Brut and The Midnight provided the perfect genre and inspiration…the rest is history.

As an 80s child, Dark Smoke Signal is heavily influenced by pop culture from this era and this shows in his music. His well-received debut track for www.youthmusic.org.uk, ‘The Big Stage’ was released in summer 2018. Three follow up singles display some of the broad range of influences on his sound; ‘ED-209’ takes a Darksynth turn with its Dystopian theme; ‘Thunder Road’ is a throbbing ball of energy flambéed in 80’s hair metal guitar. His epic, award-winning synthwave story, ‘December Rose’ was featured on the New Retro Wave channel and won ‘Best Single’ in the inaugural Forever Synth awards for 2019.

Flickering in the shadows between the genres of Synthwave and Darksynth, songs are a mix of vocal and instrumental styles retaining a melodic edge the hook the listener in.

With extensive international radio airplay across some of Electronica’s highly rated programme’s and first solo shows under his belt, it’s been a promising first few months. Dark Smoke Signal has been featured on some of Synthwave’s most notable sites and blogs: Synthzone, Synth Heaven, Komputa Krush, Brash Magazine and Synth Redneck to name a few. His music has also been licenced out in promotional material for ‘The Swamp Thing’ Monster Truck.

In early 2019, Forever Synth presenter Joe Ward nudged a track in front of the guys at Retro Reverb Records and it transpired to be the perfect union. Dark Smoke Signal and RRR are now working together on his debut full length release out later this year which is sure to see him explode further out of the burgeoning retro-future music scene.

DSS incorporates live synth, sampling, guitar and vocals into his energetic shows that have got followers of the scene talking. This last year has seen him perform at the Retro Reverb Rhythms launch party and also earn support slots opening for the likes of Lebrock, Absolute Valentine and Lazerpunk.

Contact alex@darksmokesignal.com for further info and collaborations. of vocal and instrumental styles
retaining a melodic edge.

Member: Alex Pope

Website: https://darksmokesignal.com/
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DarkSmokeSignal/
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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-191160599
Bandcamp: https://darksmokesignal.bandcamp.com
https://retroreverbrecords.bandcamp.com/


CONNÖR & Dark Smoke Signal - Watch ('Em Burn) [Official Video]




Dark Smoke Signal & CONNÖR - Tearing the Wings off an Angel (Teared Apart) Visualizer




Dark Smoke Signal - MegaCorp [Official Video]




Dark Smoke Signal & The Less Dead - The River [Premiere Video]




† Dark Smoke Signal † - Ad Infernum Crowley Diabolus [Official Video] †




Dark Smoke Signal - December Rose [Official Video]




Dark Smoke Signal - Thunder Road [Official Video]




Dark Smoke Signal - ED-209 [Official Video]




Dark Smoke Signal - The Midnight - Los Angeles (Dark Smoke Signal Remix)




We Are Magonia - Synthwave Is Dead (Dark Smoke Signal Remix)




Dark Smoke Signal - Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover)

Tearing the Wings off an Angel (Teared Apart)
by Dark Smoke Signal & CONNÖR





A massive bass loaded Cyberpunk remix of my original track by the maestro CONNÖR

Visit CONNÖR's page to check out his killer work:
connoer.bandcamp.com

My original track can be found here:
darksmokesignal.bandcamp.com/track/tearing-the-wings-off-an-angel

released April 19, 2024

Remix produced by CONNÖR
Written by EFX and Alex Pope
Artwork by Artmazigh


Watch ('em Burn)
by CONNÖR & Dark Smoke Signal




An homage to The Running Man

Alternative version without movie samples available here; connoer.bandcamp.com/album/watch-em-burn-alternate

Produced by CONNÖR and Dark Smoke Signal
Written by EFX and Alex Pope
Artwork by Vladyslav Tsarenko


Democracy Falls
by Berkan Cesur & Dark Smoke Signal





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lyrics
See the devil in the dark pulling strings
A faceless creature with its claw on the syringe
Ingest the horrors that come straight down the drip
Let them in and you will earn another hit

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Music by Berkan Cesur and Alex Pope
Lyrics by Alex Pope
Mixed and Mastered by Berkan Cesur
Cover Art by Ajam


Download Complete
by Jnny Cobra and Dark Smoke Signal





***This is a single, not an album***

Download Complete

Interface with the code and automate
We're chippin' in to the decision gates
Synaptic neurons start to fire in sync
Commence the digitize of bios link

Moral decay seen through electro shrouds
Salvation lies above the data clouds
The fractal colours taking control
Your binary memories start to implode

Send the signal let the cobra attack

There is a light in the darkness
Bring on the night
We are the dreamers
We are the dreamers, tonight
In the night

There is a light in the dark
Bring on the night
We are the dreamers
We are the dreamers, tonight
In the night

Acid Rain

Slams against the neon streets
Where the trans-human citizen circuits meet
Petrichor Inhale hackin' in
Acquire your retinal reflex and we begin

Pull the mainframe we're not coming back

There is a light in the darkness
Bring on the night
We are the dreamers
We are the dreamers, tonight
In the night

There is a light in the dark
Bring on the night
We are the dreamers
We are the dreamers, tonight
In the night

Download Complete

Music and Lyrics by Johnny Haven and Alex Pope
Mixed by Johnny Haven
Mastered by Alex Pope
Cover art by Johnny Haven


Paranoid
by Dark Smoke Signal




A Darksynth cover of the Black Sabbath metal classic.
lyrics
Finished with my woman
'Cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane
Because I am frowning all the time
All day long I think of things
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind
If I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah

I need someone to show me
The things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness
I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel
And love to me is so unreal
And so as you hear these words
Telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could but it's too late

It's too late
It's too late

Written by Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi
Produced by Alex Pope
Mixed and Mastered by Alex Pope


MegaCorp
by Dark Smoke Signal





🐲MegaCorp🐲

Cyberpunk 2021. Ruling Mega Corporations battle for dominance using private security forces, industrial espionage and data hacks.

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Composed by Alex Pope
Mixed and Mastered by Alex Pope