GUNSHIP Dan_Haigh

haigh co-founded gunship alex westaway in 2014.

gunship (stylized gunship) british synthwave band formed in 2010 dan haigh , alex westaway , later joined drummer alex gingell. gunship s music has been described influenced soundtracks of 80s film, television shows, video games & cartoons .

haigh wrote following summary of project: gunship neon soaked, late night, sonic getaway drive, dripping luscious analog synthesizers, cinematic vocals , cyberpunk values, exploding front cover of dusty plastic vhs case has lain forgotten since 1984.

the band credited helping popularize synthwave scene , evolving adding rock song structure , extensive use of vocals predominantly instrumental genre.

gunship have reputation creating innovative , interesting music videos , have collaborated film director john carpenter on claymation homage 1980s nostalgia tech noir co-written , directed gunship , lee hardcastle. john carpenter quoted describing gunship “nice , cool.” , gunships ‘tech noir’ “one of favorite songs of year. gunship rules.” went on “it fun collaborate gunship.” gunship have created first music video made in gta 5 rockstar editor song mountain , made music video entirely pixel art jason tammemagi song revel in time

the band s self-titled debut album received excellent reviews both electronic , rock press alike , credited sounding simultaneously dropped straight out of decade itself. , excellent modern production first of all, production on album absolutely pristine – every fuzzy, reverb-soaked layer of analogue synthesizer sounds placed in mix, balanced melodramatic drum patterns stay true influence rather taking more standard edm trajectory. mixed producer carl bown earn place in synthwave history 1 of first crossover albums . in commentary band, critic wrote, there s no doubt level of effort put resonates in 80s retro community , beyond .

dan haigh has extensive synthesizer collection , uses combination of genuine vintage synthesizers , modern synths achieve gunship sound. collection includes juno 106, dsi prophet 12, dsi prophet 6, moog minimoog, moog mother 32, various oberheim units, access virus ti2, moog little phatty, maschine, arp odyssey , roland d-50.