Californian Brian Hazard, the artist behind the Electronic project Color Theory, grew up listening to The Cure, Depeche Mode, and The Smiths. The brooding undercurrent of heartbreak, suffering, and alienation never brought him down. He found it oddly comforting, even uplifting. His songs explore the pleasure in sadness through the distinctive brand of melancholy Synthwave, resulting in intensely personal and highly emotive tunes. With a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance, he left Beethoven to pursue his inspiration.
Career highlights of Brian Hazard's Color Theory include winning the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, songs in the hit video games Rock Band and Just Dance, and several song placements on MTV's The Real World. Hazard is currently working on his 10th full-length Color Theory release, a retro-nostalgic project inspired by 1980s film soundtracks.
Anyone who took music lessons as a kid calls themselves “classically trained, ” but Hazard went the distance, earning a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance. Immediately after graduation, he left Beethoven and Brahms behind to pursue his first musical inspiration, Depeche Mode.
The line between inspiration and imitation blurred when Hazard’s song Ponytail Girl spread like wildfire on Napster, mislabeled as a Depeche Mode b-side. “It’s pretty neat to be mistaken for your favorite band, ” he laughs. Hazard used the incident as the basis for a tribute album, Color Theory presents Depeche Mode.
A song about personal chemistry and hitting the jackpot. Like a slot machine, the magic is back! Male tenor vocals, 80s synth pop with an infectious groove and fluttering arpeggios, EDM drums, and thick layered harmonies. Male Vocals, Dance, Dance-Pop
Driving trance with male tenor vocals and piano accents. Club house music, pulsating beat, dark and melancholy with a lush ethereal breakdown. Insults and snubbery, threatening tongue-in-cheek Tarantino style revenge. "Uh oh, bang bang you're dead." Male Vocals, Dance, Trance
Straight up pop track featuring Dr. Luke style production with male (and computer!) vocals. Don't want to talk right now — can't you see I've got my headphones on? Heavy filtered synths, warm pads, vocoder, syncopated arpeggios, a glitch breakdown, and plenty of sarcasm. Male Vocals, Dance, Dance-Pop
Techno House Club beats. Long instrumental parts. Male Vocals. Dreamy vibe. Haunting style. Upbeat. Uplifting. Driving beat. Dance Electronica. Lyrics about love and relationships. Male Vocals, Dance, Trance
Dark and haunting retro 80s synthwave a la Stranger Things with a supernatural occult twist, inspired by early Cure records. Male tenor lead vocals and harmonies reminiscent of The Midnight, Depeche Mode. Male Vocals, Pop, Synthpop
Progressive house styled pop in the style of vintage Deadmau5. You don't always have to retaliate — sometimes moving on is the best revenge. Male tenor lead vocals with an 80s synthpop flavor, coupled with female harmonies in the chorus. Swelling filtered synth stabs. Male Vocals, Pop, Pop/EDM
Progressive house with retro 80s elements and synthwave vibes, a la Robert Parker or Deadmau5 meets New Order. Created with vintage synths and an Oberheim DMX. Opens with a bass hook and moves into a classic synth lead as it builds to climax and eventual resolution. 1980s car chase scene perhaps? Instrumental, Dance, Electro House
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