Jonathan Lim

My first intro to US3R took place at Substation in Seattle back in the summer of 2022, during my first year in the Pacific Northwest. On that rainy night drive from Portland, I ended up with enough footage for a …

• What? Synthwave dance party in the high desert!
• When? 10 January 2026
• Where? Ray's Golden Lion; Richland, WA
• Who? US3R, Future Flux 84, ODDitee, Velocity 128

We're getting ready for our synthwave road…

2025 has been a ride for ODDitee. As an early synthwave fan turned artist in a few short years, we first met by chance at NEON Retrofest 2023 in Tampa after finishing my set with Velocity 128. Turns…

Artist focus: Dream Commander - funky synthwave from Seattle performing live with us in the Pacific Northwave Collective in October!

My first introduction to Seattle's Dream Commander (aka, Eric Junge) took place back in July for Daniel Quasar's album…

“Even Treks” is the follow-up to our previous single, “Odd Treks,” inspired by an episode of The Toys That Made Us on Star Trek. This re-imagined instrumental was produced with synths and drum machines to create more…

Velocity 128 Perspective on Odd Treks

Original post, Q&A at: https://songblog.io/en/315441/song-qa/velocity-128-perspective-odd-treks 

What inspired this song?

Stretching Out the Year

We began 2022 with a goal to release our second cassette based on our Betamax Video Club live shows. After finishing the production, mixing, mastering, and completing the album art, we were ready to go…

On the cusp of our live synthesizer hardware show (at Zeba Bar, Saturday after Thanksgiving), we're getting to know our fellow electronic music artists on the bill. Many of us grew up playing in bands then moved over into electronic…

Music: Scanner Darkly - Simulated Universe (Awesomer Simulacremix) 
Artists: Scanner Darkly, Awesomer 
Label: Deep Tech Recordings 
Released: 16 July 2021

Here in part 4, San Francisco's Awesomer describes his remix approach from the Massive (Native Instruments) bassline to…

Music: Scanner Darkly - Simulated Universe (Ri Caragol Remix) 
Artists: Scanner Darkly, Ri Caragol
Label: Deep Tech Recordings
Released: 16 July 2021

In part 3, we asked Ri Caragol about his use of MPC and analog synths in…

Music: Scanner Darkly - Simulated Universe (ChairmanK Remix) 
Artists: Scanner Darkly, Chairman 
Label: Deep Tech Recordings 
Released: 16 July 2021

In part 2, I asked Chairman (Andrew Kopca), about his creative process behind his remix, which won first…

Artists: Scanner Darkly, Chairman, Jonathan Lim, Ri Caragol, Awesomer 
Label: Deep Tech Recordings 
Released: 16 July 2021

In part 1 of this blog series behind the remixes, I chatted with Wayne Wright of Deep Tech…

Looking back to October 2019, Jade Anvil Collective released the "Marauders" single by Iterations along with remixes from Sid Waters and Jonathan Lim.

Iterations - Marauders (Original Mix)

When it was…

Tonight starting at 8:15 PM, Blvksite (Justin Barini-Rivers) will be mixing and mastering my upcoming track, "Ensuing Days," live on Twitch!

For those interested in the music production details and what goes…

This debut EP by Velocity 128 (Eric Garwood and Jonathan Lim) was inspired by live production, synths, and drum machine performances at Betamax Video Club in Washington, DC; a celebration of 80's B-movie classics and home video club culture. The…

Cassette + digital available on Bandcamp with streaming on Spotify and many other services! Here's the exclusive press release by ReGen Magazine:

"Blending elements of acid techno, shoegazing ambient, and industrial, Toasters sees the two electronic artists pooling their…

Update 4 May: Our remix is moving up the Beatport charts to #15! The EP is now charting on the Tech House and Techno Pop genres as well: 

My remix with Eric Garwood (Velocity 128)…

To close out 2017, I played some #chillout #synthwave #indiedance and #balearic beats at Backbar in DC. Featuring music by Com Truise, Indian Wells, Midnight Pursuit, NewRetroWave, Himalayan Dalai Lama, Robert Parker, GERGAZ, SYNKRO, E1sbar and Conrad Clifton:

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So, Eric (Iterations; Velocity 128) and I went full-on house music on this remix for Saeed Younan! ? Big thanks to Chadwick, Saeed, and Younan Music for putting this together! We'd also like to thank…

This is a two-part series of a yearly…

In the past couple of months, I've been playing music for a monthly event in Washington, D.C. called Betamax Video Club. In their words, it's "a celebration of 80's B movie classics and home video club culture." Before and…

A new remix I finished for Red This Ever's single, "Default," is now available along with a remastered version of the original!

It's been a long one in the making, going back since our respective bands last performed…

Ending the summer of 2016 at a small town beach house among close friends, these tracks were inspired by childhood #newwave tunes, the DC music scene, and synth-heavy soundtracks to push us forward into the fall.

Part 2: Jade Anvil…