NEON RUNNER

Growing up in the early 90’s Kolby Heiss, mind behind the neon runner project had been bombarded with TV ads, shows and music from the 80’s. This had a deep impact on his musical style and passion. In those early days he had no idea a spark had lit a small passionate fire in his soul for 80’s synthesizers. Eventually after going to school for Audio Engineering and learning more about synths, Kolby began to form a concept. Neon Runner was that concept. Over the past year he has nurtured that passion for 80’s film soundtracks. While also being inspired by Synthwave as a genre, he set out on a retro  journey into the bright synthy abyss of creating Synthwave music. Listening to other Synthwave, Outrun or Futuresynth music, re-watching his favourite films, playing old video games (or new ones inspired by that classic 80’s aesthetic) he honed his craft and created a dream. The concept album LaserDisc Sunset was born. But it doesn’t stop there, this is only the beginning…