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Jess Blaise Ward

@blaisejess.bsky.social

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Composer / Musician / Senior Lecturer / Feminist @YSWN_ / author of Making Synthwave 2025📕 / #synthartist / Spotify: sptfy.com/eiVl Website: t.co/6ajLbL8F7R Apple Music: t.co/MctYc7E79w

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Jess Blaise Ward @blaisejess.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

😄😄🤟 thanks so much, enjoy!!

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Lucy March, PhD @lumarch.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Had the pleasure of reviewing Making synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre by @blaisejess.bsky.social for the International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure. A must-read for any interested in digital music cultures (and check out that gorgeous cover)! 🌆📼🎹 rdcu.be/e9hGh

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Jess Blaise Ward @blaisejess.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Fresh books have arrived! 🥰❤️ available from: www.routledge.com/Making-Synth... (with free shipping!) 📕 #synthwave #book

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Jess Blaise Ward @blaisejess.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Thanks so much for this! So glad it makes you feel nostalgic! 🥰🌴☀️ 📕

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Jess Blaise Ward @blaisejess.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Yes @blaisejess, I’ll follow you! :)

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Jess Blaise Ward @blaisejess.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

www.routledge.com/Making-Synth... working link!

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Making Synthwave: How an Online Music Community Invented a Genre

Making Synthwave: How an Online Music Community Invented a Genre documents the journey of an online community in their formation of the synthwave genre. Taking an emic perspective that delivers a behi...

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Jess Blaise Ward @blaisejess.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Making Synthwave….. birthday cake! To celebrate this being the year of Making Synthwave!📕 #synthwave book available from: www.routledge.com/Making-Synth...

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Jess Blaise Ward @blaisejess.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

@routledgebooks.bsky.social

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Jess Blaise Ward @blaisejess.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Give the gift of Synthwave this Christmas 😄🌴 www.routledge.com/Making-Synth... shipping is free worldwide from Routledge 👍 #synthwave 📕

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Neon Fawkes @neonfawkes.com · 31/10/2025

Tuesday, Nov 4th, at 5pm EST, 10pm BST on @thestateofsynth.com, we sit down with the author of the new "Making Synthwave" book, @blaisejess.bsky.social ! @nr.fm. The Freqs Come Out At Night. Tune in live and join the chat here: nightride.fm/chat?station... or here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYfx...

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Research and Enterprise at Leeds Beckett University @lbu-rae.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🎹New in our LBU Research Voices series! @blaisejess.bsky.social shares her experience of studying for her #PhD alongside her work as a lecturer. 🔗 bit.ly/3SRXxJ1 Jess researched the online #music community of synthwave, incorporating her own songwriting. #PhDSky #AcademicSky #LBUResearch

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