Distant Echoes Analysis by Nicholas Ni

“Distant Echoes” is a song made by synthwave music producer “Vxllain” from Sydney, Australia. The song was released in 2023, also known as “Memory Reboot 2.” “Memory Reboot” is a popular synthwave/cyberpunk music made by Ukrainian musician VØJ and Russian musician Narvent. There are several versions of Distant Echoes like a slowed+reverb version.

“Distant Echoes” used only electronic sounds, having no real instruments at all, matching the dystopian, futuristic and maybe cyberpunk style of the original Memory Reboot. The chord progression of Distant Echoes is the same as in Memory Reboot: F# Minor, A major, C# minor, B major and is played in a loop without variations, like a remix of the original Memory Reboot. The melody comes in 0:24 with a vocal note and looped until the end in 1:10, replaced by an alternative synth melody with laser pew noises with vocals especially in 1:40 singing blurry melodies. The original melody and beat comes back at 1:59.

The song ends at 2:45 with an echoing synth chord progression slowly fading and a small uprising electric buzz, matching its name related to echoes.