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FM-84 is a synthwave band based San Francisco, California, formed in 2015 by Scottish producer Colin Bennett and later joined by English singer-songwriter Ollie Wride in 2018.

2015: The formation of FM-84 and Los Angeles EP
FM-84 was created by Colin Bennett in 2015 due to his influences in 80s synthpop and movie soundtracks such as The Goonies, Back to the Future and Flight of the Navigator.

In March 2015, Bennett released the EP Los Angeles. The album title was taken from one of the tracks from EP Days of Thunder by The Midnight, which also became an inspirational to Bennett to write the album. He wrote and produced all four tracks in three weeks, and bonus track, "Max" was written in 2014. Two tracks from the EP had been well-received and "everything just took off." The EP reached 10th most popular Synthwave album on Bandcamp, and ranked 8th in Top 15 EPs of 2015 by Vehlinggo. He then released "Mainframe", which has been described "a little darker and deeper than the Los Angeles EP." It reached number-seven in NewRetroWave Weekly Top 10 chart. "Neon Sunrise" was released in April 2015, and reached number-six in NewRetroWave Weekly Top 10 chart. It is "a powerful mixture of 80s pop and B-Boy beats", which has been described as "a plethora of uplifting and euphoric retro sounds."

2016–2018: Atlas
Bennett started working on his first studio album in 2015. Later that month, he released "Let's Talk" featuring Josh Dally. It is a remix version of Timecop1983 track from Reflections, which later had been remastered. In September of that year, Bennett released "Tears" to SoundCloud. The track was inspired by Scott Hansen, M83, Tears for Fears and Tangerine Dream. "Jupiter" was released on SoundCloud on January 2016. In February 2016, he released "Everything" as the last preview from the debut album, along with the announcement date of the album. In March 2016, Bennett was working on the last track for the album.

Discography

 * Los Angeles EP (2015)
 * Atlas (2016)