DREADBOX Hypnosis
The 1980s revival is underway – and has been for some years now. Whether you turn to hyper-stylised TV shows such as Netflix’s Stranger Things or the pop music and accompanying videos of Dua Lipa and her contemporaries, references both subtle and explicit to the decade are everywhere. The pro-audio industry prides itself on responding to trends and the subject of this review is the embodiment of 1980s-style retrofuturism.
Dreadbox is a Greek hardware developer whose products include the Erebus synthesiser and a range of modular components. Hypnosis, however, is a new three-in-one ‘time-effects processor’. It features chorus/flanger, delay, and true spring reverb effects packed into a single desktop module. Its retrowave Memphis-style pink and blue-green aesthetics recall everything from 1980s workout videos to the
