Synth-pop - Knowledge

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horns. Thin, treble-dominant, synthesized melodies and simple drum programmes gave way to thick, and compressed production, and a more conventional drum sound. Lyrics were generally more optimistic, dealing with more traditional subject matter for pop music such as romance, escapism and aspiration. According to music writer

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In its second phase in the 1980s, the introduction of dance beats and more conventional rock instrumentation made the music warmer and catchier and contained within the conventions of three-minute pop. Synthesizers were increasingly used to imitate the conventional and clichéd sound of orchestras and

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Synth-pop has received considerable criticism and even prompted hostility among musicians and in the press. It has been described as "anaemic" and "soulless". Synth-pop's early steps, and Gary Numan in particular, were also disparaged in the British music press of the late 1970s and early 1980s for

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bands like Tubeway Army and Devo, British journalists and music critics largely abandoned the term "new wave" in the early 1980s. This was in part due to the rise of new artists unaffiliated with the preceding punk/new wave era, as well as aesthetic changes associated with synth-pop's movement into

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Many synth-pop musicians had limited musical skills, relying on the technology to produce or reproduce the music. The result was often minimalist, with grooves that were "typically woven together from simple repeated riffs often with no harmonic 'progression' to speak of". Early synth-pop has been

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stated that "there was nothing more repellent than the synthesizer". During the decade, objections were raised to the quality of compositions and what was called the limited musicianship of artists. Gary Numan observed "hostility" and what he felt was "ignorance" regarding synth-pop, such as his

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left behind in the studio by another band, and started experimenting with it. This led to a change in the album's sound to electronic new wave. Numan later described his work on this album as a guitarist playing keyboards, who turned "punk songs into electronic songs". A single from the second

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The genre has received criticism for alleged lack of emotion and musicianship; prominent artists have spoken out against detractors who believed that synthesizers themselves composed and played the songs. Synth-pop music has established a place for the synthesizer as a major element of

6874: 2047:, has been seen as marking the end of synth-driven pop and the beginning of the guitar-based music that would dominate rock into the 1990s. By 1991, in the United States synth-pop was losing its commercial viability as alternative radio stations were responding to the popularity of 2208:. The Killers, the Bravery and the Stills all left their synth-pop sound behind after their debut albums and began to explore classic 1970s rock, but the style was picked up by a large number of performers, particularly female solo artists. Following the breakthrough success of 2535:

According to Simon Reynolds, in some quarters synthesizers were seen as instruments for "effete poseurs", in contrast to the phallic guitar. The association of synth-pop with an alternative sexuality was reinforced by the images projected by synth-pop stars, who were seen as

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in his "front room on just a small synthesizer and a drum machine", became their fourth top 5 UK hit; it would later top the charts in multiple countries including the US. Initially dismissed in the music press as a "teeny bop sensation" were Norwegian band

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recalled a great many people "who thought that the equipment wrote the song for you", and asserted: "Believe me, if there was a button on a synth or a drum machine that said 'hit single', I would have pressed it as often as anybody else would have –

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of naming. Hence, the term can be used interchangeably with "synth-pop", but is more frequently used to describe the scene of Japan. The term "techno-pop" became also popular in Europe, where it started: German band Kraftwerk's 1986 album was titled

2568:. Although some audiences were overtly hostile to synth-pop, it achieved an appeal among those alienated from the dominant heterosexuality of mainstream rock culture, particularly among gay, female and introverted audiences. 1724:

In the US (unlike the UK), where synth-pop is sometimes considered a "subgenre" of "new wave" and was described as "technopop" or "electropop" by the press at the time, the genre became popular due to the cable music channel

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the pop mainstream. According to authors Stuart Borthwick and Ron Moy, "After the monochrome blacks and greys of punk/new wave, synthpop was promoted by a youth media interested in people who wanted to be pop stars, such as

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Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of

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Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, around the same time as rock music began to emerge as a distinct musical genre. The

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There was a certain amount of hostility to electronic music when it first came along. People didn't think it was real music; they thought machines did it. There was a lot of ignorance, to be honest.

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the Musicians’ Union bloke said, "If I think you’re making strings sounds out of a synthesizer, I’m going to have you. Video Killed the Radio Star is putting musicians out of business."

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bands that emerged from the movement began to adopt it as a major part of their sound. British punk and new wave clubs were open to what was then considered an "alternative" sound. The

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By the mid-1980s, synth-pop had helped establish the synthesizer as a primary instrument in mainstream pop music. It also influenced the sound of many mainstream rock acts, such as

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style with the extensive use of synthesizers, giving it a more synth-pop style; "Was Dog a Doughnut" in particular was an early techno-pop fusion track, which made early use of a

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described as "eerie, sterile, and vaguely menacing", using droning electronics with little change in inflection. Common lyrical themes of synth-pop songs were isolation, urban

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Icons of Rock: Elvis Presley; Ray Charles; Chuck Berry; Buddy Holly; The Beach Boys; James Brown; The Beatles; Bob Dylan; The Rolling Stones; The Who; The Byrds; Jimi Hendrix

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attitude of punk broke down the progressive rock era's norm of needing years of experience before getting up on stage to play synthesizers. The American duo

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In the new millennium, renewed interest in electronic music and nostalgia for the 1980s led to the beginnings of a synth-pop revival, with acts including

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from Spain. The synth-pop scene of Yugoslavia spawned a large number of acts, a number of them enjoying huge mainstream popularity in the country, like

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began moving towards a more electronic sound. At this point synth-pop gained some critical attention, but made little impact on the commercial charts.

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number-one greatest song of all time in November 2021. This wave of revival not only popularized established acts but also enabled new artists like

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continued to explore the boundaries of the genre, blending it with shoegaze and ambient music to create a complex, layered sound in their album

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The 1980s brought the dawning age of the synthesizer in rock. Synth pop, a spare, synthesizer-based dance pop sound, was its first embodiment.

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S. Thornton (2006), "Understanding Hipness: 'Subcultural capital' as feminist cultural tool", in A. Bennett; B. Shank; J. Toynbee (eds.),

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Synth-pop continued into the late 1980s, with a format that moved closer to dance music, including the work of acts such as British duos

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rhythm machine to popular music, and the band would be a major influence on early British synth-pop acts. The development of inexpensive

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dance club culture of the early 1980s as some DJs attempted to make the less pop-oriented music that also incorporated influences from

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The New Romantic scene had developed in the London nightclubs Billy's and the Blitz and was associated with bands such as Duran Duran,

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in the mid-1980s. The continued influence of 1980s synth-pop could be seen in various incarnations of 1990s dance music, including

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from the US, mixing a variety of indie sounds with electronic music, largely produced on small independent labels. Similarly, the

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adopted a style that was highly successful on the US dance charts, but by the end of the decade, the synth-pop of bands such as

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subgenre began in New York at the end of the 1990s, combining synth-pop, techno, punk and performance art. It was pioneered by

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are also regarded as pioneers of the late 1970s that influenced the emerging synth-pop in Britain. In America, post-punk band

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that came to prominence in the period 1976–77 was initially hostile to the "inauthentic" sound of the synthesizer, but many

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beats, led to a more commercial and accessible sound for synth-pop. This, its adoption by the style-conscious acts from the

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all producing records that incorporated vintage synthesizer sounds and styles that contrasted with the dominant genres of

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reflected, "no band has dominated a 12-month period like Frankie ruled 1984". In January 1985, Tears for Fears' single "

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attempted to limit their use. By the end of 1982, these acts had been joined in the charts by synth-based singles from

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in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan,

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won multiple awards and was hailed for its energetic embrace of vintage pop sounds. Meanwhile, indie artists such as

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M. Spicer (2010), "Reggatta de Blanc: analysing style in the music of the police", in J. Covach; M. Spicer (eds.),

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as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in

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Indietronica began to take off in the new millennium as the new digital technology developed, with acts such as

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frequently referred to British synth-pop as "Anglodisco", suggesting a parallel to the contemporary genres of

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An American backlash against European synth-pop has been seen as beginning in the mid-1980s with the rise of

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movements in the late 1990s, and in the 2000s synth-pop enjoyed a widespread revival and commercial success.

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Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying: from the Legacy of Moog to Software Synthesis

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Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying: from the Legacy of Moog to Software Synthesis

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1980 also saw the release of where "Video Killed the Radio Star" came from, the Buggles' debut album

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chart, while the song "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard" was a top 40 hit. That same month,

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chart. In 2009, an underground subgenre with direct stylistic origins to synth-pop became popular,

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R. Unterberger (2004), "Progressive rock", in V. Bogdanov; C. Woodstra; S. T. Erlewine (eds.),

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The emergence of synth-pop has been described as "perhaps the single most significant event in

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with their track "Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass" (1998), and pursued by artists including

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celebrating the virtues of amateur musicianship first appeared in a fanzine in December 1976.

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Synth-pop reached its commercial peak in the UK in the winter of 1981–2, with bands such as

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Music Projects with Propellerhead Reason: Grooves, Beats and Styles from Trip Hop to Techno

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in 1978. Foxx left Ultravox the following year and scored a synth-pop hit with the single "

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Slaves to the rhythm: Kanye West is the latest to pay tribute to a classic drum machine

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In 2020, the genre experienced a resurgence in popularity as 1980s-style synth-pop and

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music has also become dominated by synth-pop, particularly with girl groups such as

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has also been described as an electropop artist, with her electropop debut single "

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in 1982. It made heavy use of style-conscious New Romantic synth-pop acts, with "

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in 1964, which produced completely electronically generated sounds. The portable

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The term "techno-pop" was coined by Yuzuru Agi in his critique of Kraftwerk's

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Fisher, Mark (2010). "You Remind Me of Gold: Dialogue with Simon Reynolds".

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Origins of a Song 202 True Inspirations Behind the World's Greatest Lyrics

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in February 1978, leading off with the single "Electrical Language" with

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All Music Guide to Electronica: the Definitive Guide to Electronic Music

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music. Other Japanese female technopop artists soon followed, including

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for nine weeks in 2010. She also used the genre on her comeback single "

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synthesizers, and with arrangements somewhat inspired by Wendy Carlos's

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Rock Song Index The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era

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S. T. Erlewine (2001), "Yellow Magic Orchestra", in V. Bogdanov (ed.),

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along with a new producer and a more commercial sound led to the album

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S. Borthwick & R. Moy (2004), "Synthpop: into the digital age",

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This is a chord, this is another, this is a third...now start a band

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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder

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generally considered the first hit by a British act to enter the

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top ten as a result of exposure through video. The switch to a "

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in 1986, wearing some of the fashions that were criticised for

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that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the

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movement. Despite synth-pop's origins in the late 1970s among

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Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer

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had commercial success mixing synth-pop with influences from

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to circumvent the language barrier. Their synthesizer-heavy "

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have sampled 1980s synth-pop songs. Popular artists such as

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also adopted synth-pop into their music on their 1982 album

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from 2003. Their breakthrough came in 2008 with the album

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