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The Roland TR-808 was, according to Derrick May, the preferred drum machine during the early years of techno. [169] Instruments used by the original techno producers based in Detroit, many of which are highly sought after on the retro music technology market, include classic drum machines like the Roland TR-808 and TR-909, devices such as the ...
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; [10] also called techno-pop [11] [12]) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. [13]
This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. [ 1 ]
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; [34] also called techno-pop [35] [36]) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. [37] It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco.
Hardcore (also known as hardcore techno) [2] [3] is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany [4] in the early 1990s. It is distinguished by faster tempos and a distorted sawtooth kick (160 to 200 BPM or more [5]), the intensity of the kicks and the synthesized bass (in some subgenres), [6] the rhythm and the atmosphere of the themes (sometimes ...
Electronic rock (also known as electro rock and synth rock) is a music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres. It originates from the late 1960s when rock bands began incorporating electronic instrumentation into their music.
The original widespread use of the term "electronica" derives from the influential English experimental techno label New Electronica, which was one of the leading forces of the early 1990s introducing and supporting dance-based electronic music oriented towards home listening rather than dance-floor play, [1] although the word "electronica" had already begun to be associated with synthesizer ...
Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. For more information, see Techno .