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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]
Their first single "Salvation Code" was released for free download on August 5, 2013, with an official store release the next day. [8] New merchandise was teased via the Scandroid Facebook page, with a link to the download. [9] The project was promoted on both the Celldweller and Varien social pages.
Synthwave is a microgenre [9] [10] of electronic music [1] that draws predominantly from 1980s films, video games, and cartoons, [11] as well as composers such as John Carpenter, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Tangerine Dream. [12] [13] Other reference points include electronic dance music genres including house, synth, and nu-disco. [14]
Tom Andersson (born 26 September 1984), known professionally as Waveshaper, is a Swedish electronic musician [1] specialising in synthwave.Inspired by artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk and Daft Punk, as well as 80s movie soundtracks, his music is retrofuturistic and is composed with a variety of hardware synthesizers, including the ARP 2600, Roland Jupiter-4, and Korg MS-20. [2]
[1] Starting in the late 2010s, the derived term soundfont has gradually gained online colloquial status to refer to chiptune – specifically the soundscape of a console's sound chip. Any video game console that utilizes sequenced audio is often referred as having "the [console] soundfont", similar to the usage of Coke to refer to any soft drink.
Synthwave is a genre of electronic music influenced by 1980s film soundtracks and video games. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Synth-pop (also known as electropop or technopop) [1] [2] is a music genre that uses the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. With the genre becoming popular in the late 1970s and 1980s, the following article is a list of notable synth-pop acts, listed by the first letter in their name (not including articles such as "a", "an", or "the").
Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. It has been described as a variant of synth-pop with outstanding heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. [3]