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This was the beginning of the compact disc; it was released in Japan and then in Europe and America a year later. Roland releases the drum machine TR-808 which would end up revolutionizing music of all genres in the 1980s to a more electronic/futuristic sound.
Indietronica, which had begun in the early '90s with bands like Stereolab and Disco Inferno, took off in the new millennium as the new digital technology developed, with acts including Broadcast from the UK, Justice from France, Lali Puna from Germany and The Postal Service and Ratatat from the US, mixing a variety of indie sounds with ...
The compact disc, which debuted in the early 1980s but was not affordable until the early 1990s, makes the audiocassette and vinyl record less popular in most countries for listening to recorded music. DVDs become available in Japan in 1995 and the US in 1997, making video cassettes obsolete by the early 2000s.
1977 : Roland release MC-8 Microcomposer, their early microprocessor-driven CV/Gate digital sequencer [12] [27] 1977 : Sord Computer Corporation introduces Sord M200, an early home computer [28] 1977 : Panafacom releases the Lkit-16, an early 16-bit microcomputer [29] 1978 : Roland releases CR-78, the first microprocessor-driven drum machine [12]
Late 1990s – early 2000s Europe Jumpstyle: 2000 Belgium, Netherlands Grime: 2000 United Kingdom (London) Hands up: 2000 Germany Electronicore: Early 2000s Japan, North America, United Kingdom Hardbass: Early 2000s Russia Nortec: Early 2000s Mexico Tecno brega: Early 2000s Brazil Funktronica: Early-to-mid 2000s United States Fidget house: 2005
By the early 2000s, digital cameras had eclipsed traditional film in popularity. Digital ink and paint was also invented in the late 1980s. Disney's CAPS system (created 1988) was used for a scene in 1989's The Little Mermaid and for all their animation films between 1990's The Rescuers Down Under and 2004's Home on the Range.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
In the USA the number of sold CDs dropped from 942.5 thousands in 2000 to 240.8 thousands in 2011. [12] [15] Approximately 2,680 record stores closed in the U.S. between 2005 and early 2009. [16] In the UK, all the national specialist music retailers have collapsed except for HMV, a variety retailer that was once the UK's largest music retailer.