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As a result, synthesizers came to dominate the pop music of the early 1980s. [5] In the late 1980s, electronic dance music (EDM) records made using only electronic instruments became increasingly popular, resulting in a proliferation of electronic genres, subgenres, and scenes. [6]
Late 1970s – early 1980s Japan Dance-pop: Late 1970s – early 1980s United States, United Kingdom Italo disco: Late 1970s – early 1980s Italy, Spain: Electro: Early 1980s Japan , [4] United States (New York & Detroit) Electronic body music (EBM) Early 1980s Germany, Belgium: House: 1983 United States Garage house: 1983
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]
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").
As the genre evolved, computers and sampling replaced drum machines in electronic music, and are now used by the majority of electro producers. It is important to note, that although the electro of the 1980s and contemporary electro (electronic dance music) both grew out of the dissolution of disco, they are now different genres.
[84] [85] Artists in the new music genre included Saki Kubota. [86] Rock bands included Rebecca and the Southern All Stars. [87] Artists in the electronic music genre included Yellow Magic Orchestra. The song "Hana" (1980) by Shoukichi Kina was a hit overseas, and sold 30 million copies. [88] Eiichi Ohtaki released A Long Vacation. [89]
One of the early representatives of the 1980s genre was the British group Imagination and with their series of hits throughout 1981 and 1982. In the United States, Donna Summer was the only 1980s Eurodisco singer, and the term hi-NRG was used there instead. 1980s Eurodisco variations soon appeared later in France, Germany, Spain and Greece.
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means (electroacoustic music).