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Pages in category "1980s instrumentals" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. The Attitude Song;
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").
Instrumental prog rock was particularly significant in continental Europe, allowing bands like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Can and Faust to circumvent the language barrier. [26] Their synthesizer-heavy "Kraut rock", along with the work of Brian Eno (for a time the keyboard player with Roxy Music), would be a major influence on subsequent synth ...
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 ]
Acid house (also simply known as just "acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago.The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synthesizer-sequencer, [1] an innovation attributed to Chicago artists Phuture and Sleezy D circa 1986.
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]
"Popcorn" (first version "Pop Corn") is an instrumental song composed by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 for the album Music to Moog By. It was performed on the Moog synthesizer and released on the Audio Fidelity label. The name is a combination of pop for pop music and corn for kitsch. [3]
In the 1970s, electronic music composers such as Jean Michel Jarre [37] and Isao Tomita [38] [39] [40] released successful synthesizer-led instrumental albums. This influenced the emergence of synth-pop from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.