Synthpop

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Synthpop · Synth-pop is the most poppy branch of new wave: Kraftwerk was the example for Gary Numan, OMD and The Human League, and later for the Pet Shop Boys. Often it is a duo of a singer and someone behind the synthesizers. Eurythmics recorded Sweet Dreams largely by themselves, in an attic studio in north London, with a drum machine that also drove the bass line, and Bronski Beat sang openly about life as gay men.

Listening

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  Tainted Love · Soft Cell, 1981
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  Sweet Dreams · Eurythmics, 1983
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  Take On Me · a-ha, 1985
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In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Genre Map^NL Map
• Mixtape 7: The 1980s^NL Reader
• Mixtape 8: Electronic Music^NL Reader
• Mixtape 11: Nederpop^NL Reader

See also

• Soft Cell
• a-ha
• Kraftwerk and the man-machine
• Northern soul
• Italo disco
• Detroit techno
• House
• Synthwave
• Raï
• Hyperpop
• Electroclash
• 8-bit and chiptune
• Vocoder
• Minimoog
• Fairlight CMI
• Sequential Prophet-5
• Sony Walkman
• Linn LM-1
• MTV and the music video
• Yamaha DX7
• MIDI