Download - Synth Pop
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Instrumentation
Synthesizer/s (main melodic instrument)(minimoog, meletrons etc.)
Drum machine/drums Bass
Tape loops
Keyboard
Vocoder
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instrumentation
Vocals (mostly male)
Samplers
Sequencers
Guitar
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Influences
Punk rock
New wave
Post-punk
Pop
Rock
Progressive rock
Disco
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characteristics
Synthpop was defined by the use of synthesizers,drum machines and sequencers.
Generic structures and textures were replaced by
synthetic textures and robotic rigidity, due to thelimitation of technology, such as only being able toplay one note at a time on a monophonic synth.
In its second phase in the 1980s, dance beats and
more rock instrumentation were used.
Synthesizers were increasingly used to imitate thesound of orchestras and horns.
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origins
In the 1970s New Wave and post-punk bands began
to adopt the synthesizer as part of their sound.
Cat Stevens is an example of this. His 1977 albumIzitsoaltered his pop rock style with the extensive
use of synthesizers.
Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra released a
self-title album in developing their fun-loving sound,which focused on synth melodies. They introduced
the rhythm machine to pop music and became a
major influence on early British synthpop acts.
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origins
One of the mot major influences on the synthpop
genre was Gary Numan.
Numan and his original band Tubeway Army beganto experiment with a minimoog, which heavily
altered the sound of their debut album to a more
New Wave sound.
Numan later went solo, and in 1979 released hisalbum Pleasure Principle. The single Carstopped
the charts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw
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Major artists
Gary Numan
Pet Shop Boys -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2NYZ8FKs
Kraftwerk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68C-
r9kSLNE
Soft Cell -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHTbWtacquk
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