synthpop
Electronic eighties music
Synthpop is a genre of electronic pop music that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, characterized by synthesizers as the dominant instrument, drum machines, and often robotic or emotionally detached vocals.
Acts like Depeche Mode, New Order, and Soft Cell defined the sound.
The term blends synthesizer and pop: That playlist is pure synthpop.
Orders signals chronologically
- vocoderSpeech analysis synthesizer
- keyboardArray of input keys
- arpeggiatorCycles chord tones automatically
- samplerSelection for trying
Speech analysis synthesizer
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- chorusSingers performing together
- delayEnforced waiting period
- reverbProlonged sound reflection
quantization · programming · layering · sampling · mixing · overdub · multitrack
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
Relating to circuitry devices
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- melodicMusically pleasing to hear
- layeredHaving multiple levels
- programmedSet with instructions
sequenced · arpeggiated · processed · clean · crisp · glossy · robotic · futuristic
sequencer
Orders signals chronologically
- vocoderSpeech analysis synthesizer
- keyboardArray of input keys
- arpeggiatorCycles chord tones automatically
vocoder
Speech analysis synthesizer
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- chorusSingers performing together
- delayEnforced waiting period
reverb · quantization · programming · layering · sampling · mixing · overdub · multitrack
1980s
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
electronic
Relating to circuitry devices
programmed · sequenced · arpeggiated · processed · clean · crisp · glossy · robotic · futuristic · atmospheric
erasure
Act of wiping away
- visageFace or expression
- blancmangeMilk pudding set firm
chillwave
Hazy, nostalgic electronic genre
- darkwaveSomber electronic rock style
- music genresblues, jazz, rock, classical, rock music
- Alt Rockalt-rock, alternative metal, grunge, indie rock, post-grunge
- electronic musictechno, house, drum machine, EDM, sequencer
- Synth-PopDepeche Mode, New Order, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Soft Cell
- Nordic MusicABBA, Ace of Base, Roxette, Europe, Robyn
- UK MusicBritpop, British rock, UK drill, grime, dubstep
synthpopacoustic music
Sound without amplification
folk music · roots rock · unplugged · country music · bluegrass
synthpoppunk rock
Stripped-down aggressive rock genre
lo-fi · garage rock · grunge · roots music · unpolished
synthpopfolk revival
Traditional music movement resurgence
roots music · neo-traditionalism · classic rock · old-time music
pop, synthetic, synthesis, synthesize, synth, synthesizer, synthetics, synthesizing, electropop