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Way back in the 1980's, when we here at SynthTube were in our formative years, the world was a surprisingly different place. The Cold War was still going on, and fear of nuclear annihilation at the hands of the "Evil" Soviet empire was a daily threat that everyone was more ...

1980 fictitious band "Silicon Teens" (the creation of Mute Records, a-la Genki Rockets, Gorillaz), released this cover of "Let's Dance" in 1979. For all the info on the story of "Silicon Teens", read their Wikipedia Page. Meanwhile, enjoy their cover of "Let's Dance".

We don't think that KRAFTWERK need any introduction here at Synthtube. For those who are not in the know, check out the Wiki page explaining the massive influence that this German band have had on Synthesizer music and Synthpop, then listen to this classic track, Radioactivity.

Back in the dark old days of the 1990's, when processor speeds were low (compared to today), and memory requirements were stringent upon developers to be ULTRA efficient, there was a burgeoning community referred to as the "demoscene", where assembly (close to machine code) programmers would get together with artists ...

Here at Synthtube, we consider the concerts performed in China in 1981 by Jean Michelle-Jarre to be amongst the most impressive and influential Synth-Pop / Prog-Rock albums of all time. Incidentally, Jarre was the first western musician to be allowed to play in China at the time in 1981. The music ...

Can't find any wikipedia or other info for the mid 70's band, "The Droids". If you have any info, leave it in the comments or please email us if you know anything about this band. Otherwise, enjoy this truly awesome 70's French synthpop! :P High Quality / Stereo Version (Audio Only) at ...

Quite frankly, we're amazed we haven't posted on the TB-303 on this site yet. Basically, the 303 is singlehandedly responsible for taking "electronic music" into the next dimension. Produced between 1982 and 1984, Roland never made more than 10,000 of these little beasts. In a classic case of "what the market REALLY ...

In 1969, the band "Chicory Tip", from Maidstone in Kent, UK,  formed, and were signed to CBS records. Although their first singles were unsuccessful, they burst onto the scene in 1971 with the song "Excuse Me Baby". The group's crowning glory came when they encountered a song written by (synth guru) ...

Back in the early 1980's, Italian Boutique Synthesizer maker, ELKA made a synth called the "Synthex". The later got swallowed by their current parent, "Generalmusic". We found a fascinating video on YT of Paul Wiffen demo'ing one of these beasts - it would appear sometime in the early 90's. The device ...

Way back in the 1970's, a man by the name of Serge Tcherepnin designed an Analog Modular Synthesizer system, predictably enough named the Serge Modular Music System. All we know is, many reknowned Synth artists over the years, including the likes of Michael Stearns, Steve Roach, and many, many others ...

Another great Yellow Magic Orchestra hit, "Technopolis". This video was well ahead of its time in terms of graphics and effects. The music? Well let's just say there's a kitschy charm to it. Enjoy.

A little bit later in the day, Orchestral Manouevers in the Dark, or OMD rose to fame with the film "Pretty In Pink", with their hit synthpop track, "If you Leave", featuring rich layering of synths and drum-machines, complete with oh-so-wistful 80's romantic lyrics. This takes us here at Synthtube right ...

Our Daughter's Wedding, or ODW were a synth/New-Wave band from the early 80's who toured with acts such as U2, Duran Duran, as well as OMD. This video features at least one MOOG synth, among a few others, and was recorded in New York sometime in the early 80's.

Arguably one of the most influential figures in popular electronic music, Gary Numan's 1980 hit, "Cars" is one of the signature tunes defining the Synthpop genre. This track, for better or for worse, paved the way for a lot of what was considered "commercial" electronic music for the decades to ...

This is a video we found on youtube of a Vintage British synthpop track, called "Clone" from 1979. (click this link - for some reason embedding has been disabled on the clip) To be honest, we know absolutely nothing about the artist or the song, except that it's VERY good. If you ...

"Space" were a French synthpop band in the 1970's, who sold over 12 million records in their time. Wikipedia describe as thus : "Space are a French electronic music band from Marseilles active from 1977 through 1980 and returning with on-stage remake performances since 1992. They are currently considered as one ...

File under "Kitsch", clever YT synthesist 'gattobus' (who've we've featured here before on SynthTube) managed to hook up a G4 Powerbook with OSCulator software to use a WiiMote as a controller for a Moog Little Phatty, to make it sound like a theremin. If that doesn't sound weird enough, he used ...

Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, and the now household name Ryuchi Sakamoto formed the Japanese Electropop band, "Yellow Magic Orchestra" in 1978, and are considered among the premiere progenitors of the electropop genre. Rather than try to come off as YMO experts, we best leave the reader to the YMO Wikipedia Page, ...

In late 1981, former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke formed the synthpop band, Yazoo. Clarke's awesome synth sounds mixed with Alison Moyet's vocals proved an instant hit, and stand to this day as a great example of the early days of creative use of Synths in popular music, and are ...