Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Future SYNTH WEEK 2024: After the incredible leaps in synthesizer technology that were made in the late '70s, 1980 could ...

This was the new wave synth-pop track in 1982. “I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock Of Seagulls had quite a bit of success in the US and Europe. It peaked at no. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a no. 1 ...

Get ready for a neon-lit afternoon of classic synth-pop and new wave anthems from the Late 70 through the 80s. Whether you lived it the first time round or just love the sound of shimmering synths and ...

Baltimore trio Future Islands have explored an unlikely common ground in the earnest melodrama shared by '60s soul music and '80s synth-pop. Vocalist Samuel T. Herring is the salesman who bridges the ...

The super-producer and analogue aficionado praises the "messed up" sound of the PPG Wave 2.3, one of the few digital synths in his extensive collection ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Music technology in the 1980s went through a transformative period. The arrival of MIDI and ...

We’re at the stage now where we can legitimately talk about ‘classic’ plugins (by which we mean old) and Waldorf’s PPG Wave 2.V, Attack and D-Pole certainly fall into this category. Now, for a limited ...