Electropop (also called Technopop) is a form of electronic music that is made with synthesizers, and which first flourished from 1978 to 1981. Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk, punk-funk and indie-dance) is a Music Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Electropop laid the groundwork for a mass market in chart-oriented synthpop. Numerous bands have since carried on the electropop tradition into the 1990s and 2000s. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999

Electropop is different from synthpop because it is often characterised by a cold, robotic, electronic sound, which was largely due to the early limitations of the analog synthesizers used to make the music. The alienated deadpan lyrics usually have a science-fiction edge to them, and do not use the "boy meets girl, boy loses girl" theme that was so common among mass-market chart-topping new wave artists from about 1981 onwards. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981

Most electropop songs are pop songs at heart, often with simple, catchy hooks and dance beats, but differing from those of electronic dance music genres which electropop helped to inspire — techno, house, electroclash, etc. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Synonyms Since around the mid-1980s electronic dance music has enjoyed popularity in many Nightclubs and as of 2006 is the predominant type of music played in Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Electroclash is a style of Music that fuses — in that strong songwriting is emphasized over simple danceability.

History

Many early electropop artists were British and were inspired by David Bowie's "Berlin period" albums Heroes and Low. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. "Heroes" (the quotation marks are part of the title for reasons of irony is an album by David Bowie, released in 1977 Low is a 1977 album by British musician David Bowie. Widely regarded as one of his most influential releases Low was the first of the " Berlin Other main influences on electropop were the German band Kraftwerk and the Japanese group Yellow Magic Orchestra. Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO is an influential Japanese Electropop band formed in 1978 Some groups also took inspiration from the NYC synthpunk group Suicide, and the Krautrock groups Neu!, Cluster, and Can. Synthpunk (also known as electropunk) is a Music genre invented by Damian Ramsey in 1999 as an attempt to retroactively identify a small sub-genre of punk Suicide is an American Rock music group intermittently active since 1971 and composed of Alan Vega ( Vocals) and Martin Rev ( Synthesizers Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and Ambient music. Can was a musical group formed in West Germany in 1968 One of the most important Krautrock groups Can had a style grounded in the Experimental rock of

There had been a long history of experimental avant-garde electronic music, notably in northern Europe, but this had little influence on electropop. The avant-garde electronic music tradition did, however, provide access to a bank of technical expertise built up over decades, via organisations such as the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and the London Electronic Music Studios. Electronic Music Studios (London Ltd (usually abbreviated to EMS is a Synthesizer company formed in 1969 by Dr These institutions were patronised by early rock synth pioneers such as Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Tangerine Dream, and Pink Floyd. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Pink Floyd are

Electropop was strongly disparaged in the British music press of the late 1970s and early 1980s as the "Adolf Hitler Memorial Space Patrol" (Mick Farren, exemplifying the suspicions of left-wing journalists). Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Michael 'Mick' Farren (born 3 September 1943, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) is an English journalist author and singer associated with the The New Musical Express once printed a two-page photomontage showing the band Kraftwerk on the podium of the Nuremberg Rally. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from The Nuremberg Rally (officially Reichsparteitag, meaning national party convention was the annual rally of the NSDAP (Nazi Party in the years 1923 to 1938 in Slightly later, many British bands chose names reminiscent of Nazism, such as New Order, A Certain Ratio, and Joy Division, influenced by the Junge Wilde movement then current in German music. New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner ( vocals, Guitars Synthesizers, Peter Hook A Certain Ratio are a Post-punk band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. The term Junge Wilde ( German for "wild youth" was originally applied to trends within the art world of the late 1970s and early 1980s and was only later used with

Electropop later fed into, and its synthesiser sound became intertwined with, the British New Romantic movement of the early 80s. New Romantic was a short- lived Fashion and music movement that occurred primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland during the very early 1980s Early electropop laid the groundwork for acceptance of later rave music, which appeared from New Order's 1983 "Blue Monday" single. A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events Within ten years of electropop's 'death' around 1982, the cultural meaning of its 'blips and beeps' had been shorn of the taint of modernism, and firmly attached to rave culture's neo-romantic 'nostalgia for the archaic'. Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events The term neo-romanticism is used to cover a variety of movements in music and painting

While electropop had been suspected of racism or fascism by some, it flourished in the United States in black culture, particularly in Detroit. Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Musicians such as A Number of Names and Cybotron pursued a version of the style inflected by R&B and funk which eventually established the Detroit techno scene. Contemporary R&B (also known as R&B, urban) is a Music genre of western Popular music (predominantly American and Canadian Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul Detroit techno is an early style of electronic music beginning in 1980s Afrika Bambaata, from New York, also invented the electro style of hip-hop by sampling Kraftwerk. Afrika Bambaataa (born Kevin Donovan on April 17, 1957) is an American DJ from the South Bronx, who was instrumental in the Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from

Electropop later fed into synthpop with bands like Pet Shop Boys, Soft Cell and Culture Club and afterwards the electroclash movements of the 1990s, and underwent a revival at the end of the 1990s and and early 2000s through artists such as Felix Da Housecat, Luke Slater and nightclubs such as Nag Nag Nag, Kashpoint and Electrogogo in London (witness the Random tribute album to Gary Numan) with electroclash. The capitalisation of song titles in this article is disputed Soft Cell are an English Synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s Culture Club were a Grammy Award -winning British pop group that formed in the early 1980s The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Felix da Housecat (born Felix Stallings Jr on August 27, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois Luke Slater (Born June 12, 1968 in Reading, England) has produced Techno since the beginning of the 1990s Nag Nag Nag was a former London club night at the late Simon Hobart 's Ghetto nightclub founded by veteran DJ promoter and musician Jonny Slut. Electroclash is a style of Music that fuses

A number of electropop bands came out of the electroclash scenes, going on to make popular albums from 2002 to present, from London and New York including bands such as Fischerspooner, Temposhark, Peaches, Gonzales, The Whip, Dragonette and Does It Offend You, Yeah?. Electroclash is a style of Music that fuses See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Fischerspooner is an Electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. Temposhark is an English electronic rock band formed in London and Brighton by singer and songwriter Robert Diament. Dragonette is a Canada-born London England-based Electropop band consisting of Canadian singer Martina Sorbara, bassist and producer Dan Kurtz drummer Joel Stouffer Does It Offend You Yeah? is a British electro-rock band from Reading Berkshire.

Further reading

• Q/Mojo magazine collaboration Depeche Mode & The Story of Electro-Pop - is a 124-page history published in 2005. It uses a Depeche Mode cover as the 'hook' to get people to buy it, but actually covers the history of early electropop in great depth.

• Electronic Music: The Instruments, the Music & The Musicians by Andy Mackay, of Roxy Music (Harrow House, 1981)