If you’re starting to get into electronic music or need a bit of inspiration for your own music, these four synth-pop records are a few of the most memorable in the genre. And they’re still fun to ...

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Thompson Twins singer Tom Bailey has recalled how the band took off in the 1980s as he prepares to tour the UK more than 40 years later. Hits by the band included Hold Me Now, Doctor! Doctor! and King ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

Synth music legend David Ball, who was responsible for taking “Tainted Love” to the stratosphere, has died at the age of 66. He made up half of the British electro-pop powerhouse Soft Cell, which ...

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, drum machines, and other ...

David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, his bandmate ...

He’s one of the synth’s foundational figureheads, and Rick Wakeman told MusicRadar back in 2020, the effect of the instrument’s birth was felt across genres ...

Skies and sewers are uniting for a double record release party that will encourage matching track suits, '80s dance moves, and perhaps a Cure T-shirt or two. The Rochester-based electropop group Enemy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in ...