Duran Duran personified new wave for much of the mainstream audience. And for good reason, too. Duran Duran's reputation was built through music videos, which accentuated their fashion-model looks and glamorous sense of style. Without music videos, it's likely that the band's pop-funk -- described by the group as the Sex Pistols meets Chic --... [+] Read More

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Rising from the ashes of the legendary British post-punk unit Joy Division, the enigmatic New Order triumphed over tragedy to emerge as one of the most influential and acclaimed bands of the 1980s; embracing the electronic textures and disco rhythms of the underground club culture many years in advance of its contemporaries, the group's... [+] Read More

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Tears for Fears were always more ambitious than the average synth pop group. From the beginning, the duo of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were tackling big subjects -- their very name derived from Arthur Janov's primal scream therapy, and his theories were evident throughout their debut, The Hurting. Driven by catchy, infectious synth pop, The... [+] Read More

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Through a combination of zealous righteousness and post-punk experimentalism, U2 became one of the most popular rock & roll bands of the '80s. Equally known for their sweeping sound as for their grandiose statements about politics and religion, they were rock & roll crusaders during an era of synthesized pop and heavy metal. The Edge provided... [+] Read More

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Postmodern ironists cloaked behind a veil of buoyantly melodic and lushly romantic synth pop confections, the Pet Shop Boys' cheeky, smart, and utterly danceable music established them among the most commercially and critically successful groups of their era. Always remaining one step ahead of their contemporaries, the British duo navigated the... [+] Read More

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As well-known for their bizarrely teased haircuts as their hit single "I Ran (So Far Away)," A Flock of Seagulls were one of the infamous one-hit wonders of the new wave era. Growing out of the synth-heavy and ruthlessly stylish new romantic movement, A Flock of Seagulls were a little too robotic and arrived a little too late to be true new... [+] Read More

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eNuminous & Archimedes are proud to present "Eyelid/Fetish" and "Citi Zen One", two CDs with a variety of music and soundpoems, from sessions recorded at invisible caterpillar studios in Sacramento, CA, '05-'06, and they invite you to listen to the sound, write reviews, keep looking for new music, and buy the e&A album, "Eyelid/Fetish" at... [+] Read More

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One of the founding fathers of synth pop, Gary Numan's influence extends far beyond his lone American hit, "Cars," which still stands as one of the defining new wave singles. That seminal track helped usher in the synth pop era on both sides of the Atlantic, especially his native U.K., where he was a genuine pop star and consistent hitmaker... [+] Read More

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Gurumunk is the creative collaboration between Jon Erik Kjørkleiv and Simen Liberg who met at the creative school **** in Tønsberg, Norway, 6 years ago. Jon Erik has worked with electronic music for 20 years now and runs a small recordingstudio in his hometown Farsund. Simen grew up in a family where music played a big role. His introduction to... [+] Read More

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Synth pop's first international superstars, the Human League were among the earliest and most innovative bands to break into the pop mainstream on a wave of synthesizers and electronic rhythms, their marriage of infectious melodies and state-of-the-art technology proving enormously influential on countless acts following in their wake. The group... [+] Read More

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Growing up in the 80's I was heavily influenced by the music and the lifestyle of this time, especially by New Wave and later Dark Wave, EBM and to some extend Gothic. Hard to select band names as there were many, just to give you a picture I would like to mention Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Human League & Heaven 17, OMD, Yello, Kraftwerk, Anne... [+] Read More

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In 2004, Clap!Clap! was born with a mission: to bring energy back to live shows and to make the energy infectious amongst the audience. Armed with 8 members, the band hopes to continue its quest to bring back audience participation and energy to live shows. With influences such as The Faint and The Rapture, dance and electronic rock is the... [+] Read More

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Throughout the ages there have always been more questions than answers. We ask these questions, knowing the truth, although we never seem to believe what our inner voices have always told us, what they continue to tell us, what we have always known.
With images of spitting gargoyles on ancient castles, sprawling lawns of emerald green, and... [+] Read More

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In 1994, a friend & I formed a newromantic/dark-wave group, and So the elements of my music evolved into a great passion. I make music simply for the joy of it.
Some feelings & emotions cannot be described, but the elements of music evolve those emotions. God Bless ~ dennY

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Dark sensual ambient music

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...La Utopia comienza en la frontera Juarez / El Paso Texas a mediados de 1999 con el lanzamiento del disco "planeta plus", y su primero sencillo "oxigeno" logro colocarse en los primeros lugares de las estaciones de radio a nivel regional tanto de rock como de pop, con lo cuaL logro la aceptacion del publico y la totalidad de la... [+] Read More

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nuonu is from altoetting | bavaria | germany. we are 5 musicans between 17 and 45 years. everyone has his own style of music. This is a good mix to get new sounds. 2004 we write the first song star... now we have a lot of songs, but not all are recordet. the lyrics from the songs are from us non english speaking vocal man frank roesch. I think... [+] Read More

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Synth-pop band Propaganda was formed in Germany by vocalist Claudia Brücken and drummer Michael Mertens plus keyboard players Susanne Freytag and Ralf Dorper. The quartet moved to England in 1983 and signed to ZTT Records, also the home of Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Art of Noise. Propaganda's first single, "Dr. Mabuse," reached the British... [+] Read More

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With the exception of a handful of common threads -- chief among them the plaintive vocals and haunting lyrics of frontman Mark Hollis -- there is little to suggest that the five studio LPs which make up the Talk Talk oeuvre are indeed the work of the same band throughout. After beginning their career with records which virtually epitomize the... [+] Read More

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Tinocat lives, breathes and survives in Dublin. Daytime sees him working to pay the bills. But he's really a nocturnal creature. At night he comes alive. He loves listening to great music. He loves eating great food. He loves drinking in bars and watching 50s French new wave and Italian early 80s horror films. He thinks putting the sounds in his... [+] Read More

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