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Hey guys. I'm looking for names of bands and musicians from the 70's and 80's that played synth oriented music. I'm talking about real vintage/retro. not synthwave etc
I know mike oldfield, brad fiedel and jan michael jar, and I want listen to others as well. Big thanks.

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Jan Michael Jar :hihi:

Don't forget his mate Dick Wokman ...
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yeah. my bad :scared: :lol:

Jean-Michel Jarre

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Here's a list off the top of my head (or rather, from an autogenerated list from my music library, to be fair :-)):

Tangerine Dream
Harmonia
Vangelis
Kraftwerk
Bernard Fevre
Rick Wakeman
Manuel Göttsching
Michel Gonet
Zanov
Geodesium
Michael Hoenig
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Michel Magne
Claude Larson
Kitaro
Sauveur Mallia
Joël Vandroogenbroeck
Sven Grünberg
Future World Orchestra
Harald Grosskopf
Brian Eno
Ray Lynch
Paul Hardcastle
Jan Hammer
Harold Budd
Suzanne Ciani
Jonn Serrie
Giorgio Moroder
Gary Numan
John Foxx
Ultravox
Visage
The Human League
Depeche Mode
Yazoo
A Flock of Seagulls
Pet Shop Boys
SSQ
Propaganda
Soft Cell
Thompson Twins
Thomas Dolby
Talk Talk
Newcleus
Howard Jones
Alphaville
Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark
Harold Faltermeyer
Art of Noise
Pet Shop Boys
Koto
Laserdance
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Great list above.

More:

Klaus Schulze
Yellow
Wendy Carlos
Marek Bilinski
Tomita
Erasure
Space
Electric Music (ex members of Kraftwerk)
Pete Namlook (crossing over to 1990s)
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Of the above the best is Gary Numan, Vangelis, kraftwerk and J-M Jarre.
If i remember correctly Gary Numan was cult before the others were known.

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You remember incorrectly ...

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coil
throbbing gristle
chris and cozy.

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Ok. I checked how off my memory is.
So...he wasn't before the others. What i had in mind was like this wikipedia ingress.

Gary Numan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. Born in West London, he first entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, Numan released his debut solo LP The Pleasure Principle in 1979, topping the UK Albums Chart. He achieved his peak of mainstream popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the No. 1 singles "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars", but maintains a cult following.

Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music, and his signature sound consists of heavy synthesiser hooks fed through guitar effects pedals. He is also known for his distinctive voice and androgynous "android" persona.[8] In 2017 he received an Ivor Novello Award, the Inspiration Award, from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.

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cabaret voltaire.

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Music libraries can be another good place for 70's and 80's synth music. Focus on the mid-seventies to mid-eighties. Bruton, BMI, Patchwork, KPM, Edimerc... Also, crate-diggers such as https://www.youtube.com/user/sonneimmage do a good job of uploading old stuff only found on vinyl.
Some artists to watch out for...

Alan Hawkshaw
Beaver and Krause
Bernard Krause
Brian Bennett
Geoff Bastow
Trevor Bastow
Dick Hyman
Eduard Artemyev
Georges Rodi
Mort Garson

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silver apples
bruce haack

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cluster

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Adding to the many great suggestions above:

Automat
Laurie Spiegel
Baffo Banfi
Presser Gábor

Some film composers:
Eduard Artemiev (spelling often varies, but this guy: Эдуард Артемьев)
Goblin
John Carpenter

A couple albums of library music maybe worth youtubing:
Paul Williams - Aquarius
Pierre Dutour - Top Fiction

Some novelty one-offs:
Marcello Giombini - Astromusic
Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia

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Aphrodites Child
Yes
Genesis
ELP
Pink Floyd
Eno
Tomita
Wendy Carlos

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