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Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:47 am

Nik Kershaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0GIXyXScXM

Good excuse to play a toon

schiing · Post by **schiing** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:55 am

And then there's Camel alumnus Pete Bardens' "Seen One Earth" (1987). I never liked it much in the 1980s, but it has a charming retro vibe to me now.

And I forgot about Steve Roach in my first list - his '80s releases are very much of its time. And Michael Stearns has a nice space album, "Encounter" (1988).

Music Bird · Post by **Music Bird** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 9:25 pm

John Carpenter
Perrey and Kingsley
Yazoo
Erasure
Depeche Mode
Pompi Suradimansyah, also seen as Pompy, Pompi, Pompy S. or Pompi S.
A. Riyanto
Sunny Ilacad
A lot of children’s music surprisingly used synths in the 70’s. Mostly cheap stuff like Korg M-500 and Roland SH-2000 and other preset synths. Check out Anne Murray’s Teddy Bear Picnic with all the ARP Odyssey/2600 multitracking though, may be kids music, but those synths are quite out there for the time.
Also, something that goes unnoticed a lot in the 70’s is Z movie music with synths in it.
Look up the genres Italo Disco, Hi NRG, and Stock Aitken Waterman/SAW (not technically a genre, but good to listen to for synths, especially DX7, D-50 and JX-10).

Music Bird · Post by **Music Bird** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:55 am

I also forgot to mention Manthous. A little late into the 80’s into the early 90’s though, he knew how to program synths really well, especially FM. Look up Manthous CSGK or Nur Afni Octavia or Manthous Campursari. He was a pioneer in the Campursari genre, which some say he invented. Unfortunately, he died a few years ago, but there are still many videos of his music and his cassettes. Some nice synth tones that you don’t hear every day.

SpankyPoppagasket · Post by **SpankyPoppagasket** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:45 pm

SpankyPoppagasket · Post by **SpankyPoppagasket** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:48 pm

double oops

cron · Post by **cron** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:55 pm

Just about everyone who self-released a bedroom recorded cassette in the 80s. In Aeternam Vale, Hard Corps, Das Ding... The Minimal Wave label is an absolute treasure trove of this stuff. Tons of excellent archive releases and compilations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXMHkGWv1ww

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPyUmpl1Nqw

cron · Post by **cron** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 6:00 pm

Ooh, and don't forget Italo-disco. Loads of fantastic tracks came out of that scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDV_dBYp4h0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eglu23iGsU0

Sparky77 · Post by **Sparky77** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:11 pm

Lets not forget Ralf and Florian....

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:58 pm

Donna Summer's 1977 "I Feel Love" (the 12" disco mix) is solidly glorious Giorgio Moroder Moog-age.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2qI6UDD2uQ

A huge influence.

Also, Bernie Worrell's Minimoog work on Funkadelic's 70s stuff. If he didn't invent the synth bass line, he certainly perfected it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fatP7thewQM

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:34 pm

At this rate we wil get to Stock, Atkien & Waterman... They also used synths....(but like the acts above, they didn’t make ‘synth music’)

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:51 pm

himalaya wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:34 pm At this rate we wil get to Stock, Atkien & Waterman... They also used synths....(but like the acts above, they didn’t make ‘synth music’)

several posts ago

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:24 pm

Rick Astley

Real retro synth music?