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- noun A style of
popular music in which thesynthesizer is the dominant musical instrument.
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Examples
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I like how it sounds in synthpop and industrial stuff - it's turned up to 11 there because most of those guys can't sing and want to sound like bots anyway.
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Oblique's music and aesthetic could remind us of 80s electro-industrial music or even EBM bands and, certainly, their biggest inspiration comes from dark synthpop acts such as The Human League or Ladytron.
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Zonoscope is the kind of intelligently crafted electro synthpop that the dancing averse crowd can embrace for its sheer musical sophistication, though you'll probably find yourself moving anyway as the ecstasy washes over.
Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: Cut Copy Premieres New Song and The Pogues Bid Farewell to New York Chris Kompanek 2011
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Zonoscope is the kind of intelligently crafted electro synthpop that the dancing averse crowd can embrace for its sheer musical sophistication, though you'll probably find yourself moving anyway as the ecstasy washes over.
Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: Cut Copy Premieres New Song and The Pogues Bid Farewell to New York Chris Kompanek 2011
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Most persuasively though, there's their Audio, Video, Disco LP, with its collaging of rock riffs and synthpop tunes making them sound like a cross between Heaven 17 and Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
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Or maybe they are just playing the role of a member of the 80's synthpop group.
Jemaine Clement and Sacha Baron Cohen Wanted For Men In Black 3? | /Film 2010
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Local electronic music producer Chris Price spins an eclectic mix of house, synthpop, post-punk and disco music at the Wonderland Ballroom.
Free and Easy: Native American music and Latin American art Jess Righthand 2011
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And, though the project of finding how autotune-reliant '00s rap fits with fey '80s British synthpop is fascinating to the more intellectual Girl Talk fans, there's also a comforting familiarity for the different generations who find themselves at a Girl Talk show not necessarily needing to deconstruct everything.
Phil West: Collage, Alchemy, and Glowsticks: A Night With Girl Talk Phil West 2011
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Local electronic music producer Chris Price spins an eclectic mix of house, synthpop, post-punk and disco music at the Wonderland Ballroom.
Going Out Guide: Free & easy Post 2011
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And, though the project of finding how autotune-reliant '00s rap fits with fey '80s British synthpop is fascinating to the more intellectual Girl Talk fans, there's also a comforting familiarity for the different generations who find themselves at a Girl Talk show not necessarily needing to deconstruct everything.
Phil West: Collage, Alchemy, and Glowsticks: A Night With Girl Talk Phil West 2011
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