Ahahahaha get it Newman hahaha hahaha Oldman *wheezes* 😂😫💩🤣🤣🤣

@@davidlopez-rs1hp Do we have a problem, sir?

Dato curioso: El Synthpop se forma del EDM Concreto (Giorgio Moroder) el cual se forja de misma música electrónica, no del Krautrock & Progressive Rock Dusseldorf de Kraftwerk ni el Post Punk de Numan 😉

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​@@davidlopez-rs1hpbecause surnames

Yes! YMO and P-Model from Japan. They were actually some of the first bands I listened to that got me into this sound.

YMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nailed it. Loved that band.

I just texted my daughter that I felt Yellow Magic Orchestra was the Kraftwerk of Japan 💯🥰

Yes, and Sparks' No. 1 In Heaven.

Yeah, they practically invented the "80s sound" with tracks like Castalia or Riot in Lagos.

Spot on Suzie. Ommadawn and hergest ridge especially were ground-breaking albums

no theramin on tub1....

Suzanne Ciani. Back in the earlier part of last century - a 'computer' referred to someone who was tasked with performing calculations, running punch-card machines. It was largely seen as a woman's job. As was phone-exchange operating. Early synths are not incredibly dissimilar to telephone switchboards. Hence the early pioneers of electronic music looked like your mum's friends. They wouldn't have looked out of place behind a desk in a library.

There wasn't anybody better than Vince Clark of Yazzo & Depeche Mode/Erasure he was a true synth wizard.

Tubular Bells?...un tema electrónico de pioneros como Kingsley, Derbyshire, Scott o Garson años luz en base y modelo electrónico. En el 72 Jarre (Synthetizer Man/ Freedom Day) le daba cátedra de Pre-Synthpop y Electrónica a Mike O. y a los muchachos de Conny Plank y sus flautas (Kraftwerk). Para 1977 Moroder (E. Munich) con el inicio de la EDM y los 3 primeros géneros de esta escena (NRG, Synthpop, Electro) ya había definido todo lo que se escucharía en los 80s. Tubular Bells 🧐

@Mike Clemens Delia's sampling and endless splicing of tape to almost single handedly produce a new form of music can not be understated. The soundscapes her mathematical mind created are a unique contribution.

That’s absolutely legendarily epic! Her use of music concréte, thanks for showcasing her!

Not to take anything away from Delia Derbyshire but she wasn't the only one at the Radiophonic Workshop and there were others before her using those techniques. Check out Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan - Song of the Second Moon (1957)

@@erikverkoyen8689 Thanks Erik! Found them on Apple Music and now Googling as I’m listening.

Loooove the TimeLord's version of the Doctor Who theme (80s club classic). I can't think of the correct name of the song right now, but if you look up TimeLords, I'm sure you can find it.

Same here, Hi-NRG /Italodisco does.

This is VERY true!!!

I'd be very curious to see if people in the late 70's and early 80's felt the same feeling when they were first hearing synth pop. If so it's not culture and it's something weird in our brain.

Anyone like to turn me on to some favorites in the variety of synthwave, darkwave, or witch house? I can recommend some of the finest from the progressive breaks/house/DnB record bins: Love in Traffic (Hybrid Remix) - Satoshi Tomiie Bitter Little Pill - Starecase Down to the Wire - Hybrid Dawn Breaker - John Digweed (& Nick Muir vs Ian O'Donovan) Ascension - Phil Tangent & Pennygiles Flaming June (Original mix and Chicane mix) - BT There is a mystery about that eargasm hiding somewhere between familiarity and novelty in the finest electronic sound textures. Then there is a whole catalogue of song writing and sound production genius factors that go deep with the craft that defies words.

It's because it introduces sustain to a genre that rarely has it. Guitars have a fast attack and decay, so they are somewhat percussive, energetic instruments, but ones that find it hard to hold a note for an extended period. Sustained notes seem to important for producing certain heightened emotions in the listener, particularly melancholy. It's why violins often carry the burden of melancholic passages in orchestral music. So synths broaden the palette of emotions available for composers to play with. They can create a warm glow, a sense of sadness, and often both together. For all that synths are often associated with futurism, ultimately they are *romantic* instruments.

Quien te dijo que el Synthpop (EDM) se forma del Progressive Rock & Krautrock Alemán de Kraftwerk y el Post Punk de Numan?...

Im shocked more time wasn't given to him and his MASSIVE influence on everyone.

Trash theory has a whole Vince Clarke episode, its very hard to condense 50 years into 30 minuets.

The video mentions he was inspired by OMD, one specific track was “Almost”, which is excellent. Kraft we’re could be cold, OMD re-humanised electronic music. Then they made Dazzle Ships, an album that wasn’t properly appreciated for 30+ years.

@@michaelayliffe7238 Nope. Just searched for it and i couldn't find what you describe. Maybe it was another chanel?

He came late in the day, there were so many other producers before him making electronic music.

He also toured with Lene Lovitch. She probably deserves a mention as well.

I clicked in the hopes of seeing Thomas's genius credited. Great coverage nonetheless!

I loved Numan's Cars. I was 11 when that was released, still get goosebumps every time that intro kicks in ❤

@@jcfal1708 It wasn't just perspective, the song charted high in the US

Don't forget Are friends electric.

Massive, to the point of getting into Pulp Fiction.

Me too and alsor the music of Howard Jones.

One key method.

@@norbertrivera 82, 83ish lots of bands started the synth, Howard Jones, Eurythmics, Georgio Moroder, Vangelis, new order. By 1983 lots of songs in charts had very modern synth sounds

@@markgallagher1621 yeah,i know that.

Kraftwerk name-checking David Bowie on Trans Europe Express and Bowie returning the favor on Heroes with V-2 Schneider

RBE the venus project would have been that future that never happened. The recource based economy was invented in the 80's by Jacque Fresco. Unfortunately the capatalistic monetary system we live in today overruled because of the greedy politicians and governments.

Crap

Ain't that the truth, we believed we would be having leisure time only with robots doing all the work, wearing silver suits flying around space...and here we are back in Victorian Britain, very depressing

@@JustMe-wq5dl Sadly real, it's about time for alternative three.

and Beat the Clock. amazing tunes

Exactly what I was looking for, the influence Sparks had on the synth rock scene in Britain was enormous.

Rons stare should have been cencored

I came looking for a comment like this before even watching the video. I knew he'd ignore Sparks. Fuck sake.

@@beetooex…please, let’s be polite. All tastes are in nature. Moreover, the Mael brothers do not fit in any category if only in theirs😉

This is a huge miss imo. Especially given their massive effect on the history of video game music. Which for those of later generations is their primary experience of electronic music far moreso than any of these artists, for better or worse.

AGREE!!!

Same with Telex.

​@@Ebinsugewaby CV 😮😮😮😮

And Ryuichi Sakamoto before that again ("Thousand Knives" is my fav album ever). And he was also in YMO (haha).

En france, à la radio télévision, Pierre Shaeffer a expérimenté la musique electronique dès 1950. Il a aussi créé le GRM avec Pierre HENRY (psyche rock) dans les années 60. Jean-Michel Jarre y a travaillé avant de sortir "oxygène ".

Absolutely, decades ahead of it's time! 😎

And also the soundtrack from the film "The Legend of Hell House" 1973.

And then there was the countless electronic compositions by Raymond Scott in the 1950s and 1960s that were often used for TV and Radio advertisements and TV programs.

A 78rpm album of the soundtrack music for the Hitchcock movie, "Spellbound" was my introduction to electronic music (theremin), at about 4 years old. "The Day The Earth Stood Still" is a standout soundtrack - theremin played by Samuel Hoffman, as in "Spellbound". Perrey and Kingsley were big faves of mine in the '60s. They really deserved more time in this vid.

Delia Derbyshire is a tragic genius. She was decades before her time. An amazing person.

I was an American kid in the ‘80s, not realizing that was two decades old. That theme made me want to play synth. There is still nothing quite like it.

@@5roundsrapid263 those guitars loops are also very joy division esque

@@salo7227 Delia was "uncredited" :(

It still sounds cool to this day. Like some chillwave artist could make it and it would be an indie hit. It slaps.

Thats true a definite contribution but ELO is so uncool lol.

@@grinja73 Jeff Lynne isn’t cool cannot understand that statement Mate .

Spot on! Yes ELOs time album is class

@Jonathan Page Bet you've never heard any ELO ?

We Are The Robots

I thought about Fad Gadget also when they mention Daniel Miller.

Love Devo and Fad Gadget , Back to Nature is pure class

Came to the comments to add Fad Gadget. Thanks for beating me to it !

Numan was vilified by the press mercilessly throughout the 80's and 90s. It was only when he released Pure in 2000 that he finally started to get some respect. Of course, the press were wrong all along - he was a true pioneer (despite his bad period in the 90s).

I used to listen to KROQ in the early 80s and they mostly didn't like Cars, with I think listeners getting tired of it quickly, very similar to the synth-pop song near that same time Pop Muzic by M which was completely ignored by KROQ.

@@alanthesheep6428 ...i was absolutely not paying attention to the press then, because I missed all that ... are we talking US or UK?

What a heartwarming story :)

To any right thinking person, Gary Numan is one of the immortals. This channel is right about him not being deemed cool at the time though. Quite often the alleged arbiters of coolness are totally out of their depth and Numan was one of those times.

A blessing for sure. To me it's just history

Everyone is

I had Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene and Equinoxe on vinyl, cool albums.One of his compositions was used in the film Gallipoli with Mel Gibson.

@@orionsshoe2424 cool, ii didn't know that, thanks for the info.Got to see that movie now.

absolutely!

"Silent Fury" and " Are you weepin'" are fantastic examples of synth-rock.

Excellent, I never thought of it but you're absolutely right

You took my post right out of my head...though years later. Wright's success with synth pop long pre-dates the punks and new wavers. And by the way, Tomita's first name is pronounced "ee-sow" (rhymes with pow).

No because "they were not men!"

@@Lamster66 Are we not men?

@@petertrudelljr We are Devo!

We're ALL D-E-V-O. !!!

DEVO was the first synth pop band most Americans had ever heard, and were featured musical guests on Saturday Night Live in 1978. Neil Young began jamming out with them, and he wasn't underground at all with a #1 pop hit in America and several platnum albums under his belt by then. Sly and the Family Stone "Family Affair," from 1971, also wasn't recognized. It had a fully electronic drum machine in it and went to #1 on the pop charts as well.

Ian Curtis liked Kraftwerk Bernard Sumner liked Moroder BOOM.

"I put my my trust in you"

I am smiling because I am wearing an Unknown Pleasures shirt and have it tattooed on my arm as well. Love them so much

@@dlvnmedia that's awesome! I'd love to get the image on the inner sleeve of unknown pleasures tattooed on me some day 😁

@@dlvnmedia got j d tats too, first one on arm done 1980 after Ian died, then lwtua Angel on my chest

loving judas priest and gary numan makes total sense.

Was it "I, Assassin?" I had basically that same experience with I, Assassin.

You can credit/blame Al Jourgenson's addition to LSD and heroin for that transition!

@@rciscon It be like that sometimes

@@rciscon Just LSD and heroin?

Love that one.

Bro too many smart words

Isao Tomita is often overlooked. It’s fantastic that he wasn’t omitted.

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Delia Derbyshire is a genius she got some recognition a few years before she died though but not enough during her entire lifetime / career.

It's on YT: The Delian Mode - Delia Derbyshire documentary

Delia was an absolute legend.

Delia was incredible. Only now is she posthumously garnering the attention and credit she so richly deserves.

Absolutely love that film!

Tubular Bells is a standard in any good record collection. A Genius.

Yes! I remember feeling like the only person in the state of Nebraska was listening to him in the mid-80s.

@@headron66 Tubular Bells is Mike Oldfield though :)

@@rogerwennstrom6677 😂Yes I know. I wasn’t answering the top comment just giving another genius a shout out. My bag, I should have explained that👍

Hands down their best song

They were influential in the UK, too - only short-lived as a commercial act. Other musicians listened intently.

The YMO member Ryūichi Sakamoto collaborated with David Sylvian, leader of the underrated English band called Japan, on 2 great songs in 1982 and 1983: - Bamboo Music kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldtmldCSzLGylpc.html - Forbidden Colours kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rpeJnqt7r8-RpJc.html The latter was used for the movie 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' with David Bowie and... Ryūichi Sakamoto of course !

@@loulou7194 Sakamoto co-wrote and performed on the Japan track "Taking Islands In Africa"

Such an amazing group! Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto are two of my favorite artists. I'm surprised that the songs I was hearing by them 10 years ago were Simoon and Firecracker. Those aren't quite as interesting to me. For me it is Light In Darkness, Cue, The Madmen and Exotic Dance. Such effecting songs and definitely synth pop pioneers. I like Neue Tanz a lot. It's a very weird art pop album.

I'd say they were important to the development of the UK scene too. A lot of the British acts mentioned here who were active in the 80's cited YMO as an influence; heck the Human League even made a collaborative EP with them in 1993.

I just discovered him a couple of weeks ago, when I stumbled on the "Intruder" video. Now I'm a huge fan. I like his new stuff WAY more than the old classics.

Same here, Numan has been quietly pushing his art into new territories for the past 30 years, it's genuinely remarkable. I want him to live forever if only to hear where he goes next.

Terrible wig though !

@@weimaraner2 It's not a wig! Read his story to find out.

Years back, I bought 'Skin Mechanic' on a lark at a used CD shop. By far, the best money that I've EVER spent on tunes!

More about the lady who did the Dr Who sounds in the recent movie: Sisters with Transistors

Was a child in late 70s early 80s, and OMD, JM Jarre, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode & Gary Newman were the sound track of my childhood. Great times!

I wasn't around then, but certainly one of the most creative periods in modern music. For my money, the late 70s/early 80s had better music than the 60s

I was 20 years old in 1977. It was indeed a wonderful time. The UK and US punk explosion of the mid-to-late 70s, and so much of what came next. The revolution in microelectronics technology had much to do with the rise of synth-pop. Cheaper microprocessors and memory chips made synths cheap enough for almost any band.

@@epsteenwusmerdered9878 I was, and it was a brilliant time for an early to mid teenager and you have the timeline pretty much right...but there was some great music in the early to mid 60s to mid to late 70s too, so from my experience, it will be very close either way....but you can compare music evolution to mans evolution...i.e. look what we have done to the planet as evolved humans compared to look where we are musically to our music situation now....both situ are pretty awful.

@@gaskellr44 Sadly agreed. Seems like music (culture in general, really) has declined in quality over the last few decades. Still some good stuff being made, but it's harder to find.

Saw OMD live in London.

The opening riff to Son of My Father is nothing short of delicious.

Possibly your 12-13 year old mind too! ;)

Devon?

A bit after tubeway army...

@@zapkvr devo, they were an American new wave band.

Trust me they did much more than whip it and that's their influence I think

YEEESSSSS

Oh yes

Amen

I was 20 when I first heard it on the radio here in New England. "Cars" just had this sound about it. I didn't stop and think about the instruments in the song, just that it was so different and edgy. I have always had preference to British New Wave, Alternative music than American Country or even Rap (awful).

Weren't Devo after it became synth pop?

@@petermgruhn 1979

Yep, and a lot of those later groups even got their "weird keyboard player look " from Sparks.

I agree, I think Beat The Clock really 'woke me up' as a kid. I was never the same since hearing that!

Je pense que KRAFTWERK et GIORGIO MORODER ont apporté les dernières pierres de l' édifice pop rock. Les anglais ont utilisé ce nouveau mode musical. Ils l'ont,d'ailleur,très bien utilisé.

yeah i was pissed sparks wasn't in this but i'm glad kraftwerk was. love them both

Even earlier Sparks deserves a mention here.

Absolutely! "This town" was published before "Autobahn"

Was about to say the same.

Agreed

that's what i thought that's one of the clear mistakes in the DOC

The Mellotron had a big influence on what kind of sounds could be made. Was not a synth but had an impact on the interest in synths

@@mrfuzztone Sure, but it is not a synth. Like I said it is a early sampler.

I love John Fox-era Ultravox.

I totally agree ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@@kacaubalau2531 Yes! At the time my record player went from Roxy Music to Ultravox, Eno, Kraftwerk, Cluster et.al. one after the other.

Billy was also on the Touring principle" line up as well. Before Ultravox reformed with Ure as lead singer.

And Vangelis didn't get a mention at all!

There was a synth, a monophonic valve powered keyboard called a Clavioline. the player could emulate a variety of natural instruments, using a filter which was controlled by a bank of switches which varied the tone, a couple of envelope shapes for fast or slow attack, vibrato and four sub oscillator settings. Volume was controlled by a lever operated by the players' knee. Its more extreme settings could sound quite otherworldly or growly and gritty. Its sounds would feature in many sci-fi and mystery movie soundtracks of the 50s-60s. a lot of contemporary bands seeking old retro sounds would seek them out. Very lucky to find them in good condition. I once found its cousin the Jennings Univox on a market stall, totally mystified by it. What was it? A weird looking thing. a keyboard which packed into a case which contained its amplifier and speaker. Portable but very heavy to carry! It looked like it would give you an electric shock the moment you tried to play it. Some of the wooden keys had lifted off. Would it even make a sound? by the time I'd done my research it was sold.

⁠@@petertrudelljrThey mentioned Vangelis.

Great points. Blondie was quite the innovator. Also was the first person to crossover rap into another genre in her song Rapture. Have to admit. The guy in the video looks like he could've inspired Flava-Flav. KRS One gave her a head nod with "Step into a World".

I'm suprized nobody mentioned Space and Magic Fly from 1977. Its funny but Midge ure's earlier incarnation with slik was a cross between the bay city rollers and his dismal later version of ultravox. ( Who would be nothing without Billie Currie) And why has nobody mentioned ABBA virtually all their songs were Piano and Synth based. I don't really remember it the way described in the Video with synths in pop music like this.You had the Prog Rock bands of the 70s and Artists like Jarre and Vangellis a few pop songs with the token synth parts. We got Kraftwerk and Moroda in the charts and we had Cerone and Super Nature. Bands like Ultravox the Human League Cabaret Voltaire were definately not in the mainsteam buying such records was like buying top shelf magazines Then Bang Tubeway Army and Are Friends electric? And we all said WTF that was great? The suddenly All these Synth Artists appeared on the scene over the next 2 years Or maybe I'm just senile!

Yes, Tangerine Dream isn’t mentioned in many of these Infographs. They scored one of the most important movies of the 1980s, Legend, with Tom cruise and Tim Curry. Directed by Ridley Scott. Herbie Hancock, the first synth pop video on mtv..

@@Lamster66 magic fly oh my Jesus that is an iconic track 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@@sharkeyes Yes you're right. My own recollections of before "Are Friends Electric?" was every now and again there was what sounded at the time, to be a futuristic heavily synthesizer track released into the mainstream. Actually when you listen back now you realise that these people were simply very adept musicians and it was just very tight playing. Ironically with real Drums, Bass guitar and Electric guitar. and some layered synth playing . Magic Fly without the synth would be like a 70s funky backing track for someone like Barry White. I think appart from Moroda, Kraftwerk Vangellis and Jarre most "Synth Tracks" at the time were a normal guitar based band with lots of synth parts . Ironically Are friends Electric? also falls into this catagory. Rather than being a synth track it is Real Drums and bass provided by Jess Lidyard and Paul Gardiner. With Numan providing the Synth and guitar parts. That Iconic line on the minimoog is doubled up and with another accentuated version played an octave higher. The movement to it is provided by the bass. The link part with the assending line is played twice on the moog with backing vocals doing the same thing.The pedal tone between each phrase is a heavily processed guitar. And the Chorus ( if thats what it is) where Numan talks over it. is what appears to be wurliter piano with 2 different versions of the part played on the minimoog. And there is also the additional line with the portamento at the start of each verse. So there's maybe 4- 6 tracks of synth. Another thing Numan also did was record tracks with effects on rather than dry. What that means is that you can use more effects than you have availible but the downside is that your stuck with it if you later change your mind.

flash in the pan waiting for a train. australia.

The Stranglers deserves the whole separate episode.

@@guttormurthorfinnsson8758 a train not 'an train'

@@aliassmithandjones9453 thanks. 4 x 105 =

Also Siouxsie's "Kaleidoscope" album. "Happy House" & "Red Light" were heavily influential in electronic music across the board, to this day. Can't forget about all the lame Siouxsie fans who were whining about The Weeknd's Super Bowl performance because he "ripped off" Siouxsie, even though it showed how ignorant they were to just now recognize the sample when The Weeknd's song, "House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls" was made around 5 years ago, lol.

Extra points for mentioning Bill Nelson. He's a guitar god to some but his contribution to synth pop is more often than not totally overlooked. Not only his own forays into it but the fact that he brought Flock of Seagulls to the worlds attention.

Hell yeah! Industrial doesn't get enough love I feel

SPK... now that would be interesting. And nice nod to DAF. Ta, forgotten about them.

And more about Cabs ;)

@@imogen4535 exactly they are mostly silent about it .

a throbbing gristle episode would be...interesting 😅

My favorite of all their songs.

Yes! I love that one too!

Por ese album Dolby vive con los techno dioses en el monte Olimpo.

Synth pop blinded me with science!

he's more new wave, not synth pop. and that album sucks. it's kinda irritating. nothing even that a dj could even play. it's more experimental.

@@guanchankey huh?

Big friends with Gary were the Minds. Life in a Day could've been produced by him. Michael McNeil and Charlie Burchill Derek Forbes etc. were in there at the outset.

Bernie was the fkn man 💯

Kind of irritating that they didn't mention Bernie

And Stevie Wonder and TONTO

No one deserves it more than her

Yes

Wendy Carlos to Sophie would be epic!

The Mellotron is actually a very early tape based sampler, highly influential and evocative but not a synthesiser.

Replicas is an amazing album in general

Down in the park is epic

@@depeszTOja Listen to Ultravox's album Systems of Romance which Numan cites as a big influence in his sound.

i couldn't take it back in the day

M.E. is dark as f. Amazing track. I like that each verse introduces a different instrument solo.

I saw Simeon play about ten years ago. I was right down the front. The girl next to me had some stuff for him to sign and came back saying what a great guy he was. I wish I'd done the same. So glad I got to see a Silver Apples gig, though, even though it was just him by this stage.

Yep totally agree! A brilliant bit of research.

And so is Gary Numan👍

The first band I ever saw was depeche mode and it was an amazing gig

Weirdest fact, but most influential synth pop band never had big success on their homeland - UK. Depeche Mode don’t have any album with platinum sales and their biggest single still Just Can’t Get Enough from debut album. It’s wild, cause in Europe, Asia and even US they biggest synth pop band with strong following till today. But more interesting that Vince Clark’s Yazoo and Erasure was more successful in UK with pretty niche popularity outside.

@@KinoKonformist y'know it's really funny because I hadn't ever heard Depeche mode until maybe 2 years ago and when I finally did hear them I didn't enjoy what I heard; my current boyfriend doesn't understand because I "love tears for fears" and I just can't explain that I don't enjoy their sound 😭 I don't mind much of Yazoo though, funny enough so maybe the UK population can understand what I feel.

Se está hablando de los inicios del Synthpop en los 70s y Depeche Mode no tiene nada que hacer en este tema al igual que la masa de Punk Convertidos de finales del 70s que toman en muchas de sus producciones la electrónica EDM Concreta (NRG & Synthpop) de Moroder.

ha! same here. I was terrified of that and still love that tune. There was a rock cover of that tune which is fantastic

And Jean-Jacques Perrey is not even mentioned in the groundbreaking 60s, but I guess this is an ancient documentary, before internet research.

Stayin' Alive used a brief drum loop all the way through.

Only 2 of those could be considered synth pop 🤔

Same here.

Chicory Tip "Son of my Father " 1971

For real

@@actionman3000 that song was originally composed by Giorgio Moroder.

This video is quite white centered, missing a lot. At least it didn't stick just to english speaking artists as it shows Kraftwerk :(