Many synth pop songs were cold and robotic. On "A Little Respect", Erasure proved just how soulful synths could be.

SYNTH WEEK 2026: At the end of the 1970s, synthesisers had started to become more affordable - well, they were less than the price of a car – and with this increased popularity, there was only ever ...

The 1980s were an incredibly polarizing time for music fans, thanks in no small part to the vast differences in popular genres, which ranged from heavy metal to synth-pop to hip-hop. Frankly, in the ...

SORCS 80 hits you upside the head from the first second of opening volley “Look at the Sky,” and you are barely given a chance to get your bearings before being pummeled again. So it goes for the ...

“I saw the classical music as my way to get good at playing the pop and rock stuff,” he says ...

Synth Riders is a VR rhythm game developed by Kluge Interactive. Players can now relive the iconic 80s sound with the 80s Mixtape Side A Pack bringing hits from a long-gone era of music. The pack ...

Nobody knows how to get people dancing quite like they did in the '70s and '80s. From disco hits to synth-filled pop tunes, any time the radio switched on you were guaranteed grounds for a party. Kids ...