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> As for the SynthWave (2.0 because the original SynthWave happened in very early 80s and I do not know why it is called that way since it is unrelated and I pr
by odiroot 5y ago
> As for the SynthWave (2.0 because the original SynthWave happened in very early 80s and I do not know why it is called that way since it is unrelated and I prfere to call it RetroWave) it is still produced.
The original was just called synth-pop. The name synth-wave is now retroactively applied to some 80's bands.
I myself got into synth-wave only 2-3 years ago and even started making my own songs this year.
- moomin 5y agoIf my memory serves me correctly the term for what British bands were doing in the early 80s at the time was "electro". Synth-pop became the dominant term as it went mainstream and artists cracked the formula for making hit records. (So John Foxx and pre-Dare Human League would be electro, post-Dare HL and Howard Jones it'd be synth-pop and Dare itself... well that's a matter of perspective.) But "electro" means something else completely these days.