Yet the synthesizer-as-primary-instrument score came to prominence during the '80s, in part due to changing tastes in music and culture, and in part due to the steady rise of independent films ...

The term “new wave” had finally become synonymous in the United States with synth-heavy dance pop with ... certainly as catchy and memorable as an 80s classic track as “I Melt With You ...

Superbooth 25: Our only problem with the Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave - a stunning evolution of the classic Waldorf PPG Wave wavetable synths from the ‘80s - was that we couldn’t really afford it.

This was the new wave synth-pop track in 1982. “I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock Of Seagulls had quite a bit of success in the US and Europe. It peaked at no. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was ...

Think synth-pop, post-punk and art-rock convening for a dance party for the ages. The '80s, not so surprisingly, are well-represented in the list. Many of the best new wave songs come from ...

A documentarian talks about her film and the connection between '80s New Wave music and Vietnamese refugees in the U.S. Plus, ...

While most popular musicians of the 80s used one of the preset sounds of the synthesizer, it could produce an incredible range of diverse sounds if the musician was willing to dig a bit into the ...