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synthesizer

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 05:11:54 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Synthesizer music centers on electronic instruments that generate and shape sound through oscillators, filters, and modulators, creating tones impossible with traditional instruments. Emerging prominently in the late 1970s and 1980s, it spans from experimental avant-garde compositions to catchy synth-pop anthems, defined by its futuristic, often crystalline textures. The tag captures any music where synthesizers play a defining role in the sonic character, whether providing lush atmospheric pads, punchy basslines, or melodic leads.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
35		1958	Claudio Monteverdi	The Well-Tempered Synthesizer	classical
62		1968	Wendy Carlos	Switched-On Bach	electronic classical
1		1975-03	Tangerine Dream	Rubycon	ambient	berlin school # 64
5		1977	Jean-Michel Jarre	Oxygène	electronic
82		1978	Richard Pinhas	Chronolyse	electronic progressive electronic progressive rock synthesizer
90		1978-11-25	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra	electronic japanese
14		1980	Wendy Carlos	Switched-On Brandenburgs	electronic classical
53		1980	Wendy Carlos	A Clockwork Orange Soundtrack	electronic soundtrack synthesizer
95		1980-09-01	Silicon Teens	Music For Parties	new wave synthesizer
84		1981	The Residents	Duck Stab/Buster & Glen	art pop avant-pop electronic experimental pop industrial synthesizer	avant-pop # 37 experimental pop # 42
65		1981	Wendy Carlos	Switched On Bach	electronic classical
71		1981	Rough Trade	For Those Who Think Young	alternative rock jazz fusion new wave progressive rock rock synthesizer
74		1981	Synergy	Audion	electronic synthesizer
91		1981	Johan Timman	Trip Into the Body	synthesizer
40		1982	Telex	Sex ("Birds And Bees")	synthesizer
43		1982	Rough Trade	Shaking The Foundations	alternative rock new wave progressive rock rock synthesizer
13		1983	Rough Trade	Weapons	alternative rock new wave progressive rock rock synthesizer
38		1984	Jean Michel Jarre	Zoolook	electronic new age
51		1984	Эдуард Артемьев	Картины-настроения	synthesizer
25		1985	Don Dorsey	Bachbusters	baroque classical synthesizer
99		1986	John Martyn	Sweet Little Mysteries	electronic folk instrumental jazz male vocalists singer-songwriter synthesizer
52		1987	Michael Hoenig	Xcept One	electronic synthesizer
54		1987	Joni Mitchell	The Beginning Of Survival	synthesizer
79		1990	Koto	Plays Synthesizer World Hits	electronic spacesynth synthesizer	spacesynth # 87
94		1992	Erasure	Pop! - The First 20 Hits	synthesizer
98		1992-03-30	And One	Flop!	ebm electronic	ebm # 23
93		1992-05-22	Wendy Carlos	Switched-On Bach 2000	classical synthesizer
88		1995	DJ Ten	Zioneon EP	breakbeat dreamwave synthesizer synthwave	dreamwave # 48
57		1996	Daybehavior	Hello!	synthesizer
66		1997	Jean-Michel Jarre	Oxygène (30eme Anniversaire)	electronic
44		1998-01-01	Cygnotic Realm	Wavelengths of Mental Transcendence	ambient chillout electronic synthesizer trance
83		1998-11-19	Spacecraft	Hummel	ambient electronic electronica synthesizer
8		2000-09	Mel	Un	ambient ambient techno dark ambient downtempo drone easy listening electro electronic electronica glitch japan japanese minimalism pop soundscape synthesizer
27		2001	KevOz	A Sampler	ambient breakbeat downtempo electronic instrumental synthesizer
50		2001	KevOz	Into Orbit	ambient chillout downtempo electronic instrumental synthesizer
55		2001	KevOz	Digital	ambient chillout downtempo electronic instrumental lounge synthesizer
75		2001	KevOz	Lakefront	ambient easy listening instrumental meditation synthesizer
96		2001	Wendy Carlos	The Well-Tempered Synthesizer	synthesizer
73		2002	Wendy Carlos	Switched-On-Bach Ii	classical synthesizer
49		2003	Mannheim Steamroller	Christmas Collection	electronic synthesizer
89		2003	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra USA	electronic japanese
29		2004	IC3M4N	Remixes and Originals 2008	instrumental synthesizer
77		2004-07-12	Boytronic	Maxi	synthesizer
20		2005	Jason Miles	Miles To Miles	smooth jazz synthesizer
87		2005-03-21	Nachlader	Bock Auf Aphorismen	berlin electro pop synthesizer	berlin # 31
61		2006-01-23	Pete Namlook & Gaudi	Re:sonate	acoustic ambient dub dub percussion piano synthesizer tabla	ambient dub # 42 percussion # 63 tabla # 84
69		2006-11-24	Boytronic	Dependence	electronic synthesizer synthpop
26		2007	Nehal	Nehal	belgium blues metal piano synthesizer
72		2007-02-06	subtractiveLAD	no man's land	ambient downtempo drone electroacoustic electronic glitch idm noise soundtrack synthesizer	electroacoustic # 32
48		2007-10-13	Synth.nl	AeroDynamics	electronic synthesizer
24		2007-11	subtractiveLAD	Decay as a lifestyle ep	ambient dark ambient drone electroacoustic electronic glitch idm noise post-rock shoegaze synthesizer
46		2008	Jami Sieber	Vapor Trails: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Vol. 14		percussion # 41 drum # 61
97		2008-01-29	TRS-80	The New You	dub electronic los angeles rock soundtrack synthesizer	los angeles # 59
21		2008-03-26	KatazTrophee	Inside the Shell	alternative beat chillout dance electronic electronica experimental electronic female vocalists hip-hop house indie electronic indietronica lo-fi male vocalists sampling synthesizer	beat # 3
4		2008-05-03	Wellenfeld	Sunshine	ambient ambient electronic berlin school electronic new age progressive electronic progressive rock space ambient synthesizer	ambient electronic # 10 berlin school # 48
78		2008-05-09	Endanger	Revolt	dance darksynth ebm electro electronic electronica futurepop synthesizer synthpop	darksynth # 38
80		2008-05-19	Late of the Pier	Space & The Woods / Focker	electro britpop
68		2008-06-10	Setting Sun	Children of the Wild	acoustic guitar folk indie pop indie rock strings synthesizer	acoustic guitar # 16 strings # 47
28		2008-07-10	Multimode	Yellow And Blue Make Green	electronic new wave synthesizer synthpop
34		2008-08-04	NEIZAN	Beijing 2008	acoustic alternative ambient chamber darkwave downbeat downtempo drone drum electroacoustic english espanol ethnic ethno flamenco freestyle funk fusion grindcore grunge hardcore industrial instrumental jazz jazzcore latin metal metalcore musical noise percussion psytrance roots soul soundtrack spain spanish spiritual synthesizer traditional trance tribal world	downbeat # 2 percussion # 23 ethno # 25 espanol # 33 jazzcore # 43 drum # 45 chamber # 82
92		2008-10-20	Arnaud Rebotini	Music Components	synthesizer techno
2		2009-09-16	Spacehotel	Dead Radio	british new wave pop synthesizer
17		2009-09-18	Echo2k	Are We Going to Fix It?	dance electronic electronica instrumental italian synthesizer trance
86		2009-11-09	Space	The Best Of	disco electronic french synthesizer
31		2010	Trinity Ward	Enter the Infinite	alternative ambient dance electronic electronica ethereal instrumental science fiction synthesizer techno	science fiction # 75
64		2010-04-16	Kafkas	Paula	electro electropunk synthesizer	electropunk # 9
47		2010-08-27	Blind Passenger	Next Flight To Planet Earth	electronic german germany pop synthesizer
7		2010-09-10	Sebastian Arnold	Attempt to change a running system e.p.	berlin electronic electronica funk post-rock synthesizer
100		2010-12-03	Console	Herself	ambient electronic german synthesizer
42		2011	Trinity Ward	Echoes from Earth	dance electronic electronica instrumental science fiction spacesynth synthesizer techno	spacesynth # 69 science fiction # 79
85		2011	Pecheur	Haarlem Centraal	alternative alternative pop ambient ambient house ambient pop ambient techno chillout dance deep house downbeat downtempo dream pop dutch easy listening ebm electro electro house electroclash electronic electronic pop electronica electropop house idm industrial lounge nederlands netherlands pop progressive house soul synthesizer synthpop trance	ambient house # 67 downbeat # 68 electronic pop # 75 netherlands # 85 nederlands # 90
6		2012-05-25	Sebastian Arnold	Interstellar Getaway	indietronica synthesizer
18		2012-12-15	Kodek	OFFLINE SYNTHWAVE	electro funk synthesizer
63		2013-01-23	S1gns Of L1fe	Language of the Ancients	ambient drone electronic soundscape synthesizer	soundscape # 13
15		2014-03-29	Disko-ions	Pineselect Day EP	ambient ambient house ambient pop ambient techno bass braindance breaks british easy listening edm electro electronica electropop ethereal house idm indietronica instrumental new age plunderphonics psychill synthesizer synthpop synthwave techno uk funky vaporwave	ambient house # 32 uk funky # 42 braindance # 63
59		2014-08-26	Voyag3r	Doom Fortress	detroit space rock synth rock synthesizer	synth rock # 55
30		2014-12-02	Cosmicity	Humans May Safely Graze	electroclash electronic electronica electropop synthesizer synthpop
12		2015-03-11	Sub Morphine	Synthetic Highway	boogie dance disco edm electronic electronica funk house soul synthesizer	boogie # 19
67		2015-09-16	Tomo Akikawabaya	The Invitation of The Dead	ambient darkwave electro electronic japan japanese minimal synth minimal wave new wave synthesizer synthpop
9		2018-08-15	Collo	Collo	electronic instrumental synthesizer
23		2018-11-14	Spencer Zahn	People of the Dawn	electronic electronica instrumental jazz keyboard synthesizer	keyboard # 84
41		2018-12	Felsmann + Tiley	Retro Vision	electronic electronica synthesizer synthwave
39		2019-01-21	KLACK	Introducing the 1984 Renault LeCar	ebm electronic industrial new beat synthesizer	new beat # 47
58		2019-12-26	Ulrich Schnauss	Vapor Trails: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Vol. 14		percussion # 61 drum # 72
22		2020-05-25	Kasetes	Jaunā Kārtība	electronic synthesizer synthwave
16		2021-04-30	Thalassa	New electro	electro synthpop electronic
11		2024-10	Jensen Code	The True Colors Of Mars I	guitar rock synthesizer	guitar rock # 66
32			One Inch Man	Space, Time & Plexiglass		deutschland # 30 welsh # 38 science fiction # 76
33			Blindfold Knobs	Funkamoog	dance electronic hi-nrg new age synthesizer synthpop trance	hi-nrg # 4
37			INADRM	Adaptation	alternative art rock beat electronica instrumental lounge meditation musique concrete rock synthesizer trip	beat # 25 musique concrete # 27 trip # 84
70			R'Yatis	R'YATIS - In'Rayatis	ambient chillout electronic electronica india meditation new age soundscape soundtrack synthesizer trance	soundscape # 24 india # 36
81			The Missing Teens	Music for Young Adults...	alternative american anti-folk bass beat crunk dance disco downtempo electroclash electronic funk german idm illbient musical rap soul synthesizer techno trance	crunk # 15 beat # 63 anti-folk # 66 illbient # 70
3			ゆよゆっぺ	Hope	japan japanese synthesizer
10			Marvel Vs Capcom 2	Marvel vs. Capcom 2 New Age of Heroes	rap synthesizer
19			Zahra M.M.A. Sadiq	Gardens of the Nile	chillout composer electronica instrumental synthesizer traditional
36			Martin Andreas Paulus	Searching the light	ambient instrumental meditation synthesizer
45			Audioalysis	AudioAlysis 1	dream pop electronic electronic rock pop rock shoegaze synthesizer
56			Isao Tomita	Firebird	electronic synthesizer
60			Gas (Mat Jarvis)	Gas 0095	ambient electronic electronica synthesizer
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Related genres

• electronic
• ambient
• electronica
• instrumental
• electro
• dance
• synthpop
• pop
• techno
• soundtrack