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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.
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1958 | Claudio Monteverdi | The Well-Tempered Synthesizer |
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| 62 | 1968 | Wendy Carlos | Switched-On Bach |
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| 1 | 1975-03 | Tangerine Dream | Rubycon |
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1977 | Jean-Michel Jarre | Oxygène |
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| 82 | 1978 | Richard Pinhas | Chronolyse |
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1978-11-25 | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Yellow Magic Orchestra |
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1980 | Wendy Carlos | Switched-On Brandenburgs |
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| 53 |
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1980 | Wendy Carlos | A Clockwork Orange Soundtrack |
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| 95 | 1980-09-01 | Silicon Teens | Music For Parties |
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| 84 |
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1981 | The Residents | Duck Stab/Buster & Glen |
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| 65 |
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1981 | Wendy Carlos | Switched On Bach |
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| 71 | 1981 | Rough Trade | For Those Who Think Young |
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| 74 |
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1981 | Synergy | Audion |
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| 91 |
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1981 | Johan Timman | Trip Into the Body |
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| 40 |
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1982 | Telex | Sex ("Birds And Bees") |
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| 43 | 1982 | Rough Trade | Shaking The Foundations |
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1983 | Rough Trade | Weapons |
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| 38 |
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1984 | Jean Michel Jarre | Zoolook |
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| 51 |
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1984 | Эдуард Артемьев | Картины-настроения |
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| 25 | 1985 | Don Dorsey | Bachbusters |
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| 99 |
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1986 | John Martyn | Sweet Little Mysteries |
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| 52 | 1987 | Michael Hoenig | Xcept One |
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| 54 |
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1987 | Joni Mitchell | The Beginning Of Survival |
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| 79 |
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1990 | Koto | Plays Synthesizer World Hits |
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1992 | Erasure | Pop! - The First 20 Hits |
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| 98 | 1992-03-30 | And One | Flop! |
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1992-05-22 | Wendy Carlos | Switched-On Bach 2000 |
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1995 | DJ Ten | Zioneon EP |
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| 57 |
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1996 | Daybehavior | Hello! |
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| 66 |
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1997 | Jean-Michel Jarre | Oxygène (30eme Anniversaire) |
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1998-01-01 | Cygnotic Realm | Wavelengths of Mental Transcendence |
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| 83 | 1998-11-19 | Spacecraft | Hummel |
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2000-09 | Mel | Un |
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| 27 |
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2001 | KevOz | A Sampler |
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| 50 |
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2001 | KevOz | Into Orbit |
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| 55 |
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2001 | KevOz | Digital |
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| 75 |
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2001 | KevOz | Lakefront |
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2001 | Wendy Carlos | The Well-Tempered Synthesizer |
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2002 | Wendy Carlos | Switched-On-Bach Ii |
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2003 | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas Collection |
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| 89 |
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2003 | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Yellow Magic Orchestra USA |
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| 29 |
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2004 | IC3M4N | Remixes and Originals 2008 |
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| 77 |
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2004-07-12 | Boytronic | Maxi |
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2005 | Jason Miles | Miles To Miles |
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| 87 |
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2005-03-21 | Nachlader | Bock Auf Aphorismen |
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| 61 | 2006-01-23 | Pete Namlook & Gaudi | Re:sonate |
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| 69 |
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2006-11-24 | Boytronic | Dependence |
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2007 | Nehal | Nehal |
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| 72 | 2007-02-06 | subtractiveLAD | no man's land |
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| 48 |
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2007-10-13 | Synth.nl | AeroDynamics |
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2007-11 | subtractiveLAD | Decay as a lifestyle ep |
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| 46 |
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2008 | Jami Sieber | Vapor Trails: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Vol. 14 |
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| 97 | 2008-01-29 | TRS-80 | The New You |
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| 21 | 2008-03-26 | KatazTrophee | Inside the Shell |
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2008-05-03 | Wellenfeld | Sunshine |
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| 78 | 2008-05-09 | Endanger | Revolt |
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2008-05-19 | Late of the Pier | Space & The Woods / Focker |
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| 68 | 2008-06-10 | Setting Sun | Children of the Wild |
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| 28 |
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2008-07-10 | Multimode | Yellow And Blue Make Green |
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| 34 | 2008-08-04 | NEIZAN | Beijing 2008 |
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| 92 | 2008-10-20 | Arnaud Rebotini | Music Components |
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2009-09-16 | Spacehotel | Dead Radio |
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2009-09-18 | Echo2k | Are We Going to Fix It? |
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| 86 |
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2009-11-09 | Space | The Best Of |
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| 31 |
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2010 | Trinity Ward | Enter the Infinite |
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| 64 |
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2010-04-16 | Kafkas | Paula |
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| 47 | 2010-08-27 | Blind Passenger | Next Flight To Planet Earth |
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2010-09-10 | Sebastian Arnold | Attempt to change a running system e.p. |
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| 100 | 2010-12-03 | Console | Herself |
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2011 | Trinity Ward | Echoes from Earth |
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2011 | Pecheur | Haarlem Centraal |
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| 6 | 2012-05-25 | Sebastian Arnold | Interstellar Getaway |
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2012-12-15 | Kodek | OFFLINE SYNTHWAVE |
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| 63 | 2013-01-23 | S1gns Of L1fe | Language of the Ancients |
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| 15 | 2014-03-29 | Disko-ions | Pineselect Day EP |
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| 59 | 2014-08-26 | Voyag3r | Doom Fortress |
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2014-12-02 | Cosmicity | Humans May Safely Graze |
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2015-03-11 | Sub Morphine | Synthetic Highway |
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2015-09-16 | Tomo Akikawabaya | The Invitation of The Dead |
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2018-08-15 | Collo | Collo |
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2018-11-14 | Spencer Zahn | People of the Dawn |
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2018-12 | Felsmann + Tiley | Retro Vision |
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2019-01-21 | KLACK | Introducing the 1984 Renault LeCar |
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2019-12-26 | Ulrich Schnauss | Vapor Trails: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Vol. 14 |
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2020-05-25 | Kasetes | Jaunā Kārtība |
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2021-04-30 | Thalassa | New electro |
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2024-10 | Jensen Code | The True Colors Of Mars I |
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| 32 | One Inch Man | Space, Time & Plexiglass |
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| 33 | Blindfold Knobs | Funkamoog |
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| 37 | INADRM | Adaptation |
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| 70 | R'Yatis | R'YATIS - In'Rayatis |
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| 81 | The Missing Teens | Music for Young Adults... | ||||
| 3 | ゆよゆっぺ | Hope |
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| 10 | Marvel Vs Capcom 2 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2 New Age of Heroes |
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| 19 | Zahra M.M.A. Sadiq | Gardens of the Nile |
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| 36 | Martin Andreas Paulus | Searching the light |
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| 45 | Audioalysis | AudioAlysis 1 |
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| 56 | Isao Tomita | Firebird |
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| 60 | Gas (Mat Jarvis) | Gas 0095 |
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| 76 | if you can't bring any beauty into the world, the next best thing is to show everybody how ugly everything is. | Information: the REAL James Anthology |
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