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The 1980s were a pivotal time, one that led to several musical experiments after the popularization of synths. The frontier between electronic, pop and rock music was not yet well defined: there were the pioneers of the genre (Kraftwerk, Derrick May, Jesse Saunders, Coldcut), the stars of synthpop (Depeche Mode, New Order, Human League, Orchestral Manoeuvres...
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Robin Scott, Composer, Lyricist, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - M, MainArtist
© 2009 Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1989 Robin Scott Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Annette Humpe, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Remmler, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gert "Kralle" Krawinkel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Klaus Voormann, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Trio, MainArtist - Peter Behrens, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Joachim Behrendt, Castanets, AssociatedPerformer - Gert Krawinkel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 Universal Music GmbH
Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Steven Bronski, Composer, Writer - Jimmy Sommerville, Composer - Bronski Beat, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer - Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat, Composer
© 2018 London Records Ltd ℗ 2018 London Music Stream Ltd.
Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gardiner, AssociatedPerformer - Cedric Sharpley, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Japan, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - David Sylvian, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Mick Karn, Saxophone - Simon Napier-Bell, Producer - John Punter, Producer - Steve Jansen, Percussion - Richard Barbieri, Keyboards - Rob Dean, Guitar
(P) 1981 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Timothy Lever, Composer - Timothy Lever, Lyricist - Stock/Aitken/Waterman, Producer - Peter Burns, Composer - Peter Burns, Lyricist - Phil Harding, Engineer - Phil Harding, Mixing Engineer - Steven Coy, Composer - Steven Coy, Lyricist - Michael Percy, Composer - Michael Percy, Lyricist - Dead Or Alive, Performer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
David A. Stewart, Producer - Eurythmics, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Annie Lennox, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Stewart, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Holmes, Composer - Frazier Chorus, MainArtist - Tim Freeman, Composer - Allardyce, Composer - Taplin, Composer
(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Mel Collins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Curt Smith, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Stanley, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Hughes, Producer, Percussion, Conductor/Piano, Rhythm Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Cullum, Producer - ROLAND ORZABAL, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tears For Fears, MainArtist - Manny Elias, Drums, Rhythm Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Wendy Carlos, Producer, Mixer, Synthesizer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Douglas Gamley, Conductor - London Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Jorge Calandrelli, Unknown, Other - Ron Miller, Producer, Executive Producer - Martin Neery, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 Walt Disney Records
Ultravox, MainArtist
2017 Chrysalis Records Limited 2008 Chrysalis Records Limited
Dieter Meier, ComposerLyricist - Boris Blank, Arranger, Work Arranger, ComposerLyricist - Yello, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1988 Yello
Emil Schult, Writer - Karl Bartos, Electric (sensonics) Drums, Writer - Kraftwerk, MainArtist - Florian Schneider, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Synthesizer, Electronics, Vocoder - Ralf Hutter, Producer, Writer, Synthesizer, Audio Recording Engineer, Electronics, Vocoder, Voices, Orchestron Keyboards, MixingEngineer
© 1987 Elektra Records ℗ 2009 Ralf Hütter/Kraftwerk under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Burden, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Allen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Wright, PhotographyDirector - Joanne Catherall, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Wright, ComposerLyricist - Jo Callis, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - John William Callis, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2003 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2003 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kim Wilde, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist - Marty Wilde, ComposerLyricist - RAK Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 1982 Cherry Red Records Ltd (P) 1982 Cherry Red Records Ltd & BBC
Steve Norman, Guitar - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Hugh Padgham, Engineer - John Etchells, Engineer - Andy Jackson, Engineer - Spandau Ballet, MainArtist - Gary Kemp, Guitar, Writer, Synthesizer - Martin Kemp, Bass Guitar - Tony Hadley, Vocals, Synthesizer - John Keeble, Drums - Richard James Burgess, Producer - Stephen Short, Engineer - Marlis Duncklau, Engineer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Andy Bell, Composer, Writer - Vince Clarke, Composer, Writer - Erasure, MainArtist
© 2014 Mute Artists Ltd ℗ 2014 Mute Artist Ltd
Derrick May, Composer, Performer - RR, Writer
R&S Records - 2013 - 2013
Simon LeBon, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Andy Taylor, Arranger, Guitar - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Arranger, Bass Guitar, Writer - Roger Taylor, Arranger, Drums, Percussion - Nick Rhodes, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer, Synthesizer - Colin Thurston, Producer, Engineer - John LeMay, MasteringEngineer
© 2010 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2010 Parlophone Records Limited
J.M. Silk, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Keith Nunnally, Composer - Steve "Silk" Hurley, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Steve Hurley, Composer - Phillip Balsano, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Larry Sturm, Mixing Engineer, Producer
(P) 1987 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Phuture, MainArtist - Earl Smith, Composer - Nathaniel Jones, Composer, Producer - Casablanca Media Publishing, MusicPublisher - Herbert Lee Jackson, Composer
(C) 2022 Trax Records (P) 2005 Trax Records
Phil Harding, Producer - Wayne Thompson, Writer - Mark James, Writer - Andy Richards, Programmer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Vocals, Writer - Julian Mendelsohn, Producer, Engineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Johnny Christopher, Writer - David Jacob, Producer - Ian Curnow, Producer - Gary Maugham, Programmer
© 2001, 2018 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988, 2018 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Gillian Gilbert, Producer, Programmer, Writer, Synthesizer - Stephen Morris, Producer, Drums, Programmer, Writer, Synthesizer - New Order, MainArtist - BERNARD SUMNER, Producer, Programmer, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - PETER HOOK, Producer, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Michael Johnson, Engineer - Barry Sage, AssistantEngineer - Mark Boyne, AssistantEngineer
© 2016 Warner Music UK Limited ℗ 1983, 2016 Warner Music UK Ltd
McCluskey, ComposerLyricist - Andy McCluskey, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer Programming, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - MIKE HOWLETT, Producer - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 2003 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2003 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
Trevor Horn, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Langan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Morley, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Anne Dudley, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - J.J. Jeczalik, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Edward Jeczalik, ComposerLyricist - Paul Robert Morley, ComposerLyricist - Trevor Charles Horn, ComposerLyricist - Gary Michael Langan, ComposerLyricist - The Art Of Noise, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Producer, Keyboards, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Sylvian, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Virgin Records Limited
Jesse Saunders, MainArtist
Dave Ball, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - ED COBB, ComposerLyricist - Mike Thorne, Producer - Soft Cell, MainArtist - Marc Almond, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
John Lewis, Producer - Jona Lewie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Keith Trussell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Stiff Records Ltd.
Russell Mael, Composer, Producer, Writer - Ron Mael, Composer, Producer, Writer - Sparks, MainArtist
© 1997 Lil' Beethoven under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. ℗ 1997 Ron & Russell Mael under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer - Yukihiro Takahashi, Composer - CHRIS MOSDELL, Lyricist - Yellow Magic Orchestra, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1980 ALFA MUSIC, INC.
Trevor Horn, Producer - Mark O'Toole, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Holly Johnson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Gill, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Nash, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frankie Goes To Hollywood, MainArtist - Paul Rutherford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 ZTT Records Limited
Vangelis, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer, MainArtist - Philippe Colonna, Engineer - Frédérick Rousseau, Engineer, Masterer - Raine Shine, Engineer - Mireille Landmann, Masterer
© 1994 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1994 Warner Music UK Ltd
Stephen Lipson, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Gregory, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Howe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Sylvian, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Mosley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Propaganda, MainArtist - Claudia Brucken, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Mertens, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Susanne Freytag, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Ralf Dörper, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Sorrell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Charles Horn, Mixer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Peter Kraushaar, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew John Richards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 ZTT Records Limited
Midge Ure, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rusty Egan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currie, Electric Violin, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Visage, Producer, MainArtist - Christopher John Payne, ComposerLyricist - William Currie, ComposerLyricist - Steve Strange, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Payne, Viola, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Cedric Sharpley, Drums, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Brigitte Arens, Interprète Vocal, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billie Ray Martin, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Electribe 101, Producer, MainArtist - John Joseph Stevens, ComposerLyricist - Roberto Cimarosti, ComposerLyricist - Brain John Nordhoff, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Alexander Gleming, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Mercury Records Limited
George Chambers, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simple Minds, MainArtist - PETER WALSH, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Ogletree, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Kerr, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Nixon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Burchill, Guitar, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Forbes, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Kerr, ComposerLyricist - Mel Gaynor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Burchill, ComposerLyricist - Francis Xavier Gallagher, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mick MacNeil, Keyboards, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Joseph Macneil, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Paul Hardcastle, Performer - P. Hardcastle, Composer, Writer - J. McCord, Composer, Writer - Oldfield, Composer, Writer
Juan'sDigital Juan'sDigital
Landscape, MainArtist - John Walters, Composer - Richard James Burgess, Composer - Peter Thoms, Composer - Christopher Heaton, Composer - Andrew Pask, Composer
(C) 1981 XNTRIX Records under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited (P) 1981 XNTRIX Records under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited
Matt Black, Composer - Coldcut, Producer, MainArtist - Yazz, Composer - Yazz & The Plastic Population, FeaturedArtist - Jonathon More, Composer
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. ℗ 1988 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Mike Thorne, Production - Somerville, Composer - Production: Mike Thorne, Production - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 1986 London Records Ltd ℗ 1986 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Philip Oakey, Author, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giorgio Moroder, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
Martin Degville, Composer - Neal Whitmore, Composer - Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Performance, MainArtist - Anthony James, Composer
© 2001 The Echo Label Limited, a BMG Company trading as ECHO ℗ 2001 The Echo Label Limited, a BMG Company trading as ECHO
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The 1980s were a pivotal time, one that led to several musical experiments after the popularization of synths. The frontier between electronic, pop and rock music was not yet well defined: there were the pioneers of the genre (Kraftwerk, Derrick May, Jesse Saunders, Coldcut), the stars of synthpop (Depeche Mode, New Order, Human League, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) and the first hours of dance music (S'Express, MARRS, Confetti's...).
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