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Synthpop (also known as electropop or technopop) is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock electronic art rock disco and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk.

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derivative
House music, Trance music, Dance-pop, Electro (music), Chiptune, Electronica, Digital hardcore, Alternative dance, Indietronica
instrument
Bass guitar, Drum kit, Guitar, Sampler (musical instrument), Drum machine, Keyboard instrument, Vocoder, Singing, Tape loop, Music sequencer, Synthesizer
music fusion genre
Electroclash
stylistic origin
Disco, Electronic music, New wave music, Pop music, Glam rock, Krautrock, Post-punk

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