Electro-Pop
If you're really into electronic pop music (no Techno, House, Rap or Ambient), take a look at the following groups which might interest you.
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Depeche Mode |
Synthesis Gods, from cheap tronic music to their latest hybrid of synths and guitars. |
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Human League |
More Synthesis Gods which inspired Vince Clark (ex Depeche Mode, Yazoo, currently Erasure) |
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Heaven 17 |
Remnants of Human League - less commercial stuff. |
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New Order |
Monotone synth Gods that don't fit in any category due to their past as Joy Division. Excellent stuff! |
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Pet Shop Boys |
Kings of the Fairlight Music Computer. 80's sampler-ridden dancfloor music. Good stuff! |
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Electronic |
Spinoff from New Order, The Smiths and the Pet Shop Boys. Sounds like New Order singing to Pet Shop Boys music. Bit monotonous. |
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OMD |
Fits right in with the earlier bunch like Numan and Kraftwerk. |
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Front 242 |
Some great stuff. Front by Front is an excellent album. |
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Camouflage |
Tinges of Depeche Mode, but with enough individuality to be set apart. Voices & Images and Methods of Silence are excellent! |
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Howard Jones |
Human's Lib and Dream Into Action .... must-have albums! |
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Thomas Dolby |
This guy is wierd, but he makes some great music. |
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Thompson Twins |
Into the Gap and Quick Step & Sidekick are great synth albums. |
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Kraftwerk |
The robotic, hypnotic group that inspired them all!! Perhaps the king of monotony though. |
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Gary Numan |
Another one who force-fed synthesisers to the Eighties masses. |
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Ultravox |
Hybrid electric guitars and synths - excellent! |
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Visage |
Spinoff from Ultravox - possibly even better. |
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Yazoo |
An absolute must - only 2 albums, but well worth it if you liked Depeche Mode's Speak and Spell. What can I say? Vince Clark! |
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Erasure |
What can I say? Vince Clark again! |
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Talk-Talk |
Some great songs, but some unconventional ones too. |
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Tears for Fears |
Earlier stuff was excellent! |
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Information Society |
New stuff is a bit bizarre (lots of talking and crap), and the old stuff pits them as Human League wannabes influenced a little too much by the dancefloor. Some great songs, but lyrics are really yawn-yawn! |
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A-Ha |
First 2 albums were great. |
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Alphaville |
First album was excellent. |
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Flock of Seagulls |
Some excellent stuff too, but also some unconventional songs. Another electric guitar-synth hybrid. |
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Silicon 39 |
Feel free to eMail me if there are some others you think should be here. No 24-7, or Ace of Base, or Technotronic stuff (although Ace of Base might pass
J).