Synth pop
Stylistic origins: Electronic art music, Rock music
Cultural origins: Early 1980s, United Kingdom
Typical instruments: Synthesizer - Drum machine - Tape loops - Drums - Guitar (in latter incarnations were added Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler)
Mainstream popularity: Large, worldwide, especially in 1980s
Derivative forms: Electroclash
Subgenres
Electropop - Electroclash - Futurepop - Synthpunk
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Synth pop
Electropop - Electroclash - Futurepop - Synthpunk
Related electronic styles
Electronic music | Genres
Ambient | Breakbeat | Electronica | Electronic Music | House | Trance | Industrial | Synth pop

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