TOP 20 FACTS ABOUT ELECTROPOP
This is a list of true facts about the music style Electropop and what people don't know and aren't aware of.
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Kraftwerk is a German band that was formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider-Esleben. Widely considered to be the electronic version of The Beatles, it was among the first successful acts to popularize pop-oriented electronic music. The group began as part of West Germany's experimental krautrock scene in the early 1970s before fully embracing electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, drum machines, and vocoders.
On commercially successful albums such as "Autobahn" (1974), "Trans-Europe Express" (1977), "The Man-Machine" (1978), and "Computer World" (1981), Kraftwerk developed a self-described robot pop style that combined electronic music with pop melodies, sparse arrangements, and repetitive rhythms, while adopting a stylized image including matching suits. Following the release of "Electric Café" (1986), the classic quartet members Wolfgang Flür left the group in 1987, followed by Karl Bartos in 1990. Founding member Schneider retired in 2008 and died of cancer in 2021.
Perhaps the most influential musical group of all time, the band's work has influenced virtually every genre of modern music, including synth-pop, hip-hop, post-punk, techno, ambient, and club music. In 2014, the Recording Academy honored Kraftwerk with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award. The band later won the Grammy award for Best Dance/Electronic Album with its live album "The Catalogue 3-D" (2017) at the 2018 ceremony. As of 2020, the band continues to tour. In 2021, the band was finally voted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.Kraftwerk were the leaders of Electropop but here are some true facts about Electropop and what people don't know about the music style and aren't aware of.
1) Electropop was originally called Punk but as years progressed more and more people called it Electropop meaning Electronic Pop Music.
2) Electropop has also been called Synthpop but people still call it Electropop.
3) On Google they say Synthpop aka Electropop, they artists are A-ha, ABC, Duran Duran, Tears For Fears etc, now this is completely wrong.
4) Electropop artists are Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, New Order, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Eurythmics, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Yazoo, Gary Numan, The Thompson Twins, Bronski Beat etc, not A-ha, ABC, Duran Duran, Tears For Fears etc.
5) Just because they have a Synthesizer being played in the tunes doesn't mean that A-ha, ABC, Duran, Tears For Fears are Electropop, no no way they are, they are just pop artists.
6) If you listen to Depeche Modes music and their tunes and listen to A-has, Duran Durans and Tears For Fearses music you will notice that Depeche Modes Electropop is much more powerful and they have more harder Electronic sound than the pop music sound of A-ha, Duran Duran and Tears For Fears.
7) Electropop doesn't just mean Synthesizers, it consists of Synthesizers, Sequencers, Drum Programming, Sound Effects etc.
8) Even today Electropop is still loved and the classic 80's Electropop is also absolutely loved and hugely popular. New Order, Depeche Mode, The Human League etc are still going strong and are having some incredible success.
9) Electropop also has connections with the music style Electro which was out in the 80's and which people also used to Breakdance to.
10) Electropop has also been used in TV and Film. Tangerine Dream did the Electropop theme tune to the 80's TV Show 'Streethawk' and Depeche Modes tune tune 'Fly On The Windscreen' was used in an episode of the classic 80's US TV Cop Show 'Miami Vice'.
11) Electropop is so big here is a list of the original Electropop artists
1) Kraftwerk
2) Tangerine Dream
3) New Order
4) Depeche Mode
5) The Human League
6) Yazoo
7) Bronski Beat
8) Eurythmics
9) The Pet Shop Boys
10) Soft Cell
11) Gary Numan
12) The Thompson Twins
13) Erasure
14) A Flock of Seagulls
15) Howard Jones
16) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark aka OMD
17) Visage
18) Japan
19) Simple Minds
20) Thomas Dolby
12) All the original Electropop artists have a very powerful and harder Electronic sound than the sounds of pop artists such as A-ha, ABC, Duran Duran, Tears For Fears, Kylie Minogue, Dua Lipa etc.
