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    #3 '80s flavors

    May 23, 2023 4 minutes

    Music technology in the 1980s went through a transformative period. The arrival of MIDI and digital synthesis on the scene superseded ‘old-fashioned' analog equipment such as the Minimoog, and sampling and sequencing were on the point of revolutionizing the way that records would come to be made.

    New Order and the Eurythmics were just two bands whose experimental forays into commercial electronic pop music, with tracks such as Blue Monday and Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), spearheaded a radio-friendly revolution in how popular music was now meant to sound.

    Fast-forward almost 40 years and you only have to listen to current releases by Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga or The Weeknd to realize the influence that '80s music is now

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