synthn.
/sɪnθ/ colloquial.
= synthesizer n. 2 (in sense of musical instrument).
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theremin1927
Martenot1931
trautonium1931
Ondium Martenot1936
Ondes musicales1938
Ondes1940
Ondes Martenot1940
monochord1956
synthesizer1957
Mellotron1963
Moog1967
electrophone1968
Stylophone1968
multi-keyboard1976
synth1976
keytar1979
Synclavier1979
1976 Liverpool Echo 24 Nov. 5/4 (advt.) Crumar String Synth, only one year old, perfect working order, cost nearly £500, accept £270 o.n.o.
1977 Sounds 9 July 31/6 They range from a scat slant on ‘I Got The Music In Me’ through Inter City Disco ‘Touch Me Up’ to the title cut—a seven minute mutha with heavy southern overtones; brassy, rather stringy, not a synth in sight.
1983 Yellow Advertiser (Basildon) 4 Mar. 14/3 Singer-songwriters or synth bands.
Draft additions September 2004
synth-pop n. a primarily British genre of popular music originating in the early 1980s and featuring heavy use of synthesizers and other electronic instruments; frequently attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > other pop music
a cappella1905
soundclash1925
marabi1933
doo-wop1958
filk1959
folk-rock1963
Liverpool sound1963
Mersey beat1963
Mersey sound1963
surf music1963
malombo1964
mbaqanga1964
easy listening1965
disco music1966
Motown1966
boogaloo1967
power pop1967
psychedelia1967
yé-yé1967
agitpop1968
bubblegum1968
Tamla Motown1968
Tex-Mex1968
downtempo1969
taarab1969
thrash1969
world music1969
funk1970
MOR1970
tropicalism1970
Afrobeat1971
electro-pop1971
post-rock1971
techno-pop1971
Tropicalia1971
tropicalismo1971
disco1972
Krautrock1972
schlager1973
Afropop1974
punk funk1974
disco funk1975
Europop1976
mgqashiyo1976
P-funk1976
funkadelia1977
karaoke music1977
alternative music1978
hardcore1978
psychobilly1978
punkabilly1978
R&B1978
cowpunk1979
dangdut1979
hip-hop1979
Northern Soul1979
rap1979
rapping1979
jit1980
trance1980
benga1981
New Romanticism1981
post-punk1981
rap music1981
scratch1982
scratch-music1982
synth-pop1982
electro1983
garage1983
Latin1983
Philly1983
New Age1984
New Age music1985
ambient1986
Britpop1986
gangster rap1986
house1986
house music1986
mbalax1986
rai1986
trot1986
zouk1986
bhangra1987
garage1987
hip-house1987
new school1987
old school1987
thrashcore1987
acid1988
acid house1988
acid jazz1988
ambience1988
Cantopop1988
dance1988
deep house1988
industrial1988
swingbeat1988
techno1988
dream pop1989
gangsta rap1989
multiculti1989
new jack swing1989
noise-pop1989
rave1989
Tejano1989
breakbeat1990
chill-out music1990
indie1990
new jack1990
new jill swing1990
noisecore1990
baggy1991
drum and bass1991
gangsta1991
handbag house1991
hip-pop1991
loungecore1991
psychedelic trance1991
shoegazing1991
slowcore1991
techno-house1991
gabba1992
jungle1992
sadcore1992
UK garage1992
darkcore1993
dark side1993
electronica1993
G-funk1993
sampladelia1994
trip hop1994
break1996
psy-trance1996
nu skool1997
folktronica1999
dubstep2002
Bongo Flava2003
grime2003
Bongo2004
singeli2015
1982 Washington Post 2 Mar. b8/2 In OMD, one senses a passionate communion with the cold heart of synth-pop music.
1993 A. Goodwin Dancing in Distraction Factory 133 MTV in this period was identified heavily with the so-called second British Invasion of synth-pop acts (such as Duran Duran, ABC, the Thompson Twins, [etc.]).
2002 Big Issue 15 Apr. 11/1 Electroclash will be an unavoidable pleasure. Unashamedly retro, it's based around the robot-funk of electro and the stark grooves of synth pop.
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