Full Bucket Music is seemingly on a mission to deliver more free plugin emulations of classic synths and drum machines than ...

The result is Elka-X, a plugin version of said synth that offers more features for a fraction of the $12,000 you’d probably have to pay for a second-hand original. Designed by Italian engineer Mario ...

In 2020 Ultravox released a box set to mark the 40th anniversary of their breakthrough album Vienna. While they’re often regarded as one of the leading lights of 80s synth pop, Midge Ure and ...

Arguably, synth pop was firmly established prior to the release of the DX 7 ( Depeche Mode, etc.,) and the only contribution made to ’80s synth pop by the DX was to make every song after its ...

Few synth pop songs in the 80s were as addictive and just fun as Gary Numan’s 1979 hit “Cars”.It’s funny to think such an upbeat and groovy synth pop tune could be inspired by road-raging ...

When the synthesizer again altered the sound of film music in the 1980s, Herrmann’s fingerprints were, ironically, all over it. The influence of “Taxi Driver” on Vangelis’ score for ...

80s synth-pop pioneers Men Without Hats release new music, ... Carved into the Mount Rushmore of 1980s hits is “The Safety Dance” from Canadian synth-pop band Men Without Hats.

Full Bucket Music is seemingly on a mission to deliver more free plugin emulations of classic synths and drum machines than we know what to do with. Having already recreated the Sequential DrumTraks , ...