Music in the 1980s was defined by electronic melodies that gave the decade a distinct flair that is often replicated, yet unmatched. With artists from all over the world contributing to the sound of ...

A culture in which it’s fair to say the community which Hackaday serves is steeped in, is electronic music. Within these pages you’ll find plenty of synthesisers, chiptune players, and other projects ...

Tapestry Blu was a 1980s electronic pop duo, highlighted by the fabulous falsetto of William Gregory (who went by the French pronunciation, Guillaume Gregory) and Nick De Herrera, AKA Niko, a velvet ...

Nine Inch Nails will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year as part of the 2020 class, as announced yesterday, and with that achievement it seems like a fine time to check in with a ...

Depeche Mode has been one of the most popular and influential bands to emerge from the 1980s new wave movement, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Its most recent album, “Memento ...

David Stubbs’s new book, Future Sounds: The Story of Electronic Music From Stockhausen to Skrillex, depicts the electrification of music as a radical project—even a happily destructive one. The ...

Electronic music returns to its ancestral home on November 15, when Brattleboro welcomes Circuits in the Woods.

1980s electronic music icons Erasure (Vince Clarke and Andy Bell) are releasing a new album, World Be Gone, on May 19 via Mute. Previously they shared a trailer for the album. Now they have shared a ...

An unassuming warehouse off Route 63 in Harleysville contains one of the world’s largest collections of vintage electronic music gear, crammed with amps, synthesizers, guitar pedals, mixing boards, ...

With its shimmering synths and outright rejection of genre markers, the music popularized in the ’80s seemingly shares few commonalities with the string-drenched solemnity often found in country.

A new exhibit focuses on the musical renaissance that flourished in 1980s New York, aided in part by downtown artists like Blondie's Debbie Harry (left) and Chris Stein (right) meeting and working ...