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music Frankie Goes to Hollywood perform early stripped-down version of "Relax" before it was released David Pescovitz

animals Synthesized Sounds of the Sea marries ambient electronic music and stunning underwater animals Thom Dunn

music Check out this new dancepunk song about climate change and decarbonization Thom Dunn

electronic music How Gary Numan's "Cars" changed pop music Gareth Branwyn

synthesizers Listen to this great instrumental synth concept album about every teen movie Thom Dunn

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synthpop Sparks video for their song "iPhone" Gareth Branwyn

pop music How New Order's "Blue Monday" came to be Gareth Branwyn

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music Electronic music pioneer Mark Shreeve dead at 65 Rob Beschizza

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damn they had style Soviet Synthpop of the 80s Jason Weisberger

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