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Oct 16, 2009 · A BBC film that traces the history and influence of electronic bands from the 70s and 80s, such as Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, and Eurythmics. Learn about the origins, genres, and artists of synth pop, and how it shaped present day music.
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- Documentary, Music
- Benjamin Whalley
- 2009-10-16
Oct 16, 2009 · Watch a programme about the post-punk generation of musicians who used synthesisers to create pop hits, from The Human League to Gary Numan. See clips, music played timings and credits of Synth Britannia.
Dec 9, 2023 · Four lads from Basildon known as Depeche Mode would come to own the new sound, whilst post-punk bands like Ultravox, Soft Cell, OMD and Yazoo took the synth out of the pages of NME and onto the...
- 82 min
- 9.4K
- Leif
Sep 6, 2017 · Synth Britannia (2009) Director: Ben Whalley Contributors include Philip Oakey, Vince Clarke, Martin Gore, Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan and Neil Tennant. Documentary following a generation of...
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- DokStation
Oct 16, 2009 · A few minutes into Synth Britannia, the new 90-minute documentary that airs for the first time on BBC Four tonight, there's a '70s clip of Keith Emerson that shows him widdling out an extravagant solo while wearing what appears to be mock chain mail suit.
Oct 16, 2009 · Watch a journey through the BBC's synthpop archives from Roxy Music and Tubeway Army to New Order and Sparks. Learn how a group of post-punk musicians took the synthesiser to the centre of the pop stage in the 70s and 80s.
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Solid documentary on British synth-pop from its start with post-punk and avant-garde weirdos in the 70s to its pop dominance towards the middle of the next decade.
