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y many of the more obscure 80's New Wave bands
New Wave music

New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
 are known as Minimal Wave.

Mainly defined by the use of the simplest and most minimalist musical structures, the sound of Minimal Wave was hallmarked by the sole use of synthesizers and drum machines originally.






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Minimal Wave is a genre of electronic music
Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology....
 that became most prominent from the period 1979 - 1986.

Today many of the more obscure 80's New Wave bands
New Wave music

New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
 are known as Minimal Wave.

Mainly defined by the use of the simplest and most minimalist musical structures, the sound of Minimal Wave was hallmarked by the sole use of synthesizers and drum machines originally. However, the "wave" element came in when first artists evolving from this movement also started incorporating electric guitars into their music.

Further music genres related to Minimal Wave are Coldwave, Dark Wave, Electronica
Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing....
, Electropop
Electropop

Electropop is a form of electronic music that is made with synthesizers, and which first flourished from 1978 to 1981. Electropop laid the groundwork for a mass market in chart-oriented synthpop....
, Flexi Pop, Minimal Electronic, Minimal Synth, Synthpunk
Synthpunk

Synthpunk is a music genre combining elements of synth rock and punk rock. The term invented by Damian Ramsey in 1999 as an attempt to retroactively identify a small sub-genre of punk music from 1977?1984 that involved musicians playing synthesizers in place of electric guitars....
 and Technopop.

Many of the first Minimal Wave bands were inspired by Punk subculture
Punk subculture

The punk subculture is based around punk rock. It emerged from the larger rock music scene in the mid-to-late-1970s in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan....
's DIY attitude as well as by electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from D?sseldorf, Germany. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, Repetitive music rhythms with catchy melody, mainly following a Western classical music style of harmony, with a minimalism and strictly electronic instrumentation....
.

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  • Weltklang
    Weltklang

    Weltklang is a German electronic music project that was formed in 1980.Current members are Thomas Voburka and Ren? Steuns.Background ...


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