Best of Electro-Pop
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The synthesiser revolution of the '80s gave pop music a major energy boost. Inspired by punk's DIY spirit, electro-pop pioneers like Gary Numan and The Human League sketched a skeletal blueprint using sleek arpeggios and minimalist drum programming, and acts like Eurythmics and ABC created a new kind of high-tech soul under disco's influence. Dance music—and the charts—would never be the same.