Tag: Dystopian

Dark Waves The Synthesizer and the Dystopian Sound of Britain (1977-80)


Free Download Dark Waves: The Synthesizer and the Dystopian Sound of Britain (1977-80) (Popular Musics Matter: Social, Political and Cultural Interventions) by Neil O’Connor
English | February 15, 2023 | ISBN: 1538165309 | True EPUB/PDF | 200 pages | 1.1/3.7 MB
Between 1977 and 1980, Britain was a country and culture in flux. The threat of nuclear war, mass unemployment, and strikes made it a particularly gloomy period historically. Within this, a growing number of electronic music acts were using technology and the synthesizer to soundtrack changing times.

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