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synth|sɪnθ|
colloq. abbrev. of synthesizer 2 (in sense of musical instrument).
1976Liverpool Echo 24 Nov. 5/4 (Advt.), Crumar String Synth, only one year old, perfect working order, cost nearly {pstlg}500, accept {pstlg}270 o.n.o. 1977Sounds 9 July 31/6 They range from a scat slant on ‘I Got The Music In Me’ through Inter City Disco ‘Touch Me Up’ to the title cut—a seven minute mutha with heavy southern overtones; brassy, rather stringy, not a synth in sight. 1983Yellow Advertiser (Basildon) 4 Mar. 14/3 Singer-songwriters or synth bands.
▸ synth-pop n. a primarily British genre of popular music originating in the early 1980s and featuring heavy use of synthesizers and other electronic instruments; freq. attrib.
1982Washington Post 2 Mar. b8/2 In OMD, one senses a passionate communion with the cold heart of *synth-pop music. 1993A. Goodwin Dancing in Distraction Factory 133 MTV in this period was identified heavily with the so-called second British Invasion of synth-pop acts (such as Duran Duran, ABC, the Thompson Twins, [etc.]). 2002Big Issue 15 Apr. 11/1 Electroclash will be an unavoidable pleasure. Unashamedly retro, it's based around the robot-funk of electro and the stark grooves of synth pop. |