If there were to be a topic on great synth music, I'd like to see it categorized by genre. While synths are great, I personally don't care much for dance music of any type. I understand there is a lot of synths in it, but I just don't care for the style. I would love to see others' recommendation on use of synths in progressive rock though, as mentioned above....

Some of my prog rock nominees are:

Old Prog:
Anything by ELP, Yes, Old Genesis, Triumvirat (A German band similar to ELP), King Crimson (to a lesser degree only because synths aren't as dominant as the others), Galaxy (if you can find it), FM, Camel, Happy the Man (Playing a reunion concert at Nearfest in Bethlehem PA. in June), Gentle Giant (very diverse), and many more!

New Prog:
Mastermind (sounds like an ELP. The guitarist plays all of the many synth sounds through a guitar controller!), IQ (sounds like old Genesis), and many more..

Electronic (a guying playing full arrangements on synths):
Synergy (rock), Tomita (Classical), Jean Michel Jarre (the 1st two and Zoolook releases), Kit Watkins early 80's material (ex Happy the Man keyboardist), Richard Souther's Heirborne and Innermission (lot's of emotion, but not boring!).

Jazz/Rock Fusion:
Return To Forever (Chick Corea keyboardist), Jean Luc Ponty (electric violinist who always has tons of great synth work on his albums), Chick Corea's Elecktric Band (1st two releases, Al Di Meola's Elegant Gypsy, Casino, and Electric Rendevous(Jan Hammer keyboardist, yes the Miami Vice guy, but this is the REAL stuff!), many more...

The above is my opinion of a small number (there's lots more!) of all time great synth based music. I'm still amazed at this music after all these years of listening. Your mileage may vary.


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