The synthesizer might well have been invented before the 1970s; indeed, early, and frankly ridiculous claims to its origins go back hundreds of years, but more sensible suggestions cite the 1960s as ...

Just as the synth was losing its way in the late 2000s, the Cold Waves and Minimal Electronics compilation unveiled a new world of synth majesty.

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

The synth-pop legends remind us why they’re still in the game after three decades -- by working their outsize catalog into an efficient, crowd-baiting set. By Nisha Gopalan Depeche Mode Performing 9/6 ...

Back in the early ’80s, four lanky Brits calling themselves Depeche Mode, armed only with primitive synthesizers, started churning out pop hits. Nearly 40 years later they’ve sold over 100 million ...

A LA MODE: Bless their little hearts: Depeche Mode is back, playing both old stuff and new (in the latter category, there’s material from their latest disc “Sounds of the Universe,” which critics ...

One of the band's biggest tunes marked the end of their first chapter, but became a springboard that would propel both them and its writer to legendary status When you purchase through links on our ...