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Dark Waves: The Synthesizer and the Dystopian Sound of Britain (1977-80)
Hardcover
Series: Popular Musics Matter: Social, Political and Cultural Interv
General SociologyPunkMusic Recording & Reproduction
ISBN13: 9781538165300
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Feb 15 2023
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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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