In the 1970s there was no 'electronic music' as such. Well okay, of course there was, but if you were growing up in that grey decade, it was unlikely you'd know that much about it.
Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream et al were doing their thing, but it was largely kept behind closed German doors. Wendy Carlos had made an electronic album or two, but in a classical music vein. In the UK, Keith Emerson was widdling his prog synths, the Human League were just dusting off their white coats, Brian Eno was glitz, glam and ambient, and Gary Numan was yet to find 'that' Minimoog. So it was up to a charismatic French guy to introduce us to pure synth music. And what music it was.
