What is it?
The 1980s was the decade in which the synthesizer became fully integrated into the fabric of mainstream pop. It was a key fixture in the arty, rock-adjacent work of New Order as well as the more chart-friendly fare of Duran Duran all the way to the globe-dominating Thriller by Michael Jackson. The synthesizer ceased to be the purview of the quirky experimentalists and became a firm studio staple.
