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The Story Of... Electropop!

The Blessed Madonna shares songs of personal and historical significance that tell the story of dance music in all its forms. This week, it is all to do with electropop.

Electropop really is what it says as the tin - it combines elements of electronic music and pop genres.
Electropop first emerged from the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, though its history begins a decade or so earlier when musicians like Germany鈥檚 Kraftwerk, French composer Jean-Michel Jarre and Yellow Magic Orchestra from Japan began composing and performing pop and dance music with electronic instruments.

Some fascinating new music began arriving on British shores; it was dubbed electropop, because of the electronic instrumentation. The Blessed Madonna shares some important electropop tunes from the history books, as well as some more personal favourites.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 26 Mar 2022 22:00

Music Played

  • M

    Pop Muzik

    • Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Jean鈥怣ichel Jarre

    Zoolookologie

    • Disques Dreyfus.
  • Depeche Mode

    See You

    • Mute Records.
  • Heaven 17

    Penthouse And Pavement

    • Virgin.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Always on My Mind / In My House

    • Club Mixes From The Pet Shop Boys Introspective Album.
    • EMI USA.
  • Visage

    Fade To Grey

    • Heart Full Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
  • New Order

    Perfect Kiss (Substance Edit)

    • Substance.
    • Rhino Records.
  • Madonna

    Physical Attraction

    • Burning Up / Physical Attraction.
    • Sire.
  • Kylie Minogue & New Order

    Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head

    • Parlophone.
  • Yelle

    Tristesse/Joie

    • Astralwerks.
  • Miss Kittin & the Hacker

    Stock Exchange

    • International Deejay Gigolo Records.
  • Tiga

    (Far From) Home (Speed Of Sexor Reprise)

    • Different.

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Mar 2022 22:00