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One Nation Under a Moog: How Britain Went Synthpop

Simon Reynolds, Guardian, The, 10 October 2009

As new BBC4 documentary Synth Britannia shows, the synthesizer first dehumanised then re-humanised British pop, fulfilled the DIY promise of punk, and changed how bands looked forever.

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