1980s Electro Context

One of the earliest recording of synths was the 1968 recording by Wendy Carlos, which was an electronic take on Bach, it was recorded on a Moog synth. She then did the Clockwork Orange soundrack in 1972. The late 70s were when Kraftwerk started to spread to England. We were used to long hair and wailing guitar solo's, and Kraftwerk looked like right freaks, their look matched their sound, weird, clean cut and robotic. Then Gary…