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Synthpop ( also known as " technopop "), a subgenre of new wave music first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument . It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock , electronic , art rock , disco , and particularly the " Krautrock " of bands like Kraftwerk . It arose as a distinct genre in ___MASK64___ and the United Kingdom in the post - punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late - 1970s to the mid - 1980s . The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne , California in 1961 . The group ' s original lineup consisted of brothers Brian , Dennis , and Carl Wilson , their cousin Mike Love , and their friend Al Jardine . They emerged at the vanguard of the " California Sound ", initially performing original surf songs that gained international popularity for their distinct vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a southern California youth culture of surfing , cars , and romance . Rooted in jazz - based vocal groups , 1950s rock and roll , and doo - wop , Brian led the band in devising novel approaches to music production , arranging his compositions for studio orchestras , and experimenting with several genres ranging from ___MASK30___ ballads to psychedelic and baroque styles . ___MASK30___ rock is rock music with a lighter , smoother approach that is more reminiscent of commercial ___MASK30___ music . Originating in the 1950s as an alternative to rock and roll , early ___MASK30___ rock was influenced by the beat , arrangements , and style of rock and roll ( and sometimes doo wop ), but placed a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft . The detractors of ___MASK30___ rock often deride it as a slick , commercial product , less authentic than rock music . Do As Infinity is a Japanese ___MASK30___ and rock band that formed in 1999 with three members : vocalist Tomiko Van , guitarist Ryo Owatari , and guitarist and composer Dai Nagao . The band ' s name is sometimes abbreviated as D . A . I ., alluding to the fact that Do As Infinity was named after Dai Nagao . Signed to ___MASK10___ , the band released their debut single " Tangerine Dream " on September 29 , 1999 , followed by three more singles between 1999 and 2000 , which appeared on their debut album " Break of Dawn " ( 2000 ). In December 2000 , Nagao decided to devote all his time to composing the music and no longer appeared at live events . Five more studio albums were released between 2001 with " New World " and 2005 with " Need Your Love ". ___MASK21___ were an ___MASK6___ rock band , formed in Liverpool in 1960 . With members John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr , they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era . Rooted in skiffle , beat , and 1950s rock and roll , the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles , ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock , often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways . In the early 1960s , their enormous popularity first emerged as " Beatlemania ", but as the group ' s music grew in sophistication , led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney , they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the counterculture of the 1960s . J - ___MASK30___ ( often stylized as J - ___MASK30___ ; " jeipoppu "; an abbreviation for Japanese ___MASK30___ ), natively also known simply as pops , is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of ___MASK64___ in the 1990s . Modern J - ___MASK30___ has its roots in traditional Japanese music , but significantly in 1960s ___MASK30___ and rock music , such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys , which led to Japanese rock bands such as Happy End fusing rock with Japanese music in the early 1970s . J - ___MASK30___ was further defined by new wave groups in the late 1970s , particularly electronic synthpop band Yellow Magic Orchestra and ___MASK30___ rock band Southern All Stars . ___MASK64___ (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State of ___MASK64___ ") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland ( east of China , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest . ___MASK28___ is a genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll " in the United States in the 1950s , and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . It has its roots in 1940s ' and 1950s ' rock and roll , itself heavily influenced by blues , rhythm and blues and ___MASK1___ . ___MASK28___ also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk , and incorporated influences from jazz , classical and other musical sources . Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of ___MASK64___ . There are three types of traditional music in ___MASK64___ : theatrical , court music ( called gagaku ), and instrumental . Ryo has also collaborated with some Avex ___MASK74___ artists like Ai Otsuka and Ayumi Hamasaki . , is a Japanese ___MASK30___ singer and occasional actress , as well as a member of the band Do As Infinity ( DAI ), along with Ryo Owatari and Dai Nagao , that has resumed activities after their 2005 split . Voice 2 : Cover Lovers Rock is the second cover ___MASK40___ by the J - ___MASK30___ singer Tomiko Van .