genre talk talk
" Such a Shame " is a ___MASK99___ written by Mark Hollis for the English band Talk Talk ' s second album " It ' s My Life " ( 1984 ). Talk Talk were an English ___MASK22___ group , active from 1981 until their breakup in 1992 . Their hit singles include `` Today '' , `` Talk Talk '' ( 1981 ) , `` It ' s My Life '' ( 1984 ) , `` Such a Shame '' ( 1984 ) , and `` Dum Dum Girl '' ( 1984 ) . Talk Talk moved away from synthpop towards more experimental music in the mid - 1980s . A few more singles , including `` Life ' s What You Make It '' ( 1985 / 1986 ) and `` Living in Another World '' ( 1986 ) , achieved success in Europe and in the UK . Friction with the band ' s label , EMI , resulted in legal action and countersuing . The band switched to Polydor for their final album , 1991 ' s Laughing Stock , but the band broke up soon afterwards . Singer Mark Hollis released one solo album in 1998 before retiring from the music industry . Founding bass player and drummer Paul Webb and Lee Harris played in a couple of bands together ; de facto fourth member Tim Friese - Greene continued in the business as a musician and producer . A synthesizer ( often abbreviated as synth , also spelled synthesiser ) is an electronic ___MASK81___ instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones . Synthesizers may either imitate instruments like piano , Hammond organ , flute , vocals ; natural sounds like ocean waves , etc .; or generate new electronic timbres . They are often played with a ___MASK81___ keyboard , but they can be controlled via a ___MASK3___ of other input devices , including music sequencers , instrument controllers , fingerboards , guitar synthesizers , wind controllers , and electronic drums . Synthesizers without built - in controllers are often called " sound modules ", and are controlled via MIDI or CV / Gate using a controller device , often a MIDI keyboard or other controller . ___MASK22___ is a genre of rock music popular from the late 1970s to the mid - 1980s with ties to 1970s punk rock . ___MASK22___ moved away from smooth blues and rock and roll sounds to create pop music that incorporated electronic and experimental music , mod and disco . Initially ___MASK22___ was similar to punk rock , before becoming a distinct , genre . It subsequently engendered subgenres and fusions , including synthpop , college rock and gothic rock . Post - punk ( originally " new musick ") is a broad type of ___MASK61___ that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s , in which artists departed from punk rock ' s raw , accessible style to pursue a ___MASK3___ of avant - garde sensibilities . Attempting to break from rock tradition , post - punk artists experimented with sources such as electronic music , black dance music and the avant - garde , as well as novel recording technology and production techniques . The movement also saw the frequent intersection of music with art and politics , as artists incorporated ideas from sources such as modernist literature , critical theory , cinema , and performance art . Accompanying these musical developments were communities that produced independent record labels , visual art , multimedia performances and fanzines in conjunction with the music . ___MASK79___ ( sometimes called " kosmische Musik ") is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in Germany in the late 1960s . The term " ___MASK79___ " was originated by English - speaking music journalists as a humorous name for a diverse range of German bands whose music drew from sources such as psychedelic rock , avant - garde electronic music , funk , ___MASK6___ , jazz improvisation , and world music styles . Largely divorced from the traditional blues and rock and roll influences of British and American rock music up to that time , the period contributed to the evolution of electronic music and ambient music as well as the birth of post - punk , ___MASK19___ and new - age music . Important acts of the scene include Can , Kraftwerk , Neu !, Ash Ra Tempel , Tangerine Dream , and Faust . Kraftwerk ("" power station "") is a German ___MASK26___ band formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970 in Düsseldorf . In the 1970s , they were among the first successful pop acts to popularize ___MASK26___ and are widely considered to be innovators and pioneers of the genre . The band was fronted by both Hütter and Schneider until Schneider ' s departure in 2008 . ___MASK46___ is a subgenre of ___MASK61___ that generally reflects a challenging or avant - garde approach to rock , or which makes use of modernist , experimental , or unconventional elements . ___MASK46___ aspires to elevate rock from teen ___MASK45___ to an artistic statement , opting for a more experimental and conceptual outlook on music . Influences may be drawn from several genres , such as experimental rock , avant - garde music , classical music , and jazz . ___MASK49___ is a genre of ___MASK37___ music containing elements of funk , soul , pop , and salsa . It achieved popularity during the mid - 1970s to the early 1980s . Its initial audiences in the U . S . were club - goers from the gay , African American , Italian American , Latino , and psychedelic communities in Philadelphia and New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s . ___MASK49___ can be seen as a reaction against both the domination of ___MASK61___ and the stigmatization of ___MASK37___ music by the counterculture during this period . It was popular with both men and women , from many different backgrounds . ___MASK82___ ( shortened as " prog "; sometimes " art rock ", " classical rock " or " symphonic rock ") is a broad subgenre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s . Initially termed " progressive pop ", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz , folk or classical music . Additional elements contributed to its " progressive " label : lyrics were more poetic , technology was harnessed for new sounds , music approached the condition of " art ", and the studio , rather than the stage , became the focus of musical activity , which often involved creating music for listening , not dancing . ___MASK5___ ( also known as " technopop "), a subgenre of ___MASK10___ 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 Japan and the United Kingdom in the post - punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late - 1970s to the mid - 1980s .