Dark wave |
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Cultural origins | Late 1970s to early 1980s in Europe (most notably United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy) and Australia |
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Dark wave or
darkwave is a musical term used for dark, usually
gothic rock-influenced music that incorporates
synthesizers, or elements of
new wave and
synthpop, although the term is also applied to
post-punk bands that produce a dark atmosphere. The label began to appear in the late 1970s in German music media, coinciding with the popularity of new wave and post-punk. Building on those basic principles,
[1] dark wave is used to describe dark, introspective lyrics and an undertone of
sorrow for some bands. In the 1980s, a subculture developed primarily in Europe alongside dark wave music, whose members were called "wavers"
[2][3] or "dark wavers".
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