What is "synthwave"

Synthwave, also called Retrowave, is a musical style that emerged in the mid-2000s, influenced by 1980s soundtrack music .

Synthwave, also called electro-wave, are 1980s terms that describe the electronic, synthesizer-based variant of new wave and dark wave music in contrast to the more guitar-oriented variants of these genres (see cold wave and gothic rock).

Some bands that have been associated with the style were Depeche Mode,Jan Hammer, Jean Michel Jarre,Tv and Cinema Police Soundtracks Themes, Space Disco, Psyche, Invisible Limits, Fortification 55, Wasted Doom, Metronic, The Eternal Afflict, Second Decay, Deine Lakaien and Drown for Resurrection

Caused by the restricted modifiability of early types of synthesizers, synthwave of the late 1970s/early 1980s often uses minimalist sound structures that have been described as minimal wave.

Another term of the style was techno-wave. In the 1980s, the term "techno" was an abbreviation of "technological" and did not describe a specific genre of house music until 1987/88.