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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1893009" data-attributes="member: 2205">Indeed; I go through binges where I don't want to hear anything pop whatsoever, and it's all classical, and orchestral movie soundtracks.  Although I'm not so much a fan of contemporary classical as I am of the Romantics; Wagner, the Russian Five, etc.As for not having heard of most of my recent playlists, I'm not terribly surprised.  Some of those guys have enjoyed some success in Europe, but they are woefully underground on our side of the Atlantic.  Most are either synthpop or futurepop bands; synthpop being essentially the son of old synthesizer New Wave such as Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, New Order, etc. and futurepop being a blending of synthpop with more Industrial influences.And some of the stuff up there is mid-80s italo-disco; an obscure genre of pop music if ever there was one.  Ironically (given the name) most of it comes from Spain, and I was introduced to it in Argentina when I lived there in the early 90s (at which point most of it was already five years old or more.)</blockquote>