New Wave

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New Wave is a genre of popular music that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, blending punk rock energy with pop sensibilities, synthesizers, and a distinctive, often experimental aesthetic.

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Label Occurrences
New Wave canonical 4
new wave 3
New Wave music 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music genre
popular music genre
associatedMovement MTV era
Second British Invasion
surface form: second British Invasion
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalOrigin early 1980s
late 1970s
derivativeGenre alternative rock
college rock
dance-rock
new romantic
post-punk
synth-pop
developedFrom disco
glam rock
power pop
pub rock
punk rock
hasCharacteristic cleaner production than punk rock
danceable rhythms
emphasis on style and visual presentation
energetic performance style
experimental aesthetic
pop sensibilities
quirky or ironic lyrics
use of synthesizers
hasSubgenre dance-rock
new romantic
power pop
synth-pop
musicFusionGenreOf electronic music
pop music
punk rock
notableSubculture new romantic movement
peakPopularity 1980s
late 1970s
stylisticallyDerivedFrom electronic music
pop music
punk rock
typicalInstrument bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
keyboards
synthesizer
usesInstrument bass guitar
drum kit
electric guitar
keyboard
synthesizer

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Electric Circus hasPart New Wave
New Romantic movement genre New Wave
this entity surface form: new wave
Talking Heads movement New Wave
this entity surface form: new wave
Blondie influencedGenre New Wave
this entity surface form: new wave
1981 New York/New Wave exhibition at P.S.1 associatedWith New Wave
this entity surface form: New Wave music
Undercover of the Night genre New Wave