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Berlin was the place to be, or so they said ‘cause of the love parade. There were no smartphones, alright, just pure natural state of mind with the uncontested ability to en-joy, completed by a sophisticated two-step dance, which had to be performed with your eyes closed, probably because it was during the night. Italian arranger keyboards with floppy disks all filled with MIDI files would progressively dominate the “live” stage.

On the other sane end of the spectrum: grunge and hardcore Doomers and Quakers pogo “dancing” around at 3 o’clock in the morning. Its foundation: rage-fuzz distorted guitars melodically accompanied by expressive yelling, later evolving into melodic grunting, and, most particularly, no synths. It appears that JD-800 and K2500 were too late to the 80’s game, or ahead of their time. Sound designers back then rediscovered the steel rod, which could be musically hit against any rusty metal structure for sonic texture. Its success has lasted until today, with physical modelling being required to capture this sonic wealth.

Luckily, Brit-pop as well as boys and girls bands saved the decade and brought it all to a bittersweet symphonic conclusion.

So going back in time for music (or fashion), with or without instruments, no way I’d set that counter to any date during the 90’s :cool:

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