Cybotron - Clear

This may be the one song that "sealed" the deal for me on techno or electronica music. I remember being about 12 or 13 when "Clear" came on the scene. I hung out with my minority friends (in a mostly white neighborhood - all of us "non" white kids knew each other regardless of our race: black, hispanic, asian - we were all friends). This was 1982 and breakdancing was just beginning to be popular. This song along with just a handful of others really struck a magical chord in my mind. I knew I wanted to learn how to create synth sounds with my keyboard before this song, but "Clear" opened my mind to an entirely new type of music: electronica.

Before "Clear" I thought of a synth as one of many instruments for song creation/recording. After, "Clear" I realized that you could make an entire song on nothing but synths! Way cool! Then I discovered Kraftwerk and several other "all synth" bands. Yeah!