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==Influence and legacy== By the mid-1980s, synth-pop had helped establish the synthesizer as a primary instrument in mainstream pop music.<ref name=AMsynthpop/> It also influenced the sound of many mainstream rock acts, such as [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[ZZ Top]] and [[Van Halen]].<ref name="Reynolds2005p536">{{citation|title=Rip It Up and Start Again Postpunk 1978β1984 |author=S. Reynolds |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-571-21570-6 |page=536 |publisher=Faber & Faber |author-link=Simon Reynolds }}</ref> It was a major influence on [[house music]], which grew out of the [[post-disco]] dance club culture of the early 1980s as some DJs attempted to make the less pop-oriented music that also incorporated influences from [[Latin soul]], [[Dub music|dub]], [[rap music]], and [[jazz]].<ref name=AMhouse>{{Citation|title=House |publisher=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/house-d10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314152505/http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/house-d10 |archive-date=14 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> American musicians such as [[Juan Atkins]], using names including Model 500, Infinity and as part of [[Cybotron (American band)|Cybotron]], developed a style of [[electronic dance music]] influenced by synth-pop and [[funk]] that led to the emergence of [[Detroit techno]] in the mid-1980s.<ref name="Bogdanov2001p27">{{Citation |author=J. Bush |contribution=Juan Atkins |year=2001 |title=All Music Guide to Electronica: the Definitive Guide to Electronic Music |editor=V. Bogdanov |edition=4 |isbn=978-0-87930-628-1 |page=27 |place=Milwaukee, WI |publisher=Backbeat Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJNXLSBlL7IC&q=Cybotron+synthpop&pg=PA1974 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The continued influence of 1980s synth-pop could be seen in various incarnations of 1990s dance music, including [[trance music|trance]].<ref name=Gordon2009>{{Citation|author=C. Gordon |date=23 October 2009 |title=The decade that never dies Still '80s Fetishizing in '09 |journal=Yale Daily News |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/scene/scene-cover/2009/10/23/decade-never-dies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814135833/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2009/oct/23/the-decade-that-never-dies/ |archive-date=14 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Hip hop]] artists such as [[Mobb Deep]] have sampled 1980s synth-pop songs. Popular artists such as [[Rihanna]], UK stars [[Jay Sean]] and [[Taio Cruz]], as well as [[British pop]] star [[Lily Allen]] on her second album, have also embraced the genre.<ref name=Cateforis2011pp218-9/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7514155/Jay-Sean-and-Taio-Cruz-wowing-America.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7514155/Jay-Sean-and-Taio-Cruz-wowing-America.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=New York | work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |title=Jay Sean and Taio Cruz wowing America |first=Neil |last=McCormick |date=24 March 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/01/in-the-studio-lily-allen-makes-naughty-follow-up/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703211854/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/01/in-the-studio-lily-allen-makes-naughty-follow-up/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2008 |title=In the Studio: Lily Allen Makes "Naughty" Follow-Up |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=1 July 2008}}</ref>
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