From Japan! Technopop masterpieces and recommended popular tracks

Even if you have a vague image of the music genre “techno-pop,” only those quite knowledgeable about music likely know its actual origins and definition.

In fact, it’s a coined term that was created in Japan to introduce the legendary German electronic group Kraftwerk, and from the late 1970s to the early 1980s it also became a musical trend—centered around YMO—as a genre in its own right.

In this article, we’ve gathered classic tracks born during the heyday of techno-pop, which can be considered a Japan-originated movement.

The lineup also includes great contemporaneous tracks from overseas synth-pop and electro-pop, so please take a look!