1960s

Brian Eno
David Bowie

1960s

Monterey International Pop Festival

1960s

EMS VCS 3

1970s

Cure
Japan
Jean Michel Jarre
Joy Division
Kraftwerk
The Human League
Gary Numan
Ultravox, John Foxx
Wendy Carlos

1970s

Studio 54
Punk Rock
Rock Against Racism

1970s

Sony Walkman
Minimoog launched
12" single goes on sale
Drum machine used on pop record

1980s

Depeche Mode
Heaven 17
Pet Shop Boys
Primal Scream
A Guy Called Gerald

1980s

Area NYC
Miners' Strike
Greenham Common

1980s

Linn LM-1 Drum Computer
Emulator
Apple Macintosh
Cubase

1990s

Daft Punk
Moby
Leftfield
Propellerheads
Coldcut
Daft Punk
DJ Shadow
808 State
LTJ Bukem
Primal Scream

1990s

Poll Tax Riots
Rise of the Superstar DJ

1990s

Notator Logic

2000s

Little Boots
La Roux
Royksopp
The Knife
Goldfrapp
Cassius
Hurts

2000s

iPod
Logic Studio
Tenori-on
Stock Market greed
Ableton Live
File sharing

2000s

BACKTOTHEPHUTURE BBC 6 Music Radio Show

2010s

BBC 6 Music Sessions
Heaven 17 & La Roux
Gary Numan & Little Boots

2010s

Short Circuit
Sonar
Bestival

2010s

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BBC 6 Music - Back to the Phuture

A duo of live sessions presented on the BBC Red Button by digital radio station BBC 6 Music attracted an audience of 1.3 million viewers, making it the most popular music session on the BBC's interactive service to date. As part of the 6 Music Live strand, synth-legend Gary Numan performed with pop princess Little Boots, followed by a collaboration between Eighties new wavers Heaven 17 and electro-pop duo La Roux.

La Roux's Elly Jackson says: "I think it's great that 6 Music are doing this kind of collaboration. A lot of people who might love our music and hear our records still won't know where it comes from and what it's influenced by. It brings that music back to my generation which can only be a good thing."

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