Split Mirrors, the Glossary
Split Mirrors are a German synth-pop band from Münster in Westphalia, which was founded 1985 and reached international notoriety by songs including "The Right Time" and "Voices".[1]
Table of Contents
43 relations: Alphaville (band), Atari Falcon, Atari ST, Audio engineer, Bad Boys Blue, Brooklyn Bounce, Camouflage (band), Da Hool, Deep house, Digital signal processor, Disco, Discofox, DJ Quicksilver, Dune (band), Electro house, Electronic keyboard, Fancy (singer), Hard disk recorder, Hip hop music, Information Age, Jam & Spoon, Kai Tracid, Laura Branigan, List of electronic music genres, Marusha, Münster, MIDI, My Mine, New wave music, No Angels, Raf (singer), Rapping, Rave, Reggae, Schlager music, SMPTE timecode, Sound recording and reproduction, Synth-pop, The Great Commandment (song), Thomas Kukula, VIVA (German TV channel), WestBam, Westphalia.
- 1985 establishments in Germany
- German new wave musical groups
- Synth-pop new wave musical groups
Alphaville (band)
Alphaville is a German synth-pop band formed in Münster in 1982. Split Mirrors and Alphaville (band) are German new wave musical groups and synth-pop new wave musical groups.
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Atari Falcon
The Atari Falcon030 (usually shortened to Atari Falcon), released in 1992, is the final personal computer from Atari Corporation.
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Atari ST
Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit home computers.
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Audio engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound.
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Bad Boys Blue
Bad Boys Blue are a German pop group formed in Cologne in 1984. Split Mirrors and Bad Boys Blue are German pop music groups.
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Brooklyn Bounce
Brooklyn Bounce is one of several pseudonyms used by German producers Matthias Menck (Double M) and Dennis Bohn (Bonebreaker).
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Camouflage (band)
Camouflage is a German synth-pop trio consisting of lead singer Marcus Meyn (b. May 2, 1966), Heiko Maile and Oliver Kreyssig. Split Mirrors and Camouflage (band) are German new wave musical groups and synth-pop new wave musical groups.
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Da Hool
Frank Tomiczek (born 30 December 1968), better known as Da Hool, is a German DJ and producer.
Deep house
Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music.
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Digital signal processor
A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor chip, with its architecture optimized for the operational needs of digital signal processing.
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Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.
Discofox
Discofox or disco fox is a social partner dance which evolved in Europe in the mid-1970s as a rediscovery of the dance hold in the improvisational disco dance scene dominated by solo dancing, approximately at the same time when the hustle emerged in the United States.
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DJ Quicksilver
Orhan Terzi (born 28 June 1964), better known by his stage name DJ Quicksilver, is a German-Turkish DJ and music producer.
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Dune (band)
Dune is a German electronic group known for songs such as "Hardcore Vibes", "Can't Stop Raving", "Are You Ready to Fly" and "Rainbow to the Stars".
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Electro house
Electro house is a genre of electronic dance music and a subgenre of house music characterized by heavy bass and a tempo around 125–135 beats per minute.
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Electronic keyboard
An electronic keyboard, portable keyboard, or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument based on keyboard instruments.
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Fancy (singer)
Manfred Alois Segieth (born 7 July 1946), known by his stage name Fancy, is a German singer, songwriter and record producer.
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Hard disk recorder
A hard disk recorder (HDR) is a system that uses a high-capacity hard disk to record digital audio or digital video.
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Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
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Information Age
The Information Age (also known as the Third Industrial Revolution, Computer Age, Digital Age, Silicon Age, New Media Age, Internet Age, or the Digital Revolution) is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century.
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Jam & Spoon
Jam & Spoon were a German electronic music duo formed in 1991 in Frankfurt. Split Mirrors and Jam & Spoon are German electronic music groups.
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Kai Tracid
Kai Tracid (born as Kai Franz on 17 January 1972) is a trance DJ and producer.
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Laura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer.
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List of electronic music genres
This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology.
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Marusha
Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß (born 18 November 1966), known by her stage name Marusha, is a German-Greek electronic music disc jockey, producer and television presenter who had hits in the mid-1990s including her 1994 single "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
Münster
Münster (Mönster) is an independent city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related audio devices for playing, editing, and recording music.
My Mine
My Mine is an Italo disco group formed in Terni, Italy in 1983.
New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s.
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No Angels
No Angels are an all-female pop group from Germany, formed in 2000. Split Mirrors and No Angels are German pop music groups.
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Raf (singer)
Raffaele Riefoli (born 29 September 1959) is an Italian singer-songwriter who is better known as simply Raf.
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Rapping
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular".
Rave
A rave (from the verb: to rave) is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
Schlager music
Schlager ("hit(s)") is a style of European popular music and radio format generally defined by catchy instrumental accompaniments to vocal pieces of pop music with simple, easygoing, and often sentimental lyrics.
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SMPTE timecode
SMPTE timecode is a set of cooperating standards to label individual frames of video or film with a timecode.
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Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.
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Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.
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The Great Commandment (song)
"The Great Commandment" is a song by German synth-pop trio Camouflage.
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Thomas Kukula
Thomas Kukula (born 1965 in Düsseldorf) is a German DJ, Eurodance musician and music producer, that released music under monikers such as General Base, Candy Beat, T.H.K. and Red 5.
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VIVA (German TV channel)
VIVA (abbreviation for: Videoverwertungsanstalt translating to "Video Exploitation Facility") was a German free-to-air music television channel, first broadcast on December 1, 1993.
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WestBam
Maximilian Lenz (born 4 March 1965), known by his stage name WestBam, is a German DJ and musician.
Westphalia
Westphalia (Westfalen; Westfalen) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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See also
1985 establishments in Germany
- Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
- Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium
- American football Regionalliga
- Blub (water park)
- Britzer Garten
- Brothers Grimm Poetics Professorship
- Communist Party of Germany (Roter Morgen)
- Deutscher Krimi Preis
- Die Kassierer
- Estampie (band)
- G Data CyberDefense
- German Gold Cup
- Hamburg Stealers
- Hermann Kesten Prize
- Ingenhoven Associates
- Kettrichhof transmitter
- Mekong Delta (band)
- Nationalist Front (Germany)
- Old Neckar
- Palast Orchester
- Philharmonia Quartet Berlin
- Pink Turns Blue
- Regio-Tour
- Rock am Ring and Rock im Park
- Sachsen Tour
- Siemens Mobile
- Simon-Kucher & Partners
- Split Mirrors
- Star Division
- Summerjam
- Teekampagne
- Tele Columbus
- Western Entrance to the Riedbahn
German new wave musical groups
- Alphaville (band)
- And One
- Atlantic Popes
- Belfegore
- Camouflage (band)
- Celebrate the Nun
- Cetu Javu
- Der Plan
- Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
- Deutsch-Österreichisches Feingefühl
- Die Tödliche Doris
- Extrabreit
- F.S.K. (band)
- Fehlfarben
- Foyer des Arts
- Hubert Kah
- Ideal (German band)
- Liaisons Dangereuses (band)
- Mania D
- Moskwa TV
- Moti Special
- Nena (band)
- Nervous Germans
- Nichts
- Nine Circles
- Palais Schaumburg (band)
- Paso Doble (band)
- Pink Turns Blue
- Propaganda (band)
- Queen of Japan (band)
- Software (band)
- Split Mirrors
- Stereo Total
- The Trial (German band)
- The Twins (German duo)
- The Wirtschaftswunder
- Weissglut
- Winder (band)
- Xmal Deutschland
Synth-pop new wave musical groups
- A-ha
- Agentss
- Alphaville (band)
- And One
- Animotion
- Anything Box
- Atlantic Popes
- Azul 29
- Ballistic Kisses
- Berlin (band)
- Book of Love (band)
- Camouflage (band)
- Celebrate the Nun
- Cetu Javu
- Devo
- Drezden (band)
- Ethnix
- Flash and the Pan
- Fra Lippo Lippi (band)
- Hubert Kah
- Icehouse (band)
- Images in Vogue
- Industry (American band)
- Men Without Hats
- Metrô (band)
- Minor Detail (band)
- Propaganda (Yugoslav band)
- Propaganda (band)
- Pseudo Echo
- Rational Youth
- Real Life (band)
- SSQ (band)
- Sparks (band)
- Split Mirrors
- Spoons (band)
- Telex (band)
- The Twins (German duo)
- The Vels
- Yello