Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave music. In Synthpop, the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument that is used. It is associated with the era between the late 1970s and early to middle 1980s however it has continued to exist and develop even up to this day. The German group Kraftwerk and Japanese group Yellow Magic Orchestra are said to pioneer this style of music, however a lot other musicians have improved to the original style.