Iconic Synth Riffs -- Can you think of any?

[MBTC]

Originally Posted by mitchiemasha

I'd be interested to know a track that did the Blue Monday rolling bass line synth first.

Any Contenders???

A full decade of European dance music was based around that style.

Do you mean the same actual notes that Blue Monday used or just the style of playing the bass disco style (arping between higher and lower octaves in the same key)?

I think some of Abba's tracks are probably some of the earliest examples I can think of that popularized that, but it was all over 70's disco.

[mitchiemasha]

Yeah, well both really. The first to use the style, riff type (i'm pretty sure they were first to use it in that note formation) and the first to use the sound, preset. Quite an interesting topic to discover the roots.