Electronica as a genre became widespread in the 1980s due to the increased availability of electronic instruments. Prior to companies such as Yamaha and Roland mass manufacturing affordable [[synthesizer]]s and [[Drum Machine]]s, these were incredibly expensive items limited to the already wealthy, for example the popular [[French]] composer, Jean-Michel Jarre. | Electronica as a genre became widespread in the 1980s due to the increased availability of electronic instruments. Prior to companies such as Yamaha and Roland mass manufacturing affordable [[synthesizer]]s and [[Drum Machine]]s, these were incredibly expensive items limited to the already wealthy, for example the popular [[French]] composer, Jean-Michel Jarre. |