Too much good stuff here!
Ever heard of Tangerine Dream?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt1qIM1vjVQ
Love what they did with Mussorgsky.
Yup. TD, Jarre, Cabaret Voltaire, Kraftwerk ... lots of the eclectic synth stuff has entered my ears over the years ;)
Also check out the BBC’s Synth Britania on you tube for a cool history tour.
The new stuff really excites me as it is in many ways ‘authentic’ but they still take it ‘modern’ at times with new tools and techniques. But even when they do it is more like ‘80s seen from an alternate timeline’ than ‘modern’ in the current pop schlock sense.
Ping to Salamander for musical interest