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ADVENTURES IN MODERN RECORDING | Monday 1st August 2022
Trevor Horn's autobiography is to be released in the form of a hardback book, digital edition and an audiobook on 13th October 2022. It will focus on Trevor's long career as one of the world's most respected record producers and will no doubt focus on his time as a co-founding member of the Buggles and the Art of Noise.
ART OF VINYL | Tuesday 25th January 2022
Devote the first day of the month to silence.
ANNE DUDLEY'S NEW SOUNDTRACK ALBUM IS OUT TODAY | Tuesday 25th January 2022
Anne Dudley returns with another beautiful soundtrack album to Paul Verhoven's film Benedetta which has been released digitally. No physical release as yet.
Click here for tracklisting information.
MUSIC FOR THE DIGITAL GENERATION | Friday 1st October 2021
Art of Noise's ZTT back catalogue is being reissued via ZTT Records/UMC today, kicking off with Moments In Love (Rob Searles Anthem MIx) (under the alias Vision) that finally gets it official release after being previously scheduled for 16th October 2000 but was withdrawn at the last minute.
Click here to see the upcoming digital reissues
EYE OF A NEEDLE DIGITAL SINGLE OUT NOW! | Friday 23rd July 2021
Eye Of A Needle (Live in Tokyo, 1986) is the third track borrowed from the forthcoming album Noise In The City
Click here to download & stream
808 STATE OF ART OF NOISE IN LOVE & PETER GUNN DIGITAL SINGLES OUT NOW! | Friday 9th July 2021
Graham Massey's remixes of Moments In Love are available as a digital single alongside Peter Gunn (Live in Tokyo, 1986), the second track taken from the forthcoming Noise In The City long player
Click here to download & stream 808 State of Art of Noise in Love.
Click here to download & stream Peter Gunn (Live in Tokyo, 1986).
MOMENTS IN LOVE LIVE DIGITAL SINGLE OUT NOW! | Friday 25th June 2021
First track lifted from the forthcoming Noise In The City long player
Click here to download & stream
NOISE IN THE CITY! | Thursday 24th June 2021 (via Art of Noise official)
Set for release on 06 August: on vinyl, CD and digital: a new live album from The Art of Noise, recorded in Tokyo in 1986 on the In Visible Silence tour.
This is the first time a full-length, unedited live Art of Noise concert has ever been released, and the entire set was mixed in 2021 by Gary Langan from the original multitrack tapes. Highlights include Peter Gunn, Legs, Paranoimia, and the first-ever release of 1986 live renditions of Eye Of A Needle and In The Mood. On stage are Anne Dudley and JJ Jeczalik with Dave Bronze on bass, Simon Moreton on percussion, Paul Robinson on drums, and The Noisettes (Katie Humble, Pepe Lemer, and Linda Taylor) on vocals. Please be seated for:
1. Peter Gunn (Arrival), 01:12
2. Close (to the Edit), 05:40
3. Paranoimia, 05:07
4. Eye of a Needle, 07:07
5. Legs, 04:28
6. Moments in Love, 10:16
7. Beatbox, 09:26
8. Instruments of Darkness, 05:40
9. Peter Gunn, 05:08
10. From Tokyo to Hammersmith and Back, 11:22
11. Opus III, 03:20
12. In The Mood, 04:10
This album came to fruition when Anne Dudley, JJ Jeczalik, and Gary Langan returned to Tokyo for live dates in 2017. They found that the 1986 concert had been recorded for FM radio broadcast and music journalist Ian Peel (who wrote the liner notes for this release and was with the group for the 2017 tour), tracked down the original multitrack master tapes to a vault in London.
The recordings were mixed this year by Gary Langan, and the rest is, as they say, a mystery. According to Music On Vinyl: "This live album beautifully represents The Art of Noise’s mid-Eighties Visible Silence tour, while also perfectly documenting one of their first concerts in Tokyo."
The vinyl edition, released by Music On Vinyl, is housed in a gatefold sleeve designed by Philip Marshal with the concert spanning two white vinyl 33rpm discs. It will be limited to 1500 copies.
The CD edition, housed in a digipack complementary to the current Adventure Series of Art of Noise's China-era recordings will be released simultaneously via Music on CD. And Warner Music UK will release the album digitally worldwide - with some sneak previews coming very soon...
Pre-order from: 
AN UPCOMING INTERVIEW WITH JJ JECZALIK | Wednesday 22nd July 2021
The brilliant Pro Synth Network channel will bes hosting an interview with Art of Noise, Art of Silence and Art of What?!'s JJ Jeczalik on Friday 2nd July 2021 at 7pm (BST), 2pm (EDT), 11pm (PDT) .
Click here to subscribe to their YouYube channel
NOISESPEAK! | 10th June 2021
Join JJ Jeczalik (@jj_jeczalik), Anne Dudley (@annedudleymusic) and Gary Langan (@gazbo2824) - and the Art of Noise Home Service (@artofnoiseoffic) - for what Tim Burgess describes as "an evening of guaranteed entertainment".
It's the Tim's Twitter Listening Party for In Visible Silence: 6pm, Sunday 27th June.
More info from @LlSTENlNG_PARTY here:
ART OF SILENCE GOES DIGITAL - THE SECOND WAVE | Friday 28th May 2021
artofsilence.co.uk has been rebranded Dot UK for it's digital debut along with a mini album of outtakes entitled Dot D.A.T. both albums are out now
Click here for upcoming Art of Silence releases
WHO'S AFRAID OF RECORD STORE DAY 2021 | Wednesday 7th April 2021
Art of Noise's debut album is being reissued this years with a bonus LP, Who's Afraid Of Goodbye as part of Record Store Day on 17th July.
Click here for participating stores
CANCELLED: DUDLEY JECZALIK LANGAN REBOOT AT THE JAZZ CAFE | Wednesday 20th May 2020
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Jazz Cafe have cancelled the three Dudley Jeczalik Langan Reboot Art of Noise shows that were to due to take place from the 16th to 18th June 2010. Please contact your ticket vendor and not this site regarding refunds.
THE ART OF WHAT?! @ LET'S ROCK 2020 POSTPONED UNTIL 2021 | Saturday 9th May 2020
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, The Art of What?! set that was due to take place on Saturday 16th May @ Let's Rock The Moor has now been postponed until 22nd May 2021 with the date for Let's Rock Wales now taking place on Saturday 5th June 2021. There are no confirmations at this point about JJ & Gary's appearing at the rescheduled Let's Rock Southampton and Let's Rock Essex events. Please contact your ticket vendor and not this site
regarding refunds.
click here to book tickets via this site's home page
ANNE DUDLEY'S RADIO SHOW ON SCALA RADIO ON SUNDAY 9th FEBRUARY | Thursday 6th February 2020
Tune into Scala Radio (DAB | Online | App | Smart Speaker | SKY TV 0216) at 1pm (GMT) to hear Anne playing Academy Award winning music from the past 90 years.
UPDATE: DUDLEY JECZALIK LANGAN REBOOT AT THE JAZZ CAFE POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE | 25th Oct 2019
Anne, JJ & Gary will now appear on stage for two nights on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th June 2020 at London's Jazz Cafe instead of the previously scheduled dates of Tuesday 7th & Wednesday 8th January due to health issues.
click here to book tickets via this site's home page
THE ART OF WHAT?! LIVE DJ/AV SHOWS IN ITALY AND BOGNOR REGIS | 5th June 2019
JJ Jeczalik & Gary Langan's live DJ/AV show is set to land at the Todays festival in Turin on 24th August and again as part of Butlin's Electric Dreams Weekender from 29th November to 2nd December 2019.
click here for tickets for Todays Festival (Italy) and here for Electric Dreams (UK)
EXPANDED NONSENSE! ARRIVING 26th APRIL 2019 | Monday 11th March 2019
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A limited edition individually numbered double turquoise blue vinyl issue of In No Sense? Nonsense! will be we released next month. Only 2,000 copies of this set have been made via Music on Vinyl.
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KEITH FLINT (17th September 1969 - 4th March 2019) | Monday 4th March 2019
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It
was announced today that The Prodigy's front man Keith Flint has died
at the age of 49. The group famously sampled Art of Noise's (Close To The Edit) on their UK No.1
single Firestarter which made Flint a household
name and one of music's best loved
performers.
Our thoughts and sympathies go out to Keith's family and
friends at this sad
time. |
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RECORD STORE DAY UK 2019 (13th April 2019) | Friday 1st March
2019 |
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ZTT/BMG
will be releasing three limited edition box sets exclusively for this
years Record Store Day on Saturday 13th April. Each set will contain 4
12" EPs containing remixes and unreleased tracks and are part of ZTT's
Element series. This years offerings include Art of Noise's
Daft As A Brush! (Element 46), 808 State's Four
States Of 808 (Element 44) and Propaganda's The
Eight Testaments Of Propaganda (Element
45).
The track listing for Art of Noise's Daft As A
Brush! can be viewed here.
Click here
for further information about Record Store Day UK and here for
worldwide
information. |
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TREVOR HORN ON TOUR |
Thursday 28th February 2019
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Trevor
Horn takes to the road this year perfoming his recent Reimagins - The Eighties album with special
guests.
For more
details click here.
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TREVOR HORN REIMAGINES - THE
EIGHTIES | Monday 14th January
2019 |
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Trevor
Horn is set to release his new album on 25th January that features the
likes of Seal, Robbie Williams, All Saints and Simple Minds as well as
other guest artists covering classic 80s hits.
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ART OF SILENCE GOES DIGITAL | Friday 11th January 2019
JJ Jeczalik's Art of Silence project has gone digital for the first time, kicking of with the release of the classic West 4.
Click here for upcoming Art of Silence releases
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FAN MEET-UP BEFORE SPIRITLAND TALK | Monday 15th October
2018 |
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A
small fan meet-up will be held at the Euston Flyer pub (83-87 Euston
Road, London, NW1 2RA) from 3pm onwards on the 5th November 2018 prior
to Anne Dudley and JJ Jeczalik's talk at Spiritland later on in the
evening. Please free to pop in and meet fellow Art of Noise
fans.
Click here for
directions |
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TREVOR HORN BAND LIVE IN LONDON | Monday 8th October
2018 |
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Trevor
Horn has announced a live date at The Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank
Centre in London on 2nd November 2018.
Click here
to book tickets |
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ANNE & JJ LIVE AT SPRITLAND TALKS | Thursday 13th September
2018 |
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Hear Anne
Dudley and JJ Jeczalik will be talking to Ian Peel about the making of
Art of Noise's third studio album In No Sense?
Nonsense! on 5th November 2018 at Spiritland, Kings Cross,
London. Only 60 tickets are available.
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IN NO SENSE?
NONSENSE! DELUXE EDITION | Tuesday
4th September
2018 |
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Art of Noise's classic 1987 album
In No Sense? Nonsense!
will be made available as a remastered 50 track deluxe edition double
CD and download on 2nd November 2018. The extras include outtakes,
unreleased remixes, collaborations with Paul McCartney & Duane Eddy,
as well as the singles Legacy and Dragnet. This experimental album that
defies genre can be pre-ordered from Amazon.co.uk
(and other worldwide Amazon sites) along with exclusive limited edition
items that can be found at PledgeMusic.com.
click here for track
list |
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JJ & GARY AT FESTIVAL OF SOUND | Thursday 10th August
2018 |
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Art of
Noise's JJ Jeczalik and Gary Langan are to healine at the Festival of Sound
on Friday 28th September 2018 at Novotel London West, Hammersmith. Gary
will also be giving a talk on Saturday 29th about the making of Queen's
classic Bohemian
Rhapsody.
click here for
more details |
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MOMENTS IN
LOVE COMPILATION COMING SOON | Sunday 1st June
2018 |
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BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. are set to issue a
number of cross artist releases as part of their The Master
Collection series
at the end of July 2018. This is will be the first UK budget-price
release for the Art of Noise. Heavily based upon on the European Best Of that was issued on the Metro Select label
with a few tracks replaced and added to appeal to die-hard fans.
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ANNE DUDLEY PLAYS THE ART OF NOISE | 27th April
2018 |
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Island
Records are to release Anne's long awaited album in the UK & USA
after its initial release in Japan last year.
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DUDLEY JECZALIK LANGAN ON 7" VINYL | Wednesday 31st January
2018 |
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A limited edition single is to be released via Electronic Sound magazine on 5th February
2018. Dudley Jeczalik Langan Reboot Art Of Noise's
In Visible Silence was recorded in Tokyo last September and
features Instruments Of Darkness as the A-side and
medley of some Art of Noise classics on the
flipside.
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ART OF NOISE REBOOT IN VISIBLE SILENCE
ON VINYL | Wednesday 25th January
2018 |
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After the
huge success of last year's 2CD deluxe edition of In Visible
Silence,
Music on Vinyl have announced the release date of the limited edition
double 180 gram gatefold blue vinyl counterpart (MOVLP2007) as Friday
23rd February 2018 and April for the black vinyl
edition.
click here
for track list.
click here
to pre-order your copy
now |
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DUDLEY JECZALIK LANGAN LIVE IN
LONDON | Friday 1st December
2017 |
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Anne,
JJ and Gary perform live once again on the 9th March 2018 at The
British Library in London rebooting their classic 1986 album In Visible Silence.
click here
for further
information |
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TREVOR HORN'S THE REFLECTION WAVE ONE | Monday 10th July 2017 |
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Trevor
releases his first solo project under his own name in Japan on 16th
August 2017. The album is the soundtrack to the Japanese anime TV series
Reflection Wave One co-created by Hiroshi Nagahama and Marvel's Stan
Lee. The album will be available as both standard and limited edition
formats.
Pre-order the standard CD
or limited edition CD/DVD
from Amazon.co.jp
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CHRISTOPHER MATHIEU'S INTERVIEW WITH JJ
JECZALIK | Wednesday 21st June
2017 |
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In an
exclusive interview by Christopher, JJ talks about many aspects of his
musical career.
click here
to read the English
transcript. |
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THE SYNTH WAVE SHOW WITH GARY
LANGAN | Tuesday 20th June
2017 |
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Rob Green will be chatting to Gary about Art of Noise
and his career on 28th June 2017.
click here
to listen to the entire
show. |
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DUDLEY JECZALIK LANGAN LIVE IN
TOKYO | Monday 19th June
2017 |
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Following
the success of their Sound City gig in Liverpool, Anne, JJ and Gary
will appear at Billboard Live Tokyo to reboot their Art of Noise In Visible Silence album live on the 2nd & 4th
September 2017.
click here
for further information |
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ANNE DUDLEY WINS IVOR NOVELLO AWARD | Thursday 18th May
2017 |
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Neil Tennant presented Anne with The PRS for Music
Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award
today.
In her acceptance speach she had this to say: “I’ve
been in this business for 39 years and I’d like to take this moment to
thank everyone I’ve worked with. Thank you to PRS and BASCA for fighting
our corner. Thank you to my husband Roger, I’ve never publically
thanked him… and I’ve never privately thanked him. Roger, I could of
done it all without you, but it would of been
crap.”
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GARY LANGAN ON THE VOICE FM, SATURDAY
13TH MAY 2017 | Monday 8th May
2017 |
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Tune in to 80s Show on The
Voice FM in North Devon this Saturday from 10:30pm and catch
Gary in conversation with Yolanda
Jones. |
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IN VISIBLE SILENCE REMASTERED
TODAY | Thursday 6th April
2017 |
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In Visible Silence has been
remastered today @ Redlight Studios, London with JJ Jeczalik and Gary
Langan. |
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RECORD STORE DAY MOMENTS ON 22nd APRIL
2017 | Tuesday 21st March
2017 |
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As part of Record Store Day, ZTT will release two
limited edition versions of the Art of Noise's 1985 hit Moments In Love. The 2017 editions will be
available on 22nd April as a 10" shaped picture disc (including the
vinyl debut of A Time For Fear (JJ's 12" Remix) on
the flipside), issued via BMG. A four track coloured vinyl 12" edition
will be issued by Music on Vinyl.
click here
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ANNE DUDLEY RE-WORKS THE ART OF NOISE | 6th March
2017 |
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To
tie in with the live reboot of Art of Noise's In Visible
Silence in
May, Anne will be releasing a new album of her piano re-workings of some
the groups best known works entitled Anne Dudley Plays The
Art Of
Noise. It will be first released in Japan on 24th May 2017
via U/M/A/A
Inc.
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IN VISIBLE SILENCE PLEDGEMUSIC
EXCLUSIVES | Tuesday 4th April
2017 |
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The two exclusive limited edition In Visible
Silence from PledgeMusic
sets are now available. The standard 2CD deluxe edition can be
pre-ordered from them and Amazon.co.uk. |
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IN VISIBLE SILENCE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
TODAY | Thursday 30th March
2017 |
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In Visible Silence
officially announced today, and set for release on 19 May 2017. A
two-disc, remastered, expanded edition of Art of Noise's million-selling
second album, In Visible Silence, featuring the
Grammy Award-winning hit single Peter Gunn ft. Duane
Eddy.
The release date comes just six days before Anne Dudley,
JJ Jeczalik
and Gary Langan reboot In Visible Silence live on
stage at Liverpool
Sound City.
Disc One will feature the original album sequence and
all the original 7” A-side mixes and B-sides. Disc Two presents eleven
previously-unreleased tracks from the cutting room floor – the first
time any out-take material from this era of Art of Noise has ever been
released – alongside all the rare 12" mixes from the In
Visible Silence
project.
Every track has been remastered from the original tapes
by Dudley·Jeczalik·Langan. The deluxe edition has been compiled and
curated by Ian Peel, with design by Philip Marshall based on the
original art of John Pasche. The sleevenotes detail Peel's two-year, 'Raiders of the Lost Art' search for the master and
session tapes from
the making of In Visible
Silence.
STAY TUNED for the launch of a special, official store
on PledgeMusic
where you will be able to pre-order the deluxe edition as well as a
series of exclusive limited edition art prints, artefacts and
merchandise
Art of Noise
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IN VISIBLE SILENCE REBOOTED ON 19th MAY
2017 | Wednesday 29th March
2017 |
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The Art of
Noise's biggest selling album (to date) is beeing rebooted for the 21st
century on 2CDs that feature the remastered original album, previously
unreleased demos, 7" & 12" mixes and b-sides. Anne Dudley, JJ
Jeczalik & Gary Langan will also be appearing live on the 25th May
at Clarence Dock in Liverpool (see below or home page for details of
that event).
click here
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JOHN HURT, CBE (1940 - 2017) | Saturday 28th January
2017 |
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The legendary
British actor and voice over artist passed way yesterday, 27th January
2017, age 77. Famous for his roles in classic films including Alien; The Elephant Man; 1984 and more recently, the Harry Potter series
which are just a few of his memorable performances that spanned six
decades in no less than one hundred and twenty films. In 2013 he played
the role of "The War Doctor" in the television science fiction series Doctor Who that introduced him to a new generation
of fans and was also the narrator throughout Art of
Noise's 1999 album, The Seduction Of Claude
Debussy.
Our
thoughts and sympathies go out to his family and friends at this very
sad
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LIVE CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT! | Monday 23rd January
2017 |
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Dudley·Jeczalik·Langan reboot
Art Of Noise's In Visible
Silence
A unique
outdoor performance on 25 May 2017 at the Clarence Dock,
Liverpool.
Commencing
the sixth work in the Adventure Series. (Of flesh and blood we're
made...)
Art of Noise official
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ELLE | Monday 22nd August
2016 |
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The soundtrack album by Anne Dudley to the Paul
Verhoeven film Elle is due for release on the 23rd September 2016. It is her second collaboration with the film Dutch director,
the first being Black Book back in
2006.
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POLDARK DELUXE
EDITION | 16th August
2016 |
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Following
the huge success of Anne Dudley's soundtrack album to the BBC's period
drama, Sony Music are set to release an new expanded edition of her CD
on 16th September 2016. Pre-order from Amazon.co.uk |
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DRAGNET ON BLU-RAY |
Wednesday 18th May 2016 |
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Amazon.co.uk have given a release date of 6th June 2016
for the 1987 box office hit Dragnet starring Dan
Aykroyd and Tom Hanks with the movie's iconic theme tune performed by
the Art of Noise.
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ART OF NOISE'S OFFICIAL VIDEO CHANNEL
(The China Years) | Friday 22nd April
2016 |
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You
can now officially watch for the very first time a collection of Art of
Noise's videos made during their time at China Records. All of the
videos are HQ (not HD) and stand out from those on certain fan video
pages. You can view the videos here
or click the Videos on this site's menu
bar. |
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PRINCE (1958 - 2016) | Thursday 21st April
2016 |
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Fans and
the music industry are in shock after the sad news of the death of
singer/songwriter Prince, aged 57. The superstar performer had numerous hits
including Purple Rain, 1999, Little Red Corvette, Sign 'O' The
Times, Batdance and Kiss (that
was covered by the Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones). The story of his
passing broke when it was announced in a statement by Carver County
Sheriff Jim Olsen today. An investigation is now under
way.
Our
thoughts go out to Prince's family and friends at the sad
time.
Click here
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THE ART OF SOCIAL MEDIA |
Monday 18th April 2016 |
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Art of
Noise's J.J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan can also be found on Twitter and
Instagram.
click here to access
links. |
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CLASSIC ALBUMS SUNDAYS PRESENT AN
EVENING WITH THE ART OF NOISE | Friday 11th September
2015 |
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Who’s Afraid Of The Art Of Noise?
was originally
released in 1984 and acted as the perfect illustration of the changing
dynamics of not only how music sounded, but also how it was to be
created in the future. The lines had become increasingly blurred between
the artist and producer, not only their roles within the studio, but
also their roles within the finished product. George Martin was referred
to as the fifth Beatle for his influence on their sound, Brian Eno
would develop the idea of the ‘studio as a compositional tool’ and
Trevor Horn would go on to define the sound of the 80’s through his work
with acts such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood and
Seal.
The Art Of Noise developed the idea of a ‘group without
faces’, the
‘band’ was created by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J.
Jeczalik, along with arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, music
journalist Paul Morley and was without a traditional frontman. The sound
was created from a pallet of samples, field recordings and
synthesis, blurring the lines between the recognisable genres of new
wave, rock, pop and dance music.
Join us for this special one off event which will
feature Trevor
Horn, Anne Dudley and Paul Morley all in attendance and talking openly
about their memories of The Art Of Noise and their classic debut. The
album will be replayed in full on our world-class audiophile Classic
Album Sundays hi-fi and the replay will be followed by an opportunity
for the guests to ask the band the questions they have always wanted to
ask.
This will be a very intimate event and seating will be
VERY limited.
Wednesday 21st October from 7 to
10pm
The Club at Café Royal, 68 Regent Street, London W1B
0AB
Tickets:
£100 (there is also a limited allotment of complimentary tickets for
Café Royal Club Members but they must sign up in
advance)
Classic Album Sundays
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WHO'S AFRAID OF THE ART OF NOISE:
DELUXE CANCELLED! | Tuesday 7th July
2015 |
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"We are sorry to say that due to increased
production and
manufacturing costs and problems locating some of the original master
tapes we have decided to cancel this campaign as we don't feel the Box
Set would be of a high enough quality and value for money we hoped to
release. We would like to take this opportunity to
thank everyone who Pledged
and all of those who expressed interest throughout the campaign. CAS
will be back with new campaigns and new releases in the near
future.
Your pledge will be automatically cancelled,
but if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at www.pledgemusic.com/pledges
Thanks
Classic Album
Sundays" |
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POLDARK | Friday 8th May
2015 |
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Anne Dudley releases her latest soundtrack CD, Poldark - Music From The TV Series on Monday 11th
May 2015.
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WHO'S AFRAID OF THE ART OF NOISE:
DELUXE | Monday 4th May
2015 |
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Classic
Album Sundays and ZTT will be releasing a strictly limited edition
deluxe box set of Art of Noise's debut album, along with other exclusive
formats. In addition to this, there will be a Classic Album Sundays
event to
launch the album featuring a full playback of the album on a valve audio
system featuring a Q&A session featuring members of The Art Of
Noise.
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ARE YOU FOLLOWING ANNE DUDLEY? | Monday 16th March
2015 |
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COMPETITION WINNERS |
Monday 2nd February 2015 |
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Congratulations
to: Gwilym Chesterfield, Wales, Rudi Rasmussen, Denmark, Luciano
Giampaglia, England. Prizes courtesy of Salvo
Music/USM |
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THE TREVOR HORN BAND LIVE IN LONDON | Thursday 18th December
2014 |
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The
Trevor Horn Band (aka The Producers) will be playing at London's O2
Shepherds Bush Empire on the 5th March 2015. Special guest stars will
include Seal, with more to be announced soon at a future
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AT THE END OF A CENTURY / ZANG TUUM
TUMB THE VALUE OF ENTERTAINMENT | Wednesday 17th December
2014 |
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Art
of Noise's At The End Of A Century 2CD+DVD set and
the Various Artists
compilation set Zang Tuum Tumb: The Value Of Entertainment that includes
an expanded edition of Zang Tumb Sampled
(featuring Art of Noise,
Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, Andrew Poppy, Anne Pigalle and
Instinct) are to be released in the United Kingdom on the 2nd and in
Germany on 6th February next year.
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PRESS STATEMENT FOR JILL SINCLAIR | Wednesday 26th March
2014 |
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With deep
regret, the SPZ Group and the Horn family announce that Jill Sinclair
passed away on Saturday 22 March 2014, aged 61. Click here
to read the full statement
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ART OF NOISE ON BBC REGIONAL
RADIO | Thursday 6th February
2014 |
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JJ
Jeczalik & Gary Langan have been busy recording a series of
interviews in London at Broadcasting House this week. The two Art of
Noise founder members have been talking about their music and ZTT
Records.
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AT THE END OF A
CENTURY | Thursday 6th February
2014 |
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ZTT's
Ian Peel has been raiding the label's archive yet again to bring us all
a new Art of Noise collection. The collection contains Noise-shots from
the
closing years of the 20th Century to the opening ones of the 21st. At The End Of A Century will contain no less than 3
CDs and a DVD. It acts as the second bookend to the group's
groundbreaking career, the first being And What Have You Done
With My Body, God? in
2006 The set is due for release later this year. As a prelude, a 12"
picture disc is set for release on the 19th April entitled Live At The End Of A Century.
click here
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THE FURTHER EXPLOITS OF ZTT | Thursday 6th February
2014 |
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The 10th February see no less than four releases from
ZTT/Salvo. Various Artists: Zang Tuum
Tumb - The Art Of The 12", Volume Three (order here);The Organisation Of Pop (London Edition) (order here)
containing previously unreleased Art of Noise tracks. From Frankie Goes
To Hollywood comes: Relax (Sex Mix Edition 3) for
the very first time on 12" (exclusive to Amazon.co.uk order here)
and the deluxe edition of Frankie Said (CD/DVD) (order here). |
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A SOUND OF #ZTT30 |
Thursday 17th October 2013
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Listen to an art of noise at 19eighties - the rhythm of a
decade, with Paul Morley, Anne Dudley, Andrew Poppy, the BBC Concert
Orchestra and... "special guests." Art of Noise and ZTT's debut
EP, Into Battle with the Art of Noise, will be
stripped bare and transformed into a defiantly non-electronic orchestral
suite. And the BBC Concert Orchestra will perform Andrew Poppy's 32 Frames. 19eighties is a brand-new, one-off
documentary soundtrack to the decade you either love, or love to hate,
presented as part of The Rest Is Noise, the Southbank Centre's year-long
festival exploring the sound of the 20th century through talks, debates
and films and concerts. 19eighties: 30 November 2013, 7.30pm, Southbank
Centre: click here for tickets
ztt.com |
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JJ Jeczalik's classic Art of Silence website has been
restored complete with a new official Facebook page |
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FOLLOW US ON
TWITTER | Wednesday 27th March
2013 |
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As from today you can officially follow this website on Twitter, in addition to Facebook
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THE VOICE UK | Tuesday
26th March 2013
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Former Art of Noise collaborator Sir Tom Jones returns
to TV on Saturday 30th March 2013 (19:00 GMT) for the second series of
the music talent show with fellow judges Jessie J, will.i.am and Danny
O'Donoghue.
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THE LEXICON OF LOVE |
Wednesday 12th December 2012
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On December 18th 2012 The Lexicon of Love will be re-created as a live
concert at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Anne Dudley will be conducting
a 40 piece orchestra with ABC's Martin Fry in the gold lamé
suit.
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CLASSIC POP | Wednesday
24th October 2012
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This new music magazine was launched today. The editor
of this bi-monthly publication is non other than ZTT's very own Ian
Peel.
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MAKING TRACKS - 3. METROPOLIS | Saturday 11th August
2012 |
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Cultural
commentator Paul Morley explores a history of popular music through
some of the iconic recording studios in which classic albums were
created.
Without them
music as we know it would simply not exist. At its most basic, there'd
be no technology to capture the sounds envisaged by the musicians and
created and enhanced by the engineers and producers... and there'd be no
music for the record companies to market and distribute. But more than
that, the studios actually played a crucial part in the structure and
fabric of the music recorded there - the sounds enhanced by the studio
space itself... the potential and shortcomings of the equipment and
technology housed in the cubicles... and the ability and 'vision' of the
engineers and producers operating it all to find the new sound that
makes the recordings sound different and fresh.
In the final
programme of the series Paul Morley ventures to West London and one of
the last major studio complexes to be built in the heyday of the music
industry. But without an exalted musical history to fall back on and
decades of experience to help run it, how do you go about creating a
world-class facility frequented by the likes of Amy Winehouse, Mick
Jagger and Rihanna... and how do you keep it going when all around you
are closing their doors?
Producer: Paul Kobrak.
Broadcast
on BBC Radio 4, 3:30PM Sat, 11 Aug 2012. Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1
Jan 2099
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11:30AM Tue, 7 Aug
2012
BBC Radio 4
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THE PRODUCERS ALBUM GETS A RELEASE
DATE | Friday 25th May
2012 |
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The
long awaited Made In Basing Street album by the
group consisting of
Trevor Horn, Lol Creme, Stephen Lipson and Ash Soan will be released on
the 25th June 2012 as a double deluxe edition CD. The Producers have
been jamming together since the late 2000's and have also been busy
playing live gigs. This will be the first studio album that Horn &
Creme have appeared on as members of a band since Art of Noise's The
Seduction Of Claude Debussy in
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ANNE DUDLEY LATEST |
Monday 14th May 2012
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Anne Dudley is
working as the musical director of the director Tom Hooper's new film
"Les Misérables", starring Hugh Jackman, Russell
Crowe and Anne Hathaway. In addition to her film work, Anne has
composed a new piece, influenced by Handel's Water Music as part of the
Thames Pageant for the Queen's
Diamond Jubilee in June where she will be participating 2012. The piece
features on a new compilation released on 28th May entitled
"ew Water Music - Thames Diamond Jubliee
Pageant |
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ZANG TUUM TUMB - THE ART OF THE 12"
VOLUME 2 | Monday 9th January 2012
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The follow
up to ZTT's best remixes of the 1980s and 1990s is released on the 20th
February 2012. This time around non-ZTT acts such as OMD, Paul
McCartney, Mint Juleps appear alongside the Frankie Goes To Hollywood
and Propaganda. This set also sees previously unreleased material
surfacing for the very first time like two 808 State versus Art of Noise
remixes of Moments in Love
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GARY LANGAN TAKES TO THE AIRWAVES
(27/08/11) | Tuesday 23rd August
2011
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The Art of Noise co-founder, record producer &
engineer will be on Absolute Radio - Cafe 80's
on Saturday 27th August 2011 between 9am - 12 noon. You can also listen
to Gary talking about his time as the assistant engineer on Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody to the birth of the Art of Noise
in the BBC Radio
Scotland series "Edith Bowman's Album Show" that goes out in the next
few weeks.
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WHO'S AFRAID OF THE ART OF NOISE
RELEASE DATE PUSHED BACK | Saturday 20th August
2011 |
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Due to an
arson attack on the SonyDADC distribution centre the release date of the
deluxe edition CD + DVD has been postponed until 19th September
2011. |
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WHO'S AFRAID OF THE ART OF NOISE?
(DELUXE) | Wednesday 27th July
2011 |
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Zang Tuum Tumb and
Salvo Music are proud to present Who's Afraid of the Art of
Noise? the Deluxe CD + DVD
Edition.
The fearful audio disc: features
the classic 1984 album remastered and the first release ever of AoN's
BBC Radio 1 live sessions. The first, for Saturday Live in November
1984, includes studio interviews with JJ Jeczalik, Gary Langan, Anne
Dudley and Paul Morley and live renditions of Close (to the
Edit), Moments in Love and Beat Box (which morphs, only this once, into Video
Killed The Radio Star). The second, recorded for Janice Long
in March
1985, includes the From Science to Silence rendition of
Donna.
The afraid DVD: features Anton
Corbijn and Zbigniew Rybczynski's classic videos for Beat
Box and Close
(to the Edit), a documentary in two parts ('so what
happens now?' and ‘so what happened
next?’), nine TV adverts including Kenneth Williams'
legendary spoken word sessions, previously-unseen live recordings
including AoN 4.0 live at Coexistence, the full-length,
made-for-cinemas
Closer (to the Edit), and cinema trailers voiced by Patrick
Allen.
Who's Afraid of the Art of
Noise? (Deluxe) is released on 05 September
2011.
Click to the Catalogue
section for the full track list, and click to to the Zang Tuum Shop to
pre-order.
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MAKING TRACKS | Friday
15th July 2011
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Broadcast: BBC Radio 4, Tuesday 19th July at 13:30
(BST).
Critic and cultural
commentator Paul Morley returns to the Basing Street Studios, home to
Island Records and then his own ZTT label. These were the very rooms in
which everyone from Led Zeppelin, Cat Stevens and Bob Marley through to
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the Art of Noise and Grace Jones recorded
some of their most iconic albums. In the company of Island's Chris
Blackwell and ZTT's Trevor Horn, as well as legendary engineer Tony
Platt, Paul attempts to find out what it was about this particular space
that led to some of the most memorable recordings of the 70s and
80s.
Producer: Paul Kobrak.
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BRASS ON THE BRIDGES |
Friday 15th July 2011
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Anne was commissioned to compose a fanfare for massed
brass players
by the South Bank Centre for the opening of the Light Fantastic weekend,
June 2011. The piece was designed for 4 Brass Bands positioned across
Hungerford bridge, gallery trumpets high up on the Festival Hall and a
mass band on the terrace by the river. Brass players of all abilities
were asked to download their parts for a performance early
evening.
"Brass on the Bridges" became "Brass on the balconies"
owing to constant rain! Anne says: "The challenge was to write
all the parts for various
levels of players. Each part had hard, medium and easy versions that all
worked together. It was good to see such a mix of abilities and ages
making music together. I hope someday we get a chance to perform it
outside!"
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INTO BATTLE EXPANDED ON 4TH APRIL
2011 | Saturday 19th March
2011 |
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The first of
ZTT and Salvo's
expanded Art of Noise re-issues kicks off with their 1983 debut 12" Into Battle With The Art Of Noise being increased
in length from a 9
track EP into a 27 track album.
A lot more
thought has gone into this
version than the 20th Anniversary Edition that was released in Germany
in the early 2000s. This is a must for all AoN fans and electronic music
as it broke away from the conventional sound of
electro-music that had been dominated by the likes of Kraftwerk.
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OPERA | Monday 31st
January 2011 |
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As part of
the Royal Opera House "OperaShots series" Anne was
commissioned to write a short opera for their Linbury Theatre. She
teamed up with Terry Jones who produced a Pythonesque story about a
doctor. This doctor is well loved by all his devoted patients and is a
brilliant GP, but, he is a dog! Prejudices abound, he is called up
before the GMC but then things take a turn for the
worse!
The opera "The Doctor's Tale" is written for 8
performers and scored for
a small orchestra and will be performed in April together with a
project by Stewart Copeland.
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ZANG TUUM TUMB - THE ART OF THE
12" | Monday 3rd January 2011
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ZTT/Salvo
are to release a double CD of some of the labels best love remixes from
Art of Noise, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, 808 State as well
as forgotten gems from the likes of Nasty Rox Inc. and (Lomax). The
collection also includes peviously unreleased material by Art & ACT
(a pArt of Noise). Available on 7th February 2011.
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POP PRODUCER TREVOR HORN APPOINTED CBE | Saturday 1st January
2011 |
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Trevor
Horn, who has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours, is one of
the most influential record producers of the last 30
years.
During his career his epic pop treatment has graced hits by Frankie Goes
to Hollywood, the Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones, Seal and Robbie
Williams.
A
classically
trained musician, Horn began as a session musician and in the house band
at the Hammersmith Palais nightclub in London.
It was this apprenticeship, he claims, that taught him "the dynamics of
the dance floor". It was not until he reached 30, in 1979, that his
career began to take off. His big break came when he donned a pair of
giant spectacles, formed The Buggles and wrote the the hit that was to
make his name. The duo's Video Killed the Radio
Star reached number one
in 16 countries. Two years on, it achieved immortality as the first
track played on MTV.
Horn then briefly fronted progressive rock band Yes, though he
received dire reviews as its bassist and lead singer. Moving behind the
mixing desk, Horn made his name as a producer with girl-boy duo Dollar.
He then moved on to mastermind The Lexicon of Love, ABC's masterpiece of
1980s pop. Horn's ability to combine emerging synthesiser and sampling
technology with rhythm and drama gave even the cheesiest tunes a sense
of adventure and futuristic allure.
There was also an unlikely collaboration with punk maestro Malcolm
McLaren on the Duck Rock album, not to mention work
with innovative
electronic group The Art of Noise. The producer returned to Yes in 1983
for the album 90125, single-handedly reinventing the ageing rockers with
chart-topping anthem Owner of a Lonely Heart. In
the same year he
signed Liverpudlian group Frankie Goes to Hollywood to his new label,
ZTT. Horn used drum machines and sampling to create the symphonic dance
tracks Relax, which topped the charts in January
1984, and Two Tribes,
which stayed at number one for nine weeks that
summer.
Horn dominated '80s orchestral pop, scoring hits with the Pet Shop
Boys, Tina Turner, Simple Minds and Grace Jones's mesmerising Slave To
The Rhythm. He was named best producer at the Brit awards in 1983, 1985
and 1992, and won a Grammy in 1995 when Seal's Kiss from a Rose was
named record of the year. His eclectic outlook has also seen him lend
his polish to such indie acts as Belle & Sebastian, Kid Harpoon,
Captain and Delays.
Most recently he produced Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow's duet
Shame - recorded, along with part of Take That's reunion album Progress,
at his Sarm West studios in west London. He was also at the controls
for guitar legend Jeff Beck's album Emotion and
Commotion, up for seven
Grammy awards in February.
Horn received a standing ovation from his peers in the music
industry when he was bestowed with an outstanding contribution honour at
the Ivor Novello songwriting awards in London last May. A few months
later, the Buggles reformed for a one-off gig to raise money for the
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in London. It was, he said, "a very
special cause, one that's close to my
heart".
His words hinted at a family tragedy five years ago when his wife
and business partner Jill Sinclair was accidentally shot in the neck
with an air rifle by their son, leaving her in a coma. "You
soon
discover that the things money brings aren't important," he
told a
newspaper last year. - Source: BBC
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MOMENTS IN LOVE MASTERTAPE SOLD | Tuesday 12th October
2010 |
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The mastertape for the 1987 re-issue of Moments In Love
(WEEPS 1) was sold for £1,200 on eBay on the 9th October 2010. All of
the money will go to the Royal Hospital for
Neuro-disability.
The
digital download of the track has now spent 33 weeks on the Jazz Digital
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MIND-BUGGLED! | Friday 1st October
2010
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Art of Noise's
Trevor Horn reformed his late 70's/early 80's band the Buggles for one
night only on 28th September 2010 with special guests Richard O'Brien,
Propaganda's Claudia Brücken,
ex-Yazoo vocalist Alison Moyet and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark to
raise money the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. The event was
engineered by fellow AoN co-founder Gary Langan with the familiar face
of JJ Jeczalik in the audience. Check out studiosarm's
eBay auctions to raise more money for this good cause. Items on auction
are a mastetape for Art of Noise's Moments In Love 12", Trevor's
glasses from the Buggle's and a few more real gems that you will never
see again |
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THE BUGGLES - THE RETURN - 28.09.10 | Friday 13th August
2010
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Trevor Horn and ZTT Records is proud to announce the
return of The
Buggles, live on stage for their first ever full live gig... a mere 30
years after their international #1 hit single Video Killed The
Radio
Star kick-started a generation of electronic pop. Trevor
will reconvene the original Buggles line-up, including Geoff Downes
(Yes, Asia) and Bruce Woolley (Camera Club, Grace Jones), to preform
their ground-breaking début album - The Age of
Plastic - in full. No tour is planned, no DVD or live CD will be
released... The Buggles
– along with some very special guest artists – will perform live on
stage for one night only on 28 September 2010 at at a special and
intimate West London venue.
This unique event is being put together to
raise funds for London's Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. Active
since 1854, the hospital has a simple but very important mission: to add
years to life and life to years. Further details - including surprise guests,
support acts, and
pre-show exclusives - will be announced soon. But to avoid
disappointment, please click here to register your interest in what is
set to be one of London's - and technopop's - hottest tickets of the
coming months...
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JJ JECZALIK & GARY LANGAN AT THE
BEEB | Friday 6th August 2010
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The two founder
members of the Art of Noise have been working together in a studio in
London and have been recording a series of radio interviews for the BBC
to spread the word of the new Influence album. A
lot of interest in
the Art of Noise has been generated since its release last month and
these interviews are due to be broadcast soon.
In his blog on Myspace, Gary said "Well, for
all you Art of Noise fans
the latest release from this "ground breaking outfit" is in you High St
shops. I command you to dip into your pockets.Those of you in rural
areas should
be getting an interview on BBC local radio from JJ and I over the next
days. The two of us spent Thursday and Friday locked in a box in the
bowels of Broadcasting House churning out some very funny and witty
banter loosely term'd as interviews"
Broadcast dates and details:
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ONE WEEK TO
GO... | Monday 12th July 2010
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Monday 19th July 2010 sees the release of Influence. I
can tell you that it has been worth the wait, featuring such classics asLegs (7" Version), Paranoimia (The
Paranoid Mix) (with Max Headroom), Close (To The
Edit) (a.k.a. Beat Box (Diversion Seven)) and the (Theme From) The Krypton Factor,
here on CD for the first time. The set contains two versions of This Is Your Life
by Trevor Horn & Paul Morley's spin-off project Art & Act.,
along with some of the final recordings made during the Anne Dudley and
JJ Jeczalik period. The package also includes a booklet written by ZTT's
curator and the compiler Ian Peel featuring previously unreleased
photos of Art of Noise, words from Anne Dudley and Paul Morley, all
housed in a fantastic
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INFLUENCE: THE DETAILS |
Monday 21st June 2010
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Click here to view
details of the new Art of Noise release Influence due for release on 19th July
2010 |
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THE ART OF DREAMING | Monday 21st June
2010 |
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Art Of Noise's unseen promo video for Dreaming in Colour
has made it's official screening on ZTT's YouTube site more than a
decade of being locked away in the vaults of ZTT. The single was
originally
released in late 1998 as part of Dream On With The Art Of
Noise All Mixed Up In Bed By Way Out West
as a promo only. A year later it was remixed by Brothers In Rhythm and
once again issued as a promo only 12". The song featured on the 1999
album The Seduction Of Claude Debussy featuring
vocals by Donna Lewis of I Love You Always Forever
fame.
The video is being used as part of ZTT/Salvo's promotion
for the upcoming best of album
Influence.
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18 WEEKS IN
LOVE | Monday 21st June
2010
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Moments In Love is still in the
Billboard Jazz Digital Songs
charts. The track has now spent 18 weeks on the chart and is currently
at number 40, down two places from last week.
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A TIME TO HEAR... INFLUENCE
UPDATE PART 3 | Monday 7th June
2010
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By now some of you are aware of the "leaked" information
regarding the new Art of Noise Influence
CD via the retailer Amazon.co.uk. However the tracklisting stated isn't
100% accurate. The confirmed tracklist will be listed here as soon as
news comes in. Expected release date is 19th July
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LATEST UPDATE ON LEGACY - PART 2: I IS
FOR... INFLUENCE | Wednesday 12th May
2010
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The forthcoming Art of Noise retrospective is to be
called Influence after dropping the working title Legacy. It
will be packaged in a smart eight panel-digipak featuring previously
unpublished photographs from every period of the group's history,
further details about the actual track-list will be published within the
next few weeks. At the moment of publication, ZTT/Salvo have pencilled
in a provisional release date for sometime July.
Watch this space for further
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JUST A MOMENT... |
Monday 10th May
2010 |
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Moments In Love is still in
Billboard's Jazz Digital Songs chart , spending no less than 14 weeks
there |
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MALCOLM McLAREN 1946 -
2010 | Thursday 8th April 2010
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The controversial former manager of
the Sex Pistols has died today from a rare cancer called
Mesothelioma.
The self-publicist and impresario passed away in New
York, USA, aged 64.
He was partly responsible for introducing hip-hop to the
UK after
seeing young black DJ's scratching records in New York, along with
introducing world music to the British public, pre-dating Paul Simon's Graceland. McLaren also became a pop star,
releasing the smash hit singles Buffalo Gals and Double Dutch along with the parent album Duck Rock
in the early 1980's. The album was produced by Trevor Horn and featured
three other Art of Noise members, Anne Dudley, JJ Jeczalik and engineer
Gary Langan. It is through their work with McLaren that helped to
kick-start the Art of Noise into existence. In the years that followed
McLaren continued to create music as well as moving into
television and film projects including Channel Four's The
Ghosts of Oxford Street.
In 2008 he
appeared on Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack and was
also to appear on another reality TV show I'm A
Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! in 2007, but pulled out of
the show before it began saying "The reality is their jungle
is a glorified film set. The whole
show is a circus. I was shocked to hear I was never going to be in
any danger."
He will be best remembered for his
involvement with the
punk movement and his association with the Sex Pistols, Bow Wow Wow,
Adam & the Ants, Afrika Bambaataa, The World Famous Supreme Team
Show and Vivienne Westwood. McLaren is survived by his son Joe Corre and
his partner Young Kim.
Our
thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to Malcolm's family & friends
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MOMENTS IN LOVE
IS A HIT AGAIN IN
2010 | Monday 22nd March
2010
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The Art of Noise's classic Moments In Love track entered Billboard's Jazz Digital Songs chart at #45 on the 6th March and peaked at #43 on 13th March
2010. It first appeared as a track over ten minutes long on the group's
debut release Into Battle With The Art Of Noise,
before being edited as the b-side for the 1984 7" single Beat
Box.
The track became a hit single in 1985 and again in 1987.
Madonna replaced the Wedding March with the track
when she married Sean Penn. Moments In Love has
been sampled by artists such as King Sun-D Moet (Hey
Love) and J.T. & The Big Family (Moments In
Soul), to name but a few. The track has also been given a
fresh make-over as a mash-up entitled 3 Words vs Moments In
Love (DJs From
Mars Bootleg RMX). It is a mash-up of AoN classic and Cheryl
Cole's 3 Words. It was put together by
TheMarsAttax and is taking YouTube by storm with a video featuring both
video's mashed-up together.
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LATEST UPDATE ON LEGACY PART 1 | Saturday 20th February
2010
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Other items planned to be
featured on the upcoming Art of Noise archive album include experiments
from the late 1990's that predate The Seduction Of Claude
Debussy
album. Also to feature will be unreleased (Who's Afraid Of?)
The Art Of
Noise! period tracks and material from the Art of Noise
spin-off group
Art & ACT (Horn/Morley and Steve Lipson), that was up until now only
rumoured to exist.
Watch this
space for further
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ART OF NOISE'S
ZTT REISSUES |
Saturday 20th February 2010
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Salvo hope to start re-issuing the
group's ZTT back catalogue as expanded sets featuring additional tracks
starting late 2010 and early 2011. They will follow a long line of
ZTT/Salvo releases after ZTT's former distributor went bust in 2008.
Other reissues by the label will include albums from Frankie Goes To
Hollywood, 808 State amonst others. Watch this space for further
news.. |
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NEW ART OF NOISE SUMMER RELEASE | Friday 29th January 2010
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ZTT/Salvo plan to release a new Art
of Noise retrospective album entitled Legacy. The
double CD set
will contain both ZTT and China Records material, the first album to do
so since 1988's original version of The Best Of The Art Of
Noise.
This new compilation will feature singles, hits, soundtracks,
collaborations and at least an hour of unreleased material from the
groundbreaking Grammy award winning
group.
This forthcoming collection is being compiled by ZTT's
Ian Peel, the man
who brought us the Art of Noise tribute album The Abduction Of
The Art Of Noise,
along with group's own box set And What Have You Done With My
Body,
God? and ZTT's 25th anniversary box set Zang Tumb
Tuum: The ZTT
Box Set. No track listings have been confirmed for the album
as
yet, but it promises to be more than a standard run of the mill
compilation.
Watch this space for more
news... |
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FRANKIE SAY DELUXE
EDITION | Thursday 28th
January 2010
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Great news for Frankie Goes To Hollywood
fans as ZTT/Salvo are set to
release a double CD of their 1984 number one album Welcome To
The
Pleasure Dome. The Liverpool "lads", Holly Johnson, Peter
Gill, Mark
O'Toole, Brian Nash and Paul Rutherford were the biggest band in the UK
scoring three number one singles with Relax, Two Tribes and The Power Of
Love. This infamous group were aided by non other than the
Art of Noise's, Trevor Horn, JJ Jeczalik, Anne Dudley, Gary Langan and
Paul Morley. The results
of which can be heard on this expanded edition that features remixes,
interviews and
unreleased material from ZTT's
vaults. |
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ADVENTURES IN MODERN RECORDING | Thursday 28th January
2010 |
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Trevor Horn's second Buggles album is due to be released
by ZTT/Salvo on
Monday 15th February 2010. This new expanded edition of the original
1981 album features no less than seven additional bonus tracks. The
original album was released the year after their debut The Age
Of
Plastic that featured the number one single Video
Killed The
Radio Star. Between the two albums, Horn & Geoff Downes
had joined & left the group Yes.
Unlike the previous album Downes only featured on four
of the tracks,
leaving Horn to finish the rest of it alone. The original album also
credits two other future Art of Noise members, Anne Dudley on keyboards
along with Gary Langan on engineering duties.
Trevor Horn will be performing live at the Brit Awards as part of the backing band for Robbie
Williams on 16th February 2010
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BILL BAILEY'S REMARKABLE GUIDE
TO THE ORCHESTRA WITH ANNE
DUDLEY | Thursday 10the December
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Bill's sell
out shows are going from strength to strength. Bill is aided by his
partner in crime Anne Dudley, who as well as conducting the orchestra,
has composed some of the music for the shows. A show from the Royal
Albrt Hall is available to buy on DVD Video and Blu-ray disc
December 2009 Tour Dates & Booking
Info:
11 - London O2 - alongside the BBC Concert
Orchestra
(Telephone Booking: 0844 277 4321, Book
Online)
13 - Edinburgh Usher Hall - alongside The BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra
(Telephone Booking: 0131 228 1155, Book
Online)
14 - Gateshead Sage Centre - Alongside The
Northern Sinfonia
(Telephone Booking: 0191 443 4661, Book
Online)
Book tickets for any of the shows above on the official
tour
Ticket Hotline on 0844 875 8758 or online at
www.ticketzone.co.uk (also available via Ticketmaster
and See Tickets).
Tickets are priced from £25 to £60. Booking fees may also
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ABC'S THE
LEXICON OF LOVE TOUR | Friday 10th December
2009
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ABC performed two more live show of
their classic debut album, aided by two members of the Art of Noise Anne
Dudley- conducting the orchestra and Gary Langan in control of sound.
They have played to sell out crowds in Shefield and Manchester. Below is
a review posted on Gary's official MySpace site: ABC, Bridgewater Hall, December 6,
2009
THAT ABC’s Lexicon Of Love is now considered
by some to be one of the
top 100 albums of all time for its complexity of song writing, and for
Trevor Horn’s miraculous production, is not
surprising.
What is a surprise however is that, 27 years later, ABC still has the
pulling power to saddle up on the back of a 50-piece orchestra and fill
The Bridgewater Hall for a complete run-through of that album, when
I’ve never met anyone else other than my dad who admits to liking the
band.
It’s a mighty achievement for a band who have been out of the limelight
for so long.
Is this a pop concert? I’m not sure. The show is split into two parts,
the first seeing ABC perform songs from its non-Lexicon back catalogue.
But from the off it feels more like a film score from an eighties’
blockbuster than electro chic.
Ecstatic
This is epic reproduction on every level –
just how Trevor Horn would
like it I’m sure – but despite a high standard with tracks such as
Ocean Blue and How To Be A Millionaire, ABC fail to stir the audience
who are obviously waiting for the main show in part
two.
When it comes, the audience are like a crackling thunder cloud waiting
for a break, excitedly dancing in their seats without standing, and
ecstatic in their reaction. ABC perform the classic set in order except
at the end where they switch 4 Ever 2 Gether for All Of My Heart so
they can dedicate it to each and every one of us. That might be cheese
too ripe for some, but it’s gladly received by
others.
Poison Arrow is popular, and Date
Stamp is wrongly, mutely received, but
The Look of Love sees people dancing in the
aisles.
If this night is anything to go by ABC will continue to play this
classic album in its entirety for many years to come.
Thanks to
Gary for the
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FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD | Friday 16th October 2009
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Art of Noise's
stablemates Frankie Goes To Hollywood get another greatest hits album in
the form of Frankie Say Greatest out on the 2nd
November 2009
along with a brand new remixes and a new remix single of Relax,
featuring non other than Holly Johnson in the new video.
As many of you know, the Art of Noise's Trevor Horn, JJ Jeczalik, Anne
Dudley and Paul Morley were all involved with the succss of the band's
first album and their biggest hits. This is chance to hear once again
why Frankie still remain one of Liverpool's best loved bands.
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GARY LANGAN'S LATEST MYSPACE
BLOG | Friday 11th September 2009
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Beginning of September took me
off too Split in Croatia to work on a new project involving three
soprano teenagers.The studio in Split was ok, little bit on the
under-maintained side ! but workable, just. Only had a small handful of
mics to choose from and an old PC running Nuendo (not my favourite
combination for music) The upside was not only the fact that the girls
are great singers but the writer wouldnt start work untill 3 in the
afternoon cause it was too hot,so that left me hanging around on the
beach.......... very tough ! We managed to record four tracks and then
brought them back to my favourite studio in London, Sphere.Got four good
mixes out of them. Looking forward to doing more
tracks.
Also had the chance to work with a great singer, Rachel
Furner. Looked
after the front of house sound for her when she supported Pixie Lott at
the Forum for her UK album release. Check out her MySpace.
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BILL BAILEY'S REMARKABLE GUIDE TO THE
ORCHESTRA | Tuesday 8th September
2009 |
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Following on from last year's
sell out shows at the Royal Albert
Hall and the critically acclaimed version on BBC2, Bill Bailey's
surreal comic and musical imagination is let loose once more as he
takes this show on the road, performing with some of the finest
orchestras throughout Britain, accompanied by Anne Dudley, one of the
UK's most celebrated composers and arrangers.
A
classically trained musician, Bill has for many years covered all kinds
of music in his comedy and this show takes the form of an irreverent
guide to the instruments of the orchestra, plus 70's cop show music,
news themes, Bill's own songs, and some of Anne's specially written new
works. Hear the trombone's affection for Cockney music, and find out
what bassoon players are secretly obsessed with. It's a unique show
which The Times called "blissfully funny" and which Stephen Fry
described as "wonderfully enjoyable...like driving a Rolls-Royce
off-road".
The first show will be at The
Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on Friday 6 November 2009 (at
7.30pm) and will feature the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. As a
special treat for those of you reading this now, there are 100 of the
best seats reserved for you (Bill's mailing list members). These will
be reserved for 7 days, or until they are all bought - whichever comes
first. These are the top priced tickets at £60 each. Other tickets will
also be available and range in price from £25 to £50.
To get access to these seats,
call 08700 402000 from 10am on Wednesday 9 September 2009 (tomorrow!)
and quote "Furry Jam Hat 2267" and you will be allowed to purchase
tickets from this special allocation.
Further venues to be confirmed...there is a
very good chance that
tickets will be on sale in Manchester, Edinburgh, Newcastle,
Birmingham, Liverpool, Belfast, and Dublin.
Further information to be
revealed early next week...stay tunefully tuned
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ZTT & UNION SQUARE TEAM UP | Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Union Square
Music have gone into partnership with ZTT Records to relaunch the
label's back catalogue after its former distributor, Pinnacle went put
of buisnesss. USM's label Salvo will be responsible for all futures
physical releases, licensing and
synchronisation for Zang Tuum Tumb's recordings around the
world apart from the Uniited States, Canada and
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REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR | Monday 31st August
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Robbie Williams'
new album is set to be released on the 9th November 2009. It is produced
by the Art of Noise's Trevor Horn. The title pays homage to Video
Killed The Radio Star, a 1979 number one single by The
Buggles, a
duo of non other than Trevor & Geoff Downes. The album is the
anticipated long awaited follow up to Robbie's 2006 flop album Rudebox.
With Trevor at the helm it is guaranteed to be a
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PAUL MORLEY
LEARNS HOW TO BE A COMPOSER | Monday 13th
July 2009
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Fans of
the former ZTT co-founder will enjoy
his new BBC 4 series How To Be A Composer, that
begins Saturday
18th July at 9:30pm (BST). The series will see Paul become a
music student for a year at the Royal Academy of Music in
London. |
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BEWARE THAI BOOTLEG CASSETTES BEING
SOLD
ON EBAY | Thursday 21st May 2009
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Bootlegs
of the
1988 version of The Best Of The Art Of Noise (Art Works
12") have
surfaced on eBay. The cassettes are made in Thailand by a company
calling itself Michael: Direct To Disc Master
Sound., aimed at
looking like a promo tape. There are no artist credits on the label, no
writer, publisher, producer details on the inlay and no China
Records/Polydor logos either. The printing quailty of the inlay is poor,
the "record label" logo is the Motown label with the word Motown
replaced by Michael.
click here
to read an article about the sale of bootlegs on eBay by The New York
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BILL BAILEY & ANNE DUDLEY ON BBC TV| Tuesday 5th May
2009 |
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Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide
To The Orchestra is being shown on BBC 2 in the United
Kingdom at
9.40pm on Saturday 9th May. Bill's madcapshow features Art of Noise's
Anne Dudley conducting the BBC Concert
Orchestra. |
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SET
THE CONTROLS... | Monday 20th April
2009
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...for a
new Trevor Horn website. It's "coming soon" at www.trevorhorn.com.
In the
meantime, check YouTube for
rough-and-ready footage of Trevor on stage at ABC's glorious
one-night-only rendition of The Lexicon of Love at the Albert Hall last
week. The show also featured the Anne Dudley masterpiece Overture and SOS,
originally produced by Gary Langan. Poison Arrow, The Look Of Love (Part
1) and All of My Heart from The Lexicon of Love are available on the
2004 ZTT release Produced
By Trevor Horn.
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BLEEP.COM CHOOSE
ZANG TUUM TUMB | Monday 9th March
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To celebrate Bleep’s fifth birthday, the world's best
electronic download store has been asking various musical luminaries to
choose their favourite releases from their
catalogue.
Top of Luke Vibert's choices was Art of Noise's Daft which he
describes as “a sterling compilation from the band's Trevor
Horn era"
from the "Avant-garde synth 'n' sample pop group formed with
convention-destruction in mind." Soundmurderer a/k/a Todd
Osborn chose
the recently unearthed Britmix of 808 State's
Pacific, declaring it"incomparable tribal-
acid-rave from 808 State, featuring that riff."
And Tresor artist/producer DJ Surgeon picks (Who's Afraid Of?)
the Art
Of Noise for its "post-modern pop-dadaist...
slapped into the mainstream
consciousness in 1984."
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ART OF NOISE
GET AN UNOFFICIAL REMIX BY A CHICAGO DJ! | Monday 2nd
March 2009
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For
the past few weeks Rhythm Scholar's remix of Close (To The
Edit) has
been taking the internet by storm. The track is so popular that it has
even been mentioned on ZTT's website and Art of Noise fans on various
websites having been giving it the thumbs up! This is a first for us to
recommend an unofficial item, but it is worth a listen
as it is one of the best remixes we have heard for a long
time.
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ART OF NOISE
MEMBERS WITH ABC AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL ON 8TH APRIL 2009 | Monday 2nd March 2009
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ABC
will performing their entire classic 1980's album The Lexicon
Of
Love live at the London venue with Anne Dudley conducting the
BBC
Concert Orchestra. Trevor Horn will be introducing and playing bass on
some of the songs while Gary Langan will be behind the mixing desks in
charge of the sound.
Tickets
can be obtained from the Royal
Albert Hall website. - Thanks
to Gary Langan for the
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MOMENTS IN LOVE
BACK ON YOUTUBE | Sunday 1st February
2009
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| The music for the Art of Noise's Moments In
Love
video has been unblocked on ZTT's YouTube channel, so fans can once
again hear as well as watch the classic promo clip after Warner Music
Group had blocked the audio content to the
video. |
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MOMENTS IN LOVE REMOVED FROM
YOUTUBE BY WARNER MUSIC GROUP | Tuesday 27th January
2009
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Music
giant Warner Music Group have removed the audio track from the Art of
Noise's classic video Moments In Love from ZTT
Records' YouTube video
channel.
The
following message appears under the video: NOTICE. This
video contains an audio track that has not been authorised by WMG. The
audio has been disabled. Warner were in talks with the
internet
video channel YouTube when talks broke down in December 2008 over
licensing issues. WMG then removed all Warner Bros. owned artists, and
songs published by their publishing companies. People who use YouTube to
create home videos have also had their videos removed by
Warners.
As
you may or not know ZTT Records Ltd. were part of the Warner Music Group
from 1988 until 1997. This is a mystery as to why Moments In
Love has
been banned on ZTT's YouTube channel as the recording is owned by ZTT
Records Ltd. and the publishing is owned by Perfect Songs Ltd.
(originally Perfect Songs Ltd./Unforgettable Songs Ltd.) Both ZTT and
Perfect Songs Ltd. are part of the SPZ Group, owned by Trevor Horn &
Jill Sinclair and not by the Warner Music
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THE ART OF BEING
SAMPLED | Monday 22nd December
2008
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Jazmine Sullivan is the latest person in a long
line of artists to incorporate samples of the Art of Noise into their
records.
The five Grammy award nominee based the title track of her debut album Fearless around the AoN classic Beat
Box.
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DIGTAL MOMENTS IN
LOVE | Monday 17th November
2008 |
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(ZTT ZTT203D).ZTT have made
available the classic Art of Noise single Moments In
Love as a digital download
it features the 7" version and Moments In Love
(Beaten).
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THE ART OF
JAPAN | Wednesday 29th October
2008
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The Japanese deluxe sets of (Who's Afraid Of?)
The Art Of Noise; "daft"; The
Seduction Of Claude Debussy; Reconstructed...For
You're Listening Pleasure and And What Have You
Done With My Body, God? are out now in Japan! See news item
below for more
details.
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ZANG TUMB TUUM:
THE ZTT BOX SET OUT NOW! | Monday 27th October
2008
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Salvo have at last issued Zang Tumb Tuum: The
ZTT Box Set containing no less than six Art of Noise tracks
including for
the first time ever on CD Edited, that was issued
as a 12" picture disc
in early 1985 and the hidden track Egypt that was
originally found on
the Zang Tuum Tumb Sampled album. This is yet
another archive release
compiled by Ian Peel covering the best of the label's first 25 years. |
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BILL BAILEY WITH
ANNE DUDLEY | Thurdsay 2nd October
2008
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Comedian, musician & actor Bill Bailey has
announced three shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London and two shows
in Brighton.
Bill and his musicial director Anne Dudley have written music especially
for the
shows. For more information check out Bill Bailey's website at www.billbailey.co.uk |
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ANNE DUDLEY:
ELECTRIC PROMS | Thursday 2nd October
2008
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Saturday Night Fever comes to the
Roundhouse as part of the BBC's Electric Proms season. Anne directs a 60
piece
orchestra from the keyboard. The show will feature Robin Gibb, Sharleen
Spiteri
and Sam Sparro amongst other special guests singing tracks from the
best-selling
soundtrack album. As well as the songs, such disco classics as "A Fifth
of
Beethoven" and "Manhattan Skyline" will be played live. Pack your boogie
shoes
and head for the Roundhouse on Saturday 25th
October
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2008 JAPANESE REISSUES |
Monday 29th September 2008
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To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Art
of Noise, the
Japanese record label Third Ear will be reissuing no less than four
classic Art
of Noise albums in Japan on Wednesday 29th October 2008. Each
set contains bonus material and are housed in Mini-Vinyl packaging. The
four
albums are from the two ZTT periods. The box set And What Have You Done
With
My Bod, God? does not contain any additional material but will be
available with a free
T-Shirt.
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BOX SET MOVED
BACK | Monday 29th September
2008
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The release date for the Zang Tuum Tumb - The ZTT
Box Set has been
moved back until the 27th October 2008. Prior to the new release an
exhibition entitled The Art Of ZTT Records from the
2nd to
the 22nd October 2008 at The Art Vinyl Gallery, 20 Broadway Market,
London E8
4PH (Tel: 020 7241 4129) - 6pm - 10pm free admission! The event will
feature artworks from the Art of Noise,
Frankie Goes To Hollywood and others.
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BOXING DAY
29/09/08 | Monday 1st September
2008
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The ZTT Boxset is to hit the shops on the 29th
September 2008, the full track list can be viewed here.
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GARY LANGAN &
TREVOR HORN WITH ESCALA | Monday 25th August
2008
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Gary Langan and Trevor Horn are working in the
studio with Escala on their debut album. Gary said on his MySpace blog "In
the studio, in Basing Street, with Trevor H and Escala. Start of the
second
week. Surviving.... Seriously though it goes very well. Great to be
working with
the Maestro again. Great thing is nothing
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BOX CLEVER! | Thursday 31st July
2008
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In September Salvo are to release a box set
to celebrate 25 years of ZTT. The Zang Tuum Tumb - The ZTT Box
Set will include music from the Art of Noise,
Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, Grace Jones, Seal along with 808
State,
Tom Jones and many more. It will include remixes by the Orb, Brian Eno
and
William Orbit along with a DVD of the best promo videos from the label
with contributions from Trevor Horn and Paul
Morley. |
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