Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were an English avant-garde synth-pop … Read Full Bio ↴Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were an English avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn and music journalist Paul Morley. The group had international Top 20 hits with Kiss and the instrumental Peter Gunn, which won a 1986 Grammy Award.
The group's mostly instrumental compositions were novel melodic sound collages based on digital sampler technology, which was new at the time. Inspired by turn-of-the-20th-century revolutions in music, the Art of Noise were initially packaged as a faceless anti- or non-group, blurring the distinction between the art and its creators. The band is noted for innovative use of electronics and computers in pop music and particularly for innovative use of sampling.
From the earliest releases on ZTT, the band referred to itself as both Art of Noise and The Art of Noise. Official and unofficial releases and press material use both versions.
The group's mostly instrumental compositions were novel melodic sound collages based on digital sampler technology, which was new at the time. Inspired by turn-of-the-20th-century revolutions in music, the Art of Noise were initially packaged as a faceless anti- or non-group, blurring the distinction between the art and its creators. The band is noted for innovative use of electronics and computers in pop music and particularly for innovative use of sampling.
From the earliest releases on ZTT, the band referred to itself as both Art of Noise and The Art of Noise. Official and unofficial releases and press material use both versions.
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S. Che
Way ahead of their time. One of the most underrated bands of the modern times.
PUFF the magic Dragon
Master Che Solo TRUE, LOVE A MOMENT'S IN 💘
Dave Jackson
Art of noise was the best ever back then. And it still beats the music of 2020.
Blue Team
Dude, they wern't underated here in england where they came from XD Their music was used in so many things things, they had the link with max headroom, they did the Krypton Factor theme, bunch of TV adverts, hell they even got to make the theme for the Dragnet movie lol Underated they were not... they just arn't remembered nowadays for being to "80s".
S. Che
@Blue Team I loved this group and tear up when I listen to Moments. England had a lot of the hot shit. Case in point....Drum and Bass.
Blue Team
@S. Che Oh mate you say the D n B words good man! Make my own dark D n B over on bandcamp. I will listen to Ed Rush & Optical till the day I die XD.
krkrhkr
どうやってこの曲見つけたんだろう…めちゃくちゃ有名なわけではないよね？でも「超魔術」というワードにぴったり合うし、メロディが耳に残るからテーマ曲に選んだマリックさんセンス良すぎ！
Abraham Leon
Thank u
Y Z A
宮沢章夫さんがラジカル・ガジベリビンバ・システムの舞台で使ったことがその筋では有名だったし、テレビ局のスタッフが選んだのでしょう。
Gwen Brothers
My family has been fans of the Art of Noise since the 1980s 🥰