The Art Of Noise ‘Close (To The Edit)’

byIan Berriman
August 11, 2022

Anne Dudley recalls the making of The Art Of Noise’s hugely influential 1985 hit ‘Close (To The Edit)’

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Ian Berriman

British Electric Foundation ‘Groove Thang’

byNeil Mason

You might know ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang’ as a Heaven 17 song, but it started life as ‘Groove Thang’, an instrumental on BEF’s cassette-only debut, ‘Music For Stowaways’. Martyn Ware explains how the track liberated him from The Human League’s synth-only policy and helped him uncover a very rare talent

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The Flying Lizards ‘Money’

byNeil Mason

A Top Five smash hit in 1979, The Flying Lizards’ ‘Money’ is a song that stands out in a crowd. Head Lizard David Cunningham tells the tale of its making

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Anne Clark ‘Sleeper In Metropolis’

byRobert Harris

Singer and poet Anne Clark outlines the making of ‘Sleeper In Metropolis’, her defining 1985 synthpop cut with producer David Harrow

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Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine ‘Sheriff Fatman’

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Along with co-conspirator Fruitbat, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine’s Jim Bob tells how they penned ‘Sheriff Fatman’, their ode to slum landlords, granny farming and “awfulness everywhere”.

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