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#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #ElectricBritish Electric Foundation - “Ball of Confusion” feat. Tina Turner, 1982
...or, How a Couple of Noodly English Synth Boys Helped a Struggling Rock and Roll Powerhouse Come Back Better than Ever Before
British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) was a band/production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. In 1982 they crafted “Music Of Quality And Distinction (Volume One),” an album featuring a variety of vocalists, including some of their favorites from prior generations, covering classic songs from the 60s and 70s, backed with their own synth stylings.
They invited Tina Turner, struggling at the time to establish herself independent of ex-husband Ike, to cover The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion.” The track became a hit in Norway and only Norway, oddly enough, but that was enough to get the attention of Capitol Records, who promptly signed her.
Ware and Marsh’s subsequent recording of Tina covering of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” became a hit across the globe and was the starting point for Tina’s comeback album Private Dancer. The rest, as they say, is history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDsbZChSdo
#BritishElectricFoundation #BEF #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #MartynWare #IanCraigMarsh #synth #SynthPop #TinaTurner #TheTemptations #BallOfConfusion #AlGreen #LetsStayTogether #PrivateDancer #80s #80sMusic
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#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #ElectricBritish Electric Foundation - “Ball of Confusion” feat. Tina Turner, 1982
...or, How a Couple of Noodly English Synth Boys Helped a Struggling Rock and Roll Powerhouse Come Back Better than Ever Before
British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) was a band/production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. In 1982 they crafted “Music Of Quality And Distinction (Volume One),” an album featuring a variety of vocalists, including some of their favorites from prior generations, covering classic songs from the 60s and 70s, backed with their own synth stylings.
They invited Tina Turner, struggling at the time to establish herself independent of ex-husband Ike, to cover The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion.” The track became a hit in Norway and only Norway, oddly enough, but that was enough to get the attention of Capitol Records, who promptly signed her.
Ware and Marsh’s subsequent recording of Tina covering of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” became a hit across the globe and was the starting point for Tina’s comeback album Private Dancer. The rest, as they say, is history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDsbZChSdo
#BritishElectricFoundation #BEF #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #MartynWare #IanCraigMarsh #synth #SynthPop #TinaTurner #TheTemptations #BallOfConfusion #AlGreen #LetsStayTogether #PrivateDancer #80s #80sMusic
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#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #ElectricBritish Electric Foundation - “Ball of Confusion” feat. Tina Turner, 1982
...or, How a Couple of Noodly English Synth Boys Helped a Struggling Rock and Roll Powerhouse Come Back Better than Ever Before
British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) was a band/production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. In 1982 they crafted “Music Of Quality And Distinction (Volume One),” an album featuring a variety of vocalists, including some of their favorites from prior generations, covering classic songs from the 60s and 70s, backed with their own synth stylings.
They invited Tina Turner, struggling at the time to establish herself independent of ex-husband Ike, to cover The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion.” The track became a hit in Norway and only Norway, oddly enough, but that was enough to get the attention of Capitol Records, who promptly signed her.
Ware and Marsh’s subsequent recording of Tina covering of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” became a hit across the globe and was the starting point for Tina’s comeback album Private Dancer. The rest, as they say, is history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDsbZChSdo
#BritishElectricFoundation #BEF #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #MartynWare #IanCraigMarsh #synth #SynthPop #TinaTurner #TheTemptations #BallOfConfusion #AlGreen #LetsStayTogether #PrivateDancer #80s #80sMusic
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#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #ElectricBritish Electric Foundation - “Ball of Confusion” feat. Tina Turner, 1982
...or, How a Couple of Noodly English Synth Boys Helped a Struggling Rock and Roll Powerhouse Come Back Better than Ever Before
British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) was a band/production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. In 1982 they crafted “Music Of Quality And Distinction (Volume One),” an album featuring a variety of vocalists, including some of their favorites from prior generations, covering classic songs from the 60s and 70s, backed with their own synth stylings.
They invited Tina Turner, struggling at the time to establish herself independent of ex-husband Ike, to cover The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion.” The track became a hit in Norway and only Norway, oddly enough, but that was enough to get the attention of Capitol Records, who promptly signed her.
Ware and Marsh’s subsequent recording of Tina covering of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” became a hit across the globe and was the starting point for Tina’s comeback album Private Dancer. The rest, as they say, is history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDsbZChSdo
#BritishElectricFoundation #BEF #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #MartynWare #IanCraigMarsh #synth #SynthPop #TinaTurner #TheTemptations #BallOfConfusion #AlGreen #LetsStayTogether #PrivateDancer #80s #80sMusic
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#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #ElectricBritish Electric Foundation - “Ball of Confusion” feat. Tina Turner, 1982
...or, How a Couple of Noodly English Synth Boys Helped a Struggling Rock and Roll Powerhouse Come Back Better than Ever Before
British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) was a band/production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. In 1982 they crafted “Music Of Quality And Distinction (Volume One),” an album featuring a variety of vocalists, including some of their favorites from prior generations, covering classic songs from the 60s and 70s, backed with their own synth stylings.
They invited Tina Turner, struggling at the time to establish herself independent of ex-husband Ike, to cover The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion.” The track became a hit in Norway and only Norway, oddly enough, but that was enough to get the attention of Capitol Records, who promptly signed her.
Ware and Marsh’s subsequent recording of Tina covering of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” became a hit across the globe and was the starting point for Tina’s comeback album Private Dancer. The rest, as they say, is history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDsbZChSdo
#BritishElectricFoundation #BEF #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #MartynWare #IanCraigMarsh #synth #SynthPop #TinaTurner #TheTemptations #BallOfConfusion #AlGreen #LetsStayTogether #PrivateDancer #80s #80sMusic
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Heaven 17 Plans New Version of ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ Calling Out Trump Instead of Reagan: ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Less Relevant, Is It?
#Variety #News #Heaven17 #MartynWarehttps://variety.com/2025/music/news/fascist-groove-thang-heaven-17-trump-protests-1236558011/
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Heaven 17 Plans New Version of ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ Calling Out Trump Instead of Reagan: ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Less Relevant, Is It?
#Variety #News #Heaven17 #MartynWarehttps://variety.com/2025/music/news/fascist-groove-thang-heaven-17-trump-protests-1236558011/
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Heaven 17 Plans New Version of ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ Calling Out Trump Instead of Reagan: ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Less Relevant, Is It?
#Variety #News #Heaven17 #MartynWarehttps://variety.com/2025/music/news/fascist-groove-thang-heaven-17-trump-protests-1236558011/
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Heaven 17 Plans New Version of ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ Calling Out Trump Instead of Reagan: ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Less Relevant, Is It?
#Variety #News #Heaven17 #MartynWarehttps://variety.com/2025/music/news/fascist-groove-thang-heaven-17-trump-protests-1236558011/
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Heaven 17 Plans New Version of ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ Calling Out Trump Instead of Reagan: ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Less Relevant, Is It?
#Variety #News #Heaven17 #MartynWarehttps://variety.com/2025/music/news/fascist-groove-thang-heaven-17-trump-protests-1236558011/
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Heaven 17 Plans New Version of ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ Calling Out Trump Instead of Reagan: ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Less Relevant, Is It?
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Heaven 17 Plans New Version of ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ Calling Out Trump Instead of Reagan: ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Less Relevant, Is It?
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Heaven 17 Plans New Version of ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ Calling Out Trump Instead of Reagan: ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Less Relevant, Is It?
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#CurrentlyReading #DouglasHofstadter's "Godel, Escher, Bach", as recommended by #Electro-pioneer #MartynWare. Also reading Martyn Ware's "Electronically Yours", as written by the previously mentioned recommender. God bless our #PublicLibraries! 🎶 🎞️ 📖 👍 😁 #Books #Reading #Literature #Music #SynthWave #Science #PublicLibrary cc: @everylibrary
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#CurrentlyReading #DouglasHofstadter's "Godel, Escher, Bach", as recommended by #Electro-pioneer #MartynWare. Also reading Martyn Ware's "Electronically Yours", as written by the previously mentioned recommender. God bless our #PublicLibraries! 🎶 🎞️ 📖 👍 😁 #Books #Reading #Literature #Music #SynthWave #Science #PublicLibrary cc: @everylibrary
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#CurrentlyReading #DouglasHofstadter's "Godel, Escher, Bach", as recommended by #Electro-pioneer #MartynWare. Also reading Martyn Ware's "Electronically Yours", as written by the previously mentioned recommender. God bless our #PublicLibraries! 🎶 🎞️ 📖 👍 😁 #Books #Reading #Literature #Music #SynthWave #Science #PublicLibrary cc: @everylibrary
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#CurrentlyReading #DouglasHofstadter's "Godel, Escher, Bach", as recommended by #Electro-pioneer #MartynWare. Also reading Martyn Ware's "Electronically Yours", as written by the previously mentioned recommender. God bless our #PublicLibraries! 🎶 🎞️ 📖 👍 😁 #Books #Reading #Literature #Music #SynthWave #Science #PublicLibrary cc: @everylibrary
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#CurrentlyReading #DouglasHofstadter's "Godel, Escher, Bach", as recommended by #Electro-pioneer #MartynWare. Also reading Martyn Ware's "Electronically Yours", as written by the previously mentioned recommender. God bless our #PublicLibraries! 🎶 🎞️ 📖 👍 😁 #Books #Reading #Literature #Music #SynthWave #Science #PublicLibrary cc: @everylibrary
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Martyn Ware collaborates with Charles Stooke and Gabriel Ware on 'It's Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea' #MartynWare
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Martyn Ware collaborates with Charles Stooke and Gabriel Ware on 'It's Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea' #MartynWare
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Heaven 17, The Luxury Gap, 1983 on Virgin
Heaven 17 included Martyn Ware and Ian Criag Marsh who had been founding members of The Human League – Glenn Gregory took the place of Philip Oakey to make Heaven 17.
This was their second studio album (and best selling album) – with the single “Temptation” being the best known hit.
My copy, via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH, is a UK pressing from CBS’s Aston Clinton plant. (The US release was on Arista and has a different track list).
#1980s #1983 #ConcordNH #GlennGregory #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #IanCraigMarsh #MartynWare #NewWave #PitchforkRecords #SynthPop #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Virgin
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Heaven 17, The Luxury Gap, 1983 on Virgin
Heaven 17 included Martyn Ware and Ian Criag Marsh who had been founding members of The Human League – Glenn Gregory took the place of Philip Oakey to make Heaven 17.
This was their second studio album (and best selling album) – with the single “Temptation” being the best known hit.
My copy, via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH, is a UK pressing from CBS’s Aston Clinton plant. (The US release was on Arista and has a different track list).
#1980s #1983 #ConcordNH #GlennGregory #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #IanCraigMarsh #MartynWare #NewWave #PitchforkRecords #SynthPop #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Virgin
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Heaven 17, The Luxury Gap, 1983 on Virgin
Heaven 17 included Martyn Ware and Ian Criag Marsh who had been founding members of The Human League – Glenn Gregory took the place of Philip Oakey to make Heaven 17.
This was their second studio album (and best selling album) – with the single “Temptation” being the best known hit.
My copy, via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH, is a UK pressing from CBS’s Aston Clinton plant. (The US release was on Arista and has a different track list).
#1980s #1983 #ConcordNH #GlennGregory #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #IanCraigMarsh #MartynWare #NewWave #PitchforkRecords #SynthPop #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Virgin
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Heaven 17, The Luxury Gap, 1983 on Virgin
Heaven 17 included Martyn Ware and Ian Criag Marsh who had been founding members of The Human League – Glenn Gregory took the place of Philip Oakey to make Heaven 17.
This was their second studio album (and best selling album) – with the single “Temptation” being the best known hit.
My copy, via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH, is a UK pressing from CBS’s Aston Clinton plant. (The US release was on Arista and has a different track list).
#1980s #1983 #ConcordNH #GlennGregory #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #IanCraigMarsh #MartynWare #NewWave #PitchforkRecords #SynthPop #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Virgin
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Happy birthday to Martyn Ware born on this day in 1956.
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@Jyoti You’re but a child compared to #MartynWare (and me)….. But seriously…. your political chatting was interesting, thoughtful and related to your music.
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@Jyoti You’re but a child compared to #MartynWare (and me)….. But seriously…. your political chatting was interesting, thoughtful and related to your music.
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@Jyoti You’re but a child compared to #MartynWare (and me)….. But seriously…. your political chatting was interesting, thoughtful and related to your music.
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@Jyoti You’re but a child compared to #MartynWare (and me)….. But seriously…. your political chatting was interesting, thoughtful and related to your music.
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@Jyoti You’re but a child compared to #MartynWare (and me)….. But seriously…. your political chatting was interesting, thoughtful and related to your music.
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@Jyoti possibly the best ever #MartynWare podcast. Sent me to relisten to Your Woman - *love* the 1917 version - and found lots of previously unheard/unavailable stuff.
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@Jyoti possibly the best ever #MartynWare podcast. Sent me to relisten to Your Woman - *love* the 1917 version - and found lots of previously unheard/unavailable stuff.
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@Jyoti possibly the best ever #MartynWare podcast. Sent me to relisten to Your Woman - *love* the 1917 version - and found lots of previously unheard/unavailable stuff.
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@Jyoti possibly the best ever #MartynWare podcast. Sent me to relisten to Your Woman - *love* the 1917 version - and found lots of previously unheard/unavailable stuff.
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@Jyoti possibly the best ever #MartynWare podcast. Sent me to relisten to Your Woman - *love* the 1917 version - and found lots of previously unheard/unavailable stuff.
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#CurrentlyListening to legendary music maestros @Jyoti and #MartynWare discuss life, the universe and everything via #ElectronicallyYours ⚡ 🎹 🎶 👍 😁 #Music #Politics #WhiteTown #JyotiMishra https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rujwb-1c42c289
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#CurrentlyListening to legendary music maestros @Jyoti and #MartynWare discuss life, the universe and everything via #ElectronicallyYours ⚡ 🎹 🎶 👍 😁 #Music #Politics #WhiteTown #JyotiMishra https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rujwb-1c42c289
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#CurrentlyListening to legendary music maestros @Jyoti and #MartynWare discuss life, the universe and everything via #ElectronicallyYours ⚡ 🎹 🎶 👍 😁 #Music #Politics #WhiteTown #JyotiMishra https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rujwb-1c42c289
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#CurrentlyListening to legendary music maestros @Jyoti and #MartynWare discuss life, the universe and everything via #ElectronicallyYours ⚡ 🎹 🎶 👍 😁 #Music #Politics #WhiteTown #JyotiMishra https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rujwb-1c42c289
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#CurrentlyListening to legendary music maestros @Jyoti and #MartynWare discuss life, the universe and everything via #ElectronicallyYours ⚡ 🎹 🎶 👍 😁 #Music #Politics #WhiteTown #JyotiMishra https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rujwb-1c42c289
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I had the *enormous honour* of being interviewed by one of my all-time music heroes, #MartynWare and now you can listen to us both chunter on for yourselves:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Fx2IFryeXvZXUFTJeKhja?si=L5RojKGxRvuBYvnknF-nXg
#WhiteTown #YourWoman #Heaven17 #TheHumanLeague #ElectronicMusic #Synthpop #IndieMusic #AlternativeMusic
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I had the *enormous honour* of being interviewed by one of my all-time music heroes, #MartynWare and now you can listen to us both chunter on for yourselves:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Fx2IFryeXvZXUFTJeKhja?si=L5RojKGxRvuBYvnknF-nXg
#WhiteTown #YourWoman #Heaven17 #TheHumanLeague #ElectronicMusic #Synthpop #IndieMusic #AlternativeMusic
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I had the *enormous honour* of being interviewed by one of my all-time music heroes, #MartynWare and now you can listen to us both chunter on for yourselves:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Fx2IFryeXvZXUFTJeKhja?si=L5RojKGxRvuBYvnknF-nXg
#WhiteTown #YourWoman #Heaven17 #TheHumanLeague #ElectronicMusic #Synthpop #IndieMusic #AlternativeMusic
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I had the *enormous honour* of being interviewed by one of my all-time music heroes, #MartynWare and now you can listen to us both chunter on for yourselves:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Fx2IFryeXvZXUFTJeKhja?si=L5RojKGxRvuBYvnknF-nXg
#WhiteTown #YourWoman #Heaven17 #TheHumanLeague #ElectronicMusic #Synthpop #IndieMusic #AlternativeMusic
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I had the *enormous honour* of being interviewed by one of my all-time music heroes, #MartynWare and now you can listen to us both chunter on for yourselves:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Fx2IFryeXvZXUFTJeKhja?si=L5RojKGxRvuBYvnknF-nXg
#WhiteTown #YourWoman #Heaven17 #TheHumanLeague #ElectronicMusic #Synthpop #IndieMusic #AlternativeMusic
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Probably my favourite episode of the "Electronically Yours With Martyn Ware" podcast, and clearly all involved enjoyed making it too. #MartynWare interviews #JJ #Jeczalik and #GaryLangan of #ArtOfNoise / #TheArtOfNoise who also discuss some of the other artists they worked with earlier in their career
#Landscape #FGTH #FrankieGoesToHollywood #TrevorHorn #ZTT #Heaven17 #music
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Probably my favourite episode of the "Electronically Yours With Martyn Ware" podcast, and clearly all involved enjoyed making it too. #MartynWare interviews #JJ #Jeczalik and #GaryLangan of #ArtOfNoise / #TheArtOfNoise who also discuss some of the other artists they worked with earlier in their career
#Landscape #FGTH #FrankieGoesToHollywood #TrevorHorn #ZTT #Heaven17 #music
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Probably my favourite episode of the "Electronically Yours With Martyn Ware" podcast, and clearly all involved enjoyed making it too. #MartynWare interviews #JJ #Jeczalik and #GaryLangan of #ArtOfNoise / #TheArtOfNoise who also discuss some of the other artists they worked with earlier in their career
#Landscape #FGTH #FrankieGoesToHollywood #TrevorHorn #ZTT #Heaven17 #music
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#TruthIsTheNewGold.
This dazzling remix by electronic music legend Martyn Ware, and Charles Stooke is out on Wednesday. Pre-save https://found.ee/FFMartynWareAlgorithmic visuals by @jonathanhogg
#electronicmusic #remix #dancemusic #electronica #electropop #martynware #heaven17 #humanleague #charlesstooke #algorithmicvisuals #truth
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#TruthIsTheNewGold.
This dazzling remix by electronic music legend Martyn Ware, and Charles Stooke is out on Wednesday. Pre-save https://found.ee/FFMartynWareAlgorithmic visuals by @jonathanhogg
#electronicmusic #remix #dancemusic #electronica #electropop #martynware #heaven17 #humanleague #charlesstooke #algorithmicvisuals #truth