(Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! (CD)

British pop producer extraordinaire Trevor Horn started out as half of synth-pop duo the Buggles and even had a brief stint in the band Yes before taking on production tasks for a myriad of artists from ABC to Seal. His own creative juices flowed through his group, the Art of Noise, who combined cutting-edge studio techniques with electronic music, dance rhythms, and an unfailing pop sensibility, making everything from stunning sound collages to ethereal ambient music. Incredibly, the group soldiered on for a while without Horn, but the 1990s found him back at the helm, taking time out from his super-producer schedule.

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• Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Label: ZTT Records (USA)
• UPC: 827912024128
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105909465
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #39674 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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Art Of Noise: Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, J.J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan.

The Art of Noise's first full-length release, from 1984, is also their best and most intriguing. Containing the dance club smash "Beat Box (Diversion One)," the MTV favorite "Close (To the Edit)" and the influential, near-ambient "Moments In Love," WHO'S AFRAID is a revolutionary album that changed the course of modern electronic music. Its effects were felt equally in postmodern avant-garde circles and the hippest of dance clubs.

Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, J.J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan's work has both melodic and rhythmic sophistication and, perhaps more importantly, a playful sense of humor. "Snapshot" cheekily quotes The Who's "Baba O'Riley," and the key rhythmic element of "Close (To The Edit)" is the sound of a car ignition. WHO'S AFRAID also has darker moments, like "A Time For Fear," which prominently features tapes of the 1983 US invasion of Grenada, and the foreboding, ambient pieces that end the second side.

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