Art of Noise : Rolling Stone

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In Visible Silence

In the beginning, The Art of Noise was a brilliant concept, executed with mysterious efficiency and playful imagination. Educated in the mysteries of modern pop alchemy by producer Trevor Horn while working on hit Horn projects like Malcolm McLaren's Duck Rock and ABC's LP The Lexicon of Lore,...

1986 RS: Not Rated

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With its name culled from an Italian Futurist manifesto, Art of Noise approached pop from a distinctly postmodern slant. Using the studio as their tool, these three producers/programmers/arrangers were virtually anonymous; star power, when called for, was imported. Dudley, formely a producer for Paul McCartney and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, joined up with Jeczalik and Langan as part of Trevor Horn...

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