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Art of Noise is a Electronic and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Trevor Horn, Youth, ABC, Malcolm McLaren and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Those roots explain a lot about how Art of Noise arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Propaganda, Thompson Twins, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Orb and Ultravox, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Seal, Actually, Tom Jones, Duane Eddy and Mýa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Art of Noise, reaching back through Trevor Horn and forward to Seal. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Art of Noise were a British avant-garde and electronic group formed in early 1983 by audio engineer and record producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist and arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and music journalist Paul Morley. The group had international Top 20 hits with its interpretations of "Kiss", featuring Tom Jones, and the instrumental "Peter Gunn", which won a 1986 Grammy Award.
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Art of Noise connections
Art of Noise grew out of Trevor Horn, Youth, ABC and Malcolm McLaren, shares an orbit with Propaganda, Thompson Twins, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and The Orb, went on to shape Seal, Actually, Tom Jones and Duane Eddy. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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