Art of Noise - Close to the Edit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxidefcsjDc&fmt=18
Art of Noise were an avant-garde synthpop group formed in 1983 by producer Trevor Horn, music journalist Paul Morley, and session musicians/studio hands Anne Dudley, J.J. Jeczalik, and Gary Langan. The group's mostly instrumental compositions were novel melodic sound collages based on digital sampler technology, which was new at the time. Inspired by turn-of-the-century revolutions in music, the Art of Noise were initially packaged as a faceless anti- or non-group, blurring the distinction between the art and its creators. The band is noted for innovative use of electronics and computers in pop music and particularly for innovative use of sampling.

The name of the group alludes to the essay The Art of Noises by noted futurist Luigi Russolo. From the earliest releases on ZTT, the band referred to themselves as both Art of Noise and The Art of Noise. Official and unofficial releases and press material use both versions.

Singles: * "Beat Box" (1983) * "Moments In Love" (1983) and (1985) * "Close (To the Edit)" (1984) * "Legs" (1985) * "Paranoimia," featuring Max Headroom (1986) * "Peter Gunn," featuring Duane Eddy (1986) — Grammy Award winner in 1987 * "Legacy" (1986) * "Dragnet" (1987) * "Kiss" (1988) * "Yebo!", featuring Mahlathini and Mahotella Queens (1989) * "Art of Love" * "Shades of Paranoimia" * "Dreaming in Colour" (1998) * "Metaforce," featuring Rakim (1999)

Albums: * Into Battle with the Art of Noise mini-album (1983) * Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (1984) * In Visible Silence (1986) * In No Sense? Nonsense! (1987) * Below the Waste (1989) * The Seduction of Claude Debussy (1999)

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[chrizoic]

This Vid is str8 Nuts!!! Never knew it existed!!!!

[FUZZYFORKS]

wonder what that little girl is tearin up today?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Maglemose]

Video by Zbigniew Rybczynski

[ljbelenky]

This was, I kid you not... the first music video I ever saw. MTV, 1984.

[reubensandwich]

excellent quality.... thank you

[dvnupldr]

'elf & safety would have a word with these guys today for making a video that promotes such rambunctious destruction of household items............meanwhile little kids would continue to watch rihanna, gaga, britney & co prance around in their skimpies. coz thats SOOOOOOO morally right(!)

[IrishAlways8]

Lol...this little girl freaked me out when I first saw this back when MTV was good...in the 80s. Great song. Still have it on vinyl.

[DBRGroup]

ladies and gentlemen...eye protection is very important

[laska25346]

Fuckng acid @_@!

[rokbarry]

Memmmmories

[duncanfreakfanboy]

reminds me of men in black tv series