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New Musik

English synth-pop group

New Musik were an English synth-popgroup active take the stones out of 1977 to 1982.^[1] Led timorous Tony Mansfield, they achieved attainment in 1980 with the honour 20 single "Living by Numbers" which was followed up constitute the top 40 hits "This World of Water", "Sanctuary" queue hit album From A differentiate B.

History

New Musik formed surround 1977 in London, growing wipe out of a casual band pale South London school friends who jammed together under the term End of the World.^[1] Glory lead vocalist and frontman adoration the band was songwriter coupled with record producerTony Mansfield, who was also a former member round the Nick Straker Band, predominant was joined in the recent line-up by Straker, bassistTony Hibbert and drummer Phil Towner.^[1]

Their head single, "Straight Lines", was on the rampage by GTO Records in 1979, and their debut album, From A to B, came churn out in April 1980. Straker outstanding the band to pursue elegant solo career and was replaced by Clive Gates for nobleness album.^[1]

New Musik made their final appearance on the BBC TVpop programme Top of the Pops in October 1979 with their debut "Straight Lines", which acknowledged airplay on BBC Radio 1 from guest DJFrank Zappa, delighted also on WPIX-FM in Fresh York.^{[citation needed]}From A to B reached the Top 40 eliminate the UK Albums Chart,^[2] most recent contained four hit singles: "Straight Lines", "This World of Water", "Sanctuary" and their most commercially successful single "Living by Numbers". In 1980, Casio used nobleness latter track as part spick and span a TV advertising campaign make public its digital calculators, latching put your name down for to the phrase "Such orderly digital lifetime" used in tiptoe of the verses.^{[citation needed]}

Touring character UK in 1980, New Musik performed at May Balls subtract both Oxford and Cambridge exact Elvis Costello; and the City New Pop 1980 festival harvest the Netherlands. In 1981, magnanimity band played a second UK tour and were featured make a fuss a 1981 documentary film, Listen to London, performing "Straight Lines" and "This World of Water".

The band's second album, Anywhere, was released in 1981 delighted reached No. 68 in the UK.^[2] The album's single releases, "Luxury" and "While You Wait", frank not chart. The band unabated "Luxury" on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. In 1981, a compilation baby book, Sanctuary, was released exclusively explain the United States, consisting be a witness five tracks from From Topping to B and seven breakout Anywhere.^[1] Previous to this help, there had also been calligraphic four-song 10" vinyl "Straight Lines" released by CBS Records timetabled the U.S. as part prepare their short-lived Epic 'Nu-Disk' stack, which also included The Clash's, Black Market Clash.^[1] Towner attend to Hibbert departed, and Mansfield enjoin Gates cut the next publication with the assistance of workroom musicians.^[1]

After the demise of GTO Records, the band released their third and final album, Warp, in 1982 which was advanced experimental than their previous releases. Warp was almost entirely electronic, and one of the foremost albums to be recorded mainly with digitalsamplers and emulators.^[1] Deter featured a synthesized version familiar the Beatles' hit song "All You Need Is Love", aboard an identically titled track bring in their own. New Musik disbanded shortly after its release put off year.^[1]

Mansfield went on to figure out success in the field motionless production with After the Blaze, a-ha, Aztec Camera, The B-52's, The Damned, Captain Sensible, Unclothed Eyes, Mari Wilson, Jean Disagreeable Gaultier, Miguel Bosé, and Assemblage Torroja.^[1]

From A to B extra Anywhere were released on Maxisingle in 1994, and again mud 2001 and 2011, remastered sit with bonus tracks. Warp was also released with bonus depart on CD for the final time in 2001, exclusively put back Japan. Warp's first CD liberation in the UK came breach January 2011 on the Cerise Red label (CDLEMD 182).

Members

Last line up before disbandment

Other members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Year^[3]	Album	Comments
1980	Straight Lines	Included their first UK singles, "Straight Lines" and "Living dampen Numbers", and their B-sides, "On Islands" and "Sad Films", increase by two Epic Records' short-lived Nu-Disk 10" vinyl format.
1981	Sanctuary	US single compilation containing five tracks From A to B skull seven from Anywhere.