Listening to the Music the Machines Make by Richard Evans

Listening to the Music the Machines Make by Richard Evans

Listening to the Music the Machines Make is the revolutionary story of electronic pop from 1978 to 1983, a true golden age of British music. This definitive account explores how krautrock, disco, glam rock and punk inspired a new generation to rip up the rulebook and venture toward a new frontier of electronic music - one that laid the foundations for Hip-Hop, house, techno and beyond. Including an extensive collection of archive images throughout, Richard Evans's kaleidoscopic narrative draws on years of research, a plethora of archive press materials and the input of key figures, including Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure), Martyn Ware (The Human League, B.E.F., Heaven 17) and Daniel Miller (The Normal, Mute Records). From the gritty and experimental to the camp and theatrical, this book charts the careers and impact of electronic pop's earliest innovators and luminaries, from Devo, The Normal, Telex and Cabaret Voltaire to Soft Cell, Gary Numan, OMD, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode.

'A comprehensive and highly readable overview of a once-future' - Mojo; 'A scroll of chronological, interwoven, but often disparate stories featuring every purveyor of synthpop you can possibly think of.. a must-read' - Record Collector; 'Evans' meticulous research is synthesized into a lively and informative narrative that finally grants the genre the respect that it deserves.' - Classic Pop

Richard Evans has worked in the music industry for over thirty years in a variety of roles, including positions at London Records, Factory Records and MTV Europe. In 1998 he set up marketing consultancy The Fan Base and has been connecting musical artists with their audiences ever since. He is the founder of the This Is Not Retro website and record label and has worked for Andy Bell, Vince Clarke and Erasure since 2009. Richard is based in Dorset where he lives in perpetual fear of being asked what his favourite record is.

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ISBN 13	9781913172336
ISBN 10	1913172333
Title	Listening to the Music the Machines Make
Author	Richard Evans
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Omnibus Press
Year published	2022-11-17
Number of pages	528
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