Daft

I just found out by listening to The Andrews Sisters that The Art of Noise sampled the part of the track on Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy where the sisters sing "In the Army Now". The track they sampled it on is not surprisingly titled "The Army Now"...just a neat find I'd thought I'd share.

This compilation is pretty good and it was my first time hearing this group. I remember buying th... read more

Description: A handful of the most pretentious artists in post-punk England also happened to be among the most talented. Keyboardist Ann Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and his ZTT cohort Paul Morley (who made tea and thought up overblown song titles) were clearly onto something with influential sequencer and car-ignition-driven cut-ups like "Beat Box (Diversion One)" and "Close (to the Edit)." This collection of early Art of Noise material evokes a period when pop artists were crass enough to exploit their own hype and naive enough to believe they could still create art in the process. And, sometimes, they did. --Bill For
A handful of the most pretentious artists in post-punk England also happened to be among the most talented. Keyboardist Ann Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and his ZTT cohort Paul Morley (who made tea and thought up overblown song titles) were clearly onto something with influential sequencer and car-ignition-driven cut-ups like "Beat Box (Diversion One)" and "Close (to the Edit)." This collection of early Art of Noise material evokes a period when pop artists were crass enough to exploit their own hype and naive enough to believe they could still create art in the process. And, sometimes, they did. --Bill Forman

Album Description
Remixed into 5.1 surround sound, this collection shows the Art Of Noise at their dynamic and inspirational best.

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