While Richard Evans' book Listening To The Music The Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983 proved a rather frustrating read, it did lead me to conclude that I should investigate more music from the pioneering acts of the period. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark are still going strong (albeit after a hiatus from the mid-90s to the mid-00s), and new album Bauhaus Staircase is very recognisably them, evidence of both high-brow/high-concept aspirations and an unrepentant predilection for pop.
Buzz review here.
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