The Buggles are an English new wave band formed in London in 1977 by singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes. They are best known for their 1979 debut single "Video Killed the Radio Star",which topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in 15 other countries and was chosen as the song to launch MTV in 1981.
Pure Frosting is a compilation album by the American alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America. It was released on March 10,1998.
The Age of Plastic is the debut album by the English new wave duo the Buggles,released on 10 January 1980 on Island Records. It is a concept album about the possible repercussions of modern technology. The title was conceived from the group's intention of being a "plastic group" and the album was produced in the wake of the success of their debut record,"Video Killed the Radio Star" (1979),which topped the UK Singles Chart. Most of the album's other tracks were written during promotion of the single.
Trevor Charles Horn is an English record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eighties".
"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song written by Trevor Horn,Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1979. It was recorded concurrently by Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club for their album English Garden and by British new wave/synth-pop group the Buggles,which consisted of Horn and Downes.
Adventures in Modern Recording is the second and most recent studio album by English new wave group the Buggles,released on 11 November 1981 by Carrere Records. Although the Buggles began as a duo of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes,the album ended up as mostly Horn's solo effort,as Downes left to join the English rock band Asia on the day recording was originally scheduled to begin. It contains nine tracks,including a version of a track from the Buggles' collaborative album with Yes,Drama (1980);it was originally named "Into the Lens",but the Buggles rendition is titled "I Am a Camera". A stylistically and sonically varied progressive electronic album,Adventures in Modern Recording depicts Horn perfecting his skill as producer and was described by journalists as a document for how he would produce his later works. It was one of the earliest albums to use the Fairlight CMI,one of the first digital sampling synthesizers.
Gary Michael Langan is an English engineer,record producer,mixer and musician.
Bruce Martin Woolley is an English musician,singer,songwriter,and record producer. He wrote songs with artists such as the Buggles and Grace Jones,including "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Slave to the Rhythm",and co-founded the Radio Science Orchestra.
Slave to the Rhythm is the seventh studio album by Grace Jones,released on 28 October 1985 by Island Records. Subtitled a biography in the liner notes,Slave to the Rhythm is a concept album,produced by ZTT Records founder and producer Trevor Horn,that went on to become one of Jones' most commercially successful albums and spawned her biggest hit,"Slave to the Rhythm".
"Living in the Plastic Age" is a synth-pop song written,performed and produced by the Buggles. It was released as the second single from their debut album The Age of Plastic on 14 January 1980.
"Into the Lens" is a song written by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. It was originally released in 1980 by progressive rock band Yes,of which Horn and Downes were a part,as a part of the album Drama,before being reworked as "I Am a Camera" for the 1981 album Adventures in Modern Recording by the Buggles,a duo consisting of Horn and Downes;both versions were released as singles,with the Yes single being re-titled "Into the Lens (I Am a Camera)".
Geoffrey Downes is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group the Buggles with Trevor Horn,the progressive rock band Yes,and the supergroup Asia.
"Elstree" is a song by the Buggles from their debut album,The Age of Plastic. It was the fourth and final single from the album,released on 27 October 1980. It was written by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes.
"Slave to the Rhythm" is a song by Jamaican singer,model and actress Grace Jones. It was released in October 1985 from Jones' seventh album,Slave to the Rhythm (1985),on which it is titled "Ladies and Gentlemen:Miss Grace Jones". It was produced by Trevor Horn and written by Horn,Bruce Woolley,Stephen Lipson and Simon Darlow. The song peaked at number 12 in the UK and number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Its music video was directed by Jean-Paul Goude.
Polly Scattergood is an English singer and songwriter. She has been described as ethereal,dark,intense and quirky,while her musical style has been described as "early 21st century electro-dance-pop of London proper". Scattergood's debut album,self-titled,was released in spring 2009 in the United Kingdom and United States. It received mixed but generally positive reviews. Arrows was Scattergood's second studio album,it was produced by Ken Thomas and Jolyon Thomas and released in Autumn 2013. Arrows received positive reviews in the media with The Independent,Rolling Stone and Mojo each awarding it four stars.
Matthew Seligman was an English bassist,best known for his association with the new wave music scene of the 1980s. Seligman was a member of the Soft Boys and the Thompson Twins,and was a sideman for Thomas Dolby. Seligman was also a member of Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club and the Dolphin Brothers,and backed David Bowie during his performance at Live Aid in 1985.
"I Love You (Miss Robot)" is a song written,performed and produced by the Buggles,a duo of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes,for their 1980 debut studio album The Age of Plastic. It was not released as a single. The song is,according to Downes,about "being on the road and making love to someone you don't really like",although music critics consider the song's subject having to do with a robot. The song was performed live in 2010,as part of the first performance of all the tracks from The Age of Plastic.
The Trevor Horn Band are an English group formed in 2006 as the Producers,when they included record producers Trevor Horn and Steve Lipson (guitar),and musicians Lol Creme and Ash Soan (drums). The band briefly adopted the name US before changing to Producers. Latterly,they have switched to the name The Trevor Horn Band.
The Buggles,a duo consisting of bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes,have a discography of two studio albums,a compilation album and video live album,a promotional extended play,nine singles,and three music videos. The Buggles also produced three songs,"Back of My Hand" by The Jags,"Monkey Chop" by Dan-I,and "Film Star" by Tom Marshall. The group formed in 1977 in Wimbledon,South West London,and were signed by Island Records to record and publish their debut studio album,The Age of Plastic,which was released in 1980. The album charted in the UK,Canada,the Netherlands,France,Sweden,and Japan.
English Garden,released in North America as Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club,is a studio album by Bruce Woolley and his new wave band the Camera Club. The band consisted of Woolley on vocals,Matthew Seligman on bass,Rod Johnson on drums,Dave Birch on guitar,and Thomas Dolby on keyboards. Before forming the group,Woolley was creating pop songs intended for publishing companies,but he was not happy with what the artists were doing with his songs and decided to write material for himself.
