It is one of the most perfect ambient love songs ever, and I love every second of it. If nothing else this LP should held up as a masterclass in 80’s production. Their first album includes the track Moments in love, a subtle, delicate and beautifully paced with gentle breathy vocals barely communicating with the listener after being deliberatly drowned out in the mix. The air of mystery surrounding the band meant that they could, in a famous mixup, receive an American magazine’s award for best black act of the year, not bad going for five middle-aged, middle-class, white English people… Their ZTT material was ransacked for years on end, culminating in the use of a sample from “Close (To The Edit)” as a key element of Prodigy’s”Firestarter”. 1985’s “Moments In Love” failed to make the UK top fifty but anticipated an entire genre : chillout. In 1984, the “Close (To The Edit)” single crashed into the UK top forty. The experiments of Dudley, Jeczalik and Langan on this project led to the formation of The Art Of Noise. The Art of Noise with Trevor Horn & Paul Morley. Selling in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Cleveland and still a top request item in Los Angeles. McLaren foresaw the rise of hip-hop and recruited producer Trevor Horn to record his musical vision. The next issue had a front-page ad showing the Who's Afraid album cover and reading 'Moments in Love' is the third hit from the two year old original Art of Noise album. Listen to Moments In Love by Art of Noise on Apple Music. Apparently, the roots of Art Of Noise lie in Malcolm McLaren‘s 1982 single “Buffalo Gals”. Stream songs including 'Moments In Love (Beaten)', 'Moments In Love' and more. I’ve been listening to a lot of 80’s music recently and rediscovered Art of noise first album, Who’s afraid of the Art of noise, released in 1984.
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