Art of Noise

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British band avant-garde music group band musical group synth-pop group

Art of Noise is a pioneering British avant-garde synth-pop group known for its innovative use of sampling and experimental electronic production in the 1980s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British band → avant-garde music group → band → musical group → synth-pop group →
activePeriodStart	1983 →
associatedAct	ZTT Records →
awardWork	Peter Gunn →
awardYear	1987 →
collaboratedWith	Duane Eddy → Tom Jones →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
debutAlbum	Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? →
debutAlbumReleaseYear	1984 →
debutEP	Into Battle with the Art of Noise →
debutEPReleaseYear	1983 →
decadeOfProminence	1980s →
genre	art pop → avant-garde → electronic music → experimental music → new wave → sample-based music → synth-pop →
hasAward	Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance →
influencedGenre	ambient music → electronic dance music → trip hop →
knownFor	heavy use of digital sampling technology →
language	English →
memberOf	Anne Dudley → Gary Langan → J. J. Jeczalik → Paul Morley → Trevor Horn →
notableFor	experimental electronic production → innovative use of sampling →
notableWork	Beat Box → Close (to the Edit) → Kiss (with Tom Jones) → Moments in Love → Paranoimia → Peter Gunn →
origin	London →
recordLabel	China Records → ZTT Records →
styleCharacteristic	collage-like sound construction → minimalist melodic structures → use of found sounds and non-musical noises →
usesInstrument	Fairlight CMI →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Buggles → Trevor Horn →	associatedAct
Art of Noise ("Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise?") →	debutAlbum
Art of Noise ("Into Battle with the Art of Noise") →	debutEP
Trevor Horn →	memberOf
ZTT Records →	notableArtist