Landscape (band)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Genres | Synthpop, jazz-rock |
| Years active | 1974–1983 |
| Labels | Event Horizon, RCA |
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| Richard James Burgess Christopher Heaton Andy Pask Peter Thoms John Walters |
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Landscape is a British band, best known for the 1981 hits, "Einstein A Go-Go" and "Norman Bates". Formed in 1974, they toured constantly during the mid- to late-1970s, playing rock, punk and jazz venues and releasing two instrumental EPs on their own Event Horizon label. They began experimenting with computer programmed music and electronic drums in the late 1970s and early 1980s making records in the emerging genre of synthpop.
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[edit] Career
Landscape comprised Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms and John Walters.
Burgess produced Shock and the first two albums by Spandau Ballet while still in Landscape. He went on to produce recordings by Five Star, King, Adam Ant, America, Colonel Abrams, Kim Wilde and many others. He has written a book The Art of Record Production, and co-designed the first electronic drumset the Simmons SDS-V.
Walters (aka John L. Walters) went on to produce records by Swans Way, Kissing the Pink, Twelfth Night, The Mike Gibbs Orchestra and Mark Springer. He co-founded Unknown Public in 1992. He is also the author of several articles on the lyricon. He has been the editor of Eye, the international review of graphic design, since 1999, and writes about music for The Guardian.
Pask co-wrote the theme music for the long-running British ITV series, The Bill.
Thoms later appeared on Thomas Dolby's 1984 album The Flat Earth and toured with Dolby that year playing trombone. He is currently a member of staff at The Musicians' Union's head office in the UK.
[edit] Landscape III
Following the release of Landscape’s third and final album Manhattan Boogie-Woogie the band became a trio, composed of Burgess, Pask, and Walters. Renaming the band Landscape III, they went on to release the singles "So Good, So Pure, So Kind" and "You Know How to Hurt Me".
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
| Year | Album | UK | Label |
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| 1979 | Landscape | - | RCA |
| 1981 | From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... | 13 | RCA |
| 1982 | Manhattan Boogie-Woogie | - | RCA |
[edit] Singles (with chart position)
| Year | Single | UK |
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| 1979 | Japan | - |
| 1979 | Sonja Henie | - |
| 1980 | European Man | - |
| 1981 | Einstein A Go-Go | 5 |
| 1981 | Norman Bates | 40 |
| 1981 | European Man (Reissue) | - |
| 1982 | It's Not My Real Name | - |
| 1982 | Eastern Girls | - |
| 1983 | So Good, So Pure, So Kind as 'Landscape III' | - |
| 1983 | You Know How to Hurt Me as 'Landscape III' | - |
[edit] EPs
- "U2XME1X2MUCH" / "Don't Gimme No Rebop" / "Sixteen" (1977) 33⅓ rpm 7" *
- "Workers Playtime" / "Nearly Normal" / "Too Many Questions (Don't Ask Me Why)" (1978) 33⅓ rpm 7"
* "U2XME1X2MUCH" is short for "You two-timed me one time too much"
Both EPs were issued on Landscape's own Event Horizon label
[edit] Radio Session tracks
- "Kaptin Whorlix"
- "Gotham City"
- "Lost In The Small Ads"
- "Workers' Playtime"
Recorded for an April 1978 Peel Session.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 312. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ BBC John Peel Sessions - Landscape. Retrieved 19 August 2006.
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