Artist: Art of Noise

Anne Dudley, Jonathan Jeczalik ("J.J."), and Gary Langan were members of producer Trevor Horn’s in-house studio band in the early ’80s before they formed the Art of Noise, an experimental synthpop group whose music was an amalgam of studio gimmickry, sampling, and synthesized beats. Music journalist Paul Morley, co-founder of the ZTT record label with Horn, provided art direction and was also a member of the band. The Art of Noise took material from a variety of sources: hip-hop, rock, jazz, R&B, traditional pop, found sounds, and noise all worked their way into the group’s distinctly postmodern soundscapes.