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Landscape are a British Band , best known for their 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 Drum s in the late 1970s making records in the emerging genres of Electronic Dance Music and Synthpop . CAREER Landscape comprised: Richard James Burgess , Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms and John Walters Burgess Produced Shock and the first two Album s by Spandau Ballet while still in Landscape. He went on to produce Recordings by Five Star , King , Adam Ant , America , Colonel Abrams , Kim Wilde , Shriekback , Living In A Box , Tony Banks , Fish , Princess , Jaki Graham , Praise , XC-NN (under the pseudonym Caleb Kadesh ), Rubicon (under the pseudonym Caleb Kadesh), and many others. He wrote the book ''The Art of Record Production'' subsequently updated to ''The Art of Music Production'' (pub. Omnibus Press) and now in its third edition. Burgess is credited with coining the term ' New Romantic ' encompassing the early 1980s British music, club and fashion scene; and with conceptualising and designing 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. Pask co-wrote the Theme Music for the long-running British ITV series, '' The Bill ''. LANDSCAPE III Following the release of Landscape's third and final album '' Manhattan Boogie-Woogie '' the band became a Trio , comprising 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". DISCOGRAPHY EPs
These were issued on 33⅓ rpm 7" vinyl on Landscape's own Event Horizon label Singles
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/From_the_Tea-rooms_of_Mars_" class="copylinks">From The Tea-rooms Of Mars '''''<br><center> 1981<br> #13 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Manhattan_Boogie-Woogie" class="copylinks">Manhattan Boogie-Woogie '''''<br><center> 1982 |
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