The Human League
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The endless rebuttalBy the late 1970s, the show's producers say, small groups of electronic artists including Human League, Daniel Miller (aka The Normal), and Cabaret Voltaire were creating sounds that fit neither the prevailing rock or mainstream pop models. In this article: Mark Danner, George Packer, Twitter, JG Ballard, Crash, Britain, Gary Numan, and Sysomos |
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Drowned in Sound - News | October 30, 2009
DiS meets Gary Numan
...the experimental. Songs like 'Metal' and 'Films' had tremendous hooks but in terms of structure were closer to what leftfield art school bands like Cabaret Voltaire and the then unknown Human League (Mark I) were attempting. Choruses were...
In this article: Gary Numan, Metal, Replicas, Cars, Complex, Tubeway Army, Nine Inch Nails, Beggars Banquet, Moog, and Sugababes
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Independent.co.uk - Music | August 27, 2009
20 years of the Warp factor
...Autechre and Boards of Canada continued the lineage of electronic-music mavericks begun in the city by the Human League, Heaven 17 and Cabaret Voltaire; sounds seemingly born from the metallic clamour of its steel factories. By 1989, those...
In this article: Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Richard D. James Album, Chris Morris, Warp Records, Autechre, Artificial Intelligence, and Maximo Park
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Andy Gill: The Lennon and McCartney of electro-pop
...Rock". The group were also a crucial inspiration for both the Detroit techno scene and its European equivalent: acts such as The Human League, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, OMD, Cabaret Voltaire and Ultravox all acknowledged a huge debt. Since...
In this article: Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk, Autobahn, Detroit techno, IP Address, Tour de France, and Planet Rock
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Electronic dance music
Influential musicians in industrial, synth pop and later electronic dance styles include the Silver Apples, A-ha, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, New Order, Cabaret Voltaire , Throbbing Gristle, The Human League and Kraftwerk. In...
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The Stranger - Line Out | September 15, 2009
Those Whom The Gods Wish To Destroy, They First Send To Sheffield
...sonic attacks. The early albums by The Human League are still extraordinary little things that pit unsettling but barely understood synthesizers against bright pop music like new wave Roman emperor-droids of blue-eyed soul. Sheffield often...
In this article: Sheffield, Made In Sheffield, Cabaret Voltaire, New Wave, Claustrophobia, Moloko, Pulp, and Bumbershoot
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Razormaid!
...Depeche Mode, New Order, Erasure, Madonna , Pet Shop Boys, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Cabaret Voltaire , Yello, Telex , Eurythmics, The Human League, Dead or Alive , Gary Numan, Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Red Flag , Underworld and...
In this article: Razormaid!, EBay, Gary Numan, Jean Michel Jarre, Dead or Alive, Patrick Cowley, Madonna, Telex, and Yello
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | November 12, 2008
Tony Christie: He's back, with steel in his soul
...Made in Sheffield has been contributed by obscure local singer-songwriters, Christie has recorded a beautifully understated version of the Human League's electro-pop torch song Louise and a slowed-down, orchestral reworking of Arctic Monkeys'...
In this article: Tony Christie, Sheffield, Richard Hawley, Is This the Way to Amarillo?, Jarvis Cocker, Coles Corner, Made in Sheffield, Arctic Monkeys, and Neil Sedaka
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Clock DVA
...called The Studs and with Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware in a band called The Future . Ian and Martyn went on to found The Human League. The group was originally known for making a form of experimental electronic music involving...
In this article: Clock DVA, Throbbing Gristle, The Anti-Group, Martyn Ware, Polydor Records, Industrial Records, and Post-punk
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Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment | June 12, 2008
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...industrial dance of mid-80s Sheffield bands such as Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire and early Human League than Time Bandits or later, chart-topping, Human League. It's not that long ago that industry mavens thought we couldn't handle the edge...
In this article: The Presets, Human League, Sydney, Kim Moyes, The Sydney Morning Herald, Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, and Sheffield
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The Human League are a British synthpop band. Formed in Sheffield in 1977, they achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s. They have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.
Originally an avant-garde all male synthesizer-based group from Sheffield, the only constant band member since 1977 is vocalist and songwriter Philip Oakey. Since 1987, the band has essentially been a trio of Oakey and long-serving female vocalists Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley (who joined the band in 1980), with various additional musicians. The Human League have influenced many electro-pop, other synthpop, and mainstream acts including Madonna, Moby and Little Boots . They have been sampled and covered by various artists including YMO, Ministry of Sound, Craig David, George Michael and Robbie Williams.
Since 1978, they have released nine studio albums, twenty six singles (including 8 UK top 10 singles with 2 number one singles in the US/UK) and played over 350 live concerts. The Human League have sold an estimated 20 million records worldwide.
- Name:
- The Human League
- Also Known As:
- The Future, The Men, The League Unlimited Orchestra
- Origin:
- Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Years Active:
- 1977–present
- Current members:
- Associated With:
- B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation), Heaven 17, Giorgio Moroder
- Genre:
- Synthpop, Dance-pop, Electronic, New Wave
- Record Label:
- Fast Product, EMI, Virgin, A&M, EastWest, Papillon
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