New Musik
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Biography
London, United Kingdom (1979 – 1982)
The lead singer and frontman was songwriter/producer Tony Mansfield, who was also a former member of the Nick Straker Band. New Musik first appeared on the BBC TV pop programme, Top Of The Pops in October 1979 with their debut hit single “Straight Lines” which received airplay on BBC Radio 1 from special guesting DJ Frank Zappa.
Their debut album “From A To B” (1980) reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart and contained four UK chart hit singles; “Straight Lines”, “Living By Numbers”, “This World Of Water” and “Sanctuary”. New Musik also topped the French singles chart with “On Islands” from this album.
Touring the UK in 1980, New Musik performed at both the Oxford and Cambridge Balls (with Elvis Costello) and at the Rotterdam New Pop festival in the Netherlands, and did a second UK tour in 1981.
Their second album, Anywhere (1981) reached #68 in the chart, but despite gaining international acclaim, neither of its singles “Luxury” or “While You Wait” charted in the UK.
In 1981 a compilation album, Sanctuary, was released in the U.S., consisting of four tracks from From A To B and eight from Anywhere. Previous to this release, there had also been a four song 10” vinyl Straight Lines released by CBS Records in the U.S. as part of their short-lived Epic “Nu-Disk” series, which had also included The Clash’s Black Market Clash.
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FROM A TO B
17,519 listeners13 tracks
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Anywhere
4,619 listeners15 tracks
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Warp
3,749 listeners16 tracks
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From A To B (Straight Lines)
783 listeners15 tracks
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tangerman
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Akatian
I luff On Islands so, so much.
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Camaraderie
@Zilverdael: Ah, my bad then.
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Zilverdael
@Camaraderie: Both "This World of Water" and "This World of Walter" are existing songs by New Musik. The first "...Water" is the well-known hitsingle from the album "From A to B". The other, "...Walter" is a track from their second album "Anywhere". So, both songtags are correct.
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dark_path
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Camaraderie
"This World of Walter", not "Water". Mis-tagged.
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TyGeRfr
i am happy to see that i am and was not a fan of this quite unknown group at the epoch, apart from living by numbers that was a greatest hit in France at the epoch
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TyGeRfr
sustained my youth years - very great sound creativity
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Akatian
These guys deserve so much more attention than they get.
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boinet
I love it
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Meshi_Kuuna
Really into these guys at the moment, Sanctuary and This World of Water are such awesome songs
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AleysterCrowley
Lagal... Muito Massa!!!!!!!
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pierreghz
La classe incarnée, tout simplement parfait. Et, pour rappel, la new wave n'est pas réservée aux snobs.
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karlkandinsky
ha even Crap sounds great when your are a wean:)
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Miyalein
Die Band ist klasse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *_*
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skyghost
underrated, best synthpop band ever without a doubt. broke down walls not many people broke down until much later
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01dela
Reminds me of when I was wean.
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tangerman
New Musik is not a song! :-))
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goro-o_
fantastic Song.
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sebreflex
Wow!! so good : D
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