Frankie Goes To Hollywood　

On the back of an enormous publicity campaign, Frankie Goes to Hollywood dominated British music in 1984. Frankie’s dance-pop borrowed heavily from the then-current Hi-NRG movement, adding ..more

DEPAPEPE　

Susumu Hirasawa　

Jeff Mills　

Jeff Mills, along with Robert Hood, Carl Craig, and Joey Beltram, is one of the biggest American names in techno. Championed for his music’s relentless pursuit of hardness and his intense, ..more

Soft Cell　

Art students Marc Almond and Dave Ball formed Soft Cell, a synth pop duo famed for its uniquely sleazy electronic sound, in Leeds, England in 1980. Originally, vocalist Almond and synth pl ..more

Badfinger　

There are few bands in the annals of rock music as star-crossed in their history as Badfinger. Pegged as one of the most promising British groups of the late ’60s and the one world-class talent ..more

Adele　

When the U.K. press began dubbing Adele the next Amy Winehouse in late 2007, the hype didn’t touch upon the singer/songwriter influence found in the Londoner’s music. Influenced by Roberta F ..more

TLC　

The best-selling female R＆B trio of the decade, TLC stands for T-Boz (b. Tionne Watkins, 26 April, 1970), Lisa Left Eye Lopes (b. 27 May 1971) and Rozonda Chilli Thomas (b. 27 February, 1971). A ..more

Kim Wilde　

The daughter of ’50s British pop singer Marty Wilde, Kim Wilde had several pop hits during the ’80s. Initially, her synth-driven pop fit in with the new wave movement, but as the dec ..more

Taj Mahal　

One of the most prominent figures in late 20th century blues, singer/multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal played an enormous role in revitalizing and preserving traditional acoustic blues. Not content t ..more

YUTA (NCT 127)　

Incognito　

An acid jazz project with surprisingly deep roots in the 1970s jazz/funk/fusion world, Incognito were originally formed by Jean-Paul Maunick (aka Bluey) and Paul Tubbs Williams. Both wer ..more

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invasion　

Tears For Fears　

Tears for Fears were always more ambitious than the average synth pop group. From the beginning, the duo of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were tackling big subjects -- their very name deri ..more

LAUGHIN'NOSE　

Kuroyume　

Skirt　

The Charlatans (UK)　

For many years, the Charlatans UK were perceived as the also-rans of Madchester, the group that didn’t capture the Zeitgeist like the Stone Roses, or that failed to match the mad genre-bending o ..more

Blue Mitchell　

Owner of a direct, lightly swinging, somewhat plain-wrapped tone that fit right in with the Blue Note label’s hard bop ethos of the 1960s, Blue Mitchell tends to be overlooked today perhaps beca ..more

Simply Red　

Led by the vocalist Mick Hucknall, the English blue-eyed soul band Simply Red became international stars with their debut album, Picture Book. On the hit ballad Holding Back the Years, Hu ..more