citation needed] Horn and Charles entered a short relationship, and Horn learned from her inspiring producer Biddu. Then they continued to work together, eventually forming the Buggles, recording a worldwide hit single " Video Killed the Radio Star" in 1979. Despite this, he doesn’t sit on the fence on certain matters and Trevor makes clear in the book that he blames the appearance on the scene of Holly Johnson’s boyfriend Wolfgang for Frankie’s disintegration and he acknowledges that it was a ultimately a “stupid decision” for ZTT to take legal action against Johnson. Instead, he gave use of Sarm West Studio free of charge to the project for 24 hours, which Geldof accepted, assigning Midge Ure as the producer instead.

What this book needed was… well… the written-word version of a Horn to produce it and edit and turn it into something better. In 1977, he formed the Buggles with Horn and enjoyed success with their first album The Age of Plastic (1980) which included the worldwide hit single " Video Killed the Radio Star".Still, he brightens, there’s plenty of fantastic music being made in 2022: he’s a fan of Mark Ronson’s productions, among others. On 11 November 2004, a Prince's Trust charity concert celebrating Horn's 25 years as a record producer took place at Wembley Arena, featuring performances from Horn and many acts he produced. He ventured into business with his wife Jill Sinclair, purchasing Sarm West Studios and establishing the publishers Perfect Songs and their own label, ZTT Records. One of these is how Horn seems to struggle to keep focussed on a particular story and goes off at tangents.

This book will be Trevor’s story in his own words, as told through the prism of 23 of his most important songs — from the ones that inspired him to the ones that defined him.This play-by-play memoir transports readers into the heart of the studio to witness the making of some of music's most memorable moments, from the Buggles' ground-breaking 'Video Killed the Radio Star' to Band Aid's perennial 'Do They Know It's Christmas? The synopsis reads: “ Adventures in Modern Recording is the definitive memoir of Trevor Horn, the man who invented the ’80s. In 1983, Horn co-formed the band the Art of Noise, co-writing several hits including " Close (To the Edit)", " Beat Box", "Moments in Love", and "Slave to the Rhythm". He does admit, however, that getting the music “just right” sometimes required a certain amount of smoke and mirrors. I rang her to see what time she would arrive: “Grace, we’ve got the tracks down, they’re really cool, you should come down.

It proved to be expensive, though, partly because I flew to New York on Concorde to master it, partly because we had a horn section and string section on it.

My parents were horrified I wanted to go into music, even though my father was in a band and played five nights a week. In addition, Downes is also working on television, film and production music for a London West End film production company, Original Production Music Ltd. She threw herself into the recording with enormous gusto, marching around the place, but I wasn’t keen on the end result – it sounded a bit like one of those aerobic workout tapes that were popular at the time. Musicians and producers including Gary Barlow, DJ Shadow and Nigel Godrich cite Horn as an influence.

Trevor was revolutionary in producing and remixing music and helped create the first queer boyband, Frankie Goes To Hollywood. citation needed] Though Dollar were a middle-of-the-road band with little credibility, Horn saw an opportunity to combine the electronic music of Kraftwerk and the crooner Vince Hill. After Yes fired him as their singer, he elected to work with Dollar, an implausibly drippy middle-of-the-road pop duo who may have been one of the few artists considered even less hip in 1981 than his former employers.At 6pm, we were kicked out of the studio and as the band headed out to their motel for a night of debauchery, me, Bruce and Lippo made our way back to the Parker Meridien hotel carrying drum machines, guitars, keyboards and loudspeakers.