New Musik

New Musik's near-total lack of commercial acceptance is one of the great mysteries of the early '80s. Their music, rooted in classic pop songwriting but with a forward-looking interest in shiny electronics, is both instantly accessible and coolly forbidding. Their 1980 album, From A to B, is a lost classic of the early new wave era, and 1982's Warp is an almost-all-electronic album that sounds like a perfect meeting between Thomas Dolby and Kraftwerk. Their risk-taking approach didn't lead to massive success, but their influence can be felt in many bands, both from their era a...