The normal
The Normal was a music project by Daniel Miller , who became known as the founder of the record label Mute Records .
| The normal | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | New Wave , Electropunk |
| founding | 1978 |
| resolution | 1980s |
| Last occupation | |
I.a. Synthesizer and production
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Daniel Miller |
Although Miller originally founded Mute Records with the intention of releasing his own music, he only produced one single in 1978 under the name The Normal , entitled TVOD / Warm Leatherette .
Both tracks are minimalist electronic music produced with a KORG 700s analog synthesizer and a Revox B-77 tape machine. Daniel Miller recorded this single in his living room. Although it didn't make it onto the UK charts, this single made a huge impact on the post-punk / electronic music scene in the UK at the time .
The title Warm Leatherette is inspired by J. G. Ballard's novel Crash , in which people wreck cars because it arouses them sexually .
The song has since been by musicians like Pankow , Grace Jones , Sleep Chamber , Vitalic , Ljubljana with a German version under the title Hot dermis , Chicks on Speed / Light on a split single each with its own version, and 2006 by Trent Reznor with Peter Murphy covered.
There was a second release as The Normal with Robert Rental with Live at West Runton Pavilion . A record that was only recorded on one side. In contrast to the original pressing, which was sold in a simple red protective cover, the German pressing (title: Daniel Miller Robert Rental LIVE) received a white cover with a blurred black and white photograph (Rough Trade 17 / Marat).
Miller also recorded the album Music for Parties under the name Silicon Teens , which included mostly sparse electronic new wave covers of 1970s and 80s pop classics like Sweet Little Sixteen and Let's Dance . Director John Hughes was so impressed that the song Red River Rock appears on the soundtrack for A Ticket for Two .
Daniel Miller is also the producer of bands like Depeche Mode , Erasure , Wire and DAF .
Individual evidence
- ^ 1978. Book and CD. A year and its 20 best songs (Süddeutsche Zeitung Diskothek) (hardcover), p. 56.