Who is Trevor Horn

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Producer extrordinaire and member of the art of noise, the buggles, frankie goes to hollywood, grace jones, seal, yes ,,,,

Three reasons to love Trevor Horn

only three?

1. he made a new sound with machines that has spawned entire genres of what is now known as electronic music. his use of samplers was cutting edge and still holds up today.
2. there was a bit of mystery to the man behind those recordings the liner notes to both frankie goes to hollywood and art of noise were cryptic and genuinely weird.
3. he worked with grace jones.

Trevor Horn at a Glance

Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Hetton-le-Hole, England.

Horn has produced commercially successful songs and albums for numerous British and international artists. He won a Grammy Award for co-writing "Kiss from a Rose" with Seal. As a musician, he has had chart success with his bands The Buggles, Yes and Art of Noise. He also owns a significant stake in the recording company ZTT Records, Sarm Studios and a music publishing company, Perfect Songs. The three are combined under the corporate umbrella of SPZ.

Horn was regarded for much of the 1980s as the best producer in Britain, evidenced by a note that the band China Crisis made on their 1985 album Flaunt the Imperfection (produced by Walter Becker of Steely Dan)?they credited their producer as "Walter (Trevor Who?) Becker". There are many such casual references to Horn in British culture.

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