A late-80s collaboration between New Order's Bernard Sumner and The Smiths' Johnny Marr that made moody, unforced electronic pop.
For a good sense of what they did, try 'Late At Night' or 'Twisted Tenderness'. They weren't trying to change music, just making songs that felt right to them.
Electronic mattered because it brought together two distinct voices from British music without trying to start a movement. Songs like 'Late At Night' showed how Sumner's vocals and Marr's guitar could weave through synthesizers and drum machines to build a mood naturally. They worked with Karl Bartos from Kraftwerk on keyboards, but it was always their project at heart, just making the records they wanted to make.
Electronic formed in the late 1980s around Sumner and Marr, with their first album arriving in 1991 and the single 'Getting Away With It' introducing their sound. Over the next decade, they put out a few more records like 'Raise the Pressure' and 'Twisted Tenderness', then stopped for long stretches before quietly releasing more material years later. The music kept that same basic setup throughout, guitar lines weaving through electronic backing.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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