Thomas Leer is a British artist, who experimented a bit with techno-ish music in the late 70s, releasing stuff (under this name) between 1978 and 1985. His early stuff is rather smooth and arty new wave-ish synthpop, with guitars and helluva lot of drum machines, and sometimes his vocals could be lifted from some smooth British 60s pop (that's what I think, at least). 'Heartbeat', one of his last releases from 1985, is much further into the synthpop world than his other stuff, but his career evolved a lot. I like when he manages to blend somewhat experimental oddness with the smooth melodies and vocals, and the songs I'm posting are a perfect example of what I mean.
They are both from his 12" 'All About You', released in 1982.
The A-side is the vocal version:
Thomas Leer - All About You
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And the B-side is the instrumental:
Thomas Leer - Saving Grace
While the instrumental has of course some extra production (it's not just an instrumental), it's amazing how the somewhat subtle changes give the songs a different feel altogether.
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Yusssss
Have you heard any Act? I basically found out about Leer through them(basically Leer and Claudia Brucken), and they're kind of patchy, but they have a few really great singles, partic. "Snobbery and Decay".
Written 18.06.08 16:43