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New Musik - Biography
New Musik formed in 1977 in London, songwriter and record producer Tony Mansfield was the lead vocalist and frontman for the band, who was also a former member of the Nick Straker Band, and was joined in the original line-up by Straker, bassist Tony Hibbert and drummer Phil Towner. The latter had played on The Buggles' hit single, “Video Killed the Radio Star”.
New Musik made their first appearance on the BBC TV pop programme Top of the Pops in October 1979 with their debut “Straight Lines”, which received airplay on BBC Radio 1 from guest DJ Frank Zappa, and also on WPIX-FM in New York.
From A to B reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and contained four hit singles: “Straight Lines”, “This World of Water”, “Sanctuary” and their most commercially successful single “Living by Numbers”.
In 1980, Casio used the latter track as part of a TV advertising campaign for its digital calculators, latching on to the phrase “Such a digital lifetime” used in one of the verses.
New Musik made their first appearance on the BBC TV pop programme Top of the Pops in October 1979 with their debut “Straight Lines”, which received airplay on BBC Radio 1 from guest DJ Frank Zappa, and also on WPIX-FM in New York.
From A to B reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and contained four hit singles: “Straight Lines”, “This World of Water”, “Sanctuary” and their most commercially successful single “Living by Numbers”.
In 1980, Casio used the latter track as part of a TV advertising campaign for its digital calculators, latching on to the phrase “Such a digital lifetime” used in one of the verses.
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