Editing Art of Noise (section)

===''Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?'' (1983–1984)===
The debut Art of Noise EP, ''[[Into Battle with the Art of Noise]]'', appeared in September 1983 on Horn's fledgling [[ZTT Records|ZTT]] label.<ref name="Larkin"/> Many of the samples originally used on ''90125'' reappeared on the EP, which immediately scored a hit in the urban and alternative dance charts in the US with the highly percussive, cut-up instrumental track "[[Beat Box (Art of Noise song)|Beat Box]]", <!-- wikilink removed because this title does not refer to the beatboxing technique of the linked article, but rather it shares its origin with the title as being what was a slang term for a cassette player/radio --> a favourite among [[popping|body-poppers]].

The first Art of Noise album, ''[[Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?]]'' was released in 1984.<ref name="Larkin"/> During this period, the group presented themselves as faceless (using masks, minimal personal appearances, or even absence from promotion to indicate that the Art of Noise was not a standard rock or pop band which promoted and mythologised its members as individuals).

{{blockquote|text=Anne: When the group first started, we thought it would be a good idea to have an image that wasn't based around a fashion look. We thought it would encourage people to look at the music instead of the members of the band. It didn't last for long, though.

Gary: It really doesn't seem a lot different, actually; the responsibility a lot more different; it's probably more fun, more risk to it.

Anne: There's a very big risk in America because they think we're black; we were voted the second best new black act. We are wondering how we can quite cope with this.

Gary: There was at one point there came along an instrument that nobody had really used and we were lucky that we had one we could use. There are certain things you can do with it that you're not able to do with anything else. So it was a question of experimenting with that, and things really took off from there.

Anne: This is the famous Fairlight music computer, which you may have heard of.

Gary: Which plays an important part. I really think that the music is more important than the personality. The fashion around a personality seems to change a lot quicker than that around music. |sign=Gary Langan and Anne Dudley |source=[[BBC]] ''[[Breakfast Time (British TV programme)|Breakfast Time]]'' interview<!-- with [[Selina Scott]] and [[Nick Ross]], on the release of "Legs" single-->}}

"[[Moments in Love]]", a ten-minute instrumental ode to sensuality that appeared on both ''Into Battle'' and ''Who's Afraid,'' was remixed and released as a single in 1985. The song was first released in the US in 1983, where it was a moderate hit on the US R&B singles chart. It was played at one of [[Madonna]]'s weddings; sampled by [[Mýa]] in her hit single "[[It's All About Me]]," which featured [[Sisqó]]; used in the soundtrack of the movie ''[[Pumping Iron II: The Women]]''; featured in the Indian movie ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya|Koi...Mil Gaya]]''; name-dropped in the opening pages of [[Sister Souljah]]'s 2011 novel ''[[Midnight and the Meaning of Love]]'' (as "Moments of Love"); interpolated in King Sun's song “[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVPyUjkgSP8 Hey, Love”]; used in a number of advertisements; and remixed, covered, and sampled by numerous other artists. It has also appeared in numerous [[chillout music|chill out]] compilations and has become a staple of [[smooth jazz]] radio station playlists. "Moments in Love" has been remixed many times, with names such as "Moments in Bed" and "Moments in love 7" Master Rejected". Most "Moments in Love" remixes can be found in the box set ''[[And What Have You Done with My Body, God?]]''

An October 1984 feature in ''[[Smash Hits]]'' magazine indicated several of Morley and Horn's plans for the group's subsequent projects. These included a cover of "[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]", originally by [[The Buggles]] (Horn and [[Geoff Downes]]); ''Raiding the 20th Century'', an album using sounds from throughout the 20th century as source material; the score for ''The Living End'', a film written by Morley and directed by [[Godley & Creme]]; and the soundtrack for a ballet.

"[[Close (to the Edit)]]" was issued in October that year. The single was Art of Noise's first major UK hit, reaching number eight in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in November 1984.<ref name="Larkin"/>