Close (to the Edit)

E184074

"Close (to the Edit)" is an experimental 1984 synth-pop single by the British avant-garde group Art of Noise, known for its innovative use of sampling and production techniques.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Close (to the Edit) canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Art of Noise ⓘ
basedOnTechnology Fairlight CMI ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart Top 10 ⓘ
composer Anne Dudley ⓘ
Gary Langan ⓘ
J. J. Jeczalik ⓘ
Paul Morley ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre avant-garde ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasAlternativeVersion Close-Up ⓘ
hasBside A Time to Hear (Who’s Listening) ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn electronic dance music ⓘ
sample-based pop ⓘ
hasInstrument drum machine ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Close (to the Edit) music video ⓘ
hasRemix Close-Up (Do Do) ⓘ
Close-Up (Hop) ⓘ
Close-Up (Hop, Skip & Jump) ⓘ
hasSpokenWordElements yes ⓘ
hasVocalSamplesFrom Jon Anderson ⓘ
Yes ⓘ
includedIn Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? ⓘ
linked to: Art of Noise
isFrom Art of Noise catalogue ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 4 minutes (single version) ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Zbigniew Rybczyński ⓘ
notableFor experimental structure ⓘ
innovative production techniques ⓘ
innovative use of sampling ⓘ
originalMedium 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
partOfAlbum Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? ⓘ
linked to: Art of Noise
performer Art of Noise ⓘ
producer Art of Noise ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ
recordedInDecade 1980s ⓘ
recordLabel ZTT Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1984 ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
usesTechnique cut-up editing ⓘ
digital sampling ⓘ
fairlight CMI sampling ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Art of Noise → notableWork → Close (to the Edit) ⓘ
Beat Box → bSideOf → Close (to the Edit) ⓘ
Gary Langan → notableWork → Close (to the Edit) ⓘ
Close-Up (Hop, Skip & Jump) → remixOf → Close (to the Edit) ⓘ
Close-Up (Hop, Skip & Jump) → basedOn → Close (to the Edit) ⓘ
Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? → hasTrack → Close (to the Edit) ⓘ
Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? → hasSingle → Close (to the Edit) ⓘ