Trevor Horne
Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT
Nine Eight Books Publications
February 19, 2024
Trevor Horne was a prolific producer in the 1980s, successfully working for British bands such as Dollar, ABC, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Pet Shop Boys. Adventures in Modern Recording is his autobiography, chronicling his rise and time as one of the most in-demand producers of the 1980s and beyond.
Before Horn turned to full-time production, he was a member of The Buggles, creating the iconic 'Video Killed the Radio Star'. And one could forget that he was briefly a member of Yes when he and partner-in-crime Geoff Downes replaced the departed Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman for the 1980 Yes album. Drama and his subsequent tour. Horn has no shortage of anecdotes from those early days.
But soon his passion turned to producing, with Horn at the helm of such singles as 'Relax' (Frankie Goes to Hollywood), 'Poison Arrow' (ABC), 'Slave to the Rhythm' (Grace Jones), 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' (Yes) and 'Crazy' (Stamp), among many others. Adventures in Modern Recording it reads like a time capsule from a different era of music, where synth pop ruled and chart hits were over the top. Horne's writing is accessible and draws the reader into his world, as any good memoir should. It's amazingly paced, just like his records, with every piece necessary and nothing stuck in the book's 300 pages. Hence, Adventures in Modern Recording is essential reading for anyone who grew up on 80s radio. (www.bonnierbooks.co.uk)
Author Rating: 7.5/10
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