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An integral presence in the synth pop motion of the first ’80s, Naked Eye formed in Britain in 1981. Made up of previous schoolmates Pete Byrne (vocals) and Rob Fisher (keyboards), the duo debuted in March 1983 using the LP Burning up Bridges, reissued in the U.S. per month afterwards …

New Musik’s near-total insufficient commercial acceptance is among the great mysteries of early-’80s pop. Their music, rooted in traditional pop songwriting but with a forward-looking fascination with shiny electronics, is normally both instantly available and coolly forbidding. This dichotomy is normally most clearly portrayed in the divide between group head …