The Modern Art (sometimes spelled Mødern Art) was a
psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...
band formed by Gary Ramon in the 1980s. It had a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums and a number of self-produced cassettes. Ramon disbanded the group out of a desire "to make a more live-sounding group that could go out and play". Many Modern Art members subsequently joined Ramon in various incarnations of his new band,
Sun Dial.
Discography
Albums
*''Underwater Kites'' (Color Records, October 1982)
*''Oriental Towers'' (Color Records, 31 July 1983)
*''Dimension of Noise''
*''Living in The Distortion Parade''
*''Souvenir''
*''Pastel Sunrise''
*''Modern Artefact No. 1''
*''Modern Artefact No. 2''
*''Guitars on Fire''
*''Collectors Item''
*''Full Tilt At The Chocolate Factory''
*''Stereoland'' (Color Records, 1987)
*''All Aboard the Mind Train'' (OOD, 1989; Acme Records, 1995; Gallium Arsenide, 1994)
Some cassette albums on Color were distributed or re-released by
Falling A Records
Falling A Records is a British Essex, England-based independent record label, founded in the late 1970s by Barry Lamb and Peter Ashby.,''Record Collector'', October 2011, no 393, page 54 born out of the D.I.Y cassette movement. It owned a sho ...
.
Singles
*"Dreams to Live" / "Beautiful Truth" (7", Color Records, 1985)
*"Penny Valentine" / "One Way Ticket" (7", Color Records, 1988)
Videos
*''Dimension of Noise''
External links
AllMusic biography
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British psychedelic rock music groups
Musical groups established in the 1980s