{"title":"Thomas Leer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Leer is a Scottish musician who was born in 1953 in Port Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He has made significant contributions to the music industry with his unique style and experimental approach. With a career spanning several decades, Leer has established himself as an influential figure in the electronic and new wave genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by artists such as Bill Nelson, The Passage, and Paul Haig, Thomas Leer's music combines elements of synth-pop, post-punk, and avant-garde sounds. His innovative use of synthesizers and unconventional song structures sets him apart from his contemporaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career, Leer has collaborated with notable performers including John Foxx, Section 25, Cabaret Voltaire, Chris \u0026amp; Cosey, Eyeless In Gaza, Colin Newman,and Fad Gadget among others. His collaborations have resulted in groundbreaking albums that continue to inspire musicians today.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"contradictions","title":"Contradictions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe scottish musician, born in 1953 in Port Glasgow, is one of the most eclectic artist of the so-called minimal wave scene. Alongside german singer Claudia Brücken (vocalist of the hit-makers Propaganda) he formed Act a short-lived synthpop group signed to ZTT Records in the late eighties. Licensed by Cherry Red in 1982, the double album \u003ci\u003eContradictions\u003c\/i\u003e is the third effort in Leer high and rising career. After the seminal debut on Industrial Records with Robert Rental – \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e (1979) – Leer ventured on a solo career with the brave synth wave of \u003ci\u003eLetter From America\u003c\/i\u003e and his personal masterpiece \u003ci\u003eContradictions\u003c\/i\u003e. The latter is such an enigmatic piece of work, with alien melodies as in the case of the ‘Soul Gypsy’ infectious white funk. The whole album was recorded in his living room at home onto 4-track using borrowed equipment ( Korg synth, Ult-sound drum computer and guitars ) from his friend Morgan Fisher. Featuring Leer’s haunting, uncertain vocal – recorded quietly, so as not to wake his girlfriend in their bedsit! – crooning over a minimal bass pulse and discreet whines and washes of primitive Wasp synthesiser, it retains its peculiar lo-fi magic four decades on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spittle","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50411386798411,"sku":"1125425","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1c28e04e-4fe4-4274-9d2b-714c27c7568e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726657335"},{"product_id":"emotional-hardware","title":"Emotional Hardware","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas has been a pivotal player in the electronic music scene for over 40 years. He recorded and produced the legendary single \u003ci\u003ePrivate Plane\u003c\/i\u003e for his own Oblique label in 1978. A year later, along with his friend Robert Rental, Leer and Rental became the first artists other than Throbbing Gristle themselves to release an album on TG's own famed Industrial Records - the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, an album that shared its influence among a number of key electronic musicians of the 1980’s and 90’s.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Following a number of well received solo releases through Cherry Red and Arista, towards the end of the eighties, Thomas formed Act with Claudia Brucken (formerly of Propaganda) to release a batch of singles and an album of satirically glamorous electropop.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Thomas latterly relocated to his home town of Greenock at the end of the 1990’s, deciding it was time to return to his own focus and the autonomy of the self recorded and produced music he continued to make and release through a number of small indie electronic labels. The music he continues to produce is as challenging and cutting edge as it has ever been and many artists still cite him as an inspiration.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smitten Kitten","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50453278196043,"sku":"1088602","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/03671d15-fb8e-4a6e-8316-a2040e3e2db4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727170459"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_204092b9_thumbnail_4096_a120d391-a23d-4b22-8bc0-309001eb89c1.jpg?v=1726657313","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/thomas-leer.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}