{"title":"Slapp Happy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlapp Happy is a German\/English\/American avant-pop group that was founded in 1972 in Hamburg. The band members consisted of Anthony Moore on keyboards, Peter Blegvad on guitar, and Dagmar Krause on vocals. After moving to England in 1974, they merged with another band but the merger ended shortly after and Slapp Happy disbanded around 1975. However, there were several reunions over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1982, the trio reunited briefly to record a single called [r1601997]. They also performed live for the first time ever during the \"Dial M For Music\" festival held at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts in September 1982. In 1991, they collaborated again on a television opera called \"Camera\", which was broadcasted two years later on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlapp Happy continued their reunions with recordings and performances throughout the years. They gained popularity in Japan and toured there in 2000, playing without any backing musicians. More recently, Krause, Moore, and Blegvad reformed Slapp Happy again in November 2016 to perform with Faust at various festivals and venues across Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sort-of","title":"Sort Of","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, left-wing intellectual film critic Uwe Nettelbeck suggested to Anthony Moore that he might write some straight songs (relatively speaking), which in turn prompted Moore to invite his old school friend Peter Blegvad over to Hamburg to form the band Slapp Happy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDagmar Krause, a young singer from Hamburg and Moore‘s girlfriend, joined them both on their trip to Wümme to record what was to become this album, \u003ci\u003eSort of\u003c\/i\u003e, using Faust as their rhythm section.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Week-End Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50521814729035,"sku":"2045853","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/WE4_2cbee64f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727995539"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_f46a12ee_thumbnail_4096_2089407b-83b2-40c2-8b62-d96145729042.jpg?v=1727995520","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/slapp-happy.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}