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noondaytune:

Warm Leatherette – The Normal. 

Because you see, Daniel Miller founded Mute Records solely for the purpose of releasing this synthpunk take on the psychosexual weirdness of J.G. Ballard’s novel Crash. And so Miller transformed into The Normal, released T.V.O.D./Warm Leatherette on 7" vinyl in 1978 and then transformed back into Daniel Miller, label boss for such stellar acts as Nick Cave, Depeche Mode, Moby, Liars and Goldfrapp.

This proto-industrial piece of symphorophilia has since been covered by the likes of Grace Jones and Trent Reznor, emphasizing it’s importance in contemporary music history. It doesn’t make it any less weird, though.

Contributed by @orchidhunter.