Modern Romance

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Modern Romance is a British pop music band that found popularity in the early 1980s. Formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier band, the Leyton Buzzards, the band achieved a string of UK chart hits before the original band broke up in 1985. Andy Kyriacou reformed the band in 1999 who continue to perform the band's music. Geoffrey Deane and David Jaymes formed Modern Romance in 1980, having previously been the mainstays of the punk parody band the Leyton Buzzards which they formed in 1977. The band split up in 1980 though Deane and Jaymes continued working together, embracing the burgeoning electronic style of dance music that was becoming popular in London clubs at the time. They found a new manager and created a limited company called Business Art Productions, and signed to WEA. In 1980, their first release, eponymously titled "Modern Romance", was unsuccessful. After a second unsuccessful single, "Tonight", the band then opted to lessen the predominantly electronic sound in favour of a Latin-American dance style with emphasis on bass, percussion and brass. They recruited trumpet player John Du Prez into their new line-up. The band released a new single, "Everybody Salsa" in summer 1981, which reached the UK Top 20. However, prior to the release, they recruited a new drummer, Andy Kyriacou, who began promoting the single with the band, and set up their first personal appearance in a club. They followed this later in the year with similarly themed "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moose

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albums

The Platinum Collection

Adventures in Clubland (Expanded)

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80's Night Ultimate DJ Collection CD 10 M-O

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Can You Move (Mixes)

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Take On Me - 80's The Collection

Adventures In Clubland

Modern Romance: The Platinum Collection

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Chromeo presents: Un joli mix pour toi

Modern Romance's Hi-Life

Trick of the Light

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Colette N°8 (Disc 2)

Their Greatest Tracks

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