Here is an article about the 1980's synthpop band Quickflight. http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Quickflight_A_journo_remembers_the_synth_pop_pioneers/59292/p1/
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jaw-dropper. 'Decent Beat' neatly caught the sounds and vibe of the UK's synth pop. In the August 1984 Buzz magazine I was given space to run three short articles - on Bruce Cockburn (still going strong today of course), the Clark Sisters (ditto) and Quickflight. The latter, with their hook-laden songs, could have made it big, in Britain at least, if Kingsway had had the vision to release a single
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Aaron