Visage – Visage (1981)

Description

Additional information about this, Visage vinyl art.

Visage – The Artist

Visage were a British synth-pop band formed in London in 1978. The band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their hit “Fade to Grey” which was released in late 1980. In the UK, the band achieved two Top 20 albums (Visage and The Anvil) and five Top 30 singles before the commercial failure of their third album (Beat Boy) led to their breakup in 1985. The band saw various line-up changes over the years, all fronted by vocalist Steve Strange, who resurrected the band name in the 2000s. In 2013, the final line-up of the band released Hearts and Knives, the first new Visage album in 29 years. The band’s fifth and final album, Demons to Diamonds, was released in 2015, nine months after Strange had died following a heart attack.

Stephen John Harrington (1959 –  2015), known professionally as Steve Strange, was a Welsh singer and nightclub host and promoter. Strange began his career in several short-lived punk bands of the late 1970s. Quickly becoming disaffected by the British punk scene, he became one of the most influential figures behind the New Romantic subcultural movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s, which spawned the Blitz Kids. Strange was the lead vocalist of the new wave synth-pop group Visage, which had five top 30 songs on the UK singles chart between 1980 and 1982, including their highest charting single “Fade to Grey”, which reached no. 8 in February 1981.

Visage – The Song

‘Visage‘ is the fourth single by the British synth-pop group Visage, released by Polydor Records in July 1981. It is the title track from Visage’s eponymous debut album. The single peaked at no.21 in the UK Singles Chart. The music video for the single was the first of two Visage videos directed by Midge Ure. The video includes footage shot at the Blitz nightclub in London’s Covent Garden, which was the focal point of the New Romantic scene in the early 1980s.

Facial Recognition – The Shape

This record has been modelled into a face with a face recognition map overlay on the design as used in a facial recognition system. A facial recognition system is a technology potentially capable of matching a human face from a digital image or a video frame against a database of faces. Such a system is typically employed to authenticate users through ID verification services, and works by pinpointing and measuring facial features from a given image.

Visage or face. The face is the front of an animal’s head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions. The face is crucial for human identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may affect the psyche adversely.

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