Blancmange

This UK electro-pop duo featured Neil Arthur (vocals, guitar) and Steven Luscombe (keyboards).

After debuting with an EP, Irene And Mavis, they were invited by disc jockey/entrepreneur Stevo to appear on his influential 1981 Some Bizzare compilation. This led to the band being signed by London Records and a synthesizer-based album, "Happy Families", which spawned two Top 10 singles, "Living On The Ceiling" and "Blind Vision", and a further two Top 40 entries with "Waves" and "That's Love, That It Is".

Ambitiously eclectic at times, Blancmange employed orchestration and raga influences on their second album, Mange Tout. The album went in to the UK top ten, and produced them with their third top ten single "Don't Tell Me". They also enjoyed an unlikely hit with a cover version of Abba's "The Day Before You Came".

By 1985, the Blancmange experiment had effectively run its course and after a final album, Believe You Me, Luscombe and Arthur went their separate ways, with Luscombe joining the West India Company.