![]() Numan’s latest single ‘Intruder’ pulsates ominously as if it’s soundtracking an imminent threat. ![]() That, however, can’t stop it igniting the imagination of an audience that would swell into a devoted following.įast-forward to January, 2021. Of the millions that are watching, few would’ve recognised that this moment foreshadows the shape of music to come, from synth-pop to industrial and alt-pop. It’s Gary Numan fronting Tubeway Army for their breakthrough hit ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric?’. ![]() A luminous synth riff echoes out, a beat drives on and upsteps an otherworldly figure - part robot, part alien - to deliver an enigmatic lyric depicting some kind of android existence in a dystopian future. Amidst a zeitgeist of punk and disco, the show suddenly appears to be interrupted by a transmission from the future. It’s an ordinary Thursday evening, which means it’s time for Top of the Pops. ![]()
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