Editing Adventures in Modern Recording (section)

== Concept and sound ==
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A more left-field record than the Buggles' previous album ''[[The Age of Plastic]]'' (1980) as Horn planned it to be,<ref name ="Ianpeel"/> ''Adventures in Modern Recording'' is a [[Progressive music#Electronic|progressive electronic]] album containing both [[dance music|dance]] cuts and big-sounding tracks.<ref name = "SteelBananas"/><ref name = "Mojo review">{{cite web|url=http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/shop/cdtop.asp?Marid=277&arid=1292|title=Buggles Adventures in Modern Recording (CD)|publisher=Salvo Music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311053549/http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/shop/cdtop.asp?Marid=277&arid=1292|archive-date=11 March 2010|access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref><ref name = "Billrev">{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210184146if_/https://books.google.com/books?id=7SQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70&dq=billboard%27s+%22adventures+in+modern+recording&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwie8aXvlt3uAhXtguAKHc3eA9cQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg%23v%3Donepage&q=billboard%27s+%22adventures+in+modern+recording&f=false#v=onepage&q=billboard's%20%22adventures%20in%20modern%20recording&f=false|archive-date=10 February 2021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SQEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard%27s+%22adventures+in+modern+recording&pg=PA70|title=Billboard's Recommended LPs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=20 February 1982|page=70|access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> It is stylistically and sonically diverse,<ref name = "SteelBananas">{{cite web|last=Grant|first=Patrick|date=15 August 2009|url=http://www.steelbananas.com/2009/08/by-the-wayside-vol-1-adventures-in-modern-recording/|title=By the Wayside Vol. 1: Adventures in Modern Recording|publisher=[[Steel Bananas]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611142030/http://www.steelbananas.com/2009/08/by-the-wayside-vol-1-adventures-in-modern-recording/|archive-date=11 June 2016|access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref name = "Mojo review"/><ref name = "BBC review">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420082838/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hqcg|archive-date=20 April 2010|last=Roberts|first=Chris|date=16 April 2010|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hqcg|title=The Buggles Adventures in Modern Recording – Deluxe Edition Review|publisher=[[BBC Music]]|access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref> as heard in "Vermillion Sands" alone; compared by Chris Roberts of [[BBC Music]] to [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]",<ref name = "BBC review"/> the song consists of "[[Electropop|electro-pop]], harmony vocals, key signature changes, incongruous blasts of synthetic trumpet and boogie woogie piano and swing", described ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''{{'}}s David Buckley.<ref name = "Mojo review"/> The title track mashes together electronic and acoustically made instruments, as well as dreamy and "hyper-alert" vibes, analyzed Joe Stannard of ''[[The Quietus]]''.<ref name = "Quietus"/>

[[File:Bugglespromophoto.jpg|thumb|right|alt=In front a red background belies four people wearing a black tie and white tuxedo, with a spotlight shining on a white man with dark hair and glasses; a figure next to him wears headphones.|The Buggles line-up for ''Adventures in Modern Recording'': Horn (''third from the left'') in a tuxedo surrounded by similarly dressed dummies.]]
During the recording of the album, Horn also produced for the [[pop music|pop]] act [[Dollar (group)|Dollar]]; this influenced how he created ''Adventures in Modern Recording'' and in turn his works for Dollar. He envisioned the duo as a "[[Synth-pop|technopop]] orchestra" playing at the Vermillion Sands hotel (the subject of one of the album's tracks). This not only gave Horn the idea of songwriting and production concepts for ''Adventures in Modern Recording'', but also how the Buggles' visual aesthetic would change; the group went from two human players to a four-piece led by Horn and backed by three male dummies a la the [[Auton]]s and members of [[Kraftwerk]].<ref name ="Ianpeel"/>

Horn described producing ''Adventures in Modern Recording'' as a training of his production craft with experimentations of gear.<ref name ="Ianpeel"/> Retrospective pieces have labeled it a document of how he would produce his later works.<ref name = "BBC review"/><ref name = "Quietus">{{cite web|last=Stannard|first=Joe|date=6 April 2010|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/04035-the-buggles-adventures-in-modern-recording-album-reissue-review|title=Reviews: The Buggles – Adventures in Modern Recording|work=[[The Quietus]]|access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref><ref name = "Recordcollector">{{cite web|last=Staunton|first=Terry|date=6 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210182939/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/adventures-in-modernrecording|archive-date=10 February 2021|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/adventures-in-modernrecording|title=Adventures in Modern Recording|work=[[Record Collector]]|access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref><ref name = "The Scotsman">{{cite web|first1=Fiona|last1=Shepherd|first2=Kenneth|last2=Walton|first3=Jim|last3=Gilchrist|date=19 April 2010|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/cd-review-buggles-adventures-in-modern-recording-1-800258|title=CD Reviews: Pop, Classical & Folk|work=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=13 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005129/http://www.scotsman.com/news/cd-review-buggles-adventures-in-modern-recording-1-800258|archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> The album was one of the first commercially available albums to feature sounds from the [[Fairlight CMI]], one of the first digital [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampling synthesizers]],<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216200112/http://petervogelinstruments.com.au/history/|archive-date=16 February 2017|url=http://petervogelinstruments.com.au/history/|title=History (and future)|date=26 January 2011|publisher=Peter Vogel Instruments|access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref> and was one of Horn's earliest times working with sampling techniques he'd later incorporate into his works for [[Grace Jones]], [[Art of Noise]] and [[Frankie Goes To Hollywood]].<ref name ="Ianpeel"/>