B.E.F.

The production arm of early synth-popsters Heaven 17 and occasionally a recording entity in its own right, B.e.f. (or British Electric Foundation) was formed by Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh just after their exit from the original lineup of The Human League. Ware and Marsh had formed The Human League in 1977 as a completely electronic synthesizer band. After adding vocalist Philip Oakey and Adrian Wright, the group released the seminal 1978 single "Being Boiled" and two LPs, 1979's Reproduction and the following year's Travelogue. Late in 1980 however, both Ware and Marsh left the band over disagreements about its musical direction. Eager to avoid repeating the mistakes they felt The Human League were making (and would continue to make), the pair incorporated British Electric Foundation as a production team instead of a band.



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