The Normal is the recording artist name used by English film editor Daniel Miller, who is best known as the founder of the record label Mute Records. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mute Records is a record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, T.V.O.D./Warm Leatherette, under the moniker The Normal. ...

Although Miller founded Mute with the intention of releasing his own music, he only released one 7" vinyl single under the name The Normal, namely Warm Leatherette/T.V.O.D., in 1978. Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

Both tracks were minimalist electronic songs using a Korg 700s^[1] analog synthesizer and a Revox B-77 tape machine. This single was recorded in Daniel Miller's living room. Although it did not enter the UK charts, the single was influential on the post-punk/electronic music scene in the UK at the time. It has been suggested that Electronica be merged into this article or section. ... Korg Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments. ... An analog synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically. ... ReVox is a brand name of Swiss audio equipment created by Studer in the 1950s. ...

The lyrics for Warm Leatherette referenced J.G. Ballard's novel Crash. The song has since been covered by artists Pankow, Grace Jones, Die Tödliche Doris, Sleep Chamber, Vitalic, Chicks on Speed, Sleep Chamber, Dive, and in 2006 Trent Reznor with Peter Murphy. James Graham Ballard (born November 18, 1930 in Shanghai) is a British novelist. ... Crash is a novel by English author J. G. Ballard, first published in 1973. ... Grace Jones (born Grace Mendoza on May 19, 1952, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a model, singer and actress. ... Die Tödliche Doris (translates to Deadly Doris) was a German performance art and music group based in Berlin. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Chicks on Speed are a female electropop group which got its origins in Munich, formed in 1997 after the members had met through the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. ... Dive is a Belgian industrial music band formed in 1990 by Dirk Ivens (Absolute Body Control, Klinik, Blok 57, Sonar). ... Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Photo of Peter Murphy from a 2006 Bauhaus concert. ...

A second release as The Normal with other Mute Records act Robert Rental, "Live at West Runton Pavilion", wasn't well received. A strange release, it was a one sided album (side two was left blank) of improvised electronic noises, in a plain purple dust jacket.

Miller also recorded the album Music for Parties under the name Silicon Teens, mostly featuring sparse electronic new-wave covers of '50's and '60's pop classics such as Sweet Little Sixteen and Let's Dance. Film director John Hughes was so taken with it that an update of the Silicon Teens Red River Rock cover wound up on the soundtrack for Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Sweet Little Sixteen is the name of a Rock and Roll song written and sung by Chuck Berry. ... Chris Montez (born Ezekiel Christopher Montanez on January 17, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, the last of 20 children) is a Mexican American singer. ... John Hughes (born February 18, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan) is a noted film director, producer and writer, responsible for some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Planes, Trains & Automobiles is an American comedy movie produced in 1987. ...

Daniel Miller is also a prolific engineer and producer, producing such acts as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Wire, and DAF. Depeche Mode are an alternative rock and synthpop band formed in 1980 in Essex, England. ... Erasure is an English synth pop duo band consisting of keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. ... Wire are an English band formed in 1976 (and intermittently active to the present) by Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), Colin Newman (vocals, guitar) and Robert Gotobed (né Grey) (drums). ... DAF is an influential electropunk band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring drummer/synth player Robert Görl, vocalist Gabi Delgado, guitarist W. Spelmans and bassist/keyboardist/saxophonist Chrislo Haas. ...

References

• Sound On Sound Online, "DANIEL MILLER & HIS HOME STUDIO MUTE RECORDS THE INSTRUMENT STUDIO", Paragraph 5, [1]