Landscape

Landscape were an experimental jazz-funk and later electro-pop band formed in London during the mid-70s. The five-piece were one of the first truly 'independent' groups of the late 70s doing their own recording, production, promotion and management. Initial recordings were released on their own Event Horizon Enterprises label. They eventually signed to major label RCA and released their eponymous debut album of instrumental tracks in 1979. Their second album From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars .... To The Hell-Holes Of Uranus (1981) saw the group adopt more electronic instruments and elements as well as lyrical content. It gained critical and commercial success and spawned the hit singles Einstein-A-Go-Go and Norman Bates which put the band in the electro-pop/new romantic/futurist bracket. Success was short lived however, and a third album Manhattan Boogie-Woogie (1982) failed to achieve any kind of success. A reduced three-piece version of the band called Landscape III was briefly active in 1983.

Founder member and drummer/vocalist Richard James Burgess also produced the first two albums by Spandau Ballet, as well as tracks by other 80s acts such as Adam Ant, King and Brother Beyond. He has also published books on music production.

Links to Peel
Peel may have been made aware of the band through their frequent live performances or via their 'independent' approach to making and releasing music, distributing the records through Rough Trade and the like. Some of their first and only session tracks made their way onto the group's debut album although there is no evidence of the DJ playing tracks from their major label releases.

One band member was called John Walters and Peel described him as the other John Walters when playing the group' s single in July 1978.

Sessions
One session. No commercial release as of April 2019. 1. Recorded: 1978-04-12. First broadcast: 19 April 1978. (Please correct mistakes and add any missing info)
 * Kaptin Whorlix / Gotham City / Lost In The Small Ads / Workers' Playtime.

Other Shows Played
(Please add any missing info)
 * 26 July 1978: Workers Playtime (7" EP) Event Horizon Enterprises.