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Thomas Leer

Real Name:Thomas Wishart
Profile:From pure pop and soul, via psychedelia and New Wave, Thomas Leer arrived at the end of the Seventies with his seminal DIY indie release, Private Plane, to help jump start a movement still evident today. With shrewd invention often born of necessity, he blended conventional instruments with tape loops, electronic experimentation and treatments to forge a compelling pop with a dark heart, swooping seamlessly (or not) between the pretty and the (pretty) disturbing.

A few years of indie cult status led inevitably to his recruitment to the major labels, where as reluctant synth boffin, he sought to challenge the listener, undermine or reinvent form, and playfully subvert expectation. It would never last. Finding what he hoped was a natural haven of like-minded souls at ZTT, Thomas formed and disbanded the finely honed but blissfully ignored ACT in little more than a year. Tired and a little bit jaded, he took a (quite) long break from releasing any music to regroup and pursue some personal projects.

Recording again in recent years, Thomas Leer seems resolute in his doggedness to avoid classification. If his music draws on wildly varied sources (and it does), it’s always stamped with his own brand - as ever, striving to celebrate the eclectic in music creation. A true original.
URLs:http://www.thomasleer.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/futurehistoric
In Groups:Act
Name Variations: All | Thomas Leer | Leer | T. Leer
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Releases:
Private Plane (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Oblique Records ... 1978
The Bridge (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Industrial Records ... 1979
4 Movements (12", EP)   Cherry Red 1981
4 Movements (2xLP)   Edigsa 1982
All About You ◄ (3 versions)   Expanded Music ... 1982
Contradictions (2x12")   Cherry Red 1982
Letter From America (2xLP)   Cherry Red / Cachalot Records 1982
Soul Gipsy (7", Promo)   Edigsa 1982
Who's Fooling Who / Speak No Evil (Flexi, 7")   Vinyl Magazine 1982
Heartbeat (12" Remix Version) (Maxi, Single) ◄ (7 versions)   Arista 1984
International ◄ (3 versions)   Arista 1984
Heartbeat / Sooner Or Later (12", Ltd, 100)   Arista 1985
No. 1 (Extended Version) (12")   Arista 1985
The Scale Of Ten (LP)   Arista 1985
Contradictions (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Cherry Red 1994
Parts Of A Greater Hole (CD)   Future Historic 2001
Conversation Peace (CD, Album)   Avatar Records 2003
Parts Of A Greater Hole (2.0) (CD, Album)   Karvavena 2004
The Scale Of Ten (CD, RE, Comp)   BMG 2004
From Sci-Fi To Barfly (File, MP3, Album)   Future Historic 2007
Production:
Business Unusual (The Other Record Collection) (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Private Plane, A.C.C. Cherry Red ... 1978
Paralysis ◄ (2 versions)   Regular Records (3) ... 1978
Hi-Voltage (LP, Ltd, Promo) Letter From America New Musical Express 1987
Appears On:
Business Unusual (The Other Record Collection) (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Private Plane Cherry Red 1978
Double Heart (7") Double Heart Mute Records Ltd. 1980
Perspectives And Distortion (LP, Comp) Kings Of Sham, Kings O... Cherry Red 1981
Pillows & Prayers (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) All About You, All Abo... Cherry Red 1982
Soul Mining (Album) ◄ (10 versions)   Epic ... 1983
Absolutely Immune ◄ (4 versions)   ZTT 1987
Hi-Voltage (LP, Ltd, Promo) Letter From America New Musical Express 1987
Snobbery & Decay (Single, Maxi) ◄ (6 versions) Snobbery And Decay (Th... ZTT ... 1987
Chance ◄ (2 versions)   ZTT 1988
I Can't Escape From You (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   ZTT 1988
Laughter, Tears And Rage (Comp, Album) ◄ (2 versions)   ZTT 1988
Love: And A Million Other Things (CD, Album) Fanatic (The Nail In M... Island Records 1991
Instrumentally Yours (CD, Comp) West End Richmond Records 1993
International (CD, Maxi) International, Interna... Energy Rekords 1993
Earbound (CD, Album) International Energy Rekords 1994
Hardest Hits Volume Five (CD, Comp) International (Global ... SPG Music Productions Ltd. 1994
Dance - The Alternative (2xCD) Heartbeat Polygram TV 1999
Laughter, Tears And Rage - The Anthology (3xCD, Album)   ZTT 2004
Ambition - Volumes 1 & 2 - The History Of Cherry Red Records 1978 – 1988 (2xCD, Album) Letter From America Cherry Red 2005
Zang Tumb Tuum, The ZTT Box Set (3xCD, Album, Comp + DVD, Comp) (Theme From) Laughter,... Salvo 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Business Unusual (The Other Record Collection) (Comp) ◄ (5 versions) Private Plane Cherry Red ... 1978
Machines (LP) Private Plane Virgin 1980
Perspectives And Distortion (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Kings Of Sham Cherry Red ... 1981
Pillows & Prayers (Comp, Album) ◄ (7 versions) All About You Cherry Red ... 1982
Wave News - The New Generation Of Music (LP, Vio) Letter From America Intercord Tonträger GmbH 1982
Debut LP Magazine - Issue 07 (LP) Transition CBS 1984
The Industrial Records Story (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Day Breaks, Night Heals Illuminated Records ... 1984
Festivalbar '85 (2xLP) Heartbeat CGD 1985
Razormaid Chapter Seven: The Record Pool (2x12", Bla) Heartbeat Razormaid Records 1985
Hi-Voltage ◄ (2 versions) Letter From America New Musical Express 1987
Seeds V: Electric (LP) Letter From America Cherry Red 1988
Ambition - The Cherry Red Story Volume 2 (CD) Letter From America Cherry Red 1991
Hardest Hits Volume One (CD) Heartbeat (Extended Mix) SPG Music Productions Ltd. 1991
The Indie Scene 82 (CD) All About You Connoisseur Collection 1992
Instrumentally Yours (CD, Comp) West End Richmond Records 1993
Razormaid Anniversary Nine-Point-Zero (Box + 10xCD, Comp) Heartbeat (Razormaid Mix) Razormaid Records 1993
Hardest Hits Volume Five (CD, Comp) International (Global ... SPG Music Productions Ltd. 1994
Red Heaven (CD, Comp) All About You Cherry Red 1995
Ambition - The History Of Cherry Red Records Volumes 1 & 2 (2xCD, Comp, Album) Letter From America Cherry Red 1997
Dance - The Alternative (2xCD) Heartbeat Polygram TV 1999
Pillows & Prayers Volumes 1 & 2 (Cherry Red 1982-1984) (2xCD) All About You Cherry Red 2000
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (2xCD, Comp) Day Breaks, Night Heals Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Sampler 2002 (CD, Smplr) Somnatic (Short Mix) Avatar Records 2002
Cybersonica 04 (CD, Enh) Cell Structure, Restru... DJ Magazine 2004
Ambition - Volumes 1 & 2 - The History Of Cherry Red Records 1978 – 1988 (2xCD, Album) Letter From America Cherry Red 2005
7" Up! (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Private Plane Crippled Dick Hot Wax! 2006
Flowing Through My Veins Of Steel (CDr, Mixed) Saving Grace Panama Racing 2006
Rip It Up and Start Again - Postpunk 1978-1984 (CD) Tight As A Drum V2 Records, Inc. 2006
D-I-Y Do It Yourself ◄ (2 versions) Tight As A Drum Soul Jazz Records 2007
The Original Masters: From The Past, Present And Future (CD, Comp) Saving Grace Milestone Records Ltd 2007
Typhoon - Portrait Of The Electronic Years (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Saving Grace Synthonic 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Afromania Vol. II (LP, Comp) Day Breaks, Night Heals Not On Label 1986
Bambule' (LP, Comp) Saving Grace Records (2) 1986
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