History Music / SlappHappy

Anthony Moore, the experimental composer from England, in 1971 while in Hamburg united with the American-born Peter Blegvad who was his classmate and whom he invited from England. Blegvad was more pop-oriented, meaning the "out there", oddball brand of pop. Then a German singer Dagmar Krause joined their team and the trio made their first album Sort of... Slapp Happy in 1972. MFaust were their backup band during the recording. The sound of Sort of... was relatively poppy but already tinged with the avant-garde feel.

Their debut failed to sell and they made something even more experimental in 1973 with Music/CasablancaMoon recorded for Polydor. It however was not released that year. Instead they rerecorded the more sentimental versions of the same songs with the orchester and Virgin released them under the name Slapp Happy. The originally-arranged songs were relased only in 1980 on an album called Acnalbasac Noom.

Anthony Moore, the experimental composer from England, in 1971 while in Hamburg united with the American-born Peter Blegvad who was his classmate and whom he invited from England. Blegvad was more pop-oriented, meaning the "out there", oddball brand of pop. Then a German singer Dagmar Krause joined their team and the trio made their first album Sort of... Slapp Happy in 1972. Music/{{Faust}} were their backup band during the recording. The sound of Sort of... was relatively poppy but already tinged with the avant-garde feel.

Late in 1974 they united their efforts with Music/HenryCow. The latter were somewhat more avant-garde in spirit qualifying as avant-prog/rock in opposition rather than avant-pop. The joint team released two albums, Music/DesperateStraights (which was halfways between two bands respective manners) and In Praise of learning, already closer to the pure avant-prog. Both albums were creatively successful and Desperate Straights sold a fair amount.

However as two bands were very different in their worldviews, with Henry Cow being very politically engaged and Slapp Happy quite the opposite, soon they parted their ways. Except for Dagmar Krause who stayed with Henry Cow, also patrticipating in the Music/ArtBears. Moore and Blegvad, now orphaned, dissolved the band. Slapp Happy still managed to rerelease the original versions of their songs which later appeared on Casablanca Moon in 1980.

Slapp Happy were an art-pop/avant-pop band. They were a three-piece band whose line-up included Peter Blegvad, Anthony Moore and Creator/DagmarKrause.

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--->''Slap Happy: term used to describe one's mood when sleep deprived or tired. Signs of being 'slap happy' include inane rambling, strange remarks, odd random behavior (such as giving oneself a wedgie), uncontrollable laughter at one's own jokes.''
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* ReunionShow: ''Ça Va' in 1998

+Music/KurtWeill, {{Krautrock}}, Creator/YokoOno

Several [[ReunionShow reunion shows]] happened later, first in 1982 then in 1997 and 2000 when the trio recorded two new albums. ''Ça Va'', a better known one, is generally thought to show a shift towards adult contemporary and lounge music. The latest reunion happened in 2016 and featured a concert tour.

* BigGuyLittleGuy: Moore is much taller than Blegvad.

Their debut failed to sell and they made something even more experimental in 1973 with Music/CasablancaMoon recorded for Polydor. It however was not released that year. Instead they rerecorded the more sentimental versions of the same songs with the orchester and Virgin released them under the name Casablanca Moon. The originally-arranged songs were relased only in 1980 on an album called Acnalbasac Noom.

Several [[ReunionShow reunion shows]] happened later, first in 1982 then in 1997 and 2000 when the trio recorded two new albums. ''Ça Va'', a better known one is generally thought to show a shift towards adult contemporary and lounge music. The latest happened in 2016 and featured a concert tour.

Anthony Moore, the experimental composer from England, in 1971 while in Hamburg united with the American-born Peter Blegvad who was his classmate and whom he invited from England. Blegvad was more pop-oriented, meaning the "out there", oddball brand of pop. Then a German singer Dagmar Krause joined their team amd the trio made their first album Sort of... Slapp Happy in 1972. Music/{{Faust}} were their backup band during the recording. The sound of Sort of... was relatively poppy but already tinged with the avant-garde feel.

Their debut failed to sell and they made something even more experimental in 1973 with Music/CasablancaMoon. It however was not released that year. Instead they rerecorded the more sentimental versions of the same songs with the orchester and Virgin released them under the name Casablanca Moon. Thу originally-arranged songs were relased only in 1980 on an album called Acnalbasac Noom.

* {{Cameo}}: Creator/RobertWyatt recorded a live version of the tracl A Little Something with the band.

In 1975 they united their efforts with Music/HenryCow. The latter were somewhat more avant-garde in spirit qualifying as avant-prog already more often thatn avant-pop. The joint team released two albums, Music/DesperateStraights (which was halfways between two bands respective manners) and In Praise of learning, already closer to the pure avant-prog. Both albums were creatively successful and Desperate Straights sold a fair amount.

+Music/KurtWeill

Anthony Moore, the experimental composer from England, in 1971 while in Hamburg united with the American-born Peter Blegvad who was his classmate and whom he invited from England. Then a German singer Dagmar Krause joined their team amd the trio made their first album Sort of... Slapp Happy in 1972. Music/{{Faust}} were their backup band during the recording. The sound of Sort of... was relatively poppy but already tinged with the avant-garde feel.

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** Interestingly their 1980 SdrawkcabName album contains the original raw versions of the songs. The one from 1974 is actually made of rerecordings which the producers made them to do because that original material sounded too outlandish for them.

* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: The very name of the band has "Slapp" instead of "Slap" whoich sould go in the expression "slap happy".
* LighterAndSofter: Their much later release Ça Va

In 1975 they united their efforts with Music/HenryCow. The latter were somewhat more avant-garde in spirit qualifying as avant-prog already more often thatn avant-pop. The joint team released two albums, Music/DesperateStraigts (which was halfways between two bands respective manners) and In Praise of learning, already closer to the pure avant-prog. Both albums were creatively successful and Desperate Straights sold a fair amount.

However as two bands were very different in their worldviews, with Henry Cow being very politically engaged and Slapp Happy quite the opposite, soon they parted their ways. Except for Dagmar Krause who stayed with Henry Cow, also patrticipating in the Music/ArtBears. Moore and Blegvad, now orphaned, dissolved the band. Slapp Happy still managed to rerelease the original versions of their songs off Casablanca Moon in 1980.

--->''Slapp Happy: term used to describe one's mood when sleep deprived or tired. Signs of being 'slap happy' include inane rambling, strange remarks, odd random behavior (such as giving oneself a wedgie), uncontrollable laughter at one's own jokes.''

Anthony Moore, the experimental composer from England, in 1971 while in Hamburg united with the American Peter Blegvad. Then a German singer Dagmar Krause joined their team amd they made their first album Sort of... Slapp Happy in 1972. Music/{{Faust}} were their backup band during the recording. The sound of Sort of... was relatively poppy but already tinged with the avant-garde feel.

Several [[ReunionShow reunion shows]] happened later, first in 1982 then in 1997 and 2000 when the trio recorded two new albums. ''Ça Va'', a better known one is generally thought to show a shift towards adul-contemporary and lounge music. The latest happened in 2016 and featured a concert tour.

* BigGuyLitleGuy: Moore is much taller than Blegvad.