We catch up with the man who rewired the charts in 1979 - and is now blowing up on TikTok - with Pop Muzik

Songwriter, producer and creative artist Robin Scott is the man behind M and the huge hit Pop Muzik. Over 40 years later, he ...
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“If I’d had a producer and I was simply an artist, I don’t think they would have had the patience to listen to what I wanted to do”: We catch up with the man who ...

Released in 1979, Pop Muzik, the hit single released by Robin Scott under his M alias, provided a template for the pop sound of the eighties, pre-empting the MTV generation with a global message and ...
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Listen to synthpop vets M's new Latin-inspired version of "Pop Muzik"

M‘s bubbly, irresistible 1979 single “Pop Muzik” was one of the first synthpop hits, reaching #1 in the UK, US and many other countries. For Record Store Day this year, M alter ego Robin Scott ...
American Songwriter

The Story and Meaning Behind “Pop Muzik,” an Early Synth-Pop Standard by M

The late 1970s was one of the wildest eras ever in music, as genres formed and imploded with random, rapid flair. In 1979, “Pop Muzik” seemed to anticipate the decade to come in the way that it melded ...
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The Number Ones: M’s “Pop Muzik”

A mechanistic drum pounds out a steady, basic thump. Keyboards make noises -- blips, pings, squirts, hums -- that sound strange and spartan and alien while still somehow resolving into catchy melodies ...