Mute Records is a United Kingdom label formed in 1978. by Daniel Miller who created the imprint solely to release his own single Warm Leatherette. This song was a cult electronic, post-punk, track of the 80s, and it strongly influenced the development of alternative scenes, such as the electroclash movement in the 00s. It was reworked by the U.S. group Chicks on Speed. The song was remixed many times… the video above, is one example.
The single was an early example of the then-burgeoning industrial music genre, emerging on a wave of numerous electronic pop experiments of the late 1970s in the UK. It has since been described as having "revolutionised electronic music with its punk aesthetic, stark sound and dark subject matter" and has been covered by numerous artists.
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