Part 1. Background Noise. Dystopian Sentimentalities ; Political, Economic and Cultural Influences ; The Synthesizer and Aesthetical Frameworks -- Part 2. Outsiders Electronics. Cabaret Voltaire -- Dadaism Up North ; Throbbing Gristle -- Music from the Death Factory ; The Normal -- The Car Crash Set ; Fad Gadget -- Mechanised Curiosity -- Part 3. Crossing The Mainstream. The Human League -- Electronically Yours ; Gary Numan -- Subhuman in Suburbia ; Visage -- The New Guard -- Conclusion. Afterwards and Influences