1905
Albert Einstein publishes a paper in Annalen der Physik (his third that year) which introduces what later became known as Einstein’s Special Theory of Relatvity.
1941
Start of Manhattan Project to develop nuclear weapons – Robert Oppenheimer joins the following year
1945
‘Trinity’ test detonated as part of the Manhattan Project in the Jornada del Muerto desert, New Mexico.
1974
Eight-piece Landscape starts a weekly Sunday afternoon residency at the Troubadour in London’s Old Brompton Road, with John, Richard, Chris, Peter, Phil Lee, Dick Pearce, Harry Smith (or Geoff Duckworth), various bass players and star guests including Harry Beckett (plus star audience members, including Neil Ardley and Billy Jenkins).
Recording for the cassette album Thursday the 12th begins at Hendene Studios. Bass player is Greg Lyon, who returns to Australia soon after.
1975
Landscape becomes a six-piece, with Andy on bass and Phil Lee on guitar, later replaced by Laurence Juber.
Gig at Teddy’s Club, Withernsea (organised by Tony Warville, Rock Orchestrals)
Laurence Juber leaves (and later joins Paul McCartney’s Wings). Landscape becomes a five-piece band and keeps the same line-up until 1982.
Thursday the 12th cassette album released on Gordon Beck’s Jaguar label.
Landscape wins GLAA Young Jazz Musicians Award (jointly with Joy). Photo: Paul Eric Smith, 1976.
Landscape wins Vitavox Live Sound Award
1976
Concert at St Donat’s Arts Centre, St Donat’s Castle, Llantwit Major, Wales.
Landscape Xmas Party, with Lol Coxhill and Spiteri … and Rebop joining in on congas. Admission 80p
1977
Landscape gig for Queen’s Jubilee at Barnes Common (for Castlenau Concerts), with Gallina Brass Quintet and a local school choir.
Landscape gig (Stapleton) Live recording of ‘U2XME1X2MUCH’, later released on Event Horizon EP.
Release of 7-inch EP ‘U2XME1X2MUCH’
Landscape Xmas Party at the Music Machine (now Koko), plus Sore Throat, The Caboodles and fire eating clowns. Admission £1
1978
Self promoted concert, North Peckham Civic Centre, joint venture with Camberwell School of Art Students’ Union
Release of 7-inch EP Workers’ Playtime (Event Horizon Enterprises)
Landscape appears on BBC1 schools programme Rock Around Baroque with the Academy of Ancient Music at 11.45am on Monday 6 November 1978.
Landscape performs at the building site for the new Bankside Globe Playhouse
1979
Release of single ‘Japan’. B-side is ‘Gotham City’.
Release of Landscape, the band’s first vinyl album
1980
Landscape’s final live gig (Nottingham)
Release of Landscape’s single ‘European Man’ (EDM 1), ‘computer programmed to perfection for your listening pleasure.’ The B-side is ‘The Mechanical Bride’ from the Landscape album.
John and Richard program Fairlight CMI for Kate Bush on the Never for Ever recording sessions produced by Jon Kelly at Abbey Road.
Release of single ‘Sonja Henie’
1981
Release of Landscape’s single ‘Einstein A-Go-Go’
Release of Landscape’s second vinyl album From the Tea-Rooms of Mars …
Release of ‘Norman Bates’, 7-inch and 12-inch
Landscape poster in Smash Hits magazine (also lyrics ↙️).
Lyrics to ‘Norman Bates’ in Smash Hits
re-issue of ‘European Man’ in new picture sleeve.
E&MM feature ‘Landscape Explored’ with Richard on the cover.
1982
Release of ‘It's Not My Real Name’
release of Manhattan Boogie-Woogie.
1983
1992
First CD – From the Tea-Rooms of Mars and Landscape, with liner notes by Tony Bacon.
2005
Nathan Barley (Channel 4) episode 2 features ‘Einstein a Go-Go’.
2013
RIP Ralph Dyck, inventer of the Roland MC-8 MicroComposer (Sept 28, 1941 – May 20, 2013). Interview with Ralph in Vintage Roland MC-8 Sequencer Archive.
2017
Landscape ‘Landmarks’ article in Electronic Sound mag
2018
2019
2020
Article in Classic Pop – ‘Rise Of The Machines: Pioneering music devices of the 80s’
2021
2022
Landscape signs a joint venture with record company Cooking Vinyl
Article by Rachel Kupfer about the origins of EDM on (appropriately enough) edm.com, ‘Inside the origins of Electronic Dance Music’.
Launch of Landscape.band website, designed by Anthony Burrill, with Anthony Peters and Gareth Jones.
Interview with Richard on the Vintage Roland MC-8 Sequencer Archive
2023
First single release in 40 years – a four-on-the-floor remix of Einstein a Go-Go. Buy from Bandcamp.
Richard James Burgess presented with MBE at Buckingham Palace
Re-release of re-mastered vinyl version of From the Tea-Rooms of Mars … for Record Store Day 2023
Synthetic Dreams podcast: Scott Zverblis interviews Richard and John about Landscape A Go-Go.
Release of the remastered 7-inch version of ‘European Man’, ‘computer programmed to perfection for your listening pleasure’. (First digital release, via streaming and downloads, including Bandcamp.)
‘When the Chips Are Down’ – previously unreleased single, with lyrics video, https://youtu.be/9NHouucHAQo
‘Futurist anomalies.’ Read Ian Harrison’s ‘Cult Heroes’ feature about Landscape in Mojo, August 2023
Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davis: Landscape A Go-Go, with Richard talking about his favourite 1980s tracks.
The show includes Landscape (listen from 38 mins in) Aretha, Living in a Box, Spandau’s Landscape-influenced Chant No. 1, Colonel Abrams, Kirsty MacColl, B-52s, etc. Richard’s choices are The Valentine Bros., Chaka Kahn, Prince and Grandmaster Flash.
Review of Landscape A Go-Go in Electronic Sound no. 103
Release of Landscape A Go-Go on all formats including a 5CD box set, Bandcamp and streaming …
Listen to John and Richard on the Robert Elms show, Radio London Friday 21 July 2023
Feature in Retropop magazine, August 2023
Landscape A Go-Go review in DJ Magazine, July 2023.
‘Classic Album’ feature, Future Music, September 2023
Landscape A Go-Go review in The Midlands Rocks website