Having already made a unique sample-based production sound evident on such albums as Yes’ 90125, Art Of Noise releases its first album, (Who’s Afraid Of?) The Art Of Noise, on ZTT Records. The single “Close (To The Edit)”, accompanied by a manic, surreal music video, becomes an immediate hit. At this time, the “band” consists of Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J.J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan. 
Art Of Noise, now signed to Chrysalis Records, releases its second album, In Visible Silence. Band members Anne Dudley, J.J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan, having split with founding members Paul Morley and Trevor Horn, continue the group’s sample-heavy sound with a more popular direction, including collaborations with Duane Eddy (on a well-known cover of his 1959 TV theme “Peter Gunn”) and, bizarrely but appropriately, Max Headroom (a.k.a. actor Matt Frewer). The popular instrumental “Legs” also comes from this album.
Zang Tuum Tumb releases the Art Of Noise compilation Daft, gathering much of the band’s first album and B-side and EP material in one release.
Art Of Noise releases its third album, In No Sense? Nonsense!. Now consisting only of Anne Dudley and J.J. Jeczalik, the group’s popular direction continues, with a cover of the Dragnet theme song (used heavily to promote a big-screen remake/spoof of the cop show starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks) and an instrumental from the Fat Boys’ movie Disorderlies, “Roller 1”.
China Records releases the Art of Noise album Below The Waste, the group’s final album of new material for a decade. Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens feature on the single “Yebo!”
China Records releases the Art Of Noise remix collection The FON Mixes, featuring existing Art Of Noise songs remixed by an all-star lineup of producers and remixers.
Zang Tung Tumb releases the Art Of Noise‘s fifth album, The Seduction of Claude Debussy, the first new material from the pioneering electronic group in a decade. Among the many guest appearances are rapper Rakim, film composer Henry Jackman, Sally Bradshaw, and actor John Hurt (!).
ZTT releases the Art of Noise box set And What Have You Done With My Body, God?, gathering familiar tracks and rarities and deep cuts from the group’s early years.
Salvo releases the career-spanning Art Of Noise compilation album Influence: Best Of The Art Of Noise.