B.E.F.
B.E.F., short for British Electric Foundation, was founded in 1980 by former
Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh in the United Kingdom, with
both serving as composers, producers, and keyboardists. The group’s initial
release, the cassette Music for Stowaways, emerged the same year, inspired by
the first Sony Walkman, and was followed by the vinyl Music for Listening To,
which reached a broader export market. In 1982, B.E.F. issued Music of Quality
and Distinction Volume One through Virgin Records, a compilation of covers
performed by various artists, featuring Gl...
