"group_or_band" . . . "Ceramic Hello"@en . . . "Ceramic Hello was a duo from Burlington, Ontario, formed by Brett Wickens in 1980 after leaving Spoons. He teamed up with Roger Humphreys who added a more classical bent to the minimal synthesizer tunes (in the mold of John Foxx and Mute Records).Their first release was the single \"Climatic Nouveaux\" / \"Theatre Matrix\" (MAN003) on Mannequin Records in 1980, followed quickly by the album The Absence Of A Canary (MAN LP1), which included the single's A-side."@en . . . . "1980Z"^^ .