Home / Music / Dee Harris's Diamond sits right in mid-80s British synth-pop territoryMusic linernotes album music dee-harrisDee Harris's Diamond sits right in mid-80s British synth-pop territorySynth-pop and new wave all the way — exactly the sound that defined British pop in the mid-80s. Nothing groundbreaking, just a solid snapshot of the era. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesDiamond sounds like Talk Talk's restraint meets Soft Cell's sensualityRakim borrowed from jazz saxophone to reshape rap flow on Paid in FullSugar Hill Records said yes to Grandmaster Flash's record-with-records concept — and even Flash was surprised'Wheels of Steel' proved turntable artistry could chartGrandmaster Flash mixed with three turntablesExploreScott LaFaro died ten days after the Village Vanguard sessionsStevie Wonder spent ten days in a coma after InnervisionsXTC's 'The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead' topped the US Modern Rock chartThe Human League lost two founding members before DareArt Blakey's Jazz Messengers kept their compositions alive for decadesPrevious Diamond sounds like Talk Talk's restraint meets Soft Cell's sensualityNext Conflicts with David Byrne cut Mesopotamia from an album to an EP