The Body Electric (L-R Wendy Calder, Garry Smith, Alan Jansson) Photo: 2013 Simon Grigg
Alan Jansson is arguably best known for his role in helping to create OMC’s 1995 smash hit ‘How Bizarre’, but more than a decade earlier the producer and engineer was pioneering New Zealand electronica as a founding member of The Body Electric.
Formed from the ashes of Wellington punk band The Steroids in 1982, The Body Electric started as a two-piece with Jansson and Andy Drey, who were later joined by actor Garry Smith on vocals. Despite being largely ignored by radio, their debut single 'Pulsing' was a hit, and spent 27 weeks in the charts.
Almost 40 years on, Flying Nun is set to re-release The Body Electric’s 1983 album Presentation and Reality, plus The Body Electric 12” with four remastered tracks from the same era.
