The System: Американский дуэт синти-поп

American synth pop duo

The System is an American synth pop duo that debuted in the 1980s, composed of vocalist guitarist Mic Murphy and seasoned session keyboardist David Frank. The band was founded in 1982 in New York and backed up by Paul Pesco on electric guitar and Kris Khellow on keyboards and synthesizers. The group is sometimes referred to as being "emotio electro" because of its hi tech, synthesizer driven sound, married with passionate vocals and sensitive lyrics.

David Frank and Mic Murphy met in the early 1980s while working for the soul funk band Kleeer. Later in New York City, David Frank was working on a session that evolved into a track called "It's Passion," which was to feature a pre stardom Madonna on vocals. The duo hired Steven Machat and Rick Smith to be its managers. Machat and Smith took control of the promotion and marketing of the duo on behalf of Atlantic and helped the duo achieve its biggest US Pop hit. The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 4 on the Hot 100. The follow up single, "Nighttime Lover", was also a top 10 R&B hit, peaking at No. 3. In 1989, The System released its fifth album, Rhythm & Romance. most notably for hit singles such as Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle" in 1999, and teen girl group Dream's "He Loves U Not" in 2000.

In 2000, the duo reunited for the album ESP, which featured a reworked version of "You Are in My System," originally on 1983's Sweat. In late 2009, the group released the album Unreleased Unleashed, a collection of prototype and unreleased songs recorded at various points over the span of The System's recording career. Two of these tracks, "Hole in My Love" and "You Are in My System (Redux)," were taken directly from the ESP album. Also, the track "Sonic Fire" was previously released as the B side for some 7 inch singles of "I Wanna Make You Feel Good" in 1984. 2012 marked another reunion of The System, with a new 12 inch remix collection of the recording for the Breakdance film Beat Street, "Baptize the Beat". The 12 inch limited edition vinyl was released on Electroavenue Records in the UK and features remixes by Funkmaster Ozone, Fleck, Lloyd da Zoid / Diplomat & Sace. In September 2012, the group unveiled two new singles, "Motha" and "The Toast", which would be featured on their then forthcoming album, System Overload. The songs were mixed by Unique Recording Studio mixer Chris Lord Alge, whose association with the band dates to 1983. The sessions took place in Topanga Canyon's Canyon Reverb, the Village Recorders, and NYC Spanish Harlem SPAHA Studios and with contributions from longtime collaborator guitarist/unofficial bandmember Paul Pesco, drummer Steven Wolf, and sound architect Tim K. System Overload was released in 2013 on the band's own label, Science Lab Records.