The original line up of the Human League (before Marsh and Ware did a runner, prompting Oakey to replace them with two school girls...) released a couple of belting albums. 1979's 'Reproduction' is a dark affair with strong Kraftwerk leanings and no shortage of analogue action from a Roland System 100 amongst other things.
Following Marsh and Ware's departure - which subsequently resulted in the formation of Heaven 17 - Oakey was able to take the group in the pop direction he'd always been gunning for since he was invited to join. Oakey went on to bang out classic pop anthems with the new Human League, but arguably his greatest moment was in collaboration with synth wizard Giorgio Moroder for the soundtrack to the 1984 film 'Electric Dreams'.
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