Horn co-wrote "Everybody Up", the theme song to the TV programme The Glam Metal Detectives, a comedy sketch show which appeared on BBC Two in 1995. This was another collaboration with Lol Creme. In 1992, Horn collaborated with composer Hans Zimmer to produce the score for the film Toys, which included interpretations by Tori Amos, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. In 1981, Horn became a full-time producer, working on successful songs and albums for acts including Dollar, ABC, Malcolm McLaren, Yes, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. He ventured into business with his wife Jill Sinclair, purchasing Sarm West Studios and establishing the publishers Perfect Songs and their own label, ZTT Records. In the following year, Horn co-formed the electronic group Art of Noise. He achieved hits in the following decades with Seal and t.A.T.u. He has performed with the supergroup Producers, later known as the Trevor Horn Band, since 2006. Harvell, Jess (26 May 2006). "Various Artists: Produced By Trevor Horn". Pitchfork . Retrieved 18 April 2023. Jill’s accident [she was mistakenly shot by an air rifle at their home in 2006, which left her severely brain damaged] obviously had an impact on us all – some of us more than others – and we’re still dealing with it in different ways. But the family is still together and that is the important thing. She said, “I’ve just set fire to Dolph’s clothes.” This was the Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren, who was her boyfriend at the time. “Well, this’ll get you out of it. You can come down and sing,” I said. She finally agreed to come on the Sunday.

Snapes, Laura (23 July 2019). "Trevor Horn on Grace Jones, smoking with Malcolm McLaren, and why video didn't kill the radio star". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 18 April 2023. From 1st July 2021, VAT will be applicable to those EU countries where VAT is applied to books - this additional charge will be collected by Fed Ex (or the Royal Mail) at the time of delivery. Shipments to the USA & Canada: Nine Eight Books has acquired Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT by Trevor Horn, a producer, songwriter, musician and record label boss dubbed "the man who invented the Eighties" by the publisher. While active with the original Asia, he has also finished three albums with Wetton on their side project Icon, and recorded a live DVD in 2009 to promote the release of their third studio album. The project included guitarist Dave Kilminster, Pete Riley, and Hugh McDowell. In addition, Downes is also working on television, film and production music for a London West End film production company, Original Production Music Ltd. I have three grandsons and really enjoy being with them. I’m 67 now but still as passionate about my work. I want to see my children prosper and would like to keep making music for as long as I can. I’d be happy with that.Music maestro awarded honorary degree". Southampton Solent University . Retrieved 17 February 2013. In the late 1980s, [14] Horn relocated to Bel Air, Los Angeles, where he established Sarm West Coast LA, a residential recording studio. Horn produced another Yes album, Big Generator (1987). This book is Trevor's story in his own words, as told through the prism of twentythree of his most important songs - from the ones that inspired him to the ones that defined him. This play-by-play memoir transports readers into the heart of the studio to witness the making of some of music's most memorable moments, from the Buggles' ground-breaking 'Video Killed the Radio Star' to Band Aid's perennial 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', via hits such as 'Relax', 'Poison Arrow ', 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' and 'Crazy'. On 22 March 2011, he performed at the Roundhouse, London with Trevor Horn and Producers, along with Spandau Ballet and Alison Moyet to raise funds for a music charity for underprivileged children. The event raised over half a million pounds on the night.

Born in Hertfordshire, England on July 15th 1949, music artist and producer Trevor Horn made up one half of the duo the Buggles from 1979-1982. Playing guitar, bass guitar, and singing for the duo, Trevor was instrumental in their fame, with their song Video Killed The Radio Star being the first-ever video to be played on MTV, as well as being No. 1 on the charts in 16 different countries. In 1980, Horn married the music executive Jill Sinclair, who became his manager. [31] Sinclair told him that as an artist he would always be "second division", but if he pursued production he would become the best in the world. [14] In the 1980s, Horn incorporated samples into pop music using a Fairlight CMI synthesiser. a b c Perrone, Pierre (27 March 2014). "Jill Sinclair: Businesswoman and pop manager who co-founded ZTT and guided the career of her husband Trevor Horn". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015 . Retrieved 25 December 2015.The recording studio remains a sanctuary for him. And, although what he refers to as his “imperial age” might be over, he is still a top producer. “[The studio] is a really nice place to be, with other musicians, making music no one’s ever heard before.”

Sinclair, Paul (7 October 2022). "Trevor Horn / Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT / SDE Review". SuperDeluxeEdition . Retrieved 18 April 2023. The big budgets, the bad behaviour (Horn has to be physically restrained from punching Yes’ Chris Squire in the face at one point), the jet-setting (Concorde is mentioned more than once) and the enormous amounts of time spend in lavish studios, are now largely a product of a bygone age, so the ‘modern’ in the title is something of a misnomer, or perhaps said with a tongue firmly in cheek. However the music endures and these accounts of the sessions that created that music –Trevor blowing his own horn –are both as entertaining and as enlightening as you would hope for. Highly recommended. Horn is visibly overcome with emotion talking about Sinclair. “Jill was funny, she was a great manager, she had more balls than most people I know. And she was… just… it’s very hard… still.” He lapses into silence. Spandau Ballet – The Story: The Very Best of Spandau Ballet ("This Is the Love", "Steal", "Soul Boy") (2014) In the mid-1990s, Horn and Sinclair bought Hook End Manor in Oxfordshire and renamed its recording facility Sarm Hook End. [38] [39] [40] In 1995, Horn produced "The Carpet Crawlers 1999", a rerecording of " The Carpet Crawlers" by Genesis, which featured vocals from their former singers Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. It was released on the compilation Turn It On Again: The Hits (1999). [41] In 1996, Horn produced the multi-platinum album Wildest Dreams by Tina Turner.Peel, Ian (1 January 2010). "From the Art of Plastic to the Age of Noise". Trevorhorn.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013 . Retrieved 19 May 2013. Horn toured as the bass player in Dire Straits Legacy in 2018–20. [10] [63] In late 2022, he published a memoir, Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT. [64] He joined Seal's 2023 tour, playing bass in Seal's band and reviving the Buggles as an opening act. [65] Pete Selby, publishing director, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Andrew Gordon at David Higham Associates for publication in October 2022. All in all, we worked on the album for about six weeks in London. It proved to be expensive, though, partly because I flew to New York on Concorde to master it, partly because we had a horn section and string section on it. I think it’s fair to say that I got carried away.

By the late 1970s, Horn had a sideline helping other musicians write songs and arrange demos, eventually forming The Buggles with keyboard player Geoff Downes. Powered by a new Prophet-5 synthesiser owned by their friend (and future Oscar-winning film composer) Hans Zimmer, their debut single, Video Killed the Radio Star, reached number one in 1979 and propelled Horn onto a new path, aged 30. In 2006, Downes reunited with the original members of Asia for a series of tours that continued into 2008, releasing a new album of studio material, Phoenix (2008), with more shows performed through Spring 2009. Later in 2009, the original Asia toured the US supporting Yes, with him and guitarist Steve Howe doing double duty performing with both bands nightly. Gregory, Andy. International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002. p. 143. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-161-2

In 2006, Horn co-formed the supergroup the Producers, with the singer Lol Creme, the producer Steve Lipson, the drummer Ash Soan and the singer-songwriter Chris Braide. They performed their first gig at the Camden Barfly in November 2006. They continue to perform, now under the name the Trevor Horn Band.