Robin Scott is a London-based artist who adopted the moniker M in the late 1970s. He assembled a band and released the single "Moderne Man," in 1978 to little recognition, before dropping the synth-heavy hit "Pop Muzik," in 1979. M released its debut album New York • London • Paris • Munich, later the same year, offering a fully realized new wave sound that quickly found an audience in the UK and the US. After two more studio albums, 1980's The Official Secrets Act and 1981's Famous Last Words, Scott abandoned the M moniker and released his next album, Jive Shikisha!, under the name Robin Scott & Shikisha in 1984.
