Around 1980/81 Oxford based band Exit 13 changed their sound & changed their name to Aerial FX. They signed a publishing deal with Island Music, released 2 singles ("So Hard" on Square Records & then "Take It From Here" on Island Records), & then bagged enough studio time to record "Watching The Dance" LP which was released on Kamera Records along with a single "Instant Feelings".

They played shows around London & the UK throughout that period. Around 1982/83 the focus changed to studio recording & Melton & Bladon left the band. The other 3 continued writing & recording & EMI Records signed them mid 1983. Unfortunately there were creative disagreements with EMI & they didn't progress out of the studio, finally being dropped at the end of 1984.
Their studio experiments continued for another couple of years but nothing was released & they stopped making music as AFX around 1986.

Nowadays Chris Hufford is well-known in music industry as the manager of Radiohead, Supergrass and Gamma Hayes, he also produced some of Radiohead's early recordings, a group he would help steer to massive global success. Chris also run his new project Anti Atlas (Downtempo, IDM, ambient).

In the year of 2010 a collection of 12 previously unreleased AFX tracks from 1980 and 1984 was released on CD by Other Voices Records.

Genre:
New Wave / Synthpop / Minimal

Tracklisting:
01. Hold me
02. Out the Window
03. April 5th
04. Heatwave
05. Spirit
06. Down to heaven
07. Who is down there
08. Where is tomorrow
09. Soft Game
10. Make it for you
11. I see changes
12. Make it for you (12‘ Version)

Release-Date:
July 15th, 2010

Bandmembers:
Chris Hufford - Vocals, rhythm guitar
Bryce Edge - Keyboards, backing vocals
Richard Hart - Lead guitar
Andy Melton - Bass
Simon Bladon

Year of foundation:
1980


Discography:
1980  So Hard (7" Single)
1981  Take It From Here (7", Single)
1982  Instant Feelings / 5: 15 (7" Single)       
1982  Watching The Dance (LP)