English musician and producer born Thomas Morgan Robertson on October 14, 1958, in Cairo, Egypt; raised in England. Distinguished by his pioneering use of synthesizers in pop and his polymath career bridging music, technology entrepreneurship (he founded Beatnik Inc., a mobile-ringtone-technology company), and academia (Johns Hopkins, since 2014).
Released six studio albums between The Golden Age of Wireless (1982) and A Map of the Floating City (2011). Commercial peak: The Golden Age of Wireless (featuring the international hit "She Blinded Me with Science") and The Flat Earth (1984).
