Also via No Rock&Roll Fun, the Bluffer's Guide to Sophisti-pop. Everything you need to know about a genre of ultra-smooth, aspirational Thatcherite synth-jazz-pop, spawned from the New Pop begotten by post-punk/new-wave, that flourished in the mid-1980s, and is nonetheless a whole lot less aurally offensive than most things labelled "smooth jazz". And here is an article about sophisti-pop and what fits into it.
funny i should read this post as not long ago, i received one of those random myspace requests from none other than televise, simon scott's project. curious, i did a bit of reading up on what he's been up to, and while it seems pretty good, i decided not to add him as a "friend" because its all a bit odd really, the act of musicians adding random strangers (and not the other way around).