Eardance (USA/Jazz+New Wave+King Crimson)

Ok, the new wave in the title doesn't sound promising but give this one a try. The band was from states with one rare album "Seek Opposites" in 1982 with sometimes very 80's sound and here is some info from one of the producers on some other review sites:

Mike Harkins wrote: Although I was one of the producers of this album (at the age of 22), Jim Jacobsen was the mastermind behind this project (with his college U of Wisconsin-Madison friends). My (then) Electric Fantasy Productions business partner, Paul Berolzheimer, did a brilliant job with the engineering/audio production. Obvious Influences were King Crimson, Talking Heads, Frank Zappa, Steve Reich, etc. I believe we pressed 1,000 LPs on Jacobsens "Touch Records" indy label. Eardance was comprised of the most talented and eclectic group of musicians we had the privilege of recording during that era. Jacobsen taught himself Fripps style of guitar playing and he also mastered the Chapman Stick in just a few weeks (leading up to the start of "Seek Opposites" recording sessions.) While we were mixing some of the tracks for this album (at Pierce Arrow Recorders in Evanston, IL), Cheap Trick was laying down tracks (in an adjacent studio) with legendary producer, Roy Thomas Baker for their "One On One" album. including the recording of their smash hit "I Want You". What are some of the reasons this album didnt receive more attention, sales and distribution? 1) It was produced & released independantly in Chicago by newbies in our early to late 20s. 2) Prog Rock was out of vogue in the early 80s (new wave, punk, power pop & hair/glam metal ruled the charts & A interest. 3) Eardance was too eclectic for mainstream interest. 4) In 1982, there was no: MySpace, Facebook, the Blogosphere, iTunes, Rhapsody, uTube, AOL, live365, jango, AOL, Napster, livewire, Kazaa or imesh to find its core audience.

And Jim Jacobsen replyed to a thread here on PA in 2005 about the band.

Jim Jacobsen wrote: It's always nice to hear from someone who like Eardance. That was my band. This is Jim Jacobsen. The band survived, through numerous personel changes, until spring, 1988. David Cornel, our keyboardist on the record Seek Opposites, was an early AIDS victim ('84). Dixie Treichel left the band and went back to graduate school in composition at the University of Chicago. Homero Ceron lives in Tucson, Az. and plays with the orchestra there and teaches a lot. Russell Berger, our singer, died in 1996. Keith Field, guitarist, joined the band in late 1983. He lives with his family in L.A. Todd Richardson joined the band in May 1985. He's in Chicago now. I am in Los Angeles, where I became a film and tv composer and a staff song writer for Warner Bros. after the band broke up. Time marches on...

Very interesting material, great stuff too. I'm thinking avant for these guys though, and although Eclectic might work too, the overall dissonant and almost Zeuhl-y overtone makes me think avant.