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Infobox musical artist | name = Clock DVA| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Sheffield , England | genre = Industrial music / Post-punk / Electronic body music|EBM | years_active = 1978& ndash;1981, 1982& ndash;1984, 1988& ndash;1994, 2008& ndash;present| label = Industrial Records | associated_acts = The Anti-Group /T.A.G.C., The Box (band)|The Box , Siouxsie & the Banshees | website = http://www.clockdva.com/ clockdva.comDead link|date=September 2009| current_members = Adi Newton| past_members = Steven "Judd" Turner Jane Radion Newton Simon Mark Elliot-Kemp Dave Palmer Joseph Hurst Charlie Collins Roger Quail David J. Hammond Rod Siddall Paul Widger John Valentine Carruthers Paul Browse Michael Ward Nick Sanderson (musician)|Nick Sanderson Dean Dennis Robert E. Baker Clock DVA are an industrial music , post-punk and Electronic body music|EBM group from Sheffield , England . The group was formed in 1978, with two members, Adolphus "Adi" Newton and Steven "Judd" Turner. Along with contemporaries Heaven 17 , Clock DVA's name was inspired by the Russia n-influenced Nadsat of Anthony Burgess ' A Clockwork Orange ; http://www.aracnet.com/~jester/clockdva/discography.html Clock Dva discography "dva" is the Russian word for "two". Adi had previously worked with members of Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire in a collective called The Studs and with Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware in a band called The_Human_League#1977:_.22The_Dead_Daughters.22_and_.22The_Future.22|The Future . Ian and Martyn went on to found The Human League .
History
The group was originally known for making a form of experimental music|experimental electronic music involving treated tape loops and synthesisers. Clock DVA became associated with industrial music with the 1980 release of their Compact Cassette|cassette album White Souls in Black Suits on Throbbing Gristle 's Industrial Records .Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography , Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 271-2 The album Thirst , released on Fetish Records, followed in 1981 to a favourable critical reaction,cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music |year= 1992 |publisher=Guinness Publishing |isbn=0-85112-579-4 knocking Adam and the Ants ' Dirk Wears White Sox from the top of the NME Indie Charts, by which time the band had combined musique concrète techniques with standard rock instrumentation. "4 Hours", the single from "Thirst" was later covered by former Bauhaus bassist David J on his 1985 solo e.p. "Blue moods turning tail".
The band split up in 1981, with the non original members of the band going on to form The Box.cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |year= 1999 |publisher=Canongate |isbn=0-86241-913-1
In 1983, Newton formed a new version of the band. First releasing the single "High Holy Disco Mass" on the major label Polydor Records under the name DVA , the band then released the album Advantage (with several singles) under the name Clock DVA. After a European tour, however, the band split acrimoniously.
After the 1983 breakup of Clock DVA, Adi Newton formed The Anti-Group or T.A.G.C. They released several albums continuing in a similar vein to the early Clock DVA, yet more experimental.
In 1987, Adi Newton reactivated DVA and invited Dean Dennis and Paul Browse back into the fold to aid Newton's use of computer aided sampling techniques which he had been developing in the Anti Group. The album Buried Dreams , an electronic album which received critical acclaim as a pioneering work. Browse left the group in 1989 and was replaced by R E Baker. The album Man-Amplified was the next album to be released, an exploration of cybernetics . Digital Soundtracks , an instrumental album, was the next release. Following Dennis's departure, Newton and Baker produced the album Sign .
Adi Newton reactivated Clock DVA along with his creative partner Jane Radion Newton in 2008 and, for the first time since 1994, performed live in June 2011 at Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival in Germany. http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/english/bands.php Wave-Gotik-Treffen Bands and Artists 2011
Discography
Lomticks of Time (1978) Cassette
2nd (1978) Cassette DVATION 01
Deep Floor (1979) Cassette DVATION 02
Fragment (1979) Cassette DVATION 03
White Souls In Black Suits (1980) Cassette Industrial Records IRC31
Thirst (Clock DVA album)|Thirst (1980) LP Fetish Records FR2002 ( UK Indie Chart|UK Indie #7)cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980-1999 |year= 1997 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=0-9517206-9-4
Passions Still Aflame (1982) EP Polydor Records POSPX 437
High Holy Disco Mass (1982) 12" Polydor Records POSPX 499
Advantage (album)|Advantage (1982) LP Polydor Records POLS 1082
White Souls in Black Suits (re-released 1982) LP Italian Records EX24
Resistance (1983) 12" Polydor Records POSPX 578
Breakdown (1983) 12" Polydor Records POSPX 627
The Hacker (1988) CDEP Interfisch IF-SETH 001 C
The Act (1988) CDEP Interfisch IF-SETH 008 C
Advantage (album)|Advantage (re-released 1989) CD Interfisch 01706-10
Buried Dreams (1989) CD Interfisch 01717-26; CD Wax Trax! WAXCD 7094; CD Contempo Records (Italy)|Contempo CONTEDISC 193
Sound Mirror (1989) CDEP Interfisch IF-SETH 013 C
White Souls In Black Suits (re-released 1990) LP Italian Records EX24
Transitional Voices (live; 1990) CD Interfisch Records 01718-26; CD Contempo CONTEDISC 194
Bit Mapping (live bootleg; 1990) CD Dunedin Records 025
Final Program (1991) CDEP Contempo Tempodisc 173
Man-Amplified (1991) CD Contempo CONTEDISC 182
Bitstream (1991) CDEP Contempo Tempodisc 183
White Souls In Black Suits (re-released 1992) CD Contempo CONTEDISC 157
Advantage (album)|Advantage (re-released 1992) CD Contempo CONTEDISC 191
Thirst (Clock DVA album)|Thirst (re-released 1992) CD Contempo CONTEDISC 192
Digital Soundtracks (1992) CD Contempo CONTE 217
Tour 1992 (live bootleg; 1992) CD Smurf SMURFCD92-01
Voice Recognition Test CDEP Contempo Tempo 224CDS
Sign (album) (1993) CD Contempo CONTE 225CD
Eternity CDEP Contempo Tempo 226CDS
Collective (anthology; 1994) CD Cleopatra CLEO94822; CD Sub/Mission CDWHIP003-166700003-2; CD Hypnobeat/SPV 04632
Collective (anthology; 1994) 3 CD Hyperium/Sub-Mission 391010629
Buried Dreams (re-released 1998) CD Nextera ERA 9815-2
Various Artists Compilation
Hicks from the Sticks (1980)
Black Box – Wax Trax& #33; Records: The First 13 Years (1994)
References
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External links
http://www.anteriorresearch.com Anterior Research/Clock DVA/T.A.G.C. Official website
Wayback|url= http://www.clockdva.com/index.html|title=Anterior Research/Clock DVA Official US website|date=20080803040252
http://www.myspace.com/clockdvaofficial The Clock DVA on Myspace
http://www.last.fm/group/Clock+DVA Last.FM group
http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php? a=clock_dva Review on TrouserPress
Clock DVA Category:British industrial music groups Category:British electronic music groups Category:British New Wave musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1978 Category:Music in Sheffield
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