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: This article is about the musical group. For the book by Clive James , see Cultural Amnesia (book)|Cultural Amnesia . Refimprove|date=October 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Cultural Amnesia | caption = CA 1982 | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = | instrument = | genre = Post-punk , Electronic music|electronic , Industrial music|industrial | occupation = | years_active = 1979& ndash;1983; 1998& ndash;present | label = | associated_acts = | website = http://www.culturalamnesia.com/ | current_members = Ben Norland Gerard Greenway John Peacock | past_members = | notable_instruments =
Cultural Amnesia (CA) are an England|English post-punk music group, first active between 1979 and 1983 as participants in the so-called cassette culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s in the UK. During this first period the band released three compact audio cassette|cassette albums : Video Rideo (1981), The Uncle of the Boot (1983) and ''Sinclair's Luck (1983) on English and German record label s, and contributed to a number of compilation album s. Early on in his career, CA worked with the late Geff Rushton ( John Balance ) of Coil (band)|Coil , who wrote a handful of songs for them and who was an important supporter and enabler.Dickie, Tony. http://www.compulsiononline.com/falbum12.htm Review of Press My Hungry Button & Interview with Cultural Amnesia. Compulsion Online , May 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2010.Pinsent, Ed. "Cultural Amnesia", Interview. The Sound Projector 16 (2008), p. 86.
Working in the wake of the early Industrial music|industrial bands, CA's output is diverse, ranging from ambient soundscapes to synthpop , but it can be broadly characterized as song-based electronic music , normally making use of synthesizer , drum machine and guitar .
After fifteen years of silence the band produced three new tracks in 1998. Recent years have seen a return to sustained activity and some small-scale releases of old and new material. Enormous Savages , a compilation of material from 1981& ndash;1983, was released on LP in the summer of 2007; Press My Hungry Button , a double LP of 1980& ndash;1983 material, was released November 2007. The CD Enormous Savages Enlarged , from April 2009, includes five tracks recorded since 2004 in addition to the '80s tracks that appeared on the Enormous Savages LP. In November 2011 the band released This Is Not Your Shape , their first full album of new material since the early 1980s. The album was accompanied by a lyrics booklet, Verbose Logging , including the songs on the album and others recorded during their second period.
The CA website is an extensive source of information on the band's output, both released and unreleased, with a number of tracks available for download.
Discography
Albums and EPs
Video Rideo (CAC, Conventional Tapes 1981, Datenverarbeitung 1983)
''Sinclair's Luck (CAC, Hearsay and Heresy 1983)
The Uncle Of The Boot (CAC, Datenverarbeitung 1983)
Enormous Savages (LP, Anna Logue Records 2007)
Little Savage (Mini-CD, Iron Banana 2007)
Press My Hungry Button (2xLP, VOD Records 2007)
Still Hungry (EP, VOD Records 2007)
Enormous Savages Enlarged (CD, Klanggalerie 2009)
This Is Not Your Shape (MP3, Bleak 2011)
Compilation appearances
"Yellow Song" on Standard Response (1979)
"Cyberforms Dub" on Snatch 2 (1980)
"Repetition For This World", "Reprise", "Dialogue Of Skull And Soul" and "Secrets Of The Passive Margin" on Endzeit (1982)
"Colorblind" and "The Pigs Are Coming" on A Sudden Surge Of Power (1983)
"Nobody Does It Like You Do!" on ''Qu'est-ce Qu'il Y A? (1983)
"Resthome (The Man Who Worked With Tourists)" on Rising From The Red Sand (Volume Four) (1983)
