Information Society
Information Society (aka "InSoc") is an electronic music group from Minneap… Read Full Bio ↴Information Society (aka "InSoc") is an electronic music group from Minneapolis, MN, USA that consisted of Kurt Harland (aka Kurt Valaquen, nee Kurt Larson), Paul Robb, and James Cassidy, the latter two reconvening the band in 2006. Their breakout hit was 1988's "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)", a dance pop hit that included a sample of Leonard Nimoy (as Star Trek's Spock) saying "pure energy" while opening with Jackson DeForest Kelley (as Star Trek's Leonard McCoy) saying "It's worked so far, but we're not out yet!"
Over their career, the group has been very influential on American electropop and freestyle artists from both their music and their strident, colorful visuals, being best known for their 1988 self-titled album. The band was formed in Minneapolis in the early 80s, and they performed avant-garde electronic music with flourishes of hip-hop. In 1983, they independently released two albums, 'The InSoc EP' and 'Creatures Of Influence'. Two years later, they released "Running", their first single, which became a hit popular in New York City's Latino nightclubs and "put them on the map". That song, a 7-minute effort that touched on contemporary techno, was written and sung by Murat Konar, who left the band soon after. Their growing success led them from their native Minneapolis to NYC, and the ensuing revenues and contacts, as well as the addition of Amanda Kramer to the lineup, led them to record their proper debut album.
Their first major release album. 1988's 'Information Society', received critical acclaim, giving the group breakout commercial success as the album hiked up to #25 on the Billboard 200. In addition to "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" (which hit #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart), the album also had other hits in "Walking Away" (#9 on that chart) and a cover of ABBA's "Lay All Your Love On Me" (#12 on the Hot Dance Music chart). The disc was one of the few to use CD+G, which included digital graphics on the compact disc version in addition to the music. The audio samples from Star Trek were authorized for use on the album partially thanks to the efforts of Adam Nimoy, a fan of the band and son of Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy.
The second release, Hack (1990), wasn't as successful, but had small hits with Think and How Long but still managed to sell quite well in the fall of 1990.
Kurt was also the owner of the heavily-modified The Road Warrior-inspired art car named "Vector" featured on the cover of Hack. The car sported a functioning ranging laser, among other unusual features. Vector was eventually given to a friend at Burning Man in the mid-1990s.
The third release, Peace & Love, Inc. (1992), proved to be more powerful and critically acclaimed, although their label failed to do much to promote them. Their first single Peace & Love, Inc. reached #1 on the 'Billboard Dance Chart'. A music video was produced for the track, but MTV declined to play it. The album is also notable for being perhaps the first album ever produced to contain a track of modem tones, which when played into a telephone connected to a computer resulted in a bonus text message from the band.
The fourth album, Don't Be Afraid (1997), written and performed by Kurt Harland alone and produced by Steven Seibold, was more industrial-driven. Cleopatra Records released the album, but - like Tommy Boy Records - did little to promote it. Harland's love of computer-related materials continued to be evident, as the album included a CD-ROM filled with bonus material, not yet a common occurrence in 1997.
There was also a carefully-orchestrated digital scavenger hunt culminating in the discovery of a bonus track called White Roses. The scavenger hunt began with decoding a modem's signal recorded at the end of the audio CD, resulting in a text message from Kurt which pointed the way to a website where the search began. There is also a cover included of Gary Numan's Are 'Friends' Electric?. Also included is Ozar Midrashim, a track which was later used as the main theme for the videogame Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver.
During the course of those four albums and about a dozen remix singles from them, Information Society's sound went from more electronic pop music to a darker industrial type, though they will always be remembered for their first hit song and the cardboard guitars they wielded in its music video.
However, in 2006 Paul Robb and James Cassidy announced their intention to re-form Information Society, and began working on a new album. They also performed live at several venues across the US with Christopher Anton as lead vocalist. The Ep "Oscillator" was released in early 2007 followed by the album Synthesizer in late 2007. Christopher Anton provided the vocals on Oscillator, and Synthesizer and was the co-writer on several of the tracks as well.
http://informationsociety.us/
Over their career, the group has been very influential on American electropop and freestyle artists from both their music and their strident, colorful visuals, being best known for their 1988 self-titled album. The band was formed in Minneapolis in the early 80s, and they performed avant-garde electronic music with flourishes of hip-hop. In 1983, they independently released two albums, 'The InSoc EP' and 'Creatures Of Influence'. Two years later, they released "Running", their first single, which became a hit popular in New York City's Latino nightclubs and "put them on the map". That song, a 7-minute effort that touched on contemporary techno, was written and sung by Murat Konar, who left the band soon after. Their growing success led them from their native Minneapolis to NYC, and the ensuing revenues and contacts, as well as the addition of Amanda Kramer to the lineup, led them to record their proper debut album.
Their first major release album. 1988's 'Information Society', received critical acclaim, giving the group breakout commercial success as the album hiked up to #25 on the Billboard 200. In addition to "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" (which hit #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart), the album also had other hits in "Walking Away" (#9 on that chart) and a cover of ABBA's "Lay All Your Love On Me" (#12 on the Hot Dance Music chart). The disc was one of the few to use CD+G, which included digital graphics on the compact disc version in addition to the music. The audio samples from Star Trek were authorized for use on the album partially thanks to the efforts of Adam Nimoy, a fan of the band and son of Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy.
The second release, Hack (1990), wasn't as successful, but had small hits with Think and How Long but still managed to sell quite well in the fall of 1990.
Kurt was also the owner of the heavily-modified The Road Warrior-inspired art car named "Vector" featured on the cover of Hack. The car sported a functioning ranging laser, among other unusual features. Vector was eventually given to a friend at Burning Man in the mid-1990s.
The third release, Peace & Love, Inc. (1992), proved to be more powerful and critically acclaimed, although their label failed to do much to promote them. Their first single Peace & Love, Inc. reached #1 on the 'Billboard Dance Chart'. A music video was produced for the track, but MTV declined to play it. The album is also notable for being perhaps the first album ever produced to contain a track of modem tones, which when played into a telephone connected to a computer resulted in a bonus text message from the band.
The fourth album, Don't Be Afraid (1997), written and performed by Kurt Harland alone and produced by Steven Seibold, was more industrial-driven. Cleopatra Records released the album, but - like Tommy Boy Records - did little to promote it. Harland's love of computer-related materials continued to be evident, as the album included a CD-ROM filled with bonus material, not yet a common occurrence in 1997.
There was also a carefully-orchestrated digital scavenger hunt culminating in the discovery of a bonus track called White Roses. The scavenger hunt began with decoding a modem's signal recorded at the end of the audio CD, resulting in a text message from Kurt which pointed the way to a website where the search began. There is also a cover included of Gary Numan's Are 'Friends' Electric?. Also included is Ozar Midrashim, a track which was later used as the main theme for the videogame Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver.
During the course of those four albums and about a dozen remix singles from them, Information Society's sound went from more electronic pop music to a darker industrial type, though they will always be remembered for their first hit song and the cardboard guitars they wielded in its music video.
However, in 2006 Paul Robb and James Cassidy announced their intention to re-form Information Society, and began working on a new album. They also performed live at several venues across the US with Christopher Anton as lead vocalist. The Ep "Oscillator" was released in early 2007 followed by the album Synthesizer in late 2007. Christopher Anton provided the vocals on Oscillator, and Synthesizer and was the co-writer on several of the tracks as well.
http://informationsociety.us/
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Information Society Lyrics
1 Is it getting better Or do you feel the same? Will it…
1000000 Waits of Love There comes a time when You need a good friend But all…
Above And Below I mostly just want to fly Strip myself down just a…
Are "Friends" Electric It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls …
Are 'Friends' Electric? It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls Th…
Are 'Friends' Electric? 2.0 It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls …
Are Friends Electric It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls Th…
Are Friends Electric? It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls …
Attitude Johnny moved to this big town To be who he could…
Baby Just Wants Living in a powderkeg And giving off sparks Baby thinks th…
Back in the Day Walking down that same old street I feel the same emotions S…
Burning Bridges Do you think There are things I'd rather not remember Can …
Can't Get Enough You whisper softly But your touch is like a hand grenade I…
Can't Slow Down My heart is a drum that's pounding. My mind is a…
Closing In I can't see ever feeling right again I'm on a raft…
Come With Me We´re in the darkness We are inside our hiding place The sou…
Creatures Of Light And Darkness We are creatures of light and darkness Only happy when we…
Cry Baby If I could say I still loved you, I would…
Dancing With Strangers No one hears my voice The songs of lesser men My sun…
Don't Lose Your Mind Don't turn around, there's no one there Don't close your ey…
Empty And someone came out of a dream... and it was…
Empty 3.0 Crawl across the floor If it feels like something you know C…
Ending World 1.1 All of this has happened before, and it will all…
Express Yourself (She takes him in her arms, She kisses his face on…
Fire Tonight Well, there's a hot wind blowing tonight in the east, And…
Free It's so unfair It's such a shame It's so unreal It's so…
Get Back Tonight I see no one I know And all these streaming people…
Going Sometimes looking back I can't Believe how many times I left…
Hack 1 What ein what ein what ein what ein What ein what…
Hard Currency Five thousand dollars Five thousand dollars Five thousand do…
How Long do you recall that winter evening the night that i first…
I Like the Way You Werk It Syncopated rhythms movement Slight simulated pain No form …
I Love It When... "Here are the thrill-seekers. Corrupt and immoral." Downt…
If It's Real The two of us have seen it all The good times…
If Only If only I had known you better. If only you weren't…
Jonestown Call your friends and let's go down, down, down I can…
Kebabträume 1.0 Kebabträume in der Mauerstadt Türk-Kültür hinter Stacheldra…
Land of the Blind Wake up It's, time to stop the dream The hour…
Lay All Your Love On Me I wasn't jealous before we met Now every woman I see…
Let It Burn I can hear the telephone Let it ring, let it ring Because…
Made to Be Broken Never had to tell a lie Never had to say goodbye It…
Make It Funky Make Make it Make make make make it funky Good god G…
Mirrorshades Here are a few notes from the underground. Load them at…
More To This I believe That deep inside you want to see I can feel the…
Move Out One last drive through the suburbs, You feel ready to leave…
Now That I Have You You've got to believe there's something inside of me That ma…
On the Outside Still dark outside the window Fucking alarm clock, start the…
One The holy girl is our focus She's the story of us…
Over the Sea I'd write you a letter, But who knows where it would…
Ozar Midrashim 1.1 Off in the distance I can see a huge holographic…
Peace Look at the world It's a complicated place And it's hard to…
Peace Love I'm not exactly in the mood for Mozart And all that…
Peace Love Inc Look at the world It's a complicated place And it's hard to…
Peace + Love I'm not exactly in the mood for Mozart And all that…
Peace + Love Inc Look at the world It's a complicated place And it's hard to…
Peace And Love Ince. I'm not exactly in the mood for Mozart And all that…
Peace and Love, Inc. Look at the world It's a complicated place And it's hard to…
Pure Energy Here I am in silence Looking round without a clue I find…
Repetition I'm coming back to you Just like before I've been a lonely…
Run Away If only for a day I could see your face I would…
Running Hot steamy night alone I wait for you Cold brittle morning a…
Seek 200 Mommy, when are we going home? All of this has happened…
Seek 300 The sun is rising Sure is dark here Insanity My commodity W…
Signals I'm the signal that she sends How can we be friends? This…
Sleek 300 2.11 The sun is rising Sure is dark here Insanity My commodity W…
Something in the Air There's something strange going on right here I can't explai…
Somnambulistic I can't keep my eyes open Don't want 'em closed There are…
Still Here So I dreamed we were somewhere And everything you said was…
Strength This night is mine alone but All that I can do…
Synthesizer You can feel the pain You can't leave me down this…
The Prize I'm always feeling what you feel I just crawl inside I alw…
The Ridge 1.1 The holy girl is our focus She's the story of us…
The Seeds Of Pain I carry the seeds of pain within me I plant them…
The Sky Away 2.0 Hi, my musical angel Away Angels (Away) Are just an i…
Think imagine if i said i sometimes need you i need you…
This Way Tonight I have seen you out round the way I can think…
To Be Free Staring at an empty screen I can sometimes Feel like dying D…
To the City Taxi, where to man? To the city To the, to the, to…
Tomorrow Day after day, I'm waiting And I'd lie for you. I'd die…
Tomorrow The World Why can't you see what you can do to me why can't…
Walking Away Cold winds blow around me, And I can't help but think…
What's on Your Mind Here I am in silence Looking round without a clue I find…
What's On Your Mind Remix I wanna know what you're thinking, there are some things you…
What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) I wanna know What you're thinking. There are some things you…
What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Re-Recorded / Remastered) I wanna know what you're thinking There is some things you…
What's On Your Mind / Pure Energy I want to know What you're thinking There are some things …
What's on your mind(Pure Energ I want to know What you're thinking There are some things yo…
What's On Your Mind? Here I am in silence Looking round without a clue I find…
What’S On Your Mind I want to know What you're thinking There are some things …
Where the I Divides When all my homes don't feel like homes, And the doors…
Where Were You (Could you make believe that) (That I was your daddy?) (Dadd…
Where Would I Be Without IBM I could never care enough To do what I had to…
White Roses 1.0 Do you feel small Do you feel like nothing Do you feel…
Wrongful Death I once knew a female She felt soft and clean to…
You Are My Hiroshima You... you are my Hiroshima You... you are my Hiroshima…