They became associated with industrial music with the 1980 release of their album White Souls in Black Suits on Industrial Records, although in reality the early material that predates this release is a blend of extreme electronics and frequencies that was heard only by a spartan few, including Jhon Balance and other notaries. (This early archive material, which includes the Sex Works Beyond Entanglement 12" EP (1979) originally planned for release by Cherry Red with the tracks Throbbing Sweeping Obscene/Coil/The Pop Hell, is due for release with a number of other extreme pure-electronic compositions and will readdress the morphology of DVA history.) The album Thirst followed in 1981, by which time Adi Newton and Steven Judd Turner had combined musique concrรจte techniques with guitar, bass, and drum instrumentation, fused with Newton's unique art direction and existential lyrics and writing.
After the tragic death of Steven Judd Turner, Adi Newton formed a new version of the band in 1983. First releasing the singles Passions Still Aflame and High Holy Disco Mass on the major label Polydor under the name DVA, the group then released the album Advantage (along with several singles). During a European tour a dispute amongst the musicians occurred resulting in Adi Newton disbanding the group. However the remaining musicians attempted an abortive continuation of the tour without him, which resulted in negative reaction from DVA fans appalled by Newton's absence.
After the 1983 breakup of Clock DVA, Adi Newton put in process his original concept of the multimedia arts project The Anti-Group aka T.A.G.C., which staged a number of performances directed and choreographed solely by Adi Newton. T.A.G.C. released a series of films and recordings, namely The Disscussion Anti-Theatre piece/Dual 16mm Film and Soundtrack, Ha/Zulu, ShT, Big Sex, The Ambisonic Album Digitaria, Meontological Recording Record 1, Meontological Recording Record 2 (Teste Tones), Burning Water Film/ Soundtrack, and Iso-Erotic Calibrations.
In 1987 Adi Newton, while still working within TAGC, allowed a reformation of DVA. He was at the time experimenting with computer sound sampling techniques and sequencing and had already created a blueprint for a track originally titled "Diamond Bullet," which later became "The Hacker." This reformed line-up consisted of creative director Adi Newton; vocalist, sound designer, Dean Dennis; and Paul Browse. From this line-up came the album Buried Dreams.
After the release of Buried Dreams and a series of singles taken from the album, a number of problems occurred. Paul Browse left to try to resolve issues with the record label in Berlin but remained in Germany and never returned. As a result, Robert Baker joined the line up, which then released the albums Man-Amplified and Digital Soundtracks. Dean Dennis left to start work on a new project. The album Sign followed during a transitional period in which Adi Newton relocated to Italy, taking Clock DVA/TAGC with him as sole director and reactivating the project in a new direction.
Adi Newton and creative partner Jane Radion Newton are currently working on the remastered release of their whole back catalog, which was set to be released in the autumn of 2008 by Mute records as a box set including a 120-page book. They are also working with invited guest artists on new Clock DVA/TAGC studio albums, which are scheduled for a 2009 release to coincide with a number of key European performances and installations.
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Sound Mirror I
Clock DVA Lyrics
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How are you now?
I hope youโฒll be alright
Like everyday
Hey you're my soul
Always thinking of you
I just searching for something
Better for our life
Tell me that you always loving me
I want you to be mine forever
Cause you always be in my heart
Hey, please watch over me
Stand here for something, we both to believe in
Hey, just donโฒt turn your heart away
One thing I tell to you, let this heart always with you
Just let it flow, like the way it be
You always remind me
Brought me into your heaven
We've made a stories together
Of me and you
Clock DVA's Sound Mirror I is a song about hope, love and destiny. The lyrics express the singer's concern for their destiny and their hopes for a better life together with their soulmate. The song begins with the singer expressing their concern for their destiny, asking how it is doing and hoping that it is doing well. They then address their soulmate, indicating that they are always thinking of them and that they are searching for something better for their life together. The singer then implores their soulmate to give them an answer to be theirs, and to always love them.
The chorus of the song speaks to the singer's desire for their soulmate to always be with them, to watch over them and to stand with them. The singer asks their soulmate not to turn their heart away and to allow their hearts to always be together. The final verse speaks to the memories that the singer and their soulmate have made together, indicating that they have been brought into a shared heaven and have created stories together.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh my destiny
Addressing the forces that shape their fate and decisions.
How are you now?
Expressing curiosity and concern about the current state of their destiny.
I hope you'll be alright
Expressing optimism and a desire for their destiny to work out positively.
Like everyday
Comparing their current state of affairs to normalcy or routine.
Hey you're my soul
Addressing a significant other as the source of their strength and inner self.
Always thinking of you
Stating the constancy and pervasiveness of their feelings towards their significant other.
I just searching for something
Acknowledging the desire to improve their life, but not yet knowing how to do so.
Better for our life
Expressing a desire to improve the life of both themselves and their significant other.
Give me answer now to be yours
Asking for a clear response to their feelings, in order to solidify the relationship.
Tell me that you always loving me
Asking for reassurance of their significant other's feelings for them.
I want you to be mine forever
Stating a desire for a long-lasting, committed relationship.
Cause you always be in my heart
Stating the emotional significance of their significant other and their place in their life.
Hey, please watch over me
Asking for protection, guidance, or support from their significant other.
Stand here for something, we both to believe in
Encouraging a shared belief, purpose, or goal for the relationship.
Hey, just don't turn your heart away
Asking their significant other to remain emotionally committed and invested in the relationship.
One thing I tell to you, let this heart always with you
Expressing a desire to maintain a deep, emotional connection between the two of them.
Just let it flow, like the way it be
Encouraging a natural progression of their relationship, without forcing it in any direction.
You always remind me
Acknowledging the significance of their significant other, and the positive influence they have on them.
Brought me into your heaven
Describing the feeling of being completely enamored and elevated by their significant other's presence and love.
We've made a stories together
Acknowledging the shared experiences and memories that they have created together as a couple.
Of me and you
Closing the song with a statement of the central focus of the lyrics: the relationship between the two individuals.
Contributed by Caroline M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@spiroskoufos4786
Timeless...
LYRICS :
Can you see
Can you see
Can you see
Can you see
Can you see the echo
Can you hear
Can you hear
Can you hear
Can you hear yourself
Glass embrace
Glass embrace
Glass embrace
Glass embrace
Emit refractions
I can see
I can see
I can see
Phonetized apparitions
Look in to
Look in to
Look in to
Absolute resonance/Sonant Spectre
Can you see
Can you see
Can you see
The imitation ofโฆ
@wedgeromewedgerome
Big Game
It's open season on the fallen.
Fallen is the definition of evil.
One needs only to buy a license
for hunting these human illegals.
The truth is hard, indeed
that evil is the weak.
That's probably because you crossed the line,
and still believe it matters what you think.
-V.B.
iosoiosoi
@eyeintheskypictures
Clock DVA has been one of my all time favorites since the 90s. Listening 30 years later still raises the hair off my neck. Timeless perfection๐๐
@PolarRed
I never liked them originally, and then Buried Dreams happened!!!!
@robbaker1841
Thankyou! x
@depthchargebetty3813
90s beats had a visceral power. They shaped my taste in electro.
@djmonolithvideos
sublime beauty from a deeper realm
@rsdrsd5282
.?????REALLLLLLLLLY .............
@wilburfierce5312
My favorite Clock DVA tune and I have all their material. You can even dance to it if there were any DJs deep enough to play it. HA
@spiroskoufos4786
Timeless...
LYRICS :
Can you see
Can you see
Can you see
Can you see
Can you see the echo
Can you hear
Can you hear
Can you hear
Can you hear yourself
Glass embrace
Glass embrace
Glass embrace
Glass embrace
Emit refractions
I can see
I can see
I can see
Phonetized apparitions
Look in to
Look in to
Look in to
Absolute resonance/Sonant Spectre
Can you see
Can you see
Can you see
The imitation ofโฆ
@NEON80
I still remember walking in Gran Avenida (Santiago) and listening to this full release on a bad copied tape. Teenager memories... now 2018, it sounds amazing.
@finditfuckitforgetit
I remeber this whether from local radio broadcast whether from danceflor times, could be both. 90ies memories...