Seminal analog sounds from Australia
The band started in 1981 in the… Read Full Bio ↴Seminal analog sounds from Australia
The band started in 1981 in the basement of an art school in when two art students, Michael Trudgeon and Valek Sadovchikoff shared the same sonic space and found a common love of sweeping oscillators. They were soon joined by Steve Adam and Ramesh Ayar. Ramesh wrote several songs with Informatics but soon moved on to other passions. Philip McKellar joined the band in 1983. Informatics were seduced and fascinated by the capabilities of analogue synthesizers. In early performances, long before the advent of samplers, rows of synthesizers were patched together to create unique percussion and instrumentation solely generated by analogue synthesis. Informatics held a fascination for contemporary visual art and moving images and this led to several concerts where the live performance was accompanied by a large screen format video.The production elements in the videos reflected Informatics philosophy on sound composition: the footage was entirely pirated from television ads, manipulated and then collaged to create new narrative that reinforced the music.
In 1983, Informatics released a 4 track, Dezinformatzia, but all tracks were recorded between January and November 1981 using 4- and 2- track recorders. In Australia it was frequently played on alternative and college radio stations, but the conservative mainstream showed no interest. In Berlin on the other hand there was already a culture of electronic music literate fans and Proximity Switch, later renamed Accidents in Paradise got onto the mainstream charts in late 1985.
The band started in 1981 in the… Read Full Bio ↴Seminal analog sounds from Australia
The band started in 1981 in the basement of an art school in when two art students, Michael Trudgeon and Valek Sadovchikoff shared the same sonic space and found a common love of sweeping oscillators. They were soon joined by Steve Adam and Ramesh Ayar. Ramesh wrote several songs with Informatics but soon moved on to other passions. Philip McKellar joined the band in 1983. Informatics were seduced and fascinated by the capabilities of analogue synthesizers. In early performances, long before the advent of samplers, rows of synthesizers were patched together to create unique percussion and instrumentation solely generated by analogue synthesis. Informatics held a fascination for contemporary visual art and moving images and this led to several concerts where the live performance was accompanied by a large screen format video.The production elements in the videos reflected Informatics philosophy on sound composition: the footage was entirely pirated from television ads, manipulated and then collaged to create new narrative that reinforced the music.
In 1983, Informatics released a 4 track, Dezinformatzia, but all tracks were recorded between January and November 1981 using 4- and 2- track recorders. In Australia it was frequently played on alternative and college radio stations, but the conservative mainstream showed no interest. In Berlin on the other hand there was already a culture of electronic music literate fans and Proximity Switch, later renamed Accidents in Paradise got onto the mainstream charts in late 1985.
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@Steinbach1984
Ah, another undiscovered gem for nerdy dance floors! The 1980s new wave/synthpop repertoire is vast and that's great. There can never be enough vintage bleeps!
@Skorpp13
Been searching for this song for decades and I didn't know the title nor the performers. Finally ... FINALLY ... I've found it :)
@fuochifatui2158
Absolutely love it! Dorian Grey Frankfurt 1987 ❤
@omtare2131
!987 In KATAKOMBE Karlsruhe : beginning of a great love to that piep....piep.. perfect Track - Sau geil auch heute noch !
@DepressiveMindsband
Hammer...perfect track...jewel for real old school EBM
@stelleratorsuprise8185
Suddenly a line of a song came to my mind, a song I haven't heard for years, than I started searching and here it is.
@elf9578
"Basement" Berlin, Mitte der 80er - was für Zeiten ...
@stellaVista
That groove is so amazing. It souns like a toy robot falling down a staircase but at the same time it´s funky as hell!
@thomasmeyer8798
Found the original vinyl today in my storage...
@HerrDrStefano
didn t hear it for about 25 years. oh god, its great!