Clock DVA

Founding Members: Adi Newton, Steven “Judd” Turner.
Members Past/Present: Alessandro Cellai, Barry R. Harden, Charlie Collins, David James Hammond, David Palmer, Dean Dennis, John Valentine Carruthers, Maurizio Martinucci, Michael Ward, Nick Sanderson, Panagiotis Tomaras, Paul Browse, Paul Widger, Robert Baker, Roger Quail, Shaun Ward, Simon Mark Elliot-Kemp.
Genre: Industrial, Electro, Experimental.
Biography:
One of the first groups to arise during the formation of the Sheffield Electronic Scene.
Adi Newton formed the first lineup of Clock DVA in 1978, after his departure from The Future (which would go on to form The Human League) and with Judd Turner, David J. Hammond, Roger Quail, and Charlie Collins.

The term ‘DVA,’ [meaning ‘two’ in Russian] was inspired by Anthony Burgess’ satirical science fiction novel, A Clockwork Orange).

Originally focusing on experimental music inspired by science fiction and the occult, later reflecting the burgeoning industrial and EBM that had begun seeping into underground music scenes on both sides of the Atlantic. After a handful of privately produced cassettes the band released a cassette on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records label. In 1980 the band’s first album, “White Souls In Black Suits” featured a sound much inline with their contemporaries outside of the Sheffield scene (which gravitated toward a smoother, more pop oriented sound.

Eight years and three albums later, Clock DVA found its true voice with their 1988 “Buried Dreams” album. Often hailed as the a masterpiece, recorded utilizing the first digital sampling synthesizers and computer sequencing which Newton had been experimenting with in TAGC.

A “new” album, “Post-Sign” was released in 2013, having been recorded in 1994/95 by Newton as an instrumental companion album to “Sign”, which had remained unreleased due to problems with an Italian record label after Contempo’s demise.

“Clock 2″, a printed aluminum USB Smart Media Card in printed metal box was released with all new material plus remixes by ATOM, Scanner, Frank Bretschneider and also features several videos by Panagiotis Tomaras and a 48-page PDF, was release in 2014, as well as a limited silkscreened double sleeve 45rpm 12” of “The Konstructor/De Konstructor” with two Clock DVA remixes, both through Newton’s own label Anterior Research Media. A new E-exclusive 3 track minimax CD EP “Neoteric” has also been released in 2016.

Albums:
• White Souls In Black Suits(1980)
• Thirst (1981)
• Advantage (1983)
• Buried Dreams (1989)
• Man-Amplified (1992)
• Digital Soundtracks (1992)
• Sign (1993)
• Collective (1994)
• Post-Sign (2013)
• Clock 2 (2014)

EPs:
• The Hacker (1988)
• The Act (1988)
• Hacker/Hacked (1988)
• Sound Mirror (1989)
• Final Program (1991)
• Bitstream (1992)
• Black Words on White Paper (1992)
• Virtual Reality Handbook (1992)
• Voice Recognition Test (1993)
• Eternity (1993)
• Re-Konstructor / Re-Kabaret 13 (2014)
• Neo Post Sign (2015)
• Neoteric (2016)
• Neoteric RMX4 12″ (2019)

12″ Vinyl:
• Horology LP – DVAtion (2012)
• Horology 2 LP – Clockdva (2015)
• Lomticks of Time LP (2016)
• 2nd 2xLP (2016)
• Sex Works Beyond Entanglement LP (2016)
• Deep Floor LP (2016)
• Fragment LP (2016)
• Horology 3 LP boxset (2019)

LINKS:
Homepage:  clockdva.net
Bandcamp: clockdva.bandcamp.com
Anterior Research:  armcomm.co.uk