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{{Short description|English band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Clock DVA
| image           = Clockdvamoscow.jpg
| caption         = Clock DVA performing in Moscow, Russia in 2014.
| image_size      =
| alias           =
| origin          = [[Sheffield]], England
| genre           = [[Electronic body music|EBM]], [[electro-industrial]], [[cyberpunk]], [[post-punk]], [[Industrial music|industrial]] (early)
| years_active    = 1978–1981, 1982–1984, 1988–1994, 2008–present
| label           = {{ hlist | [[Industrial Records|Industrial]] | [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] | [[Wax Trax! Records|Wax Trax!]] | [[List of industrial music labels|Contempo]] | [[Mute Records|Mute]] }}
| spinoffs        = {{hlist | [[The Anti-Group]]/T.A.G.C. | The Box }}
| website         = [http://www.anteriorresearch.com/ http://www.anteriorresearch.com/]
| current_members = Adi Newton
| past_members    = Steven "Judd" Turner<br />Jane Radion Newton<br />Simon Mark Elliot-Kemp<br />Dave Palmer<br />Joseph Hurst<br />Charlie Collins<br />Roger Quail<br />David J. Hammond<br />Rod Siddall<br />Paul Widger<br />[[John Valentine Carruthers]]<br />Paul Browse<br />Michael Ward<br />[[Nick Sanderson (musician)|Nick Sanderson]]<br />Dean Dennis<br />Robert E. Baker
}}
'''Clock DVA''' are a musical group from [[Sheffield]], England, whose style has touched on [[industrial music|industrial]], [[post-punk]], and [[Electronic body music|EBM]]. They formed in 1978 by Adi Newton (born  Gary Coates) and Steven "Judd" Turner. Along with contemporaries [[Heaven 17]], Clock DVA's name was inspired by the [[Russia]]n-influenced [[Nadsat]] language of [[Anthony Burgess]]'s novel ''[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|A Clockwork Orange]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clockdva.net/about.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040415062537/http://www.clockdva.net/about.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-04-15|title=Kinetic Engineering|work=clockdva.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Fish |first=Mick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wepDi7RgMLgC |title=Industrial Evolution: Through the Eighties with Cabaret Voltaire |publisher=SAF Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=0-946719-46-2 |location=London |page=92 |via=Google Books}}</ref> ''Dva'' is Russian for "[[2 (number)|two]]".
==History==
===1978–1981: ''White Souls in Black Suits'' and ''Thirst''===
Newton had previously worked with members of [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] in a collective called The Studs and with [[Ian Craig Marsh]] and [[Martyn Ware]] in a band called [[The Human League#1970s: Early years|The Future]]. He formed the first lineup of Clock DVA in 1978 with Judd Turner (bass),<ref name="record-collector-451">{{cite journal |last1=Naylor |first1=Tim |title=Industrial history |journal=[[Record Collector]] |date=March 2016 |issue=451 |page=56 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A447177988/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=6387e1f7 |access-date=3 February 2022 |publisher=Metropolis International Group Ltd. |location=London, UK |issn=0261-250X}}</ref> David J. Hammond (guitar), Roger Quail (drums) and Charlie Collins (saxophone, clarinet) (born 26 September 1958, [[Sheffield]]).
Clock DVA was originally known for making a form of [[experimental music|experimental]] electronic music involving treated [[tape loops]] and synthesizers such as the [[EMS Synthi E]]. Clock DVA became associated with [[industrial music]] with the 1980 release of their [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] [[album]] ''[[White Souls in Black Suits]]'' on [[Throbbing Gristle]]'s [[Industrial Records]].<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 271-2</ref>
Paul Widger joined on guitar. The LP ''[[Thirst (Clock DVA album)|Thirst]]'', released on [[Fetish Records]], followed in 1981 to a favourable critical reaction,<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music |year= 1992 |publisher=Guinness Publishing |isbn=0-85112-579-4 }}</ref> and reaching the top of the [[NME]] Indie Charts, by which time the band had combined ''[[musique concrète]]'' techniques with standard rock instrumentation. "[[4 Hours]]", the single from ''Thirst'', was later covered by former [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] bassist [[David J]] on his 1985 solo EP ''Blue Moods Turning Tail''.
The band split up in 1981, with the non-original members of the band — Quail, Collins, and Widger — going on to form The Box.<ref name="Strong"/>
Turner died in September 1981 due to an accidental drug overdose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/04817-heaven-17-interview-penthouse-and-pavement|title=The Quietus - Features - A Quietus Interview - A Dime In The Hot Slot: Heaven 17 Interviewed|work=The Quietus|date=17 August 2010 }}</ref>
===1982–1984: ''Advantage''===
In 1982, Newton formed a new version of the band that included future [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] guitarist [[John Valentine Carruthers]] and signed a deal with the major label [[Polydor Records]]. The single "High Holy Disco Mass" (which was released under the name '''DVA''') and the EP ''Passions Still Aflame'' were released in 1982, preceding the release of the album ''[[Advantage (album)|Advantage]]'' (with singles "Resistance" and "Breakdown") in 1983.<ref name="record-collector-2015">{{cite journal |last1=Waring |first1=Charles |title=Clock DVA: Advantage |journal=[[Record Collector]] |date=15 December 2018 |issue=487 |page=18 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A567547402/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=e0b62867 |access-date=2 February 2022 |publisher=Metropolis International Group Ltd. |location=London, UK |issn=0261-250X}}</ref> Trouser Press characterized ''Advantage'' as "their strongest, most powerful LP, a funky concoction of intense dance-powered bass/drums drive with splatters of feedback, angst-ridden vocals by Newton, tape interruptions and dollops of white-noise sax and trumpet."<ref name="trouser-press">{{cite web |last1=Grant |first1=Steven |last2=Robbins |first2=Ira |title=Clock DVA |website=Trouser Press |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/clock-dva/ |access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref>
After a European tour in 1983, however, the band split acrimoniously. Adi Newton went on to form [[The Anti-Group]] or T.A.G.C.<ref name="Larkin" /> They released several albums continuing in a similar vein to the early Clock DVA, yet more experimental.
===1987–1994: ''Buried Dreams'', ''Man-Amplified'' and ''Sign''===
In 1987, Newton reactivated DVA and invited [[Dean Dennis]] and [[Paul Browse]] back into the fold to aid Newton's use of computer aided sampling techniques which he had been developing in The Anti Group. They released ''[[Buried Dreams]]'' (1989), an electronic album which (along with its single "The Hacker") received critical acclaim as a pioneering work in the [[cyberpunk]] genre. It is also rumored to have been the CD found in Jeffrey Dahmer's stereo at the time of his arrest, according to a 1990s piece published by Alternative Press.
Browse left the group in 1989 and was replaced by [[Robert E. Baker]]. The album ''[[Man-Amplified]]'' (1992), an exploration of cybernetics, was the next release. ''[[Digital Soundtracks]]'' (1992), an instrumental album, followed.
Following Dennis's departure from the group, Newton and Baker produced the album ''[[Sign (Clock DVA album)|Sign]]'' (1993).
===1995–2007: Hiatus===
After the release of ''Sign'' and related singles, Clock DVA toured Europe (line-up: Newton & Baker with [[Hafler Trio|Andrew McKenzie]] and Ari Newton) and Newton relocated to Italy. However, their Italian record label at the time, Contempo, folded which caused a number of problems.
''Collective'', an anthology album and a box set was released in 1994.<ref name="indus_nation_10">{{cite journal |last1=Shear |first1=Tom |editor1-last=Valerio |editor1-first=Paul |title=Clock DVA - Collective |journal=[[Industrialnation]] |date=Spring 1995 |volume=1 |issue=10 |page=59 |location=Iowa City, IA |issn=1062-449X |publisher=Moon Mystique}}</ref> Newton began working on new material with [[Lustmord|Brian Williams]], [[Graeme Revell]] (from [[SPK (band)|SPK]]) and [[Paul Haslinger]] but continued problems with record labels eventually caused Newton and Clock DVA take a long break from the music scene.<ref name="beekaboo">{{cite web|url=http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/interviews/clock-dva/|title=CLOCK DVA interview 2011 peek-a-boo music magazine|work=peek-a-boo-magazine.be}}</ref>
In 1998, Czech record label [[Nextera]] released a reissue of ''Buried Dreams'', sanctioned by Dean Dennis and Paul Browse but not by Newton.
===2008–present: Reactivation===
Adi Newton reactivated Clock DVA, along with his creative partner Jane Radion Newton, in 2008.
Since 2011, Clock DVA has performed at several electronic music festivals and venues throughout Europe <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/english/bands.php|title=~ Official Website Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig ~|author=wm WGT|work=wave-gotik-treffen.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://industrialart.eu/festival/index.php?go=artists|title=XIV WROCLAW INDUSTRIAL FESTIVAL|work=industrialart.eu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://2011.bimfest.be/en/bands/clock-dva/|title=CLOCK DVA|work=bimfest.be}}</ref> with a new line-up consisting of Newton, Maurizio "TeZ" Martinucci and Shara Vasilenko.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filthforge.org/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130414224418/http://www.filthforge.org/reports/reports-2011/report-moonlight-2011.htm|url-status=dead|title=filthforge.org -|archive-date=14 April 2013|website=Filthforge.org|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref>
In November 2011, a new Clock DVA track "Phase IV" was featured on Wroclaw Industrial Festival compilation album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bleak.at/index.php?iwant=arts&release_nr=bleak037|title=bleak - music from elsewhere|website=Bleak.at|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref>
In January 2012, German record label [[Vinyl on Demand]] announced ''Horology'', a vinyl box set compilation of early (1978–1980) Clock DVA material.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vinyl-on-demand.com/|title=Vinyl-On-Demand :: - HOME|work=vinyl-on-demand.com}}</ref> Later on, the demo recordings included in this box set, namely ''Lomticks of Time'', ''2nd'', ''Sex Works Beyond Entanglement'', ''Deep Floor'' and ''Fragment'', were reissued separately early 2016.
A historical overview exhibition of Clock DVA (photographs, video and audio) took place at the Melkweg cultural centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands in February/March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melkweg.nl/artikelpagina.jsp?language=nederlands&batchno=1&offset=0&artikelid=237058&disciplineid=media&agendaitemid=237059|title=Melkweg|work=melkweg.nl}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In July 2013, a new Clock DVA album called ''Post-Sign'' was released on Anterior Research. It was produced and composed by Adi Newton in 1994–95 as an instrumental companion album to ''Sign'', though it remained unreleased at that time due to problems with record labels.<ref name="beekaboo" />
According to Adi Newton, [[Mute Records]] were set to re-release the eight Clock DVA albums remastered in a box set in 2012.<ref name="beekaboo" />
In 2013, Clock DVA played at the Incubate festival in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
In 2014, Clock DVA released the album ''Clock 2'' on a USB drive through their label Anterior Research. This limited edition release consists of 3 new studio tracks and various remixes of them, in addition to 4 video files. A 12" called ''Re-Konstructor / Re-Kabaret 13'' was released shortly after. A version of the release was also made available on streaming sites and for digital download. A further EP, ''Neo Post Sign'', containing tracks recorded 1995–96 but omitted from the ''Post-Sign'' album, was released early 2015.
Also in 2014, members of Clock DVA and fellow Sheffield band [[In the Nursery]] joined former [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] vocalist [[Stephen Mallinder]] in a performance under the name IBBERSON. The performance took place at the newly built John Pemberton Lecture Theatres in the School of Health and Related Research at the [[University of Sheffield]], which was constructed in the approximate location of the original Western Works studio where the earliest Clock DVA recordings were made. The name "IBBERSON" is a reference to a sign which used to hang outside the studio building.<ref name="eu-news">{{cite journal |title=Lecture theatre's recording studio past explored during live music event |journal=European Union News |date=24 April 2014 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A365920274/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=e6c3296e |access-date=2 February 2022 |publisher=Right Vision Media}}</ref>
In July 2015, another vinyl box set of early material was released on Vinyl on Demand. ''Horology 2 - Clockdva, The Future & Radiophonic Dvations'' features recordings made in late 1977/1978 period by Adi Newton prior to and during the formative period of development of Clock DVA, including the original The Future recordings made by the trio of Adi Newton, Martyn Ware, and Ian Craig Marsh before The Future developed into [[The Human League]] and Clock DVA.
In September 2016, Clock DVA performed a series of live dates in the United States.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/industrial-icons-clock-dva-released-neoteric-ep-listen-touring-this-fall/|title=industrial icons Clock DVA released 'Neoteric' EP (listen), touring this fall
|website=Brooklynvegan.com|date=18 April 2016
|access-date= 2016-09-29}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums===
* 1980 – ''[[White Souls in Black Suits]]'' (Industrial Records)
* 1981 – ''[[Thirst (Clock DVA album)|Thirst]]'' (Fetish Records)
* 1983 – ''[[Advantage (album)|Advantage]]'' (Polydor Records)
* 1989 – ''[[Buried Dreams]]'' (Interfisch Records)
* 1990 – ''[[Transitional Voices]]'' (live) (Interfisch Records)
* 1992 – ''[[Man-Amplified]]'' (Contempo)
* 1992 – ''[[Digital Soundtracks]]'' (Contempo)
* 1993 – ''[[Sign (Clock DVA album)|Sign]]'' (Contempo)
* 1994 – ''[[Collective (Clock DVA album)|Collective]]'' (anthology) (Cleopatra) / 3xCD boxset (Hyperium/Sub-Mission)
* 2012 – ''Horology – DVAtion 78/79/80'' 6xLP boxset (Vinyl On Demand)
* 2013 – ''Post-Sign'' (Anterior Research Media Comm)
* 2014 – ''Clock 2'' (Anterior Research Media Comm) - 4GB USB Device
* 2015 – ''Horology 2 - Clockdva, The Future & Radiophonic Dvations'' 5xLP boxset (Vinyl On Demand)
* 2016 – ''Lomticks of Time'' LP (Vinyl On Demand)
* 2016 – ''2nd'' 2xLP (Vinyl On Demand)
* 2016 – ''Sex Works Beyond Entanglement'' LP (Vinyl On Demand)
* 2016 – ''Deep Floor'' LP (Vinyl On Demand)
* 2016 – ''Fragment'' LP (Vinyl On Demand)
* 2019 – ''Horology 3'' 4xLP boxset (Vinyl On Demand)
* 2023 – ''Noesis'' LP (ARMComm/Rizosfera Europe)
===Singles & EPs===
* 1978 – ''Lomticks of Time'' (not on label)
* 1978 – ''2nd'' (Dvation)
* 1979 – ''Deep Floor'' (Dvation)
* 1979 – ''Fragment'' (Dvation)
* 1979 – ''Group Fragments'' (Dvation)
* 1981 – ''[[4 Hours]]'' (Fetish Records)
* 1982 – ''[[Passions Still Aflame]]'' (Polydor)
* 1982 – ''High Holy Disco Mass'' (Polydor)
* 1983 – ''Resistance'' (Polydor)
* 1983 – ''[[Breakdown (Clock DVA song)|Breakdown]]'' (Polydor)
* 1988 – ''The Hacker'' (Interfisch)
* 1988 – ''The Act'' (Interfisch)
* 1988 – ''Hacker/Hacked'' (Interfisch)
* 1989 – ''Sound Mirror'' (Interfisch)
* 1991 – ''Final Program'' (Contempo)
* 1992 – ''Bitstream'' (Contempo)
* 1992 – ''Black Words on White Paper'' (Contempo)
* 1992 – ''Virtual Reality Handbook'' (Minus Habens)
* 1993 – ''Voice Recognition Test'' (Contempo)
* 1993 – ''Eternity'' (Contempo)
* 2014 – ''Re-Konstructor / Re-Kabaret 13'' (Anterior Research Media Comm)
* 2015 – ''Neo Post Sign'' (Anterior Research Media Comm)
* 2016 – ''Neoteric'' (Anterior Research Media Comm)
* 2019 – ''Neoteric RMX4'' 12" (Anterior Research Media Comm)
* 2020 – ''Horology IV'' 2x7" with book (Vinyl On Demand)
===Video===
* 1993 – ''Kinetic Engineering'' (Contempo)
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite contribution|contribution=Clock DVA|last=Ogg|first=Alex|editor-last=Buckley|editor-first=Peter|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/206|url-access=registration|year=2003|publisher=[[Rough Guides]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/206 206–207]|isbn=9781843531050|via=the [[Internet Archive]]}}
* {{cite book|last1=Reed|first1=S. Alexander|title=Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music|year=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=https://archive.org/details/assimilatecritic0000reed|url-access=registration|isbn=978-0-19-983260-6|oclc=1147729910|lccn=2012-42281|via=the Internet Archive}}
* {{cite book|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|author-link=Simon Reynolds|title=Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984|url=https://archive.org/details/ripitupstartagai00reyn|url-access=registration|publisher=Faber and Faber|location=London|year=2005|isbn=0-571-21569-6|oclc=1036851652|via=the Internet Archive}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Clock DVA}}
*[http://armcomm.co.uk/ Anterior Research/Clock DVA official website]
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803040252/http://www.clockdva.com/index.html |date=3 August 2008 |title=Anterior Research/Clock DVA Official US website }}
*[http://www.myspace.com/clockdvaofficial Clock DVA on Myspace]
*[http://www.last.fm/group/Clock+DVA Last.FM group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930160452/http://www.last.fm/group/Clock+DVA |date=30 September 2007 }}
*[http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=clock_dva Review on TrouserPress]
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