Name: EXTVOL.1
Brand: Clock DVA

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2024-06-21

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One of the first groups to arise during the formation of the Sheffield Electronic Scene, Clock DVA was formed in 1978 by Adi Newton after his departure from The Future. Inspired by Anthony Burgess' novel 'A Clockwork Orange,' their name means 'two' in Russian. Originally focused on experimental music inspired by science fiction and the occult, Clock DVA later embraced industrial and electronic body music. With a lineup that has evolved over time, they have released several albums and have recently reactivated with new material and performances at major electronic festivals.

The band's early releases included privately produced cassettes, some of which are now collected in the 'Horology' boxed sets. They gained recognition with their cassette release "White Souls In Black Suits" on Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records label. Clock DVA's sound evolved to align with their contemporaries outside of the Sheffield scene, leading to collaborations with various musicians.

In 1981, Clock DVA released "Thirst," produced by Ken Thomas. After this album, Newton & Turner decided to take the band in a different direction and parted ways with some members who went on to form The Box. Tragedy struck when co-founder Steven James Turner passed away. Despite these challenges, Clock DVA continued as a trio and released albums such as "Advantage" and "The Delivery." Their work showcased experimentation with ambisonics and psychoacoustics alongside visual elements.</

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This volume presents the first of a series of collected compositions based on sonic material recorded at Elektronmusikstudion EMS Stockholm between the 18* and 24* of April, 2016. Improvisational in nature and open to creative experimentation, they form the base of new original tracks for this and subsequent editions of the Clock DVA EXT volumes. Music improvisation, also known as musical extemporisation, is the creative activity of immediate ("unmediated, in the moment") musical composition which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians. Furthermore, it is related to psychic automatism and precognitive action. 

These actions are the direct result of an intuitive creative process which is further amplified and expanded by artists who access this resource of creativity between one another. It is through this process that the emotional and unconscious can be made audible and expressed. Although improvisational and containing chance elements, these recordings also contain the spirit-which is what separates them from purely aleatory music. Within them, one can hear some of the tentative sound experiments that would be further developed into the album Noesis.

Elektronmusikstudion EMS Stockholm was formed in 1964 as part of Sveriges Radio. After five years, Sveriges Radio renounced its leadership of EMS and in 1969 EMS became a state-funded foundation. In 1970, the large computer studio at EMS became operational. At this time, the studio was housed at Kungsgatan 8 in Sveriges Radio's old premises. The technology in the studio, with its hybrid design of digital computer control and analog synthesis, was world-leading. This attracted a wide number of composers from several countries, which in turn led to the studio's early establishment as an important international player. In addition to the large computer studio, there was also a smaller studio for analogue sound processing called the Klangverkstaden. During our seven days, we utilised the facilities at Studio 3 where the Buchla 200 system is housed and Studio 6 containing the Serge modular synthesizer, which can be interfaced with from the studio computer through a Kenton Pro 2000 mkll MIDI-CV interface. It is with this history and spirit that the resulting recordings were inspired and made at EMS.

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