Informatics

Dance To a Dangerous Beat

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• 01 What A World
• 02 Hungry Pets
• 03 Satellite To Russia
• 04 Imaginatin Is Wild
• 05 Stop It, Don't Dance
• 06 This Product Is Frozen
• 07 Concorde Affair
• 08 Proximity Switch
• 09 New Values
• 10 Underlife
• 11 Great X1
• 12 Factory Nightlife 03

Informatics were a post-punk electronic band from Melbourne, Australia formed in 1981. Michael Trudgeon, Valek Sadovchikoff, Steve Adam and Ramesh Ayyar met in the experimental sound studio while attending the same art school. Philip McKellar later joined the band in 1983. Between 1981 and 1985, INFORMATICS recorded numerous tracks, mainly in a garage, using a four-track tape machine and any electronic gear they could get their hands on. In early performances, long before the advent of samplers, the Informatics used a collection of synthesizers and other analogue and hand built equipment. Dance To A Dangerous Beat collects all 4 songs from the first EP, 2 songs from compilation appearances as well as 6 unreleased tracks on vinyl for the first time. Informatics early songs have a brittle, cold, disconnected feel made by a Roland SH-101, Korg MS-20 and a lot of processed guitar. The later songs utilize newer technology and ambient, synthesized melodies closer to their country mates Severed Heads. All songs have been transferred from the master tapes by Informatics. Dance To A Dangerous Beat recounts the history of these synthpunk pioneers a world away from their contemporaries in America.