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UNITS - DIGITAL STIMULATION
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Digital Stimulation
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FTRSM03535A
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Vinyl record
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1980 Synth, Post Punk, ELectro Repressed on Blue vinyl LP + 12-page booklet + CD - 1of 500 Pressed
Futurismo have the privilege to be the first label ever to re-release one of the most sort out and revered electronic albums of the early 1980's - Digital Stimulation by Units. Inspired by punk in ideology, though not necessarily in sound, San Francisco's Units were a young breed of dystopic visionaries art space prodigies and trash culture futurists set on reshaping sound for a new age. Leading the charge, along with only a couple of others such as Screamers and Chrome, they lit the touch-paper for a new sound, a new scene. A new approach. Equally as influenced by experimental cinema, performance art and Brechtian street theatre as they were the music of Suicide and Devo, Units offered a glorious glimpse into how and what pop music could be. Their influence has stretching all the way through synthpunk and new wave pop into the most contemporary electro musicians. Originally released in 1980, Digital Stimulation was Units true calling card and masterpiece. Containing the now famous opener 'High Pressure Days', this is a time capsule brought up from the dawn of the digi-age; all metronomical rhythms, wry lines and ice-cold delivery...part of a lineage that includes Neu!, Tubeway Army, 'Being Boiled'-era Human League and Cabaret Voltaire, making this a vital recording for anyone interested in electronic music at all - past or present.
The remastered version of this out of print 1980 LP is presented here in a choice of limited edition coloured vinyl, alongside a CD of the album completely remixed in 2020 by Scott Ryser. This deluxe release also contains a 12pg art booklet containing rare imagery and new liner notes.
Futurismo have the privilege to be the first label ever to re-release one of the most sort out and revered electronic albums of the early 1980's - Digital Stimulation by Units. Inspired by punk in ideology, though not necessarily in sound, San Francisco's Units were a young breed of dystopic visionaries art space prodigies and trash culture futurists set on reshaping sound for a new age. Leading the charge, along with only a couple of others such as Screamers and Chrome, they lit the touch-paper for a new sound, a new scene. A new approach. Equally as influenced by experimental cinema, performance art and Brechtian street theatre as they were the music of Suicide and Devo, Units offered a glorious glimpse into how and what pop music could be. Their influence has stretching all the way through synthpunk and new wave pop into the most contemporary electro musicians. Originally released in 1980, Digital Stimulation was Units true calling card and masterpiece. Containing the now famous opener 'High Pressure Days', this is a time capsule brought up from the dawn of the digi-age; all metronomical rhythms, wry lines and ice-cold delivery...part of a lineage that includes Neu!, Tubeway Army, 'Being Boiled'-era Human League and Cabaret Voltaire, making this a vital recording for anyone interested in electronic music at all - past or present.
The remastered version of this out of print 1980 LP is presented here in a choice of limited edition coloured vinyl, alongside a CD of the album completely remixed in 2020 by Scott Ryser. This deluxe release also contains a 12pg art booklet containing rare imagery and new liner notes.
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£29.99
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Last FM Information on Units
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The Units were an American early electronic music/punk rock/New Wave/synthpunk band, founded in San Francisco, California in 1977 and were active until 1984. They were one of America's early electronic New Wave bands, they are sometimes cited (along with The Screamers) as pioneers of the genre now known as synthpunk. The Units were notable for their use of synthesizers in place of guitars, and multimedia performances featuring multiple projections of satirical, instructional films critical of conformity and consumerism.
Discography
High Pressure Days (7") 1979 self release
Warm Moving Bodies (7") 1980 self release
Digital Stimulation (12") 1980 on 415 Records
The Right Man (12") 1982 on Uproar
A Girl Like You (12") 1983 on Epic
New Way to Move (12") 1983 on Epic
History of The Units - The Early Years: 1977 - 1983 (12" and CD) 2009 on Community Library
Units - High Pressure Days Remixes 12" 2009 on Relish
The Units - Connections (3 CD Box Set) 2011 on Opilec Music
The Units - Connections (12") 2012 on Opilec Music
You can see videos by The Units here: https://vimeo.com/scottryser Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.