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White Souls in Black Suits | Remastered & Expanded | Out 7 Nov
Sheffield pioneers Clock DVA fuse electronics, avant-garde experimentation & raw punk energy. Formed in 1978, they became key architects of industrial & post-punk, releasing their debut White Souls in Black Suits on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records. Known for their fierce, kinetic live shows & relentless innovation, DVA’s sound continues to evolve - bold, uncompromising & timeless.
“We set out to form a new sound combination,” says Clock DVA’s Adi Newton. “To combine acoustics and electronics, merging the German electronic wave with the edge of The Stooges, the avant-garde of the French GRM Musique Concrète, and the pioneering audio visual creativity of The Velvet Underground. To create a harder form of electronic music with real energy.”
And the band quickly proved to do just that. Also inspired by science fiction, Russian constructivism and beat literature, Clock DVA soon created a unique sonic alchemy that for the best part of the last half century has proven to be an endlessly influential reference point across everything from post-punk to EBM via industrial and techno.
The group built up a fierce reputation as one of Sheffield’s most ferocious live outfits who could melt minds and charge the atmosphere of a room like few others. “We did have a reputation as being wild and unpredictable,” explains Newton. “But that was good because it gave us an edge.” The stage was also a means for the group to explore with their burgeoning visual presence, which has since become a staple part of their identity and is something they are considered as pioneering for as their sonics. “For me it was always a staging, like theatre,” Newton explains. “We have developed visuals throughout the DVA history, from using 8mm film and 35mm film slides in the early days and via the earliest digital computer graphics back in 1987 with the Amiga B2000 to the present day with visual artists we have worked with, along with our own creations.”
