American electropunk group
Futurisk - Player Piano EP (1982) Clark Humphrey Records Art by Frank Vickers
Futurisk (stylized as FUTURISK) was an American electronic electropunk group based out of Lighthouse Point, Florida , United States that recorded and performed live in the late 1970s and early 1980s in South Florida , and are believed to be the first electropop /electropunk band in the American South .[ 1] [ 2]
They initially had two 7" vinyl releases[ 3] [ 4] on Clark Humphrey Records: The Sound of Futurism 1980/Army Now (1980)[ 5] and Player Piano EP (1982),[ 6] the latter of which was rediscovered in 2002 by LCD Soundsystem frontman and DFA Records co-founder/producer James Murphy when he happened across it in a NYC record store.[ 7] Murphy subsequently released a Futurisk track, Push Me Pull You, Part 2 on a DFA mix CD through the Paris fashion-house Colette in 2003, titled Colette No. 5 ,[ 8] sparking a renewed interest in Futurisk's music.
In 2010, the New York City-based label Minimal Wave released a 30th anniversary retrospective full length vinyl of Futurisk's works titled Player Piano LP [ 9] [ 10] and received positive reviews in the press.[ 7] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] On May 17, 2011, Minimal Wave/Cititrax Records released the Lonely Streets Remixes [ 14] 12" EP which includes remixes by artists such as Chris Carter (a founding member of the bands Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey ), Tom Furse (a founding member of the band The Horrors ), Complexxion, and Prince Language (DFA Records).
Futurisk[ 15] was founded by British expatriate Jeremy Kolosine [ 16] who in 2007 executive produced the album 8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraftwerk on Kraftwerk 's US homelabel Astralwerks and EMI Records worldwide, for which Kraftwerk founding member Ralf Hütter personally selected the tracks.[ 17]
Band members
Jeremy Kolosine - vocals, synthesizer, sequencer, vocoder, guitar-synth, drum-machine, bass guitar, electric mandolin (1979–1984).
Richard Hess - synthesizer, drum-machine, sequencer, vocoder (1981–1984).
Jack Howard - drums, syndrums (1980–1984).
Vinny Scrimenti - drums (1981-1982).
Jeff Marcus - bass (1980-1982).
Frank Lardino - synthesizer (1980–1981).
References
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^ "More pioneering synthpunk from Futurisk" . DangerousMinds . 3 September 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-04 .
^ "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | A Minimal Wave Interview: Futurisk's Jeremy Kolosine" . The Quietus . 7 September 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-04 .
^ "Futurisk - The Sound Of Futurism 1980 / Army Now (Vinyl) at Discogs" . Discogs.com. 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ "Futurisk - Player Piano EP (Vinyl) at Discogs" . Discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ a b Grind, County (2010-06-01). "Fort Lauderdale's Futurisk Reissues Player Piano Today - Broward/Palm Beach Music - County Grind" . Blogs.browardpalmbeach.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ "Various - Colette N°5 (CD) at Discogs" . Discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ B2 Collective / b2collective.com. "Minimal Wave Records | Minimal Wave Release | Futurisk - Player Piano" . Minimalwave.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25 . {{cite web }}
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^ "Futurisk Discography at Discogs" . Discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ "40 best: reissues of 2010 – FACT magazine: music and art" . Factmag.com. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ "Minimal Wave reissues Futurisk's Player Piano – FACT magazine: music and art" . Factmag.com. 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ "Futurisk" . AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ B2 Collective / b2collective.com. "Minimal Wave Records | Articles | Futurisk's "Lonely Streets" Remixes Out May 17" . Minimalwave.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25 . {{cite web }}
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^ "Futurisk - Electro-punk group formed in Florida, 1979 - Discography, biography, music, MP3s, members, pictures & videos at SoundUnwound" . Soundunwound.com. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ "Jeremy Kolosine - aka Ksine, founder of Futurisk, 8-Bit Operators and Receptors - Discography, biography, music, MP3s, credits, pictures & videos at SoundUnwound" . Soundunwound.com. 1960-11-12. Retrieved 2011-11-25 .
^ "An Ode to Kraftwerk" . 8bitoperators.com . Retrieved 2020-09-22 .
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