{"title":"Damaged Disco","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"1979-1980-ad-complete-studio-recordings","title":"1979-1980 A.D. - Complete Studio Recordings","description":"\u003cp\u003ePioneers of the Los Angeles underground art damage electronic music scene, Grey Factor have been more myth than legend for over 40 years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band recorded two experimental synth \/ post-punk EPs, made one riotous appearance on the influential cable tv show New Wave Theater and gigged sparingly before disbanding. None of their recordings have been officially released in physical format until now. In 1978 Jeff Jacquin, Joey Cevetello, Jon Pospisil, and Paul Fontana formulated the blueprint for their minimalist synth-based sound. Using what would today be considered a goldmine of vintage electronic equipment, they recorded The Perils of Popularity EP at Eldorado Recording Studios with a young engineer named Dave Jerden (prior to his work with Talking Heads and Byrne \/ Eno). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe EP was dubbed onto cassettes and distributed at one of the 20-odd gigs Grey Factor played at legendary L.A. punk venues like Madame Wong’s, The Hong Kong Café, and The Masque. Word spread quickly, and the “too cool to care” underground were soon cramming their way in to view this new phenomenon. In 1980, Paul Fontana left the band and was replaced by Anne Burns and Joey’s brother, John Cevetello, to create The Feel of Passion EP. The synthesizer and drum machine setup of the first EP was expanded to include guitar and bass, female vocals and saxophone. After a confrontational performance on the groundbreaking, influential and first-of-its-kind cable TV show New Wave Theater, Grey Factor called it quits, the members deciding that there was just nothing else left to do. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1979-1980 A.D. - Complete Studio Recordings\u003c\/i\u003e includes Grey Factor’s two studio Eps remastered from the original analogue tapes and pressed on limited edition vinyl with a 16-page colour booklet including archival photos, documents and flyers chronicling the band’s brief existence. It marks the launch of Damaged Disco, the new label founded by producer \/ musician Dave Trumfio (Pulsars, Mekons) and and handled by Tiny Global Productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of: The KVB, Automatic, The Mall, Boy Harsher, Bite Marx, Future Shoxxx, Devo, Fad Gadget, Jeff \u0026amp; Jane Hudson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInfluences: Edgar Varese, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Delia Derbyshire, John Cage, Kraftwerk, Todd Rundgren, Pere Ubu, Throbbing Gristle, The Normal, Human League, Suicide, Tuxedomoon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damaged Disco","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50447057387851,"sku":"2008314","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Grey_Factor_-_1979-1980_A.D._Complete_Studio_Recordings_7f99f859_thumbnail_4.jpg?v=1727069878"},{"product_id":"a-peak-in-the-signal-live-1979-1980","title":"A Peak In The Signal (Live 1979-1980)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore unearthed recordings from LA's art-damaged synth pioneers! The 2023 release of Grey Factor's '1979-1980 A.D. Complete Studio Recordings' sold through three pressings in quick succession, prompting the band members to trawl through hours of ancient recordings to find this, the ultimate Grey Factory document - a complete live show, in excellent sound, which manages not to replicate a single song from the studio album. As we wrote before: Pioneers of the Los Angeles underground art-damaged electronic music scene, Grey Factor have been more myth than legend for more than 40 years. The band recorded two experimental synth post-punk sessions and made a famously riotous appearance on influential cable TV show New Wave Theatre before disbanding. These recordings display the diversity of the band's invention and their odd-but unknown at-the-time sonic connections to contemporaneous artists such as Suicide, the earliest line-up of The Human League and many more. There's good reason the unknown Grey Factor - who never released a recording in their lifespan - saw their previously released collection named one of the most pioneering 'synth pop' albums ever released, nearly 45 years after it was recorded. Now here's more! Quantities are extremely limited, this is a one-time pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damaged Disco","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50905890259275,"sku":"2230215","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/GREY_FACTOR_-_A_Peak_In_The_Signal_Live_1979-1980_e284f3e5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1732858984"},{"product_id":"when-the-future-arrives-without-you-their-complete-works","title":"When The Future Arrives Without You (Their Complete Works!)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDouble CD with a 24-page booklet. Before Suicide had really made it to the West Coast, Grey Factor were working in a similar realm - early post-punk, a little before punk (as such) and proto-industrial music. Here's what the band has to say: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe future is tricky - and while we may have been left behind, this is our attempt to catch up with it. We offer a double CD capturing everything we’ve ever recorded. \u003cem\u003eThe Future Arrives Without You\u003c\/em\u003e includes the previously released vinyl LPs - 1979–1980 A.D. Complete Studio Recordings and A Peak In The Signal: Live 1979–1980—plus a few surprises, including our first new studio tracks in 45 years. Both songs are covers, Wire's 12XU and Campag Velocet's Sauntry Sly Chic, and nine more lost studio tracks. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12XU was a jolt of pure adrenaline—two minutes of perfection from one of the era's best bands, a huge influence on us. Sauntry Sly Chic, from a group few remember but we never forgot, had one of the most infectious grooves we had ever heard. We also loved their lead singer’s live getup: a cycling helmet and fencing gear. Perfection. These tracks inspired us to head back into the studio after four decades away. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn A Peak In The Signal, we’ve added nine unreleased pieces we call the In-Betweens. Created out of necessity in 1979–1980, pre-recorded and played between our live performances, these sonic interludes filled the dead space while we reprogrammed our temperamental analogue synths between songs. 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