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#WaxTraxFriday - 19th October 2018

by Graham Needham (© 19th October 2018)

September 2018 Feature Poll Results:
Clock DVA = 42 votes
Noise Unit = 39 votes
Pankow = 24 votes
A Split Second = 19 votes
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Clock DVA - Man-Amplified

After a brief interlude with the Transitional Voices live album the Italian label Contempo Records had signed up Clock DVA. Embarking on a serious reissue campaign they also wanted new material. This newly signed contract would reap significant benefits with a brand new album Man-Amplified. And, WOW, what an album!

Moving on from the dangerous arena of deep, dark sexual desires, Man-Amplified embraced the newly emerging and potentially life changing technologies of digital communications and human biomechanical interfaces, taking on ideas from William Gibson's Burning Chrome (1982) and Neuromancer (1984) books but a good few years before David Cronenberg would terrify people's future with his big screen Existenz!

William Gibson

• Burning Chrome

William Gibson

• Neuromancer

David Cronenberg

• Existenz

The album was released in Italy including a rare limited edition LP + 7" single, Europe, the USA and even officially licensed to KVK Records in the newly anointed Czech Republic.

Clock DVA - Man-Amplified original Czech Republic CD

Clock DVA Man-Amplified product image photo cover number 1

Clock DVA Man-Amplified product image photo cover number 2

Clock DVA Man-Amplified product image photo cover number 3

Final Program

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Clock DVA

see released products

Bitstream

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Clock DVA

see released products

Man - Amplified

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Clock DVA

see released products

Products For "Clock DVA - Final Program"

12" single	Contempo TEMPO 173	1991
CD single (5")	Contempo TEMPODISC 173	1991
12" single [Promo]	Contempo TEMPO 173	1991

Products For "Clock DVA - Bitstream"

12" single	Contempo TEMPO 183	June 1992
CD single (5")	Contempo TEMPODISC 183	June 1992
12" single [Promo]	Contempo TEMPO 183	June 1992
CD single (5")	Contempo TEMPODISC 183	June 1992

Products For "Clock DVA - Man - Amplified"

LP (12")	Contempo CONTE 182	March 1992
LP+7" [Limited Edition]	Contempo CONTE 182L	March 1992
CD	Contempo CONTEDISC 182	March 1992
Cassette	Contempo CONTAPE 182	March 1992
CD	KVK Records KVKCD 001	1992
CD	Contempo CONTEDISC 182	March 1992
CD	Contempo CONTEDISC 182	1992

BONUS

Riding the wave of a successful reissue series, new material/albums and a re-invigorated Adi Newton, Contempo Records subsidised a video film/compilation titled Kinetic Engineering. It was released in 1993 as a (mostly European) PAL format VHS video and NTSC format VHS video (for Italy but also good for USA/Canadian markets). The video was screened at the Pushing Against The Wire event in Northampton, England in 1992 organised by Cold Spring Records - the CyberNoise boss, Graham Needham, was there for that event but that whole evening will be covered (at some point) in a future article separate to this #WaxTraxFriday series. Both versions of the video are now important collectors items.

Clock DVA

• Kinetic Engineering

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