Apocryphon: Electro Roots 1982-1985
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Apocryphon: Electro Roots 1982–1985 is a 2-CD compilation album by synthpop
band Information Society
. It includes their early 1980s independent releases, The InSoc EP
and Creatures of Influence
, in remastered form, as well as rare and live tracks, and a 30 page color booklet with photographs of the band in their early days.
Disc 2
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
band Information Society
Information Society (band)
Information Society is an American band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, primarily consisting of Kurt Larson , Paul Robb, and James Cassidy; the latter two reconvened the band in 2006, initially with Christopher Anton as lead vocalist, then with Harland rejoining them as lead vocalist by...
. It includes their early 1980s independent releases, The InSoc EP
The InSoc EP
The InSoc EP is an EP by synthpop band Information Society. It was their first record.-Track listing:# "Bacchanale" – 1:38# "Fall in Line" – 3:44# "Growing Up with Shiva" – 4:15...
and Creatures of Influence
Creatures of Influence
Creatures Of Influence is an independent album by synthpop band Information Society.-Track listing:# "Hiroshima" – 4:45# "Running" – 8:03# "Creatures of Influence" – 3:42# "Don't Lose Your Mind" – 4:21# "Fall in Line" – 3:48# "Signals" – 4:12...
, in remastered form, as well as rare and live tracks, and a 30 page color booklet with photographs of the band in their early days.
Track listing
Disc 1- "Bacchanale"
- "Fall In Line"
- "Growing Up With Shiva"
- "Get Up Away From That Thing"
- "Can You Live As Fast As Me"
- "You Are My Hiroshima"
- "Running"
- "Creatures of Influence"
- "Don't Lose Your Mind"
- "Fall In Line"
- "Signals"
- "The Swamp"
Disc 2
- "Hey Hey Hey"
- "Hooked On Pablum"
- "Nothing Sacred (1983)"
- "Nothing Sacred (2007)"
- "The Orthodox Pleasure Song"
- "XMAS At Our House"
- "Disco's Not Dead (It's Only Sleeping)"
- "Wrongful Death (1982)"
- "Wrongful Death (2007)"
- "I Hate Music"
- "The INSOC Commercial"
- "New And Different"
- "Chant Your Way"
- "Say It, Say It"
- "Growing Up With Shiva (2008)