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Clock DVA is an electronic music group from Sheffield, England. The group
was formed in 1978, with two members, Adi Newton and Steven "Judd" Turner.
Along with contemporaries Heaven 17, Clock DVA's name was inspired by the
Russian-influenced Nadsat of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange; [LINK:
http://www.aracnet.com/~jester/clockdva/discography.html] [1]] "dva" is the
Russian word for "two". Adi had previously worked with members of Cabaret
Voltaire in a collective called The Studs and with Ian Craig Marsh and
Martyn Ware in a band called The Future. Ian and Martyn went on to found
The Human League.
The group was originally known for making a form of experimental
electronic music involving treated tape loops and synthesisers. Clock DVA
became associated with industrial music with the 1980 release of their
album White Souls in Black Suits on Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records.
The album Thirst, released on
