Factory Floor

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Factory Floor
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Performing at the Summer Sundae festival, August 2011
Background information
Origin London, England
Genres Post-industrial, electronic, minimal techno, acid techno, acid house, experimental, electronic rock
Years active2005 (2005)–present
Labels DFA Records, Blast First Petite
MembersGabriel Gurnsey
Nik Colk
Past membersMark Harris
Dominic Butler

Factory Floor are a London-based band formed in 2005. They have been described as 'post-industrial', using live drums, synthesizers and noise.

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History

The band formed in 2005, originally comprising Gabriel Gurnsey and Mark Harris, who were then joined by Dominic Butler. Harris later left, going on to form Shift Work. [1] Gurnsey and Butler were then joined by Nik Colk (aka Nik Colk Void), formerly of KaitO, in 2010. Gurnsey played drums and drum machines, Butler played modular synths and electronics, [2] and Colk added manipulated vocals, guitar and samples. [3]

After two singles in 2008, and a mini-album, Talking On Cliffs in 2009, the band signed to Blast First's 'Blast First Petite' label, releasing several twelve-inch singles, including "Wooden Box" (featuring a Stephen Morris remix) and an untitled ten-inch mini-LP in 2010. [4] The latter was described by the NME as "a terrifying racket that simultaneously frazzles the nerves and slackens the bowels" and "an incessant drone of keyboards wired through twisted-metal synthesizers and thundering drums summoned from the heavens"; writer Ben Hewitt giving it a 9/10 rating. [5] The singles "Real Love" and "Two Different Ways" followed in 2011.

The band approached Morris by sending him a CD and asking if he would do a remix. [6] After remixing "Wooden Box", Morris continued to work with the band as producer.

Two twelve-inch releases followed featuring remixes by Stephen Morris and Chris Carter. [4] Since then, Factory Floor released "(R E A L L O V E)" (Optimo) and "Two Different Ways" on DFA Records.

In 2011 the band played a support slot for Chris & Cosey at the ICA, and Chris Carter joined the band later that year for two performances at Primavera Sound and the Roundhouse.

Colk Void released a single, "Gold E", under the name Nik Colk Void in February 2012. [7]

"Fall Back", the first single off their debut album, was released on 14 January 2013.

Factory Floor's debut self-titled album was released on 9 September 2013 featuring new versions of their previous singles "Two Different Ways" and "Fall Back", after which Dominic Butler departed the group. [8] Their second album 25 25 was released on 19 August 2016, [9] to positive reviews. [10] [11]

Musical style

Early single "Bipolar" drew comparisons with Joy Division and The Fall. [12] Paul Lester of The Guardian described the band in 2009 as "metronomic synth-noir over which a woman – who vaguely resembles, vocally, Nico in a particularly dark mood – intones mournfully". [4] Collaborator Stephen Morris described the band's sound as "unsettling disco". [6] The NME described the band as "post industrial, but it moves beyond that; this is post-apocalyptic, the soundtrack of an underworld disco." [5] FACT magazine described them as "tech-savvy but pared-down no wave electronic rock". [13]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

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References

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  2. ↑ "FACT mix 28: Factory Floor", FACT , 10 February 2009, retrieved 1 September 2011
  3. ↑ Turner, Luke (2010) "Factory Floor Live: Beyond The Industrial Production Line", The Quietus, 26 January 2010, retrieved 15 August 2011
  4. 1 2 3 Lester, Paul (2009) "New Band of the Day: Factory Floor", The Guardian , 23 December 2009, retrieved 15 August 2011
  5. 1 2 Hewitt, Ben (2010) "Album Review: Factory Floor - 'Untitled'", NME , 3 May 2010, retrieved 15 August 2011
  6. 1 2 Turner, Luke (2010) "Stephen Morris Talks Factory Floor Production & Remix", The Quietus, 28 June 2010, retrieved 15 August 2011
  7. ↑ Mackay, Emily (2012) "This Week's Singles", NME , 18 February 2012, p. 44
  8. ↑ Eede, Christian (2016) "LISTEN: New Factory Floor", The Quietus, 25 May 2016
  9. ↑ Owen, Chris (2016) "LISTEN: More New Factory Floor", The Quietus, 7 July 2016
  10. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | The Lead Review | Lead Review: Mollie Zhang On Factory Floor's 25 25" . Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Empire, Kitty (21 August 2016). "Factory Floor: 25 25 review – everything here bounces". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Milton, Jamie (2008) "Factory Floor - 'Bipolar'", Gigwise.com, 22 April 2008, retrieved 15 August 2011
  13. ↑ Foxx, Trilby (2011) "Factory Floor: '( R E A L L O V E )'", FACT , 6 April 2011, retrieved 15 August 2011
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