Komputer

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Komputer
Background information
Genres	Electronic
Labels	Mute Records
Associated acts	I Start Counting Fortran 5
Website	www.komputer.org.uk (offline)

Komputer is a London-based electronic band, composed of Simon Leonard and David Baker.^[1]

[edit] Background

Leonard and Baker were originally signed to Mute Records in 1984 under the name I Start Counting ^[2] and continued with releases under the moniker Fortran 5^[3] until the release of Komputer’s debut album, The World of Tomorrow in (1998).
Komputer’s sound is highly electronic, its first album is very influenced by Kraftwerk. The band takes samples from a variety of sources: from Russian cosmonauts to rubbish compactors and mobile phone ringtones.
For Synthetik, the band’s third album, the music gradually evolved over a long period of time, tracks were tried out in live sets then discarded or reworked in the studio, maturing into a return to the more traditional electro sound of the first album, The World Of Tomorrow, with the incorporation of a more experimental and contemporary electronica approach.

[edit] External links

• Official site^{[dead link]}
• Official MySpace

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Discogs, Komputer
2. ^ Discogs, I Start Counting
3. ^ Discogs, Fortran 5