"We'll keep this fashion inside, for someone else to find..."

No, they're not communists. I heard about Soviet from the old Joy Electric message boards. Someone put a link to a UK-based web site that hosts mp3s for a bunch of different bands, and somehow Soviet was one of them. I downloaded the four songs they had there, and was once again drawn to a new electronics-based band. They quickly became one of my newer "all time favorites."

I would like to see them in concert sometime... along with pretty much every other band that I like, considering how long it has been that I've been to a concert (come to Florida!). If you live somewhere in New York, I envy you, because they tour around NY extensively.

This is one band whose demo mixes sound as cool as their "refined" album mixes. I especially love the demos of "Modern Love" and "Marbleyezed."

The remastered, reissued album We Are Eyes... is out now. I haven't posted my thoughts on it just yet. Soon...

Basic discography

Noir -- 1999 (demo)

1. Marbleyezed
2. Modern Love
3. Involuntary Genius
4. C
   (tracks 1-3 are identical to the ones on the demo album C)

C -- 1999 (demo album)

1. Modern Love
2. Marbleyezed
3. Whenever You're Around
4. Unit Detacher
5. Circuit Love
6. Candy Girl
7. Flaunt It
8. Involuntary Genius
9. Bank Holiday
10. The Break Down
    Bonus track
11. Tomorrow Never Comes

We Are Eyes, We Are Builders -- 2001
Songs that were previously released are all-new recordings here.

1. China
2. Commute
3. Marbleyezed
4. Lonely Days
5. Circuit Love
6. Breakdown
7. l'Objectif
8. Sensitive
9. Run In
10. Candy Girl
11. Soviet Bot
12. Modern Love

We Are Eyes, We Are Builders -- 2002 reissue
Remastered release featuring rearranged track listing, two new tracks - "Solar Baby" and "Street Thunder," and two dropped tracks (!!?) - "l'Objectif" and "Modern Love." Also, some added guitars, and some added synths (not too noticable). Although... "China" now plays to the end without fading out.

1. Commute
2. Circuit Love
3. Marbleyezed
4. Candy Girl
5. Lonely Days
6. Breakdown
7. Sensitive
8. Run-In
9. Soviet Bot
10. China
11. Solar Baby
12. Street Thunder

Compilation appearances

Plastiq Musiq: New Musiq Volume 2 -- 2001

• Track 5 -- Marbeleyezed
  A demo, "mix 2." Sounds something like a cross between the previous demo mix and the album mix. Track name is misspelled too.

Broken Factory Music: Area 1 compilation -- 2001

• Track 7 -- Bank Holiday
  Yet another "mix 2." A bit more refined than the previous version heard on C.

Cohaagen Music: Evolution - The New Breed of Electronic Pop -- 2002

• Track 3 -- Bank Holiday
  The same "mix 2" that was on Broken Factory's compilation.

Souvenir Records: Popaganda - The Speed of Sound -- 2002

• Track 7 -- Frantic
  A new song.

Plastiq Musiq: The Fear of Musiq Sampler -- 2002

• Track 4 -- Felton Jarvis
  A new song.

• Track 9 -- Marbleyezed - Stone Cold mix
  A very cool remix. No pun intended.

Soviet related links

• Official Soviet web site

• Soviet at mp3.com

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