Clock DVA set remastered reissue of ‘White Souls in Black Suits’ for November 7 on The Grey Area of Mute; US tour runs September–October
Clock DVA
Clock DVA, the Sheffield industrial/post-punk group led by Adi Newton, will reissue their debut album “White Souls in Black Suits” in a newly remastered edition on November 7, 2025 via The Grey Area of Mute. Originally issued as a cassette on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records in December 1980, the album returns on grey 2×LP and CD, expanded with four bonus tracks from the same era. The band will tour the United States in September and October.
“We set out to form a new sound combination,” says Adi Newton. “To combine acoustics and electronics, merging the German electronic wave with the edge of The Stooges, the avant-garde of the French GRM Musique Concrète, and the pioneering audio-visual creativity of The Velvet Underground. To create a harder form of electronic music with real energy.” Drummer Roger Quail adds that the album, often mythologized as 16 hours of improvisation, was “closer to 8 hours,” recorded in a single day.
Recorded at Cabaret Voltaire’s Western Works studio with a line-up including Newton (voice, synth, clarinet, bowed electric guitar, tape treatment), Steven James Turner (bass treatment), David J. Hammond (guitar treatment), Charlie Collins (saxophone, flute, percussion), Roger Quail (percussion) and Simon M. Elliott-Kemp (synth), the sessions captured the band’s early tape and improvisation methods. “Anti-Chance”, featured here, directly involved Cabaret Voltaire materials in a Burroughs/Gysin-style tape cut-up.
Clock DVA US tour — September–October 2025
Clock DVA will join dates around Cold Waves’ Industrial Nation 2025 routing.
- Sep 11 — DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA
- Sep 12 — The Mayan, Los Angeles, CA
- Sep 13 — Music Box, San Diego, CA
- Sep 14 — Star Theater, Portland, OR
- Sep 16 — El Corazon, Seattle, WA
- Sep 18 — Granada Theater, Dallas, TX
- Sep 19 — Cold Waves Austin 2025, Austin, TX
- Sep 21 — The Orpheum, Tampa, FL
- Sep 23 — Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore, MD
- Sep 24 — The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
- Sep 26 — Metro Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Sep 27 — Oriental Theater, Denver, CO
- Oct 1 — Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
- Oct 2 — Sonia, Boston, MA
- Oct 3 — Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY
- Oct 4 — Mercury Music Lounge, Cleveland, OH
- Oct 5 — The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI
About Clock DVA
Clock DVA formed in Sheffield, England, in 1978, initially centered on Adi Newton and Steven “Judd” Turner with early members David J. Hammond, Roger Quail, and Charlie Collins.
Their first release, “White Souls in Black Suits”, appeared in 1980 on Industrial Records in a cassette format, aligning the group with the UK’s first wave of industrial and post-punk experimentation and the Cabaret Voltaire/Throbbing Gristle milieu. The album was later reissued on LP (Italy) and CD.
A year later the band issued “Thirst” on Fetish (1981) before signing to Polydor for “Advantage” (1983). After a hiatus, Newton reactivated Clock DVA for an EBM/electro-industrial phase, releasing “Buried Dreams” (1989; Wax Trax!/Interfisch), “Transitional Voices” (1990), “Man-Amplified” (1991), “Digital Soundtracks” (1992) and “Sign” (1993). Anthologies and archival sets followed, including the “Horology” series, with live activity resuming in the 2010s.
Today the project is led by Adi Newton.
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