The InSoc EP

The InSoc EP
EP by Information Society
Released	1983
Recorded	March 1983
Genre	Synthpop
Information Society chronology
The InSoc EP (1983) Creatures of Influence (1984)

The InSoc EP (also called The Information Society) is an EP by the synthpop band Information Society. It was their first record.

Track listing

1. "Bacchanale" – 1:38
2. "Fall in Line" – 3:44
3. "Growing Up with Shiva" – 4:15
4. "Get Up (Away from that Thing)" – 5:35
5. "Can You Live as Fast as Me" – 5:13

All songs composed by Paul Robb; track 4 based on "Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown.

Line-up

• "Kurt Valaquen" (Kurt Harland)
• "Pamela Tzara" (Pamela Brustman)
• "Paul Jason Scwhitters" (Paul Robb)
• "Kaerlin Leader" (Kristin Leader)

Trivia

• The InSoc EP was recorded in 14 hours, for $600. Only 1,000 copies were printed , at a cost of $1000, and around fifty were actually sold. Harland saved around 200, but most were discarded and destroyed.
• The remaining copies were put for sale, autographed, on Information Society's website on June 12, 2007; they were sold out by the next day.
• It was temporarily made available for free listening on the band's website; it was removed in preparation for the re-release in the Apocryphon compilation.

External links

• Kurt Harland comments on The InSoc EP
• Paul Robb comments on The InSoc EP
• Video of "Fall in Line"