FUTURISK – Player Piano 7”EP

Clark Humphrey Records – Deerfield Beach (1982)

Poison Ivy

Meteoright

Push Me Pull You (Part two)

Lonely Streets

Split Second

Richard Hess – Synthesizer

Jack Howard – Drums & Synthdrums

E. Jeremy Kolosine – vocals & synthesizers

Somewhat of a letdown after their first single. Not terrible – just not especially good. A slightly more commercial new wave sound crept in and the interesting or creepy bits are equally matched with dull and fruity moments. I suppose the vocals annoy me the most - I'm ok with the synths. One must remember that in 1982 bands like this were really blazing new paths in music. Sometimes they just took a wrong turn. Push Me Pull You (Pt 2) is probably the best song here, due in part to its instrumental nature.

FUTURISK – Army Now / What We Have to Have 7”

Clark Humphrey Records – Deerfield Beach (1980)

Jack Howard – drums
Jeremy Kolosine – vocals, synthetic guitars, mandolin
Frank Lardino – synthesizers
Jeff Marcus – did not play bass

Easily the best FLA synth record of the era – at least in part because they picked the right influences – Devo, Gary Numan and not fruitcakes like Howard Jones or whatever that their Tampa brethren looked up to. Both songs are well-crafted, memorable and futuristic as all hell. There’s at least two different covers for this record -this one being the coolest – also has a cool-as-shit nighttime band photo – making these guys look threatening – which they probably weren’t in real life. They made one more 7” and then became so minimalist that they disappeared.