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Conceptualist, Musician, Researcher

Clock DVA: Advancing the Architecture of Sound

Clock DVA stands as one of the most influential and conceptually ambitious forces in electronic, industrial, and experimental music. Emerging from Sheffield’s late-70s post-industrial underground, the project has evolved through multiple groundbreaking phases—from raw experimental noise to cybernetic EBM precision to contemporary multimedia research.

Renowned for seminal works such as Buried Dreams, Man-Amplified, and Digital Soundtracks, Clock DVA helped define the sound and aesthetics of cyber-industrial culture. Their recent releases—including Post-Sign, Noesis, and the expanded Horology archival series—reaffirm the project’s commitment to innovation, psychoacoustic exploration, and the architecture of perception.

Clock DVA has recently returned to the stage with select international performances, appearing at major electronic and industrial festivals across Europe. Their live shows are immersive, high-intensity multimedia environments that fuse sound, video, and conceptual design into a single, unified system. A pioneering force still evolving, Clock DVA brings a rare combination of historical weight, intellectual depth, and cutting-edge electronic power. Clock DVA is not revisiting the past; Clock DVA is advancing.

T.A.G.C. / The Anti-Group: Decoding Reality

T.A.G.C. (The Anti-Group Communications) stands as one of the most visionary and enduring forces in experimental art and sound. Founded in 1978 by Adi Newton, the project takes its name from the four DNA nucleotides—thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine—reflecting its deep commitment to exploring the fundamental structures of perception, communication, and consciousness.

Operating as an open-membership, multi-dimensional research and development collective, T.A.G.C. merges interactive and mixed-media art, immersive installations, psychoacoustic investigation, and philosophical inquiry into a singular, boundary-breaking practice. Every project is conceived as an experiment in expanded perception, inviting audiences into environments where sound, science, and symbolism converge.

Rather than functioning as a traditional band, the collective operates as a fluid network of artists, researchers, and innovators. With a catalogue celebrated for its conceptual depth and immersive design, T.A.G.C. continues to push into new territories of visual and sonic exploration, probing the architecture of the human psyche and expanding the possibilities of consciousness through sound.

Fluxus Sonus: A New Creative Direction

The presence of Adi Newton in Fluxus Sonus is pivotal. His extensive experience and role as Creative Director are helping shape the core principles and strategic direction of Fluxus Sonus, working in close coordination with founder and long-time collaborator Mauricio Reyes. This partnership represents a sophisticated convergence of legacy and future-facing sonic theory.

Within the framework of Fluxus Sonus, Adi Newton’s creative input acts as a catalyst for high-concept audio-visual integration. By applying the same rigorous intellectual standards found throughout his career, Newton steers the project toward the “architecture of sound”—where frequency, spatiality, and visual information intersect. Under his guidance, Fluxus Sonus functions not merely as a label or a collective, but as a laboratory for advanced sonic research, ensuring that every output maintains a commitment to the avant-garde tradition while utilizing the most contemporary technological tools available.

ADI NEWTON: STRUCTURE MELTS INTO LISTENING

The role of Adi Newton within Fluxus Sonus is foundational, as his creative direction helps define both the conceptual and structural framework of the movement. His influence extends into the shaping of the manifesto and the development of generative prompts that guide artists toward new forms of sonic expression.

Through this process, Newton establishes a continuum between intention and emergence, where sound is not merely composed but activated through systems of thought, language, and experimentation. His approach encourages the transformation of abstract ideas into auditory phenomena, positioning Fluxus Sonus as a living methodology rather than a fixed aesthetic.

*AVD (Od) (Heb) =11

The number of magick or “Energy tending to change”

A cornerstone of Fluxus Sonus is the intellectual guidance of Adi Newton, whose recent discourse on the integration of AI has become the movement’s philosophical bedrock. Newton’s analysis of the “thin barrier” where human intuition meets algorithmic probability is critical to the project’s trajectory, suggesting that the most profound artistic ruptures occur in the space between intent and accident. His presence ensures that Fluxus Sonus remains an active signal—a system of transformation where his texts and generative frameworks challenge artists to embrace the unpredictable as a vital creative collaborator.

Artist Gallery

Francis Dhomont at console. Photo by: Annette Vandegorne, 2009

Photograph by: Patrice Bouqueniaux, 1981

Photograph by: Patrice Bouqueniaux, 1981

Photograph by: Patrice Bouqueniaux, 1981

Essential Recordings

Sous le regard d’un soleil noir
Francis Dhomont – [EN] Bandcamp

Forêt profonde
Francis Dhomont – [EN] Bandcamp

Le cri du Choucas
Francis Dhomont – [EN] Bandcamp

Videography and Audio Documentaries

Audiography

AS CLOCK DVA

• Second Sight– CD, Compilation, Limited Edition 2025

• EXT Vol. 1 – CD, Album, Limited Edition, A5 Digipak 2024

• Noesis – CD, LP Album, Limited Edition 2023

Horology IV – book 2 X 45 DISCS – VOD 2020

• Horology III – 5 lp box – VOD 2019

• Neoteric Box 2 x 12 / Anterior Research 2019

• Horology II – 5 lp book/box – VOD 2015

• CLOCK 2 USB – Anterior Research 2014

• Post Sign – Anterior Research 2014

• Horology I – 5 lp book/box – VOD 2012

• Sign – Contempo 1993

• Black Words On White Paper Book & CD – Contempo 1992

• Digital Soundtracks – Contempo 1992

• Man-Amplified – Contempo 1991

• Advantage – Polydor 1983

• Buried Dreams – Interfisch 1989

• Thirst – Fetish 1981

• White Souls In Black Suits – Industrial Records 1980

AS TAGC

• The Delivery 1985 – Interfisch

• Sht 1986 – Sweatbox

• Digitaria 1986 – Sweatbox

• Meontological Research Recording 1 – Sweatbox 1987

• Meontological Research Recording 2 – Test Tones – Sweatbox 1988

• Iso Erotic Calibration Anterior Research – MMM 1994

• Burning Water – Anterior Research / Side Effects 1994

• Audiophile – Anterior Research – Side Effects 1994

• Chaos Variations III Anterior Research – Rizofera 2018

• 4 X 12 TAG Anterior Research – Peripheral Minimal 2019

• Organ Needles / Ltd edition Box with USB, 10 Double printed Artwork Cards and Tote Bag 2020

• Meontological Research Recording III Transmission From The Trans Yuggothian Broadcast Station
2 versions – Rizosfera 2021

• AMMA – 2 versions – Rizosfera, Armcomm Europe 2022

DAN

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