A product of the same mid-'70s England industrial music community that gave rise to Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, Clock DVA emerged in 1980 with White Souls in Black Suits, a cassette-only improvisational release fusing metallic noise with funk and soul designs which was issued on Throbbing Gristle's Industrial label. 1981's Thirst abandoned R&B accouterments in favor of edgy, abrasive, electronic noise. Advantage, released in 1983, was an intense montage of dance beats, piercing feedback, and jarring tape manipulations. The group disbanded later that year. ~ Jason Ankeny