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. They released their only album, ''Digital Dump'', in 1990 and disbanded the same year following a brief club tour that found them simply hitting play on a Sony Walkman and standing there while it played. The music consisted entirely of samples manipulated and mixed on early computer software and f/x. Samples range from

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, this stuff is OK if you want to dance in a dump." ''

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'' called it "mega-brilliant weirdness." ''

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'' stated that the album is "a little funkier, and a little funnier, than most industrial." Digital Dump -- Track listing #"Love-O-Maniac" – 3:05 #"Time Machines Pt. 1" – 4:57 #"Time Machines Pt. 2" – 4:05 #"L.A. Mama Peanut Butter" – 3:28 #"Do It" – 3:20 #"Swingers Club" – 4:18 #"Ventricular Refibulation" – 4:03 #"#6" – 2:44 #"Don't Touch That" – 3:09 #"An Hawaiian Christmas Song" – 3:33 #"Flush" – 1:21

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