''The InSoc EP'' (also called ''The Information Society'') is an EP by the

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band Information Society. It was their first record. ''The InSoc EP'' was recorded in 14 hours, for $600. Only 1,000 copies were printed, at a cost of $1000, and around 50 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 but was removed in preparation for the re-release in the '' Apocryphon'' compilation.

Track listing

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

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

Personnel

* Kurt Harland * Pamela Brustman *

Paul Robb Paul Jason Robb is a synthesizer player, producer, songwriter and one of the founding members of the band Information Society. Biography Robb was a member of Information Society from its inception in the early 1980s until 1992 (after its thir ...

* Kristin Leader

References

External links

Kurt Harland comments on ''The InSoc EP''

Paul Robb comments on ''The InSoc EP''

Video of "Fall in Line"
Information Society (band) albums 1983 debut EPs {{1980s-electronic-album-stub