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 "At the dawn on the eighties, Portion Control sat alone in the middle of a great big hypothetical field. On one side resided the commercialism of electronic exponents such as The Human League, Depeche Mode and Ultravox etc., and on the other side sat underground illusionists such as SPK, My Bloody Valentine, Nurse With Wound and the Legendary Pink Dots. Portion Control either couldn’t decide which way to turn, or weren’t marketed suitably in either direction. However, they’re still fondly remembered as an innovative, experimental electronic group, even if awkwardly lumped in with what one would call the Electronic Body Music / Industrial scene."
-- barcodezine.com
1981: A Fair Portion 1981: Gaining Momentum Tracklisting: 1. Retreating again. 2. In Pursuit of Excellence. 3. Diving. 4. Shame (of a Burden). 5. Justify Treason. 6. Preach. 7. Brix. 8. Valuable Commodity. 9. Toffee toffee. 1982: With Mixed Emotion Tracklisting: 1. Simulate sensual 2. Held Back 3. Come Alive 4. Le Crunch 5. One Choise 6. Moving Towards A Waste 7. New Phase 8. Come Alive 1982: I Staggered Mentally Tracklisting: 1. He is Patriotic 2. Out of Order 3. Plateau Stage 4. All present and correct 5. Karsic 6. Sex Crimes 7. Sure is kinda spooky 8. Mass Disorder 9. Fiends 10. Sort Out * 1983: A-MAG (Audio Media Assault Group) Tracklisting: 1. Glamour. 2. Kicked in the head. 3. Strapped down. 4. Suck and blow. 5. Pump pulse. 6. Sentenced To Die. 7. Heavy sex. 8. Stabbed in the back. 9. Electrotechnik. 10. Return to (version). 1983: A-MAG (Audio Media Assault Group) Tracklisting: 1. Glamour. 2. Kicked in the head. 3. Strapped down. 4. Suck and blow. 5. Pump pulse. 6. Sentenced To Die. 7. Heavy sex. 8. Stabbed in the back. 9. Electrotechnik. 10. Return to (version). 1983: Hit the Pulse Tracklisting: 1.Chew you to Bits 2. Discord 3.Crash Weight gain 4.Eat your Heart 5.Thrust Angle 6.Death by Venom (Ricochet Mix) 7. Abbo Dabbo 1984: Simulate Sensual Tracklisting: 1.Simulate sensual 2. Bombay Cid (previously unreleased) 3.Electrotechnik 4. Moving towards awaste 5.The Pressure is high 6.New Phaze 7. Le Crunch 8. If I could spit (previously unreleased) 8. Return to Situation 9. He is patriotic (Live) 10.Come alive 11. He is a Barbarian 1984: Step Forward Tracklisting: 1.Refugee 2.Under the Skin 3.Mutie 4. Texmex 5. Tounge Beat 6. Micro Box 7.Micro Beat 8. Real Estate Cult 9. Tin 10. Havoc Man 11.319 12. Scramble 13. Son of Go Talk 1986: Assault (live) Tracklisting: 1. He is patriotic. 2. Sure is kinda spooky. 3. Sex crimes. 3. Out of order. 4. Sex drive. 5. Plateau stage. 6. All present and correct. 7. Mass disorder. 8. Sort out. 1986: Psycho Bod Saves The World Tracklisting: 1.Siren City 2. Breaker, Breaker 3.Danger Zone 4. Screen of Death 5. Coming for You Baby 6. Fistful of Creeds 7. Thrashville Baby 8. Cut and Thrust 9. H.O.T. Matter 10.Soap Distant   2004:
Well Come
 "Portion Control, the name, the myth is back! This time with an album full of atmospherics, noises and beats. Portion Control is the band who taught Ogre how to sing and Bill Leeb how to make simple but efficient bass lines, among other things. Portion Control are living legends when it comes to electronic industrial. Few who have heard them can ignore them. After releasing classics like The Great Divide, Rough Justice, Raise The Pulse, Go-Talk, Hit The Pulse, I Staggered Mentally, Step Forward and Dirty vs. Universe, among others, it’s almost impossible to ignore this huffing and puffing trio, eventually they will blow your house down. So are they as vigorous now as they were, on this cyberpunk soundtrack? Yes and no; it seems they are taking a more experimental laid back approach to music on this double CD release, but there are still more straightforward tracks with lyrics urging us to break free from this world of simulacra and simulation. (...) The only downside here is that it’s a double CD deal. Not all tracks are necessary some are just fillers with no real purpose at least that’s how I as a listener perceive them and sometimes some tracks work better as background noise, and of course we all would like to hear more of Dean Piavannis voice. When you have such a special and unique voice to use, you should. Still it’s better than the great majority of streamlined, slick mass-produced things being released right now. It’s been a long wait and it has been worth it. This album will be a new Portion Control classic and the tracks Coma, Earl Of Kennington, Onion Jack 2 and Blind Eyes are new classic tracks, all in all placing Portion Control in the avant-garde as well as in the fringes of the mainstream insisting on attention and change. "
-- Magnus Nilsson, movinghands.net, 4/04
 2006:
Filthy White Guy
Tracklisting: 01. High Visibility 02. Hardman 03. Random Shift 04. Seven Shades Of Shit 05. Slur 06. Hey Hey 07. Too Much Damage ( 08. Susano 09. Sub_Sequence 10. Swerve 11. DBA04 12. Sapphire 13. Spread Needle 14. Joe Smoke Release date: Nov 13, 2006 |
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