Factory Floor

'Factory Floor' is the self titled debut album of the electronic London-based trio on acclaimed New York label DFA Records. The self-titled album was recorded in the band's North London warehouse space and recorded by themselves in their tiny studio (on a vintage mixing desk originally used by Dave Stewart three decades ago to record all of the Eurythmics' early hits). It opens with 'Turn It Up' their most minimal track to date. They are reduced to the core trio of elements: mass, velocity and momentum - mixed in astonishing detail by Timothy 'Q' Wiles, an LA based producer who has previously worked with VCMG and Afrika Bambaataa.

Factory Floor got together in late 2009 when guitarist/vocalist Nik Colk Void joined the dark-hearted, 21st Century rhythm section of drummer Gabe Gurnsey and synth player Dominic Butler. Within months their astonishing gigs had earned them a rabidly devoted audience. Chris Carter from Throbbing Gristle and he was so impressed with them that he ended up joining their ranks for a number of international festival shows in 2011.

In the two years after the trio formed they released a number of EPs and 12"s on labels such as Blast First Petite and Optimo while all the time their live sound was shifting away from an all-out noise assault - that was delivered at such intense and overpowering volumes that their equipment would occasionally burst into flame - into a much more spacious and confident exploration of techno, minimal, acid and post-industrial rhythms and textures.

Perhaps the most unlikely aspect of the band's rise to notoriety has been their versatility. They produce a sound, that even their most ardent of fans describe as punishing or austere, yet they seem equally at home playing raves, alternative festivals, art galleries, cinemas, nightclubs and rock shows; on top of that they're as much at home collaborating with members of Throbbing Gristle and New Order (not to mention Richard H Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire, Simon Fisher Turner and Peter Gordon) as they are with contemporary artists such as Haroon Mirza and Hannah Sawtell.