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Download FACT Mix 393: ADULT.

Since the late 1990s, husband-and-wife duo Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus aka ADULT. have been pushing an instantly recognisable brand of neurasthenic electro. Schooled on John Foxx and second wave Detroit techno, their output is all sleek surfaces, stannic drum hits and dead-eyed postures, overlaid with Kuperus’ stern vocals. It’s a sound best presented on 2003′s Anxiety Always – a record of freaky paranoia pieces, forever on the verge of cracking up or breaking down. Over four LPs, they’ve stayed committed to their poker-faced aesthetic, exemplified by Kuperus’ marvellous album artwork showing faceless figures in the stylised postures of industrial manuals or corporate bumpf.

After some years spent dabbling in horror scores and art projects, ADULT. have trundled back into view in 2013: a 7″ release saw them cover A Number Of Names’ Detroit electro classic ‘Shari Vari’; claustrophobic 2001 debut Resuscitation got the expanded reissue treatment in Spring, courtesy of new home Ghostly; and a new LP, The Way Things Fall saw their gothic machine music sounding poppier than ever. On their FACT mix, they tackle powerhouse electronica, bleep techno, skewed pop and more – it’s a treat. Dig in below.

Tracklist:
Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind “Rocky Mountains”
Streetwalker “Future Fusion”
LFO “We Are Back”
Vicious Pink Phenomena “815 To Nowhere”
Severed Heads “Halo (Edited)”
Grimes “Oblivion”
Slava Tsukerman, Brenda I. Hutchinson, Clive Smith “Noon”
Ladytron “Runaway (ADULT. Remix)”
Douglas J. McCarthy “The Last Time”
Light Asylum “Hour Fortress”
Kap Bambino “Under Tender”
Frank Alpine “Heart is Grey”
Final Exposure “Vortex”
Tom Ellard “Blame
Plasma Co. “Fluorescent Lights (Listening to the…)”
Black Marble “Uk”
Eurythmics “You Take Some Lentils & You Take Some Rice”
Standish/Carlyon “New People”

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