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Digital Stimulation - 1980

by UNITS - Scott Ryser

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    THIS ALBUM IS NOW AVAILABLE AS A VINYL LP! The vinyl LP also includes a CD of the 2020 remix of the album by Scott Ryser and Kit Watson (including previously unreleased instrumental versions of all the songs. Also available on Cassette at:

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    The digital download on this page Includes pdf of front & back original album cover and insert. Also 16 page pdf of collage art & text "UNITS TRAINING MANUAL".
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1.
Saw Johnny tonight, but we didn't say hello to each other We're all moving pretty fast these days bumping around like bumper cars Slippery kelp in the tide It's awful hard to hang on to each other Flying around hot H2O molecules Balls that come in contact often alter their direction High pressure days, high pressure high pressure days, high pressure! Our paths still cross in these high pressure days, A crowd pattern will emerge Exchange phone numbers, wither away High pressure days, finding that our motions High pressure nights, fit into a pattern
2.
Roger liked to watch her with a telescope And follow her around with a tape recorder He put the information in the firm's computer Comparative analysis, he thought he knew her I need to know her, I need to know her. He pulled out his digital calculator And figured out a formula on how he could make her Bill Wyman's T.V. course for data technicians Planned his future around a woman and children Roger finally met her on an elevator And put his plan to work for a movie and dinner But afterwards he realized there's no gratification Without digital stimulation
3.
Out of six million sperm cells I came in first and won a warm moving body a warm moving body, a warm moving body I came in first and won a warm moving body... We are the ones, the ones that got the bodies We are the ones, the ones that got the bodies The warm...moving...bodies... I get to see hear touch taste smell my partner Attracted by the odor I respond to the stimulus A gene machine surrounded by a cell wall Protective shell of similar units We are the ones The ones that got the bodies We are the ones The ones that got the bodies The warm...moving...bodies... Skyscraper cells, full of water A portion of matter, structure and substance Scientifically different than the monkey... Turn back the hand of time with a youthful chin line Turn back the hand of time with a youthful chin line On our warm...moving...bodies... Look sharp feel sharp be sharp see sharp Head to foot and cellar to attic Lovely hair deserves fine care There's a five o'clock shadow Beneath skin level We are the ones The ones that got the bodies We are the ones The ones that got the bodies The warm...moving...bodies... An anonymous sperm bank donation Stepping in a roll of propagation Versatile hands and a well-developed larynx A nose that blows Tongue that licks Now lets Turn off the sentences And turn on the senses On our warm...moving...bodies...
4.
GO 02:11
My dad yells, I gotta leave Get into my car, I drive hard Outside, it's a real nice blur But inside, I'm just sitting here I want to be a blur, I wanna be GO! I wanna be go, I want to be a blur I wanna be GO! Like the blood in my veins I drive around the same old lanes With windows up at a hundred & ten I feel my sigh upon my head I've never held a girl As long as this wheel One two oh It seems so still I punch it to the floor I hit the tape machine I open up the windows And listen to the scream Now no more time, no more space just energy...until I stop some place I WANNA BE A BLUR, I WANNA BE GO! Let's GO! GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO....GO!
5.
MISSION 01:45
Low riders Blue shoes Shooting pool I've got some news for you Chorus: The mission is bitchin'! The mission is bitchin'! Mission High don’t take no shit Alright! Lights in the wheel wells I've got my hair net on Come on girls, let's cut English And go cruising down Delores (chorus) I like a big burrito With a lot of hot salsa And a big Pepsi-cola And some good marijuana (Chorus) I spent all my money On a portable radio It measures 3 feet by 4 Have to tilt it sideways Just to get it through the door (Chorus)
6.
CANNIBALS 02:43
I see a lot of people lined up in formation Waiting for lively moments to come to them like victims Rows and rows and rows of vampire eyes This is a generation of cannibals Cannibals, Cannibals, Cannibals Cannibals, Cannibals, Cannibals Cannibals, Cannibals, Cannibals This is our generation Lines & lines & lines & lines of people Rows & rows of people feasting on a rare man's life Lines and lines of people, waiting for a victim This is a generation of cannibals (Chorus) People out there lying, waiting to be discovered People out there lying, hoping to be discovered Rows & rows of graves waiting to be uncovered This is a generation of cannibals Hoping some rare man's blood is going to give them life Hoping some rare man's blood is going to give them life Hoping some rare man's blood is going to give them life This is a generation of cannibals (Chorus)
7.
BUGBOY 02:13
His father was a lawyer Mother a psychologist He was just a boy who liked to torture bugs When they'd go out to work He'd go out to play With pockets full of weapons Bugs you'd better stay out of my way He'd say There's no love, no understanding I just torture the bugs It's survival of the fittest And torture for the winner He liked to get in garbage cans And capture little bugs And burn them with a magnifying glass After he pulled off their wings His father did not think it right To pick upon helpless things And his mother did not understand How he could be so unfeeling He'd say There's no love, no understanding I just torture the bugs It's survival of the fittest And torture for the winner
8.
TIGHT FIT 04:01
9.
Not new, old hat Good times, low rent Known love, same language Good bargain, same brand Minutes matter and the hearts beats weaker Hair grows thinner and the fat gets thicker Is it passion, or patterns you're after? When you worry so much about your image You only look good in front of a mirror When you worry so much about your image You only look good in front of a mirror Minutes matter and the hearts beats weaker Hair grows thinner and the fat gets thicker Is it passion, or patterns you're after? You calculate the things that worked in the past And think that will guarantee your future success Your formula provokes no exhaustion or esteem You end up in the dough boy's skin. Minutes matter and the hearts beats weaker Hair grows thinner and the fat gets thicker Is it passion, or patterns you're after? Is it really passion, or patterns you're after? Is it really passion, or patterns you're after?
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COWBOY 05:15

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Digital Stimulation is the debut studio album by American new wave, synth punk band the UNITS, released in 1980.

AllMusic wrote that the album "remains a fiery, exciting document of an innovative group who redefined the potential of synthesizers in a rock band format.

It’s relevance today is reinstated by the recent remixes and coverage of over 50 contemporary musicians from 15 countries including Erol Alkan, Health, Todd Terje, Daniele Baldelli, Alexander Robotnick, Rory Phillips, Headman, Bit Shifter and I-Robots.

(FYI, There is a remastered redux version of this long out of print LP out now available on 180g limited edition coloured vinyl, available in two different colors - Wire Fusion and Modular Shock at FUTURISMO Records. FUTURISMO's release contains a free download, new stylized artwork, metallic ink sleeves, rare imagery, hidden live tracks and a huge fold-out double sided poster containing brand new liner notes by Scott Ryser. If you want the vinyl, go to store.futurismoinc.com/product/units-br-digital-stimulation-lp-br-wire-fusion )

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released October 10, 1980

Scott Ryser - Synthesizer, vocals / Rachel Webber - Synthesizer, vocals / Brad Saunders – Drums. Vibes on 'Tight Fit' - Jim Reynolds. Produced by the UNITS. Recorded and Mixed at Big Pink West. 1st Engineer - Ken Wagner, 2nd Engineer - Micheal Rosen. Mastered at the Automatt by Paul Stubblebine. Band Photo - Chester Simpson. Jacket Design - Rachel Webber. © & ℗ 1980 Scott Ryser & Rachel Webber

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UNITS - Scott Ryser Brooklyn, New York

Scott Ryser and his partner & wife, Rachel Webber, were the principal, songwriters, synth players, singers and filmmakers for the UNITS. The UNITS were one of America’s first electronic new wave bands and have been cited along with The Screamers and Suicide as pioneers of the music genre “synthpunk”. Scott & Rachel moved from SF to NYC in 1984 where Scott continues to make music & film ... more

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