Molecular Mutation Coloured LPs.

4x140g vinyl LP set with 3” mini CD – Limited edition vinyl colours.

Includes 6 never before heard bonus tracks from the archives and several additional audio clips.

Contains huge double sided poster and liner notes by Jerry Casale of DEVO.

Petri Dish Coloured LPs – Clear vinyl with blue and white splats.
Emergency Codes Coloured LPs – Each LP pressed on different coloured vinyl (Green, Blue, Orange and Red).
Molecular Mutation Coloured LPs – Yellow vinyl with white, blue and red marble.

For decades DEVO have been working non-stop at Recombo DNA Laboratories on a new kind of research to keep up with the mutating world around us! That extensive research is now ready for public consumption.

For the first time ever on vinyl FUTURISMO present unhindered access into DEVO’s labs, documenting the scientific analysis and demonstrations as conducted by the band between the years 1977-2008! This tireless research has manifested itself in Recombo DNA…an unmissable collection of studio demos and unreleased rare tracks that span DEVO’s entire recording career, from their original basement days to their famed ’Freedom Of Choice’ era, right the way through to unused demos from their last studio album, included as part of the six bonus tracks taken from the archives that have never been released, or even heard before.

This incredible limited edition 4xLP set is a sonic fusion of demos, alternate versions and outtakes, demonstrating the true breadth and talent of one of America’s most important bands. Yet, this set doesn’t stop at four beautiful slabs of mutated vinyl, oh no! also included is ’The Somewhere Suite’ served up on the format it was originally intended to be back in the May of ‘89, although it was never actually released at the time, it’s contained here in all it’s glory on 3” Mini CD!

This summer FUTURISMO give every DEVO fan the release they’ve been waiting for, a one time pressing of DEVO’s Recombo DNA! Each set includes 4x140g limited edition coloured vinyl in the choice of ‘Petri Dish’, ‘Emergency Codes’ or ‘Molecular Mutation’ and a 3” Mini CD. Contained within the wide spined sleeve alongside this fanatastic devolved collection of recordings and bonus tracks, is a huge A1 poster, colour inner sleeves, download code and brand new liner notes by Gerald V Casale of Devo.

DEVO’s Recombo DNA is an essential addition to the collection of any science fearing spud, so grab you’re lab coat and witness audio mutation in action! Only while stocks last.

One word – four letters. DEVO. A band who contorted pop music into brilliant new shapes; a band whose name alone stands for a self-created world unlike no other. Conceived as an art project in and around Akron and Kent, Ohio, the infamous shootings at Kent State University – in which a number of unarmed protesting students were shot – is cited as the true starting point for DEVO, who officially began in 1972. Named after the process of de-evolution in which species are believed to regress into more primitive forms, DEVO’s dada influenced approach to music was similarly inverted and iconoclastic, showing little respect for rock tradition or heritage. Legend has it that one club in their hometown of Akron paid them double to stop playing. Early line-ups were fluid before they settled on the popular line-up of Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Bob Casale and Alan Myers.

Punk before punk really existed, DEVO were confrontational and playful, continually challenging preconceptions about music, art, performance, culture, composition and consumption. Wearing matching uniforms (boiler suits, the ‘Utopian Boy Scout’ look), sunglasses, plastic wigs (modelled on JFK) and the iconic ‘Energy Dome’ headgear – and, early on, helmets to deflect beer bottles – they came armed with keytars and electronic drums and as such were everything that hairy, earnest, masculine 70s rock was not.

A futuristic collision of sci-fi synths, odd 7/8 timings, punk rock economy and memorable slogans, DEVO’s 1976 debut single ‘Mongoloid’ was like an aural manifesto for future generations as to how much outlandish fun pop music could be. It was like nothing that had gone before and spawned a legion of followers. Once their short film The Truth About De-Evolution was seen by Iggy Pop and David Bowie, who declared them “the band of the future!”, they promptly secured a record contract with Warner Bros.

Produced by Brian Eno, DEVO’s 1978 debut album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! remains a touchstone release in modern music. Frightened and baffled by ideas that toyed with notions of dehumanization, consumerism and conformity, Rolling Stone desperately deemed the band fascists. But those in the know knew. DEVO’s third album Freedom of Choice (1980) was their mainstream breakthrough and the single ‘Whip It’ was their first bona fide hit. Abandoning drums for machines and an electro direction, 1981’s New Traditionalists album also enjoyed critical and commercial success as the band’s rise converged with that of MTV. By now DEVO’s music had transcended their ironic/intellectual/ art beginnings and attracted a wider crowd; this was pop subversion at the highest level. They remained productive for the rest of the decade, until Smooth Noodle Maps (1990) marked their split. In their absence, DEVO’s reputation and legacy grew, thanks in no small part to all manner of soundtrack work, side projects and occasional shows. In 2010 they returned with their first new album in two decades, the acclaimed Something For Everybody.

Challenging, visionary iconoclastic, satirical, unique and fun, it is hard not to underestimate the impact that DEVO have had on pop culture. Musical outliers, they created their own one-band milieu and occupied it. They remain one of the most important and influential bands that America has ever produced.