{{short description|British band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Use British English|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Factory Floor | image = FactoryFloorSSW.jpg | alt = | caption = Performing at the Summer Sundae festival, August 2011 | landscape = yes | alias = | origin = London, England | genre = Post-industrial, electronic, minimal techno, acid techno, acid house, experimental, electronic rock | years_active = {{start date|2005}}–present | label = DFA Records, Blast First Petite | associated_acts = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | current_members = Gabriel Gurnsey<br />Nik Colk | past_members = Mark Harris<br />Dominic Butler }} '''Factory Floor''' are a London-based band formed in 2005. They have been described as 'post-industrial', using live drums, synthesizers and noise.

==History== The band formed in 2005, originally comprising Gabriel Gurnsey and Mark Harris, who were then joined by Dominic Butler. Harris later left, going on to form Shift Work.<ref name="Macdonald">Macdonald, Kit (2015) "[https://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=18104 Shift Work - Document II]", Resident Advisor, 27 November 2015, retrieved 4 May 2015</ref> Gurnsey and Butler were then joined by Nik Colk (aka Nik Colk Void), formerly of KaitO, in 2010. Gurnsey played drums and drum machines, Butler played modular synths and electronics,<ref name="factmag">"[http://www.factmag.com/2009/02/10/fact-mix-28-factory-floor/ FACT mix 28: Factory Floor]", ''FACT'', 10 February 2009, retrieved 1 September 2011</ref> and Colk added manipulated vocals, guitar and samples.<ref name="Turner2">Turner, Luke (2010) "[http://thequietus.com/articles/03616-factory-floor-live-production-beyond-industrial Factory Floor Live: Beyond The Industrial Production Line]", The Quietus, 26 January 2010, retrieved 15 August 2011</ref>

After two singles in 2008, and a mini-album, ''Talking On Cliffs'' in 2009, the band signed to Blast First's 'Blast First Petite' label, releasing several twelve-inch singles, including "Wooden Box" (featuring a Stephen Morris remix) and an untitled ten-inch mini-LP in 2010.<ref name="Lester">Lester, Paul (2009) "[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/23/new-band-factory-floor New Band of the Day: Factory Floor]", ''The Guardian'', 23 December 2009, retrieved 15 August 2011</ref> The latter was described by the ''NME'' as "a terrifying racket that simultaneously frazzles the nerves and slackens the bowels" and "an incessant drone of keyboards wired through twisted-metal synthesizers and thundering drums summoned from the heavens"; writer Ben Hewitt giving it a 9/10 rating.<ref name="Hewitt">Hewitt, Ben (2010) "[https://www.nme.com/reviews/factory-floor/11268 Album Review: Factory Floor - 'Untitled']", ''NME'', 3 May 2010, retrieved 15 August 2011</ref> The singles "Real Love" and "Two Different Ways" followed in 2011.

The band approached Morris by sending him a CD and asking if he would do a remix.<ref name="Turner">Turner, Luke (2010) "[http://thequietus.com/articles/04524-stephen-morris-talks-factory-floor-production-remix Stephen Morris Talks Factory Floor Production & Remix]", The Quietus, 28 June 2010, retrieved 15 August 2011</ref> After remixing "Wooden Box", Morris continued to work with the band as producer.

Two twelve-inch releases followed featuring remixes by Stephen Morris and Chris Carter.<ref name="Lester" /> Since then, Factory Floor released "(R E A L L O V E)" (Optimo) and "Two Different Ways" on DFA Records.

In 2011 the band played a support slot for Chris & Cosey at the ICA, and Chris Carter joined the band later that year for two performances at Primavera Sound and the Roundhouse.

Colk Void released a single, "Gold E", under the name Nik Colk Void in February 2012.<ref>Mackay, Emily (2012) "This Week's Singles", ''NME'', 18 February 2012, p. 44</ref>

"Fall Back", the first single off their debut album, was released on 14 January 2013.

Factory Floor's debut self-titled album was released on 9 September 2013 featuring new versions of their previous singles "Two Different Ways" and "Fall Back", after which Dominic Butler departed the group.<ref name="Eede">Eede, Christian (2016) "[http://thequietus.com/articles/20296-listen-new-factory-floor-2 LISTEN: New Factory Floor]", The Quietus, 25 May 2016</ref> Their second album ''25 25'' was released on 19 August 2016,<ref name="Owen">Owen, Chris (2016) "[http://thequietus.com/articles/20545-listen-more-new-factory-floor LISTEN: More New Factory Floor]", The Quietus, 7 July 2016</ref> to positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/20763-factory-floor-lead-album-review-25-25|title=The Quietus {{!}} Features {{!}} The Lead Review {{!}} Lead Review: Mollie Zhang On Factory Floor's 25 25|date=18 August 2016 |access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/21/factory-floor-25-25-review-dfa?CMP=twt_a-music_b-gdnmusic|title=Factory Floor: 25 25 review – everything here bounces|last=Empire|first=Kitty|date=21 August 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref>

==Musical style== Early single "Bipolar" drew comparisons with Joy Division and The Fall.<ref name="Milton">Milton, Jamie (2008) "[http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/tracks/42566/Factory-Floor---'Bipolar' Factory Floor - 'Bipolar']", Gigwise.com, 22 April 2008, retrieved 15 August 2011</ref> Paul Lester of ''The Guardian'' described the band in 2009 as "metronomic synth-noir over which a woman – who vaguely resembles, vocally, Nico in a particularly dark mood – intones mournfully".<ref name="Lester" /> Collaborator Stephen Morris described the band's sound as "unsettling disco".<ref name="Turner" /> The ''NME'' described the band as "post industrial, but it moves beyond that; this is post-apocalyptic, the soundtrack of an underworld disco."<ref name="Hewitt" /> ''FACT'' magazine described them as "tech-savvy but pared-down no wave electronic rock".<ref name="Foxx">Foxx, Trilby (2011) "[http://www.factmag.com/2011/04/06/factory-floor-real-love/ Factory Floor: '( R E A L L O V E )']", ''FACT'', 6 April 2011, retrieved 15 August 2011</ref>

==Discography==

===Studio albums=== * ''Factory Floor'' (2013), DFA Records/Rough Trade * ''25 25'' (2016), DFA Records * ''A Soundtrack For A Film'' (2018), Heart Of Data Records

===EPs=== *''Talking On Cliffs'' (2009), mini-album *''Untitled'' (2010), Blast First Petite

===Singles=== *"Bipolar" (2008), Outside Sound *''Planning Application'' EP (2008), One of One *"A Wooden Box" (2010), Blast First Petite *''Remix Series 1'' 12" (2010), Blast First Petite *''Remix Series 2'' 12" (2010), Blast First Petite *"(R E A L L O V E)" 12" (2011), Optimo *"Two Different Ways" 12" (2011), DFA Records

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