{{Short description|American electropunk group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Futurisk | genre = Synthpop, electropunk, minimal wave, new wave | image = | caption = | origin = Lighthouse Point, Florida, United States | years_active = 1979–1984 | label = Clark Humphrey Records, Minimal Wave Records, Cititrax Records | associated_acts = | website = [http://minimalwave.futurisk.net/ minimalwave.futurisk.net] | current_members = | past_members = Jeremy Kolosine<br>Richard Hess<br>Jack Howard<br>Frank Lardino<br>Vinny Scrimenti<br>Jeff Marcus }}
thumb|''Futurisk - Player Piano EP'' (1982) <br>Clark Humphrey Records<br>Art by Frank Vickers
'''Futurisk '''(stylized as FUTURISK) was an American electronic electropunk group based out of Lighthouse Point, Florida, United States that recorded and performed live in the late 1970s and early 1980s in South Florida, and are believed to be the first electropop/electropunk band in the American South.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=675&q=futurisk+first+electro+band+in+american+south&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=af3c4e33757ddb17 |title=Google |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundunwound.com/music/futurisk/296126?ref=OV |title=Futurisk - Electro-punk group formed in Florida, 1979 - Discography, biography, music, MP3s, members, pictures & videos at SoundUnwound |publisher=Soundunwound.com |date=2010-11-29 |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref>
They initially had two 7" vinyl releases<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/more_pioneering_synthpunk_from_futurisk|title=More pioneering synthpunk from Futurisk|date=3 September 2011|website=DangerousMinds|access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/06933-futurisk-jeremy-kolosine-interview|title=The Quietus {{!}} Features {{!}} A Quietus Interview {{!}} A Minimal Wave Interview: Futurisk's Jeremy Kolosine|date=7 September 2011|website=The Quietus|language=en-us|access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref> on Clark Humphrey Records: ''The Sound of Futurism 1980/Army Now'' (1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Futurisk-The-Sound-Of-Futurism-1980-Army-Now/release/252912 |title=Futurisk - The Sound Of Futurism 1980 / Army Now (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date=2006-08-20 |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> and ''Player Piano EP'' (1982),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Futurisk-Player-Piano-EP/release/255290 |title=Futurisk - Player Piano EP (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> the latter of which was rediscovered in 2002 by LCD Soundsystem frontman and DFA Records co-founder/producer James Murphy when he happened across it in a NYC record store.<ref name="browardpalmbeach1">{{cite web |last=Grind |first=County |url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2010/06/fort_lauderdale_futurisk_reissue_piano_player.php |title=Fort Lauderdale's Futurisk Reissues Player Piano Today - Broward/Palm Beach Music - County Grind |publisher=Blogs.browardpalmbeach.com |date=2010-06-01 |accessdate=2011-11-25 |archive-date=2012-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315074426/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2010/06/fort_lauderdale_futurisk_reissue_piano_player.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Murphy subsequently released a Futurisk track, ''Push Me Pull You, Part 2'' on a DFA mix CD through the Paris fashion-house Colette in 2003, titled ''Colette No. 5'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-Colette-N5/release/162365 |title=Various - Colette N°5 (CD) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> sparking a renewed interest in Futurisk's music.
In 2010, the New York City-based label Minimal Wave released a 30th anniversary retrospective full length vinyl of Futurisk's works titled ''Player Piano LP''<ref>{{cite web|author=B2 Collective / b2collective.com |url=http://minimalwave.com/releases/release/player-piano-lp/ |title=Minimal Wave Records | Minimal Wave Release | Futurisk - Player Piano |publisher=Minimalwave.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Futurisk |title=Futurisk Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> and received positive reviews in the press.<ref name="browardpalmbeach1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2010/11/29/40-best-reissues-of-2010/ |title=40 best: reissues of 2010 – FACT magazine: music and art |publisher=Factmag.com |date=2010-11-29 |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2010/06/02/minimal-wave-reissues-futurisks-player-piano/ |title=Minimal Wave reissues Futurisk's Player Piano – FACT magazine: music and art |publisher=Factmag.com |date=2010-06-02 |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/futurisk-p684868 |title=Futurisk |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> On May 17, 2011, Minimal Wave/Cititrax Records released the ''Lonely Streets Remixes''<ref>{{cite web|author=B2 Collective / b2collective.com |url=http://www.minimalwave.com/articles/article/futurisks-lonely-streets-remixes-out-may |title=Minimal Wave Records | Articles | Futurisk's "Lonely Streets" Remixes Out May 17 |publisher=Minimalwave.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> 12" EP which includes remixes by artists such as Chris Carter (a founding member of the bands Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey), Tom Furse (a founding member of the band The Horrors), Complexxion, and Prince Language (DFA Records).
Futurisk<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundunwound.com/music/futurisk/296126?ref=SA |title=Futurisk - Electro-punk group formed in Florida, 1979 - Discography, biography, music, MP3s, members, pictures & videos at SoundUnwound |publisher=Soundunwound.com |date=2010-11-29 |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> was founded by British expatriate Jeremy Kolosine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundunwound.com/music/jeremy-kolosine/20147716 |title=Jeremy Kolosine - aka Ksine, founder of Futurisk, 8-Bit Operators and Receptors - Discography, biography, music, MP3s, credits, pictures & videos at SoundUnwound |publisher=Soundunwound.com |date=1960-11-12 |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> who in 2007 executive produced the album ''8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraftwerk'' on Kraftwerk's US homelabel Astralwerks and EMI Records worldwide, for which Kraftwerk founding member Ralf Hütter personally selected the tracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://8bitoperators.com/8BitFtWorthStar.pdf\format=PDF|title=An Ode to Kraftwerk|website=8bitoperators.com|accessdate=2020-09-22}}</ref>
== Band members == *'''Jeremy Kolosine''' - vocals, synthesizer, sequencer, vocoder, guitar-synth, drum-machine, bass guitar, electric mandolin (1979–1984). *'''Richard Hess''' - synthesizer, drum-machine, sequencer, vocoder (1981–1984). *'''Jack Howard''' - drums, syndrums (1980–1984). *'''Vinny Scrimenti''' - drums (1981-1982). *'''Jeff Marcus''' - bass (1980-1982). *'''Frank Lardino''' - synthesizer (1980–1981).
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Category:American synth-pop groups Category:Musical groups established in 1979 Category:Electronic music groups from Florida Category:Punk rock groups from Florida Category:People from Lighthouse Point, Florida