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Find sources: "Informatik" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Informatik Also known as Informätik Origin Boston, MA, USA Genres Industrial EBM futurepop Years active 1993–present Labels Metropolis Sinless Spinoffs Din fiv Struktur Members David Spiegelman Tyler Newman Past members Matthew Crofoot Website www.nymphomatik.com **Informatik** formerly known as **Informätik** is an [electro-industrial](/source/Electro-industrial)/[futurepop](/source/Futurepop) duo from [Boston](/source/Boston) that was formed in 1993[1] and is represented by [Metropolis Records](/source/Metropolis_Records) in the US and [Dependent Records](/source/Dependent_Records) in Europe. The band were repeat contributors to the "Mind/Body" compilation series organized by participants of the rec.music.industrial Usenet group in the mid-nineties.[2] Both members are vegans.[3] ## History Informatik began as the duo of David Spiegelman (aka Da5id Din) and Matthew Crofoot. Crofoot had some piano training as a youth and had a technical background, but was ultimately inspired to make industrial music after exposure to bands like [Front 242](/source/Front_242). Spiegelman played drums and percussion as a youth and came to write electronic music via MIDI programming.[4] The duo self-produced their first demo tape, *Direct Memory Access*,[5] and decided to start their own label, Sinless Records, so that they could retain control over the production and distribution of their music.[4] The release included the track "Autonomous," which previously appeared on the rec.music.industrial *Mind/Body Volume 2* compilation, and a cover of Led Zeppelin's "[Immigrant Song](/source/Immigrant_Song)."[6] The band used Sinless to distribute not only Informatik releases, but their other projects [Din fiv](/source/Din_fiv) and LogiQ, and produced a compilation of Boston area industrial music, *Boston Elektro 101*. They eventually opted to close the label after deciding the business was taking too much time away from their other pursuits. Around the same time the band secured a deal with [Metropolis Records](/source/Metropolis_Records) after sending demos to the label and Philadelphia area record store and distributor, Digital Underground. Metropolis offered not only to distribute *Direct Memory Access* but to sign the band to the label. Metropolis released their second album, *Syntax*, in 1998.[4] Crofoot left the band some time after *Syntax* and was replaced by Tyler Newman of Battery Cage prior to the release of *Nymphomatik* in 2002. The personnel switch corresponded with a stylistic change away from a more harsh EBM sound, towards a "trance-oriented" futurepop style. In 2004, the band released *Re:Vision*, a remix compilation of their prior material featuring interpretations by bands such as [Assemblage 23](/source/Assemblage_23) and [Funker Vogt](/source/Funker_Vogt).[7] ## Discography - 1995 *Direct Memory Access* - 1997 *Direct Memory Access v2.0* - 1998 *Syntax* - 2002 *Nymphomatik* - 2004 *Re:Vision* - 2008 *Beyond* - 2009 *Come Together (digital single)* - 2009 *Arena* - 2013 *How Long (digital single)* - 2013 *Playing With Fire*[8] - 2020 *Impulse Ambient* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Allmusic_1-0)** Bush, John. "[Informatik: biography](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/informatik-mn0000091905)", [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic). Retrieved May 27, 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-assimilate_2-0)** Reed, S. Alexander (2013). *Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music*. Oxford University Press. p. 284. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780199832583](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780199832583). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-vegan2_3-0)** [Interview on Battery Cage official homepage](http://www.batterycage.com/pages/interviews/index.php?story=2) [Deprecated link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance) archived 2013-01-17 at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sonic_boom_98_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sonic_boom_98_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-sonic_boom_98_4-2) Christian, Chris (March 10, 1998). ["Interview with informatik"](https://sonic-boom.com/interview/informatik.interview.html). *Sonic Boom*. Retrieved January 15, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-indus_nation_11_5-0)** Wilkens, Scott (Summer 1995). Valerio, Paul (ed.). "Informatik - Direct Memory Access". *[Industrialnation](/source/Industrialnation)*. **1** (11). Iowa City, IA: Moon Mystique: 65. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1062-449X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1062-449X). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-mfteq_12_6-0)** Billington, Chris (August 1995). ["Informatik: Direct Memory Access"](https://archive.org/details/musicfromtheemptyquarter12). *Music From The Empty Quarter* (12). UK: The Empty Quarter: 92. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0964-542X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0964-542X). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-brutal_resonance_2005_7-0)** Lindstrom, Patrik (January 1, 2005). ["Interview: Informatik"](https://www.brutalresonance.com/interview/informatik-interview-jan-2005/). *Brutal Resonance*. Retrieved January 15, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-regen_fire_8-0)** Turner, Trubie (March 26, 2013). ["Informatik – Playing with Fire"](https://regenmag.com/reviews/informatik-playing-with-fire/). *ReGen Magazine*. Retrieved January 15, 2024. ## External links - [Informatik on Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/73641-Informatik) - [Informatik details on Metropolis Records site](https://www.metropolis-records.com/artist/informatik) - [Official Homepage](http://www.nymphomatik.com/) - [Informatik](https://informatikofficial.bandcamp.com/) on [Bandcamp](/source/Bandcamp) Authority control databases International VIAF Artists MusicBrainz This article on a United States electronic music band is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:US-electronic-band-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AUS-electronic-band-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US-electronic-band-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Informatik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatik) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatik?action=history)). 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