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Paul Robb

Real Name:
Paul Jason Schwitters
Profile:
Growing up in Minneapolis with pal Kurt Harland, he decided to start up a small synth-pop band known then as "The Information Society" with Monat Konar and Harland. After redoing their original version of "Running" with new vocals by Harland, it became an overnight hit all over the US both in clubs and the radio.

Aside from producing Information Society material, he went on to produce and remix many Latin House and synth-pop albums for TKA, Red Flag, Anything Box and T42.

Several years of hit and miss InSoc success, Paul Robb left the group after their third album's lackluster sales.

Robb went on to produce albums for Dissonance and his alias Think Tank on his short-lived label Hakatak.

Robb continues producing albums for other artists and his side project with vocalist Barbara Cohen as Brother Sun Sister Moon / Luminous as well as producing music for television and commercials for which he has received (currently) two Clio awards.

In 2006, he decided to re-form InSoc.
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Discography

Remixes:
I Wanna Be Sedated (2 versions) I Wanna Be Sedated (Ra... Sire Records Company 1988
Russian Radio (Maxi) (3 versions) Russian Radio (Glasnos... Enigma Records (3) ... 1988
Swatch New Wave (Comp) (2 versions) Russian Radio (Glasnos... Pacific Music Co. Ltd. 1989
Blissed Out (12", Promo) Wake Up Soon (Somethin... EastWest 1990
Blissed Out (Album) (2 versions) Wake Up Soon (Somethin... EastWest ... 1990
Naive Dance (2 versions) Russian Radio (Glastno... Enigma Records (3) 1990
Living In Oblivion (CD, Comp) Living In Oblivion (Al... Orangewerks 1996
Acceleration.7 (CD, Maxi) Bass State Coma (Think... Jarrett Records 1997
Metalwerks (CD, EP, Dig) Higher (Liquid Mix) Out Of Line 1997
Who Are The Skulls? (CD) Cause And Consequence ... Plan B Records (2) 2002
Oscillator - EP (File, AAC, EP, iTu) Back In The Day (Paul ... Hakatak Records 2007
Ultimix 132 (CD, Promo) Back In The Day (Paul ... Ultimix 2007
Who Are The Skulls? (CD, RE) Cause And Consequence ... Plan B Records (2) 2008
It Is Useless To Resist Us (25 Years Of Information Society) (DVD-V, NTSC) Baby Just Wants (Wesle... Dancing Ferret Discs 2009
Production:
Noel (3 versions) Silent Morning 4th & B'way Records ... 1987
Prove It (2 versions)   4th & B'way Records 1987
Silent Morning (Maxi) (6 versions)   Island Records ... 1987
Information Society (Album) (8 versions) Running Tommy Boy Music ... 1988
R U Ready 2 Change The World? (12")   Cchill Productions Inc. 1988
Russian Radio (Maxi, Single) (3 versions)   Enigma Records (3) ... 1988
Earth Girls Are Easy - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (5 versions) Hit Me Sire Records Company 1989
If I Ever (Maxi) (2 versions)   Enigma Records (3) 1989
Lay All Your Love On Me (2 versions) Funky At 45 (Vocal) Tommy Boy Music ... 1989
Naive Art (Album) (6 versions)   Enigma Records (3) ... 1989
Breaking Night (Album) (2 versions) Breaking Night Reprise Records ... 1990
Count To Three (2 versions)   Enigma Records (3) 1990
Louder Than Love (Album) (2 versions) The Way It Used To Be Tommy Boy Music 1990
Naive Dance (3 versions)   Enigma Records (3) 1990
Syntonic (Cass)   Atlantic 1990
Intruder (CD, Album)   Columbia 1992
Peace & Love, Inc. (Maxi) (2 versions) To The City Tommy Boy Music ... 1992
Peace And Love, Inc. (Album) (6 versions) Peace & Love, Inc., Ma... Tommy Boy Music ... 1992
Dissonance (CD, Album)   Hakatak Records 1996
Reunion: New Music From Freestyle's Greatest Artists (CD) I Want U Now Micmac Records, Inc. 1996
Under The Milky Way (12", Promo)   Universal Records 1997
Greatest Beats - Volume 3 (2 versions) What's On Your Mind (P... Tommy Boy Music 1998
Greatest Beats - Volume 4 (2 versions) Running (12" Version) Tommy Boy Music 1998
Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats 1981 - 1996 (5xCD + Box) What's On Your Mind (P... Tommy Boy Music 1998
Naive Art - Special Edition (CD, Album)   Restless Records 2001
Naïve Art - Special Edition (CD, Comp) If I Ever, Pretty In P... Restless Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. 2001
Strange Haircuts, Cardboard Guitars, And Computer Samples - Information Society's Greatest Hits (CD, Comp, RM) Running, Crybaby, Peac... Tommy Boy Music 2001
Running (Maxi) (3 versions)   Blanco Y Negro (2) 2002
Hits (CD) Running Flashback Records 2004
A Different Story...Vol. 1 (CD, Mixed, Comp + CD, Comp) Running SuSU 2007
Jon Savage Presents Dreams Come True (CD, Comp) Silent Morning Domino Recording Company Ltd. 2008
Co-production:
Russian Radio (12")   Synthicide Records 1988
Peace And Love, Inc. (Album) (4 versions) Peace & Love, Inc., Wh... Tommy Boy Music ... 1992
Mix:
What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Maxi) (2 versions) What's On Your Mind (P... Tommy Boy Music ... 1988
Hack (Album) (7 versions) Hack 1 / Charlie X, Ch... Tommy Boy Music ... 1990
Syntonic (Album) (3 versions) Victorious, Heaven Kno... Atlantic 1990
Intruder (CD, Album)   Columbia 1992
Peace & Love, Inc. (Maxi) (3 versions) Peace & Love, Inc. (LP... Tommy Boy Music 1992
Appears On:
Information Society (Album) (5 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1988
Lay All Your Love On Me (Single) (4 versions) Funky At 45 (The Augus... Tommy Boy Music 1988
Walking Away / Make It Funkier (2 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1988
What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Maxi, Single) (7 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1988
All Roads Lead To You (Single) (2 versions)   Enigma Records (3) 1989
Cocoa Puffs Presents Sonny's Top Tunes (Cass, Comp) What's On Your Mind (P... Warner Special Products 1989
Repetition / Something In The Air (2 versions)   Tommy Boy Music 1989
Russian Radio (Cass, Maxi)   Enigma Records (3) 1989
Blissed Out (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Wake Up Soon (Somethin... EastWest ... 1990
Hack (Album) (8 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1990
How Long (Maxi) (4 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1990
Naive Dance (Cass) Russian Radio (Glastno... Enigma Records (3) 1990
Think (Maxi) (7 versions)   Tommy Boy Music ... 1990
Now That I Have You (12", Promo, Single)   Tommy Boy Music 1991
Series 10 Issue 1 (2x12") How Long (Digital Remix) Hot Tracks 1991
Desire (12") Desire (Downtown Version) Columbia 1992
Intruder (CD, Album)   Columbia 1992
Peace & Love, Inc. (Maxi) (3 versions)   Tommy Boy Music 1992
Peace And Love, Inc. (Album) (4 versions) Peace & Love, Inc., Go... Tommy Boy Music ... 1992
Dance Across The Universe Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Under The Milky Way Universal Records 1997
InSoc Recombinant (CD, Comp, Album + CD-ROM)   Cleopatra 1999
InSoc Recombinant (CD, Comp, Album)   Aphex Music 1999
The Middle Of Nowhere (Album) (9 versions) Way Out FFRR ... 1999
American Psycho (CD, Comp) What's On Your Mind (P... Koch Records 2000
>Raw Tension< (CDr, Enh) Hack MP3.com 2001
Strange Haircuts, Cardboard Guitars, And Computer Samples - Information Society's Greatest Hits (CD, Comp, RM) Walking Away, Repetiti... Tommy Boy Music 2001
City Pages, Picked 2 Click (CD, Comp) Cairo Copycats Media 2005
The Tommy Boy Story Vol. 01 (2 versions) What's On Your Mind (P... Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
Synthesizer (Album) (2 versions)   Dancing Ferret Discs ... 2007
This Is Rave-Electro (3xCD, Comp) What's On Your Mind (P... Hypnotic 2007
It Is Useless To Resist Us (25 Years Of Information Society) (DVD-V, NTSC)   Dancing Ferret Discs 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Electronic New Wave Megamix (CD) Russian Radio (Glasnos... Not On Label  
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