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Portion Control

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Portion Control are a British electronic and industrial band formed in London in 1980. The band calls its music style electropunk or hard rhythmic electronics.

They are one of the most famous obscure electronic music acts in the world and have been honored and name checked by the likes of Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, NiN & Orbital.

Portion Control is now highly active and creating
innovative, uncompromising electronic audio
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Discography

Releases:
Dining On The Fresh (Box, Ltd + Cass + Flexi)   In Phaze Records 1981
Flexi-Disc (Flexi, 7")   In Phaze Records 1981
Gaining Momentum (Cass, EP)   In Phaze Records 1981
I Staggered Mentally (LP)   In Phaze Records 1982
Surface And Be Seen (12")   In Phaze Records 1982
With Mixed Emotion (Cass)   In Phaze Records 1982
Hit The Pulse (12")   In Phaze Records 1983
Raise The Pulse (2 versions)   Illuminated Records 1983
Shot In The Belly (Cass)   Third Mind Records 1983
Simulate Sensual (LP, Cle)   In Phaze Records 1983
...Step Forward (LP)   Illuminated Records 1984
Free 1984 Sect. One (7", Ltd)   Industrie Discografiche Lacerba 1984
Go-Talk (2 versions)   Illuminated Records ... 1984
Rough Justice (2 versions)   Illuminated Records ... 1984
The Great Divide (2 versions)   Rhythmic Records 1985
The Great Divide (Remix) (12")   Rhythmic Records 1985
Assault (Cass)   For All And None 1986
Psycho-Bod Saves The World (LP)   Dead Man's Curve 1986
Purge (12")   Dead Man's Curve 1986
The Great Divide (12")   La Caseria Grabaciones 1986
Live In Europe (10")   Big Noise In Archgate 1988
The Man Who Did Backward Somersaults (CD)   T.E.Q. Music? 1994
Code 11 (File, Smplr, 11.)   portion-control.net 2003
Dissolve (CDr)   Catalyst (UK) 2004
Wellcome (2xCD, Album, Ltd)   portion-control.net 2004
Stansted (CD, EP + DVDr, DVD-V)   portion-control.net 2005
Stansted (7", Pic, EP)   portion-control.net 2005
Archive (4xCD, Comp + CD-ROM, Comp, Ltd + Box)   portion-control.net 2006
Filthy White Guy (CD)   portion-control.net 2006
Onion Jack IV (Album, MiniAlbum) (2 versions)   portion-control.net 2007
Slug (CD, Album, Six)   portion-control.net 2008
Solar Enemy vs. Portion Control (CDr, Album, Ltd)   Bastet Recordings 2008
Crop (CD, Album + CD, EP)   Sigsaly Transmissions 2009
Remixes:
Fallout (CD, Album, Dig) Lowlife Remix By Porti... Metropolis 2007
Appears On:
Discordia Una Recopilacion De Illuminated Records (LP, Comp) Raise The Pulse DRO 1984
With A Little Help... (Cass) Stroll Ding Dong Records And Tapes 1984
Zwischenfall: From The 80's To The 90's (2xCD, Comp) Death By Venom (Ricoch... Subtronic Records 1994
Electrixmas 2004 (CD, Album, Promo) Compumix Electrixmas 2004
Cyberl@b Volume [5.0] (2xCD) Unwellcome-Sonic Hijac... Alfa Matrix 2005
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 68 (CD, Smplr) High Visibility Sonic Seducer 2007
Tracks Appear On:
Rising From The Red Sand (Volume Two) (Cass) Bite My Head Third Mind Records 1982
Zink Zamler (Cass, Album, Com) Terror Leads To Better... Likvidér 1982
Alchemy (Cass, Ltd, Comp) Untitled Sterile Records 1983
Alchemy (VHS) Shoot Your Enemy No. 1 Twin Vision 1983
Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Shift And Shuffle Insane Music ... 1983
Pluralism (Cass, C30) Realapse By Jupiter Expression 1983
Rising From The Red Sand (Volume Three) (Cass, Comp, C60) Crash Weight Gain Third Mind Records 1983
The Elephant Table Album (Comp) (3 versions) Chew You To Bits X Tract 1983
Three Times A Day (2xCass, Comp) Collapsed Finger In The Dike 1983
Discordia Una Recopilacion De Illuminated Records (LP, Comp) Raise The Pulse DRO 1984
Heavy Duty Breaks (2 versions) Raise The Pulse, Go Talk Illuminated Records ... 1984
In.Car Entertainment (Cass, Album) Go Talk Illuminated Records 1984
Katastrophe No. 10 On Tape !! (Cass, Comp, Smplr, C90) Untitled Schrei Records 1984
Breaking The Back Of Love (LP) Raise The Pulse Saderal 1985
Impact! (Auto-Edit) (12") 24 Audio Instant 1985
Razormaid Chapter Ten: Noise Reduction! (2x12", Red) The Great Divide Razormaid Records 1985
Volume 7 Program 13 (2x12") The Great Divide (Exte... Disconet Program Service 1985
Headset One (Cass) Raise The Pulse Dead Man's Curve 1986
Life Would Be Grim Without Humour! (Cass, Album, Ltd) Under The Skin (Live) Fourth Dimension Records 1986
Driving Me Backwards (2xLP) Coming For You Baby Dead Man's Curve 1987
Total Beat Factor (10") Danger Zone Big Noise In Archgate 1988
Razormaid 7th Anniversary Box Set (Box + 7xCD) The Great Divide (Razo... Razormaid Records 1992
Music From The Empty Quarter: Ghafran (CD) All Present And Correct T.E.Q. Music? 1993
Zwischenfall: From The 80's To The 90's (2xCD, Comp) Death By Venom (Ricoch... Subtronic Records 1994
Belgian Independent Music Compilation 3 (CD) Sonic Jack (Un-Dissolv... Dark Entries Magazine 2004
Electrixmas 2004 (CD, Album, Promo) Compumix Electrixmas 2004
Cyberl@b Volume [5.0] (2xCD) Unwellcome-Sonic Hijac... Alfa Matrix 2005
She's A Dancing Machine (CD) Elektrotechnik M_nus 2006
The Lost Tapes (Comp) (2 versions) Pressure Is High Minimal Wave 2006
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 68 (CD, Smplr) High Visibility Sonic Seducer 2007
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 86 (CD, Comp) Unrest (Sonic Seducer ... Sonic Seducer 2008
Mixtape USA (CDr, Album) Defend (Trpoe Mix) New Darkness Recordings 2009
Discordia Dancefloor (Cass, Album) Raise The Pulse Illuminated Records  
Razormaid - Anniversary Seven-Point–Zero (2x12", Cle) The Great Divide Razormaid Records  
Unofficial Releases:
DJ CLub 88 Presents (12") The Great Divide Not On Label 1988
Technopolis Vol. II (CD) The Great Divide (Razo... Back In Black (2) 1992
Technopolis Vol. III (CD) The Great Divide (Disc... Back In Black (2) 1992
CutOFF (A Noisy Mix Of Synthesized Punk Music 1979/1983) (CDr, Mixed) Abbo Dabbo Not On Label (C-34 Self-released) 2006
A Tribute To Some Bizarre Vol. 6 (CDr, Comp) Spinola (Blotch) A Tribute To Some Bizarre  
Alchemy (VHS) Shoot Your Enemy No. 1 Psycho Bod  
New Wave Mix Vol. 6 (CDr, Mixed, Ltd) The Great Divide Not On Label (New Wave Mix Series)  
None Night Of Flexipop Vol. 1 (CDr) Across The Fence Flexi-Pop  
Return Of Flexi-Pop Vol. 10 (CDr, Comp) He Is A Barbarian Flexi-Pop  
Return Of Flexi-Pop Vol. 8 (CDr) Better Place Flexi-Pop  
Rising From The Red Sand (5xCass) Bite My Head, Crash We... Statutory Tape  
Rising From The Red Sand 2 (Cass, C60) Bite My Head Statutory Tape  
Rising From The Red Sand 3 (Cass, C60) Crash Weight Gain Statutory Tape  
Strange Sounds Vol. 1 (LP, Ltd) Across The Fence Not On Label (Strange Sounds Series)  
The New Wave Complex - Volume 13 (CDr) Diving New Wave Complex  
The New Wave Complex - Volume 6 (CDr) Terror Leads To Better... New Wave Complex  
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