calendar crowd was the duo of alan heaton and terence tiernan who met in their hometown of widnes, cheshire as schoolboys and played together in various bands in the ‘70s. in the ‘80s they formed a 6-piece band called room for humans and recorded one single“telephone telephone / girlfriend”. when the band split and alan and terence continued as calendar crowd in a more experimental direction. their influences were wide reaching: kraftwerk, neu, cabaret voltaire, eno, pil, and joy division.

omega male could conceivably be described as a supergroup, a transatlantic duo featuring david best of brighton minimalist kraut-funk outfit fujiya & miyagi and sammy rubin of brooklyns digital rock band project jenny, project jan. the combination is an inspired one – laptop sex music played by two white dudes.