paphio23 and I have decided to make a tribute to DMA2.
DMA2 was a french Bordeaux-based organization created when a previous one, DMA1, disappeared [a short history of DMA1 can be heard in the audio file
Sur Un Bordeaux Différent].
DMA2 organized many concerts in Bordeaux during the eighties and early nineties.
DMA2 was especially known for its annual festival DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS, that was one of the most important festivals of industrial music of the eighties (with "Berlin Atonal").
From 1984 to 1989, DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS has featured :
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DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS I (27-28 February 1984)
Anne Gillis / DDAA / Die Form / Étant Donnés / Ptôse / Un Département / Yuca Ferdanzen (All from France)
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DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS II (21-22 March 1985)
Bernard Nguyen (France) / Legendary Pink Dots (UK) / Linea Tactica (Spain) / Nocturnal Emissions (UK) / ORA + Pacific 231 + Le Syndicat (France) / Pascal Comelade & Bel Canto Orchestra (France) / Such Interesting People (Belgium)
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DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS III (14-15 March 1986)
Anthon Shield & DZ Lectric (France) / Das Synthetische Mischgewebe (Germany) / DDAA (France) / Esplendor Geometrico (Spain) / FâLX çèrêbRi (Germany) / Laibach (Yougoslavia) / Sol Dièse + Phil Gaz (France) / Vivenza (France)
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DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS IV (10-11 April 1987)
Ghédalia Tazartès & Alain Rigout (France) / Hervé Diasnas (France) / Joan La Barbara (US) / Natural Disasters (Hungary) / Paul Panhuysen & Johan Goedhart (Netherlands) / Test Dept. (UK)
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DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS V (11-12 March 1988)
Anne Gillis (France) / Bourbonese Qualk (UK) / Étant Donnés (France) / Fotini (France) / Greater Than One (UK) / In The Nursery (UK) / Laibach (Yougoslavia) / The Hafler Trio (UK) / Von Magnet (France) / Z’EV (US)
Images of DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS V can be seen
HERE
Images of Étant Donnés performance can be seen
HERE
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DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS VI (6-7 October 1989)
Con-Dom (UK) / Masami Akita & G.X. Jupitter-Larsen (Japan / Canada) / Merzbow (Japan) / Natural Disasters (Hungary) / Nox (France) / The Haters (Canada) / THU20 (Netherlands) / Vox Populi ! (France)
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We’ll later post recordings of some of the DIVERGENCES/DIVISIONS concerts (some have been released officially, some as bootlegs, and others are unreleased).