High Pressure Days and Cowboy are filthy, gnarly animals. Let Uncle Rico's time machine teleport you back to 1977 San Francisco. Eschewing guitars in favor of synths (good move, fellas), Units become one of the very first synthpunk bands. They then start tearing it up, self-releasing the original versions several LP tracks in 1979 on what is now an absurdly rare 7" record (sells for about £100). This video features the album versions, released in 1980 on the Digital Stimulation LP.

SCHEMATIC: The ENTIRE Digital Stimulation album, band portrait and flyer (via synthpunk)...

What follows is the entire Digital Stimulation LP with each track listed in its proper order. This album is an opus and deserves a concentrated listen. The last track, Cowboy, is a mind-warping experience. I just yoinked an original 7" copy of High Pressure Days from eBay and will make/post vinyl rips and videos as soon as it arrives. In related news, an anthology was released in 2009 called History of The Units - The Early Years: 1977 - 1983 and is available through discogs.

Digital Stimulation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0kesHOv5Ck

Warm Moving Bodies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQK96pszMUs

Go + Mission

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRvUBla-rAQ

Bugboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaaTklS4P3A

Tight Fit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knn80HCccos

Passions or Patterns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHkpE_Yssdw

Town by the River

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iu53BVg2Z4

Cowboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teTHIM1cMvA