The second coming of Sheffield experimental / industrial music was slightly more commercial that the original tamperings of Cabaret Voltaire, Clock DVA, early Human League etc.
By sheer coincidence, Surface Mutants were clearly influenced by the twisted methology of Adi Newton and Clock DVA.
Hula had heavy leanings to mid-period Cabs (and even let them borrow their drummer). Bass Tone Trap were very good avant-jazz.They Must Be Russians had a poppier feel, but after a few singles and albums, failed to break through.
Of the artists on this 7" EP, it was only really Hula who laid down a marker to their peers and left an impact on the national scene.
