"It seemed rather rude at a time when his colleagues were being driven insane by what they called “Folgsamkeitfaktor,” a problem with getting the Rocket’s long axis to follow the tangent, at all points, to its trajectory. It was necessary in some way to become one with Rocket, trajectory, and target— “not to -will it, but to surrender, to step out of the role of firer. The act is undivided. You are both aggressor and victim, rocket and parabolic path and . . .”
Thomas R. Pinchon
"A Gravity's Rainbow"
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Wunderblock Records is a key cog in the techno machine, churning out a number of upper echelon underground techno releases. Now they are looking to take things further. In a partnership with Berlin-based Ready Made Distribution, they would like to present their new vinyl sublabel Folgsamkeitfaktor (an "obedience factor" or "willingness to follow"). The new imprint will be focused on heavy industrial and EBM-influenced technopunk sound. Wunderblock Records are known for pushing the boundaries of modern techno and looking for that experimental sound that will be permanently ingrained in the listener's memory. The Wunderblock was Dr. Freud’s concept of how the mind records memories, and the Russian label's bosses (Michael Teplov and Vladimir Kochenov) have been known for creative ways of staying in the public's mind with showcases in Moscow, Berlin, Nantes, and St. Petersburg. The masterminds are developing this concept further by looking beyond the present and looking to deliver a post-techno sound, raw, mechanical, tinged with EBM and post-punk flair; all the while building an air of familiarity even if what lies ahead is the unknown.