"The Italian post-industrial scene has certainly been very rich: bands like Officine Schwartz, Rosemary's Baby, Ain Soph, Sigillum S, Atrax Morgue, T.A.C., and many others are testament to how this genre unexpectedly took root in Italy. F:A.R. came from a quiet city like Savona, yet their claustrophobic, frenzied, and obsessive music seems to originate in some hellish place dominated by disused factories with machinery that occasionally turns on itself. F:A.R. formed in the early 1980s and made their recording debut with 1985's Da consumarsi con grazia, released by the late and legendary Marco Veronesi's label ADN. In reality, before the aforementioned LP, in 1981 and 1983 they had recorded two obscure tapes which contained “in embryo” all the explosive and corrosive potential of their music. These cassettes, originally titled Duello sul cervello and Final Alternative Relation, have now been resurrected from oblivion thanks to the work of the Swiss label Luce Sia, in collaboration with Again Records and Der Klang Records, and released on a double CD entitled Mechanics & Music (tapes 1981-1985). F.A.R.'s compositional method employed the cut-up technique, using pre-recorded tapes containing sound sources from television, radio, cinema, and the street: almost a practical implementation of William S. Burroughs' theories. The rhythms are very tight and can be reminiscent of an extreme version of the Krautrock group Neu!."