Editing Fad Gadget (section)

==Recording==
Fad Gadget recorded two more albums for [[Mute Records]] at [[Blackwing Studios]] which was using more complex recording equipment. ''[[Incontinent (album)|Incontinent]]'' and ''[[Under the Flag]]'' showed a progressive change in Gadget's music; due both to the technological advances and his own growing knowledge of recording techniques. It was during the recording of ''Under the Flag'' that he began using the [[Roland MC-4 Microcomposer]]. This made it easy for Tovey to create a more controlled style of music. This style was carried on with the recording of the album ''[[Gag (album)|Gag]]''.<ref name="E&MM" />

The recording of ''Gag'' was a turning point in Gadget's recording career. It would be the first time he used a band of musicians to record an album; before he had recorded most of the musical parts himself. It would also see a major change in the recording location from London to [[Hansa Tonstudio]] in Berlin. He had wanted a break from the way he had been recording in London. The acoustic spaces in the German studio had excited Gadget. He was also excited about the recording equipment that was installed at Hansa at that time, including the computer controlled mixing desk. He found the new recording practices refreshing, having other people collaborating in the writing and recording process. Some of these collaborators included the viola player, Joni Sackett, and keyboard player, David Simmonds. The recordings included many acoustic instruments, which veered away from the electronic instruments which had been used on previous recording sessions. Fad Gadget had used synthesisers when they were not fashionable to use – he had now moved away from electronic instrumentation when it was the current trend with other recording artists.

During the recording of ''Gag'' the German industrial band, [[Einstürzende Neubauten]], were recording for Some Bizzare Records at Hansa and had been the support act for Fad Gadget at a gig at "The Loft" venue in Berlin. Frank liked their use of industrial equipment and found objects, something he had encouraged Nick Cash (his drummer and percussionist since his first album) to do. Fad Gadget heard a large printing press nearby which had a distinctive rhythm and got Gareth Jones, the co-producer/engineer, to record it. The recording was looped and became the basis for "Collapsing New People." ([[Einstürzende Neubauten]] translated means, "collapsing new buildings.")<ref name="E&MM" /> The sample was used firstly on two tracks on Fad Gadget's "Collapsing New People" 12" released November 1983. All these recordings were engineered by Gareth Jones and the sample used was stored on his Akai sampler with Cash drumming along and keeping the swing of the machine. Gadget then thought it would be good to ask Neubauten if they would add some of their percussion noise to the mix; however, Frank thought there was enough going on in the track and their contribution was used on the b-side "Spoil The Child" and on the 12" mix of the song. Neubauten's percussion was overdubbed over the already recorded backing tracks. The percussion tracks proved difficult to mix at the final stage, but Gadget was pleased with the final result. The track "Collapsing New People"  was released as a single by Mute Records.

After recording the album ''[[Gag (album)|Gag]]'', Gadget began recording under his real name – Frank Tovey. He carried on moving toward acoustic instruments and in 1984 had decided he might want to record on his own again.<ref name="E&MM" /> He recorded several [[LP album|LP]]s of more experimental work under the name Frank Tovey, beginning with ''[[Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing]]'', a collaboration with [[Boyd Rice]] recorded in 1981.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news 
  | last = Strauss
  | first = Neil
  | title = Frank Tovey, 46, Industrial-Music Innovator
  | work = New York Times
  | date = 15 April 2002
  | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01EED6133CF936A25757C0A9649C8B63
  | access-date = 15 May 2008}}</ref>

In 1989, he changed musical tactics in his criticism of industrialisation, recording a mostly acoustic album of protest and labour songs ''Tyranny and the Hired Hand'' including such standards as "[[Sixteen Tons]]".  He then tried his hand at writing similar material, recorded two more albums with a backing band named The Pyros. After touring in 1993, Gadget withdrew from the music business.<ref name="nytobit" />