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Kurt Harland

b. 25 Jan 1963 in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Founding, and for many years, sole member of [a=Information Society]. In 2006 InSoc reformed without him, with his blessing. Later the next year, he rejoined InSoc for some live performances after the release of [i]"Synthesizer."[/i] As a teenager inspired by Anne McCaffrey and J.R.R. Tolkien, Kurt Harland Larson enjoyed using a made-up surname, Valaquenyar. When he and his friends formed Information Society, they decided to use exotic-sounding names for themselves. Kurt chose to be known as Kurt Valaquen, a name which stuck through 1988. For the album "Hack," he switched to the alias Kurt Harland Valaquen, and then became just Kurt Harland.