title: Fortran 5
text: # Fortran 5
  
  Fortran 5 was an electronic music band active during the 1990s.
  
  ## Background
  
  The band were made up of members David Baker and Simon Leonard, who had previously worked together on the music project known as I Start Counting. Around 1990, they had begun recording new material, and realised that the new music had a different sound compared to their previous electropop style. They decided to rename their project Fortran 5 in order to give their new dance/techno style a fresh start. The new project also involved the duo collaborating and working with a number of other artists. These included Kris Weston of The Orb, and Rod Slater from Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The band's final album was titled Avocado Suite and was their most experimental work; this was far removed from their early electropop sound. Fortran 5 also remixed songs from artists such as Inspiral Carpets, Erasure and Laibach.
  
  Simon Leonard also wrote a novella called Fortran 5, which was published by Malice Aforethought Press.
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### Albums
  
  * 1991 - Blues (Mute Records)
  * 1993 - Bad Head Park (Mute Records)
  * 1995 - Avocado Suite (Mute Records)
  