years_active label article_title background genre origin name
1981 & ndash ; 1986 factory ltm factory benelux quando quango
 group_or_band new wave , dance the netherlands and england quando quango
quando quango

quando quango was a british , manchester-based new wave and dance project , formed by the haçienda dj and factory records a&r man mike pickering , hillegonda rietveld and reinier rietveld .
their unique sound influenced the underground dance music scenes in new york and chicago in the 1980s .
their first release was the `` go exciting '' twelve-inch single on factory records in 1982 , and their last release of new music was the 1985 full-length album `` pigs & battleships '' -lrb- reissued on cd in 2003 -rrb- .
