Martin Newell John Butters Dave Allen
ex Giles Smith, Peter Nice, Lawrence Elliott, Michael Natkanski
ex Giles Smith, Peter Nice, Lawrence Elliott, Michael Natkanski
The Cleaners from Venus, began in Wivenhoe, Essex, in November 1980. They recorded their music on minimal equipment, using cheap or sometimes home-made instruments.
ALBUMS
The Cleaners From Venus*
Lilli Bolero
2024, CD, Album, The Cat Collects
The Cleaners From Venus*
K7
2023
The Cleaners From Venus*
Cleaned Up Collectibles Volume 1
2022, CDr, Comp, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
The Cleaners From Venus*
Cleaned Up Collectibles Volume 2
2022, CDr, Comp, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
The Cleaners From Venus*
That London
2022, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
The Cleaners From Venus*
Penny Novelettes
2021, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
The Cleaners From Venus*
Christabel's Party
2021, 4xFile, FLAC, EP, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cleaners From Venus
Dolly Birds & Spies
2020, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released), 
,
, Power Pop
The Cleaners From Venus*
July
2020, 4xFile, FLAC, EP, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cleaners From Venus
Ginger Stepkids (The Lost Demos 2009 / 2010)
2019, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cleaners From Venus
Upstairs Planet
2019, CD, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-released)
Cleaners From Venus
Star Cafe
2018, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released), ,
, Indie Pop/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi
Cleaners From Venus
Life In A Time Machine
2018, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cleaners From Venus
Kitchen Table EP
2017, Cass, EP, Plastic Response Records
The Cleaners From Venus*
You've Never Had It So Good: The Best Of
2017
Cleaners From Venus
The Last Boy In The Locarno
2016, CDr, Album, Soft Bodies Records,
Cleaners From Venus
Rose Of The Lanes
2015, CDr, Album, Soft Bodies Records
The Cleaners From Venus*
Cymbaline Way
2015, File, FLAC, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cleaners From Venus
Extra Wages
2014, LP, Album, Captured Tracks
Cleaners From Venus
Return to Bohemia
2014
The Cleaners From Venus*
Volume Three
2014
Cleaners From Venus
A Dawn Chorus: Early Cleaners And Beyond 1967-1985
2013, LP, Comp, RM, Captured Tracks, 
,
, Psychedelic Rock/Lo-Fi
Cleaners From Venus
Songs For A Fallow Land
2013
Cleaners From Venus
Box Set, Vol. 2
2013
Cleaners From Venus
The Late District
2013
The Cleaners From Venus*
Volume One
2012
Cleaners From Venus
In Chimp World
2011, ,
, Psychedelic Rock
Cleaners From Venus
English Electric / Stopping Train
2011
Cleaners From Venus
Living With Victoria Grey: The Very Best Of
2004
Cleaners From Venus
Live In Japan (Osaka 1994)
2002, CD, Album, Jarmusic
Martin Newell & The Cleaners From Venus*
New Europeans
2000, CD, Single, Promo, Jarmusic
The Cleaners From Venus*
My Back Wages
2000
Martin Newell & The Cleaners From Venus*
The Spirit Cage
2000
Cleaners From Venus
Mind How You Go + April Fool
1999
Cleaners From Venus
A Street Called Prospect EP
1996, 7", EP, Mul, Jarmusic
Cleaners From Venus
The Cleaners From Venus
1996, 7", Ltd, Bon, Pink Lemon Records, Jarmusic
The Cleaners From Venus*
Please Don't Step On My Rainbow
1996
The Cleaners From Venus*
Back From The Cleaners (Best Of The Cleaners From Venus Vol II)
1995, ,
, Pop Rock/Indie Rock
The Cleaners From Venus*
The Legendary Thirteen E.P.
1995
Cleaners From Venus
LIVE 1987 - Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 36
1993, Cass, Jarmusic
The Cleaners From Venus*
Golden Cleaners
1993, CD, ,
, Indie Rock
Cleaners From Venus
Song For Syd Barrett/Boy From The Home Counties
1993
The Cleaners From Venus*
Number Thirteen
1990
Cleaners From Venus
Winter
1988, Cass, Comp, C45, Jarmusic
The Cleaners From Venus*
Town & Country
1988
The Cleaners From Venus*
Let's Get Married
1988, 
,
, Indie Rock
Cleaners From Venus
Mind How You Go
1987
The Cleaners From Venus*
Illya Kuryakin Looked At Me
1987
The Cleaners From Venus*
Living With Victoria Grey
1987
The Cleaners From Venus*
Going To England
1987
Cleaners From Venus
Living With Victoria Grey
1986, ,
, Indie Rock
Modern Art (2) - Cleaners From Venus
Souvenir
1986
Cleaners From Venus
Untitled
1985, Cass, S/Sided, Calypso Now
Cleaners From Venus
Johnny The Moondog Is Dead
1985, 7", Single, Modell Records, ,
, New Wave/Lo-Fi/Power Pop
The Cleaners From Venus*
Under Wartime Conditions
1984
Cleaners From Venus
In The Golden Autumn
1983
Cleaners From Venus
Midnight Cleaners
1982, ,
, Lo-Fi/Psychedelic Rock/Minimal
Cleaners From Venus
On Any Normal Monday
1982
Stray Trolleys / Cleaners From Venus
Secret Dreams Of A Kitchen Porter
1982, ,
, Mod/Power Pop/Glam
Cleaners From Venus
Blow Away Your Troubles
1981
Cleaners From Venus
Songs For ... Any Season
Cass, C46, Old Europa Cafe
Various
Summer Of Clatter
2014, Cass, Comp, Mixtape, Unofficial, Acid Kat Records
APPEARANCES +
Cleaners From Venus
Flowers Of December
2020, 4xFile, FLAC, EP, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cleaners From Venus
Time Machine EP
2019, 3xFile, FLAC, EP, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cleaners From Venus
The Essex Princess
2019, 3xFile, FLAC, EP, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cleaners From Venus
Could Be Christmas Eve
2019, 4xFile, FLAC, EP, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cleaners From Venus
Ragged Winter Band
2018, File, FLAC, Not On Label (Cleaners From Venus Self-Released)
Cucina Povera & Haron Aumaj
Sokerilumi
2021, 2xFile, AIFC, Not On Label (Haron Aumaj Self-released), 
,
, Abstract/Ambient
The Death Of Pop
Coast
2020, 9xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Not On Label (The Death Of Pop Self-Released), 
,
, Indie Pop
M!R!M
The Visionary
2020, 
,
, Synth-pop/New Wave/Coldwave/Indie Pop
Various
Twee Grrrls Club Presents "Indie Pop Lesson"
2013, LP, Comp, Ltd, Bad Feeling, Violet And Claire
The Paellas
Following EP
2012
Various
The Cat Collects Seasons
2023, CDr, Album, The Cat Collects
Various
Through The Soil
2021
Various
Here In The Year
2020, Cass, Comp, Mixtape, Lumpy Records,
Various
Losing Touch With My Mind: Psychedelia In Britain 1986-1990
2019, 3xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, Acid Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock/Indie Rock/Shoegaze
Various
The Farmer's Weather
2017, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Num, Zero Qualms, ,
, Lo-Fi
Various
Soft Bodies Bleed Out
2017, 12xFile, MP3, Comp, Soft Bodies Records
Various
Dance Dogs Dance!
2017, Cass, Mixtape, Not On Label, ,
, Alternative Rock/Experimental/Garage Rock/New Wave/Post-Punk/Punk/Funk
Various
Soft Bodies Eat Bees
2016, 15xFile, MP3, Comp, Soft Bodies Records
Various
Another Splash Of Colour: New Psychedelia In Britain 1980-1985
2016, 3x CD, Box Set, ,
, Psychedelic Rock/Mod
Various
Eurnovision 2015
2015, CD, Comp, Soft Bodies Records
Various
Sampler Digital - Juillet - Août 2014
2014, 10xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Magic (2)
Various
Octobertape #2
2014, Cass, Comp, October Tone
Various
Soft Bodies Never Sleep
2014, 20xFile, MP3, Comp, Soft Bodies Records
Various
Taste Of Burger Records
2013, ,
, Punk/Pop Rock
Golden Grrrls
Golden Grrrls
2013
Various
14 Tracks: Jukebox Juice
2012, 14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Boomkat
Various
The Wiener Dog Comp
2012, 2xCass, Comp, Ltd, Burger Records, ,
, Punk/Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock
Various
Wivenhoe May Fair - 30th Anniversary
2012, CD, Comp, Ltd, Not On Label
Various
The Kitty Comp
2012
Dum Dum Girls
Rough Trade Exclusive Bonus CD
2011, CDr, Comp, Mixed, Rough Trade,
Various
Chuck Out The Chintz
2007, CD, Falling A
Various
Oxide Revolution
2006, CDr, Comp, RM, Falling A
Various
Rare Trax Vol. 37 - Boys Will Be Girls (The Roots Of Britpop)
2005, CD, Comp, Rolling Stone
Various
A Falling A Spread
2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Falling A
Martin Newell
The Wayward Genius Of Martin Newell
1999, CD, Comp, Cherry Red
Various
Unknown Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll
1998, CD, Comp, Promo, Boo, Not On Label, ,
, Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Alternative Rock
Various
Harakiri No. 8 Musikkompilation
1998, CD, Comp, Harakiri Magazin, ,
, Indie Rock/Indie Pop
Various
Without The Beatles
1996, ,
, Lo-Fi/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Indie Rock
Various
IV Victor / Lost In Europe
1995, Cass, Comp, C90, Klappstuhl Records, ,
, Leftfield/New Wave/Electro/Punk/Minimal
Various
X-mas Tunes Vol.2. Hyper Christmas Compilation
1995, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Num, C60, Hypertonia World Enterprises, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Rock & Roll/Indie Rock/Abstract/Poetry/Experimental/Holiday
Various
Come On Peel The Noise
1995, CD, Album, Comp, Tangerine Records (2), ,
, Mod/Power Pop
Various
Real Underground Vol.1&2
1994, 2xCass, Comp + Box, Progressive Entertainment, ,
, Industrial/Indie Rock/Neofolk/Soft Rock/Dark Ambient/Acoustic/Goth Rock/Synth-pop/Minimal
Various
High Everybody
1991, Cass, Comp, Acid Tapes
Various
Hypertonia Sampler Vol. II
1990, Cass, Comp, Smplr, C90, Hypertonia World Enterprises, ,
, Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Spoken Word/Experimental
Various
Throat Culture #2
1990, Flexi, 7", EP, Comp, Tra, Not On Label
Various
Berlincassette 3-90
1990, Cass, Comp, Jarmusic
Various
Kentucky Fried Royalty Audio News Radio Show 1
1990, Cass, Comp, C90, Kentucky Fried Royalty
Various
Hypertonia Sampler
1989, Cass, Comp, Smplr, C60, Hypertonia World Enterprises, Hypertonia World Enterprises
Various
The Liberator - Artists For Animals
1989, ,
, Alternative Rock/New Wave/Indie Rock/Avantgarde/Ethereal
Various
Sacrificed On An Altar Of Profit And Lies
1988, LP, Comp, Artists For Animals, ,
, Alternative Rock/New Wave/Indie Rock/Avantgarde/Ethereal
Various
Individual Pop Compilation
1987, Cass, Comp, C60, Individual Pop, ,
, Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/Vocal/New Wave/Synth-pop
Various
I Dream Of Jeannie
1987, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Num, Not On Label, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Punk/New Wave/Thrash/Hardcore/Experimental
Various
A Guide To Healthy Listening Vol 2
1987, Cass, Comp, Obscure Delight
Various
Oozing Through the Ozone Layer
1987, Cass, Comp, Globe of Bulbs
Various
Le Feu Follet
1987, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Num, Orval-Magazin, ,
, New Wave/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Post-Punk/Synth-pop
Various
A Fistful Of Color
1987, ,
, Indie Rock/Electro
Various
A Concrete Sense
1987
Various
Reynard The Fox
1986, Cass, Comp, C90, In Der Tat, ,
, Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Vocal/Rhythmic Noise/Synth-pop/Experimental
Various
Berlincassette 2-86
1986, Cass, Comp, Smplr, Jarmusic
Various
Collage V
1986, Cass, Comp, C60, Jarmusic, ,
, Indie Pop/Indie Rock/Synth-pop
Various
Promo 1/86
1986, Cass, Comp, Promo, Independance (2), ,
, New Wave/Experimental/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Synth-pop
Various
Movements 1
1985, Cass, Comp, Wal, Independance (2), ,
, New Wave/Art Rock/Lo-Fi/Avantgarde
Various
59 To 1 Nr. 9
1985, Cass, Comp, C60, 59 To 1, ,
, Indie Rock/Punk/New Wave/Art Rock/Synth-pop/Experimental
Various
An Hour Of Color Vol. 2
1985
Various
An Hour Of Color Vol. 3
1985, ,
, Electro/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Collage III
1985
Various
Berlincassette 4-84
1984, Cass, Comp, C35, Jarmusic
Various
Film Is A Life
1984, Cass, Comp, C60 + Box, Ltd, Kassetto Fix
Various
Boycott The Beatles
1984, Cass, Comp, Promo, Smplr, C90, Calypso Now, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Industrial/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/Darkwave/Rhythmic Noise/New Wave/Electro
Various
Everybody's High
1984, Cass, Comp, Acid Tapes
Various
Everyday Heroes
1984, Cass, Comp, Acid Tapes
Various
Berlincassette 3·84
1984, Cass, Comp, C30, Jarmusic
Various
Collage 1
1984, Cass, Comp, C60, Jarmusic, ,
, Synth-pop/Minimal/New Wave/Indie Pop/Experimental
Various
Band-It Nr.12
1984, Cass, Comp, C90, Band-It, ,
, Post-Punk/New Wave/Experimental
Various
Band-It Nr. 15
1984, Cass, Comp, Band-It
Various
One For Bangkok
1983, Cass, Comp, C60, L'Agence Des Refusés, 
,
, Experimental
Various
Band-It 10
1983, Cass, Comp, C90 + Box, Kassetto Fix, ,
, Alternative Rock/Industrial/Spoken Word/Indie Rock/Prog Rock/Krautrock/Electro/Neofolk/New Wave/Power Pop/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Interview/Minimal
Various
Smashed Hits
1983, Cass, Album, Aural Assault Recordings
Various
Aural Assault Vol. II
1983, Cass, Album, Aural Assault Recordings
Various
A Bag Full Of Midgets
Cass, Comp, Music For Midgets
Various
The Spy 002 - The Dead Spy
Cass, Comp, C60, Old Europa Cafe
Various
Campus Voice Encounter Week 3-4
LP, Comp, Promo, Thirsty Ear, Thirsty Ear
Various
Color Supplement
Cass, Comp, Out Of Depression
Various
Corridor of Dreams
2020, 12xFile, MP3, Comp, Mixtape, Unofficial, 320, Echo Ocho,
DJ Rat-Ward
Vol 009: Channel Rat-Ward
2017, Cass, Comp, Mixtape, Unofficial, C60, Anti-Everything, ,
, Punk/Post-Punk/Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/New Wave/Synth-pop/Experimental
DJ Rat-Ward
Transistor Heart VIII
2016, Cass, Comp, Mixtape, Unofficial, C90, Not On Label, ,
, Experimental/Disco/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock/Synth-pop
Various
La Misma Mixtape
2015, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label,