Machinations are an Australian synthpop band which formed in 1980. They reached the top 20 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart with Big Music (24 June 1985). Their top 30 hits on the related Kent Music Report Singles Chart are "Pressure Sway" (June 1983), "No Say in It" (September 1984), "My Heart's on Fire" (May 1985), and "Do to You" (August 1987). Earlier they had achieved indie prominence with two versions of their first single, "Average Inadequacy" (September 1981, March 1982). Machinations developed a cult following in dance clubs during the mid-1980s. By late 1989 the group had disbanded, they briefly reunited in 1997 and then reformed in 2012.