Pigface, the Chicago industrial rock supergroup founded by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin, will release “The Howler: An English Breakfast” on LP via Overdrive/Invisible Records on May 29, 2026. The album features Genesis P-Orridge on vocals, Mick Harris on bass source material, and Martin Atkins on drums, loops and tape delays.

The recording dates from 1996/97 and was made at Atkins’ Mattress Factory / Invisible Records studio at 2024 S. Wabash Ave. in Chicago.

The session was connected to the period around Pigface’s 1997 album “A New High in Low”. Genesis P-Orridge was brought to the studio to read a spoken-word text over dub-based material built with Bodog on sitar, Dave Wright of Not Breathing, loops from Mick Harris, and engineering by Adam Yoffe. Tom Whittaker remastered the release.

Small detail, Atkins recovered the text pages used during the session “years later, when my drum tech Jim fished those discarded pages out of the trash and gifted them back to me.”

“The Howler: An English Breakfast” contains four tracks:

The release comes as a digital download and as a black vinyl, a deluxe vinyl and bundle options. A separate signed and numbered blue vinyl edition is available via Martin Atkins’ BigCartel store. That edition is limited to 330 copies and includes a download of a different 43-minute mix, 3D glasses, and an 8-page booklet reproduction of the original fax.

About Pigface

Pigface are an American industrial rock supergroup from Chicago, Illinois. The project was formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin after Ministry’s “The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste” tour. That tour included musicians such as Nivek Ogre, Chris Connelly, Atkins and Rieflin, and led Atkins and Rieflin to continue the idea as a revolving collaboration.

Pigface released “Gub” in 1991, followed by “Fook” in 1992, “Notes From Thee Underground” in 1994, “A New High in Low” in 1997, “Easy Listening…” in 2003, and “6” in 2009. The project has worked with a large rotating network of industrial, post-punk, noise and experimental musicians rather than a fixed lineup. Early collaborators included Trent Reznor, Chris Connelly, Nivek Ogre, En Esch, Paul Barker and Genesis P-Orridge.

Genesis P-Orridge, born Neil Andrew Megson in Manchester in 1950, co-founded Throbbing Gristle and later formed Psychic TV.

Mick Harris is an English musician from Birmingham, known for Napalm Death, Scorn, Lull and Painkiller. We previously covered his dark ambient project Lull and the “Moments” album.

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A new feature documentary, “S/he Is Still Her/e”, is released in UK and Ireland cinemas, today June 20. The film chronicles the final year in the life of Genesis P-Orridge – pioneering industrial musician, transgressive artist, and gender radical. Directed by David Charles Rodrigues (“Gay Chorus Deep South”), the documentary was an official selection at both the Tribeca and Sheffield Doc Fest festivals last year.

The release is presented by Doc’n Roll Films and supported by BFI and the National Lottery. Preview events will feature in-person Q&As with Genesis’s daughter Genesse P-Orridge and additional guests.

“S/he Is Still Her/e” features rare archival material and personal footage alongside appearances from William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Timothy Leary, Alice Genese (Psychic TV), David J (Bauhaus), Nepalese monks, and African spiritual practitioners. The film includes performance footage, mystical explorations, and interviews, documenting P-Orridge’s final reflections and uncompromising creative life. Rodrigues:adds that“(the film offers) a final transmission from an artist who lived without limits.”

Watch the official trailer and view upcoming screening information via Doc’n Roll Films.

Genesis P-Orridge documentary ‘S/he Is Still Her/e’ screenings

Here is the full list of confirmed screening dates, times, cities, and venues for the Genesis P-Orridge documentary “S/he Is Still Her/e”:

20 June 2025

• 17:50 — Glasgow – GFT
• 18:30 — Dublin – Light House Cinema
• 20:40 — London – ICA
• 20:45 — Nottingham – Broadway

21 June 2025

• 16:45 — Nottingham – Broadway
• 17:50 — Birmingham – Mockingbird
• 18:00 — Glasgow – GFT
• 19:00 — Dublin – Light House Cinema
• 19:30 — Dumfries – Robert Burns Centre
• 20:40 — London – ICA

22 June 2025

• 15:00 — Glasgow – GFT
• 17:30 — London – Barbican
• 20:30 — Nottingham – Broadway
• 20:40 — London – ICA

23 June 2025

• 15:20 — Newcastle – Tyneside Cinema
• 17:25 — Cambridge – Picturehouse
• 18:00 — London – Picturehouse Central
• 19:50 — Liverpool – FACT Picturehouse
• 20:00 — Epsom – Picturehouse
• 20:00 — London – Hackney Picturehouse
• 20:00 — Norwich – Cinema City Picturehouse
• 20:00 — Southampton – Harbour Lights Picturehouse
• 20:30 — London – Finsbury Park Picturehouse
• 20:30 — Edinburgh – Cameo Picturehouse
• 20:40 — Glasgow – GFT

24 June 2025

• 16:00 — Dublin – Light House Cinema
• 18:00 — Glasgow – GFT
• 18:40 — London – ICA
• 20:40 — Newcastle – Tyneside Cinema

25 June 2025

• 12:15 — Newcastle – Tyneside Cinema
• 17:50 — Glasgow – GFT
• 20:20 — Dublin – Light House Cinema
• 21:00 — London – ICA

26 June 2025

• 20:00 — Birmingham – Mockingbird
• 20:40 — London – ICA

27 June 2025 (on sale soon)

• Cardiff – Chapter Cinema

28 June 2025

• 15:00 — Exeter – Phoenix

29 June 2025

• 15:30 — London – Rio Dalston
• 17:00 — New Brighton – Light Cinema
• 18:00 — Sheffield – Light Cinema
• 18:00 — Stockport – Light Cinema

03 July 2025

• 20:00 — Cork – Triskel Arts Centre

04 July 2025

• 19:30 — Hastings – Electric Palace

05 July 2025

• 15:00 — St Leonards-on-Sea – Kino-Teatr (on sale soon)
• 21:00 — Belfast – QFT Cinema

06 July 2025

• 14:00 — St Leonards-on-Sea – Kino-Teatr (on sale soon)

10 July 2025

• 21:00 — Bristol – Cube Cinema

19 July 2025

• 19:00 — London – Triangle Deptford (panel discussion + DJ set)

25 July 2025

• 19:00 — London – Century Club Soho (special panel TBA)

31 July 2025

• 18:30 — Brighton – The Rose Hill

About Genesis P-Orridge

Genesis P-Orridge (1950–2020), born Neil Megson, was a British artist and musician who played a founding role in the industrial music genre. In the 1970s, P-Orridge co-founded Throbbing Gristle, whose confrontational sound and visual art positioned them at the forefront of avant-garde and experimental music.

Following the band’s disbandment in 1981, P-Orridge formed Psychic TV – a collective that explored psychedelia, ritual, and multimedia performance.

P-Orridge’s later work was dominated by the Pandrogyne Project, a gender- and identity-fusing collaboration with partner Lady Jaye Breyer. Together, they sought to erase traditional gender boundaries and “become a singular entity”, undergoing extensive body modifications and art projects that challenged concepts of identity and selfhood.

Genesis P-Orridge passed away on March 14, 2020.

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Out next month on March 22 via the Infinite Fog label is a reissue of The Treshold Houseboys Choir release “Amulet”. The Treshold Houseboys Choir was the project of the late Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson of Coil.

Originally available in limited quantities at live shows and via direct mail-order in 2008 as a hand-assembled 4 mini-CDR set housed in a circular Thai Amulet case and never properly distributed, the material finally receives a wider re-release on vinyl and CD. This release was the second and final release for Christopherson’s post-Coil solo project.

As a bonus feature this reissue includes rare earlier compilation tracks and a few previously unreleased exclusive rough demos.

The Infinite Fog edition comes presented as a 3LP in a triple heavy gatefold sleeve and as a 2CD digipak, both including a poster of Peter Christopherson in his Cruella Deville coat. The whol was remastered by Jessica Thompson with artwork by Oleg Galay and with additional guidance from Peter Jenx.

Note that the following bonus tracks are only included on the 2CD edition:

1. Geff and Pete experiment with Voice FX
2. Moody Circles
3. PLICK PLICK
4. Plink Plonk
5. Screaming Itch

About Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson

Peter Martin Christopherson, known as Sleazy, (27 February 1955 – 25 November 2010) was a versatile English artist encompassing roles as a musician, video director, commercial artist, designer, and photographer. He was notably a part of the British design agency Hipgnosis.

He played a pivotal role in founding the band Throbbing Gristle under the Industrial Records label. Following Throbbing Gristle’s split, Christopherson, alongside Genesis P-Orridge and Geoff Rushton (later known as John Balance), initiated Psychic TV.

His journey with Psychic TV was brief, leading to the establishment of Coil with John Balance, a partnership that spanned nearly 23 years until Balance’s untimely death due to a fall. Christopherson’s career also included a phase where he contributed to Throbbing Gristle’s revival. After moving to Thailand in 2005, he produced 2 albums for his solo project, The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. Christopherson passed away in his sleep on 25 November 2010.

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The industrial music landscape is filled with influential figures, but few have left as indelible a mark as the late Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson. Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, on February 27, 1955, Christopherson was an English musician, video director, commercial artist, designer, and photographer, whose contributions to the music industry spanned various genres, from industrial and experimental to electronic.

Re-released now via Soleilmoon is “Live at L’étrange Festival 2004” holding his live performance at L’étrange Festival in Paris on September 13 2004. Titled “The Art of Mirrors (Homage to Derek Jarman)”, the 74 minute long track takes listeners on a sonic journey that reflects Christopherson’s mastery of samples and his otherworldly aesthetics. As a tribute to Christopherson and Balance, “The Art of Mirrors” was initially released in 2015 by Black Mass Rising (France), followed by another release in 2017 by Infinite Fog (Russia).

Christopherson’s career was as eclectic as his musical style. His father was a professor of engineering who later became master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Christopherson himself studied computer programming, theatre design, and video at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, where he nurtured his interest in performance art and avant-garde photography.

Co-founding the Industrial Records band Throbbing Gristle (TG), Christopherson helped pioneer the industrial music genre before moving on to form Psychic TV with Genesis P-Orridge and Geoff Rushton, who later changed his name to John Balance. Balance, a Throbbing Gristle fan who became Christopherson’s intimate partner, joined him in creating their own project, Coil.

In a career spanning over two decades, Coil released a myriad of recordings and contributed to the work of other artists. After Balance’s untimely death, Christopherson relocated to Bangkok, Thailand, in 2005, where he founded his solo project The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. While Christopherson’s death in 2010 marked the end of an era, his legacy continues to live on, influencing new generations of artists and reminding us of the transformative power of music.

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Edley ODowd (member of Toilet Boys, Psychic TV and Kylesa) is to re-release his debut album “F(our) ward” on the Italian label 13 as a trifold sleeved CD on February 23rd. Originally released as an ultra-limited cassette release via Flesh Prison/DeathBed Tapes, the album holds 6 tracks offering a mix of ambient, harsh-ambient and experimental sounds. This new release is an extended version featuring three bonus tracks and expanded artwork by ODowd.

ODowd is a long-time veteran of various musical scenes, and has collaborated and performed with such artists as Genesis P-Orridge, Deborah Harry, Lene Lovich, Tony Conrad and Shilpa Ray, and was also a member of Toilet Boys, Psychic TV, Kylesa and his brand-new death rock band Scorpion Tea.

Below is the cover artwork for the release.

ODowd explains: “I am proud to present what I consider to be the complete version of this art and music. The video clips that accompany these songs are designed to be trance-induced launchpads for the audio and vice-versa. A world within our own, in which we can see and hear new and exciting things.”

The videos accompanying the release of “F(our) ward” were shot on various locations in Mexico and Colombia.

Expect many projects from Edley in the near future, including the debut of his new band Scorpion Tea , who are currently in the studio working on their debut release, as well as several other projects involving art and music, currently being created.

Available for the US market below and for the EU market via the 13 label.

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The UK based Cold Spring label has a rather interesting re-release out on February 23 from Psychic TV: “Those Who Do Not”. The album holds recordings of a live concert by Psychic TV in Reykjavik, Iceland that took place in November 1983 and which was organized by HÖH and GRAMM Records.

The live album will be released on CD, and in 3 different 2LP versions: a version on red vinyl sold via Cold Spring only (230 copies) and one on white vinyl (230 copies) which will only be sold via indie record stores, plus a standard black vinyl edition.

At the moment of this live recording the lineup of the band also featured Peter Christopherson and Geff Rushton (John Balance) of Coil next to Genesis P-Orridge, Alex Fergusson, John Gosling, Godkrist, Grey Wolf, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Thee TOPI Method and Priestess. This full show also holds the recordings of the Pagan marriage between Genesis and Paula P-Orridge conducted by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson Allsherjargodi.

Out of print for 23 years, the material has been meticulously remastered, with the track order finally arranged into what was the original show.

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Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematic.

Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.

Background/info: “Imagining October” was originally written in 1984 but never released. Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and Dave Ball (Soft Cell, The Grid) released this work as a Soundtrack for the Derek Jarman film “Imagining October”.

Content: You immediately recognize the Soundtrack approach of the production, but still an explicit Experimental approach characterizing the sound of both protagonists. The tracks are diversified, featuring classically trained male vocals next to choir chants. The tracks are recovered by dark strings.

+ + + : This work was composed by 2 legendary artists from the UK underground scene. I like the album’s diversity, but especially the more accessible second- and third cuts. The work has a strong visual appeal mainly emerging at both cuts.

– – – : This album remains pretty abstract and without the movie you probably miss an important part of the global production.

Conclusion: This previously unreleased work clearly is a sensational collaboration between two legendary artists.

Best songs: “Imagining October II”, “Imagining October III”.

Rate: 6½.

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Label: www.coldspring.co.uk / www.facebook.com/coldspringhq Read the news on ‘Imagining October’.

Cold Spring issued “Imagining October” digitally on 4 February 2022 and followed it with a single-sided, etched vinyl LP on 14 October 2022. The four tracks are “Imagining October I”, “Imagining October II”, “Imagining October III” and “Imagining October IV”. The music was recorded in 1984 at DJM Recording Studios in London, with liner notes by James Mackay, graphic design by Abby Helasdottir and mastering by Martin Bowes.

Listen to “Imagining October”:

About Genesis P-Orridge and Dave Ball

Genesis P-Orridge was an English musician and artist who co-founded Throbbing Gristle in 1975 and Psychic TV in 1981, and who died in March 2020. Dave Ball was an English musician who formed Soft Cell with Marc Almond in 1978 and The Grid with Richard Norris in 1988. Ball died in October 2025 at the age of 66.

The pair recorded the music for Derek Jarman’s 1984 short film “Imagining October” at DJM Recording Studios in London that same year. The recording stayed unreleased for close to four decades until Cold Spring issued it in 2022, remastered by Martin Bowes.

Cold Spring has continued to work with both catalogues. In December 2022 the label announced a re-release of the 1983 Psychic TV live recording “Those Who Do Not”, and Ball appeared again on its 2023 label sampler “Arise”.

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Out later this year via Cold Spring is the vinyl release of the official soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s 1984 short film “Imagining October”, with music recorded by Derek’s friend and collaborator Genesis P-Orridge (Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle) and Dave Ball (Soft Cell, The Grid).

The limited edition 12″ vinyl features an etched B-Side, plus liner notes by James Mackay (Jarman’s producer, collaborator and archivist).

Derek Jarman put together a program of films for the London Film Festival, reflecting the cutting edge of the London avant-garde of the time. Recorded at the same time as “The Angelic Conversation”, “Imagining October” was filmed in the Eisenstein Museum in Moscow, Vladimir Mayakovsky’s grave at Novodevichy Cemetery, the GUM department store facing red square, and the fire temples of Baku in Azerbaijan. The painting sequences with a group of soldiers (Angus Cook, Stephen Thrower, Peter Doig and Keir Wahid) was filmed in London.

Jarman considered it one of the best, if not the best, of his shorter works. It was intended as an agit-prop work and the combination of music and imagery remains powerful to this day.

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Out on May 6th via Cold Spring is the Genesis P-Orridge & Dave Ball OST release “Imagining October”.

The official soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s 1984 short film “Imagining October”, with music recorded by Derek’s friend and collaborator Genesis P-Orridge (Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle), and Dave Ball (Soft Cell, The Grid) will be released on limited edition 12″ vinyl. The material was recorded at the DJM recording studios in Theobalds Road, London.

The vinyl features an etched B-side and includes liner notes by James Mackay (Jarman’s producer, collaborator and archivist).

The track-listing is as follows:

1. Imagining October I
2. Imagining October II
3. Imagining October III
4. Imagining October IV

Derek Jarman put together a program of films for the London Film Festival, reflecting the cutting edge of the London avant-garde of the time. Recorded at the same time as “The Angelic Conversation”, “Imagining October” was filmed in the Eisenstein Museum in Moscow, Vladimir Mayakovsky’s grave at Novodevichy Cemetery, the GUM department store facing red square, and the fire temples of Baku in Azerbaijan. The painting sequences with a group of soldiers (Angus Cook, Stephen Thrower, Peter Doig and Keir Wahid) was filmed in London. Jarman considered it one of the best, if not the best, of his shorter works. It was intended as an agit-prop work.

About Derek Jarman

Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, author and gay rights activist. He was outspoken about his personal struggle with AIDS. On 22 December 1986, Jarman was diagnosed as HIV positive and discussed his condition in public. His illness prompted him to move to Prospect Cottage, Dungeness in Kent, near the nuclear power station. In 1994, he died of an AIDS-related illness in London, aged just 52.

Although he made a long list of feature films and short films, you will know him best for the the following videos he also directed: Read the review of ‘Imagining October’.

• The Sex Pistols – “The Sex Pistols Number One” (1976)
• Throbbing Gristle – “TG Psychic Rally in Heaven” (1981)
• Marc Almond – “Tenderness Is a Weakness” (1984)
• Bryan Ferry – “Windswept” (1985)
• The Smiths – “The Queen Is Dead”, a short film incorporating the Smiths songs “The Queen Is Dead”, “Panic” and “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” (1986). The “Panic” sequence from The Queen Is Dead was edited to form the video for that single (1986).
• The Smiths – “Ask” (1986)
• Pet Shop Boys – “It’s a Sin” (1987)
• Pet Shop Boys – “Rent” (1987)
• Pet Shop Boys – several concert projections (released as “Projections” in 1993)
• Pet Shop Boys – “Violence” (1995)
• Suede: “The Next Life” (1993)

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Here’s something for the readers amongst you. “William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin” is brand new vinyl release on Cold Spring Records holding rare recordings of beat/cut-up writers and artists William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin. The release comprises the complete recording of Burroughs reading live in Liverpool in 1982, plus performances by Gysin of a selection of his poems, as well as home recordings made by the pair in Paris in 1970.

All recordings present on this release are taken from original tapes in the British Library collection. The release is officially licensed from the British Library, The Estate of William S Burroughs, and The Estate of Brion Gysin.

About William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs II as he was really named, (1914 – 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, credited as a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories and four collections of essays. A further five books have been published of his interviews and correspondences.

He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians and made many appearances in films. He was also briefly known by the pen name William Lee. Burroughs created and exhibited thousands of paintings and other visual artworks, including his celebrated ‘Shotgun Art’. Burroughs’ last filmed performance was in the music video for “Last Night on Earth” by U2, filmed in Kansas City, Missouri, directed by Richie Smyth and also featuring Sophie Dahl.

Despite being a fan of a right-wing columnist, many in his entourage such as Genesis P-Orridge and Al Jourgensen are notable for far-left, anti-capitalist, and anti-fascist politics. He was also a fan of the left-wing Dadaist movement. His overall views can generally be seen as anti-establishment, anti-conditioning, and anti-control.

For the rest Burroughs led a turbulent life to say the least…

About Brion Gysin

Brion Gysin (1916 – 1986) was a painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.

He is best known for his use of the cut-up technique, alongside his close friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs. With the engineer Ian Sommerville he also invented the Dreamachine, a flicker device designed as an art object to be viewed with the eyes closed. It was in painting and drawing, however, that Gysin devoted his greatest efforts, creating calligraphic works inspired by cursive Japanese “grass” script and Arabic script.

Burroughs later stated that “Brion Gysin was the only man I ever respected.”

Also Gysin had a life full of experiences including being expelled from the Surrealist Group by André Breton.

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UPDATE: We wrongly published that the David Tibet album reissue of “Ferelith” came in 2 versions. In fact there are no two versions, but 2 different albums, the second being “Fontelatus”. The text has been adapted.

(Photo via Discogs) Out on April 30th is a reissue of the 2020 David Tibet (Current 93) albums “Ferelith” and “Fontelatus”. Originally released by Cashen’s Gap, House of Mythology now re-issues both albums.

The releases come in two different vinyl editions, the first is a transparent marbled vinyl (111 copies), the second version is a clear and black marbled vinyl.

The “Ferelith” album has a printed insert on Japanese style paper and a small card, with the album’s cover on one side, and the name of the album on the other side. Each card is hand signed by David Tibet.

This is the first and 2nd part in a series of 5 releases. Note that every single track is untitled and this on all 5 of the albums.

About David Tibet

David Tibet is a British poet and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only full-time member. He was given the name “Tibet” by Genesis P-Orridge, and in January 2005 he announced that he would revert to the name David Michael, although he continues to use the well-known “Tibet” in his public career to date.

Early in his career, he collaborated with Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo. Tibet left Psychic TV in 1983 and founded Current 93 the same year. He has worked with Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound (of which band he is a member), Michael Cashmore, Douglas P. (of Death in June, on whose albums he has appeared several times), Steve Ignorant of Crass (using the name “Stephen Intelligent”), Boyd Rice, Little Annie, Björk, Nick Cave, Rose McDowall, Tiny Tim, Annabella Lwin (of Bow Wow Wow) and Ian Read of Fire and Ice.

Tibet is more recently also part of a project called Nodding God, whose debut album, “Play Wooden Child”, was released in 2019. Tibet provided the vocals for this album, singing in the Akkadian language. Nodding God also features Andrew Liles, and an anonymous artist credited as the “Underage Shaitan Boy”.

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In October 2017 we announced that Genesis P-Orridge had been diagnosed with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. After a battle of more 2 years Genesis P-Orridge died in New York City on March 14th.

The troubles for Genesis P-Orridge started earlier in 2017 when she had been hospitalized more than once. In a post in September 2019 Genesis P-Orridge said things were not looking good: “My breathing in particular is poor. At times 35% ov normal lung capacity. So most days to walk just a hundred yards to the nearest Pharmacy & store we need to wear an oxygenator. Otherwise we are too short ov breath to walk more than a few steps.”

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge was an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, and occultist and was the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective and lead vocalist of seminal industrial band Throbbing Gristle. P-Orridge was also a founding member of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth occult group, and fronted the experimental band Psychic TV. P-Orridge identified as third gender, and they preferred gender neutral pronouns when being described.

Our sincere condolences to family and friends.

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Out on Mute, 13 December 2019, is the next phase in the Throbbing Gristle reissues series with the release of “Part Two: The Endless Not”, “TG Now” and “A Souvenir of Camber Sands”, out on CD and limited edition vinyl on 13 December 2019.

In 2004 Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson, Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti reformed – 23 years after splitting up – and between 2004 and 2007 the band released 14 new studio tracks and a live album of their appearance at ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas in Camber Sands.

The 3 albums included are…

“TG Now”, originally released in 2004, was a 4-track limited vinyl and CD release available originally to attendees of the RE-TG Astoria event in 2004, their first performance together since 1981’s US tour.

With “Part Two: The Endless Not”, released in 2007, the band returned to the studio over 25 years after their last studio album. Several live documents followed the album’s release, but the untimely death of Peter Christopherson in November 2010 meant that this would become the final Throbbing Gristle album.

“A Souvenir of Camber Sands” is a live document of Throbbing Gristle’s ATP Nightmare Before Christmas performance at Camber Sands in Dec 2004, recorded by Live Here Now and originally available immediately at the show. This release reactivated the band’s live performance releases that include “Thirty Second Annual Report” (from La Villette, Paris) and the “Desertshore Installation” (from the ICA, London). “A Souvenir of Camber Sands” will be available for the first time on vinyl as limited edition clear vinyl release with poster, on double CD and digitally.

Listen to “Fed Up” (live at Camber Sands) right below.

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Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, abstract music.

Background/Info: Cold Spring Records takes us back in time to re-discover a unique documentary consisting of the “Dead Cat”-movie originally released in 1989, but shown only at a handful of cinemas. The movie was written and directed by David Lewis while Psychic TV composed the music for this film. Genesis P-Orridge has been featured in this film as well.

Content: Let’s start with the DVD featuring the “Dead Cat”-movie. It’s a short film in black & white and which, will without a shadow of a doubt even nearly 30 years after its creation take the audience by surprise. It has something shocking, into provocation, and is totally surreal. I can imagine it’s the kind of movie that will appeal for lovers of Luis Buñuel, but the global sphere is darker and more shocking.

The music composed by Psychic TV totally matches with the movie. Repetitive electronic loops and industrial noises are getting the listener in their grip to progressively move towards an even more tormented approach featuring a diversified canvas of noises, sound crashes, screams and percussion sounds.

The second CD features 3 tracks. The opening song was originally released in 1988 and is still a soundtrack for a film called “Kondole (Thee Whale)”. We next get a cut from 1993, which sounds a bit in the line of “Thee Whale” and a last track, which is a short version (and the soundtrack to the film of David Lewis) of “Dead Cat”. The common elements between all cuts remain the abstract-, industrial- and experimental approach, which remains that unique and typically Psychic TV-like.

+ + + : This is the kind of release, which will definitely appeal for all lovers of Psychic TV. Next to the music you get this particular and tormented film. It’s an interesting release as images and music together became one. The work is dominated by a weird and anguished atmospheres, which remain typical for Psychic TV.

I especially like “Thee Whale” featured at the second disc for its tribal percussion parts mixed with abstract electro-industrial music and the whale noises. There also is a great didgeridoo passage running through “Dead Cat”.

– – – : “Dead Cat” is a track that will get you in its grip for 48 minutes. There’s not a lot of variation running through the composition and that’s why I definitely prefer the shorter version.  

Conclusion: Psychic TV remains one of the most unique bands from the 80s driven by a real phenomenal artist. It brings us back to a decade where artists were creative and composed music without barriers and no compromises. That’s why this album is an important release as a testimony from the industrial music legacy!

Best songs: “Thee Whale”, “Dead Cat – Short Version”.

Rate: (7½).

Artist: www.facebook.com/psychictvptv3

Label: www.coldspring.co.uk / www.facebook.com/coldspringhq

About Psychic TV

Psychic TV was formed in 1981 in Hackney, London, by Genesis P-Orridge and Peter Christopherson, together with Alex Fergusson, after the dissolution of Throbbing Gristle. The “Kondole” soundtrack was first released in 1989 on Temple Records, predating the expanded edition paired with the “Dead Cat” film score on this Cold Spring release.

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Cold Spring announce the release of the Psychic TV release “Kondole / Dead Cat” – a double CD and DVD collection, presented in an 8-panel matt digipak with booklet – you can order this limited gem right now.

CD1 features the complete, 48:06 min long version of “Dead Cat”, while CD2 contains 3 tracks: “Thee Whale” which was recorded in 1988 (and is the soundtrack to an unmade 23 minute film called “Kondole (Thee Whale)”, by David Lewis and Andy Crabb) and “Thee Shadow Creatures” which was recorded in San Francisco on 23rd January, 1993.

“Dead Cat” was recorded in London in 1989 and is the soundtrack to the film by David Lewis. That film can be found back on the DVD. “Dead Cat” was released in 1989, and shown only at a handful of cinemas that year, including once at the Scala Cinema in London. It was never issued on general release and has only recently been uncovered by David Lewis (writer & director).

This package presents the full film, re-authored from the original source. The film itself features starring roles from cult film director Derek Jarman, Andrew Tiernan (“The Pianist”, “300”, “The Bunker”, Derek Jarman’s “Edward II”) and Genesis P-Orridge (Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle). The film features the music of Psychic TV, included here on CD1.

Here’s an idea what to expect.

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Not so good news for Genesis P-Orridge who has received the unpleasant news that she has been diagnosed with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Genesis P-Orridge will begin treatments next week on Monday 23rd. As a result the Psychic TV/PTV3 detour of Europe due to begin this Sunday 22nd is now postponed.

The troubles for Genesis P-Orridge started earlier this year, during the last 2 months she has been hospitalized more than once, but at least she now knows what she is fighting against.

You can read the full Facebook post above in which she announces her ordeal. We wish her the very best and a speedy recovery!

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There’s again some fine news for the fans of vinyl reissues of the back catalogue of Throbbing Gristle. Coming up is “The Taste of TG: A Beginner’s Guide to the Music of Throbbing Gristle” which is a 2004 compilation album by Throbbing Gristle. The cover art is a manipulation by Peter Christopherson of a still from the Pier Paolo Pasolini film “Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma”. The album is now being reissued on red vinyl and can be ordered right here.

Next is the digitally remastered edition of the 1977 debut album from the experimental/post-punk outfit: “The Second Annual Report”. The album has been restored and remastered by band member Chris Carter from 24bit ‘baked tape’ digital transfers of the original first generation analog master tapes. The set includes restored cover artworks, using original source material from the Industrial Records visual archive. This re-release comes on transparent vinyl. You can get hold of this vinyl right here.

For the newbies, Throbbing Gristle were an English music and visual arts group formed in 1976 in Kingston upon Hull. The band comprised Genesis P-Orridge (born Neil Megson; bass guitar, violin, vocals, vibraphone), Cosey Fanni Tutti (born Christine Newby; guitars, cornet, vocals), Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson (tapes, found sounds, horns, piano, vibraphone, synthesizer) and Chris Carter (synthesizers, tapes, electronics).

Throbbing Gristle are widely viewed as early pioneers of industrial music. They disbanded in 1981, but the individual members went on to participate in other projects, and reformed in 2004 for a second stint before disbanding again in 2010 after the death of Christopherson.

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Out now is the Psychic TV rareties release “Pagan Day” which has been released now on limited red vinyl. You can get your copy right here.

The origin of the tracks starts shortly before Christmas 1984, when the core songwriters, Genesis P-Orridge and Alex Fergusson, of underground arts collective Psychic TV quietly released a limited edition record containing sketches and ideas for songs. Some songs would become later fully-realized arrangements, some would get abandoned.

Rumour had it that it was recorded in a single session over a cup of coffee on a lone 4-track cassette recorder above an old YMCA building in London, though later revealed that the recordings were from various sessions over the course of a couple years prior to the record’s release. After quickly pressing the songs to vinyl, the record was originally only available through Rough Trade for a few hours on December 23, 1984 and pressed on picture discs, which adorned a photo of P-Orridge’s first born, Caresse, in exactly 999 copies.

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Cage Suburbia’s first vinyl release “Argument #03” is out now on Haunter Records. The release is the follow-up to the project’s two since long sold-out cassettes from 2014.

Cage Suburbia consists of Daniele Guerrini (co-founder of Haunter Records and member of Heith) and Matthias Girardi (aka Weightausend). Like their past two “Argument” releases, the tracks on the new release are directly cut from hardware jams and aggressively blend techno, jungle, noise, acid, industrial and dub.

This is ‘punk rock for the paranoid age’ as the label likes to put it. Note that the release holds some samples a monologue by Genesis P-Orridge from the Berlin industrial cult movie “Decoder”.

You can check out the previews below.

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