| Psychic TV | |
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| Also known as | Psychic TV & Genesis P-Orridge, Psychick Television, Psychick TV, Deep Fry, ESsence, Griselda, Homeboy Posse, Jack The Tab, King Cut Groovers, The, King Tubby, Love In Life, M. E. S. H. , Nobody Uninc, Over Thee Brink, Pearl Necklace, Safe, Too See Bee, White Dove, Wolves Of The Sun, Ecstacy Boys, PTV3, |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Experimental Psychedelic Post-Punk Post-industrial Acid House Techno Performance Art |
| Years active | 1982 – Present |
| Label(s) | Temple Records |
| Members | |
| Genesis Breyer P-Orridge David Max Alice Genese Morrison Edley Markus "Fabulous" Persson Zef Noi$e |
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| Former members | |
| Alex Fergusson,Paula P-Orridge, Fred Giannelli, Matthew Best, John Balance, Dave Ball, David Tibet, Matthew Best, Douglas Rushkoff, Drew McDowell,Rose McDowell, Gini Ball, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Hugo Longden, John Balance, John Gosling, Jordi Valls, Isaiah Singer, Larry Thrasher, Michael Campagna, Scott Breadman, Monte Cazazza, Mouse, Peter Christopherson, Philipp Erb, Richard Schiessl, Sean Maher, William Breeze,Billy Goodrum,Dave Martin,Chandra Shukla, Scott Nobody, Caresse P-Orridge, Genesse P-Orridge, Daniel Black, Max, Julian Zanetti, Paula Whitewolf, Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge | |
Psychic TV (sometimes spelled Psychick TV) or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, punk, electronic and experimental music. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Acid house is a sub-genre of House music that emphasizes a repetitive hypnotic and trance -like style with samples or spoken lines usually used rather than sung lyrics Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Temple Records was originally an Independent record label run by Genesis P-Orridge and Psychic TV from 1984 through 1994 for releases "Neil Megson" redirects here For the soccer player see Neil Megson (soccer. For the Scottish politician of the same name see Alex Fergusson (politician. Paula P-Orridge (born 23 February 1963 Westminster, London) also known as Alaura O'Dell, is a English Musician. Massachusetts born Fred Giannelli began experimenting with electronics in the late 1970s as Turning Shrines John Balance (first name also spelled Jhon and Jhonn; born Geff Rushton/Geoffrey Laurence Burton February 16, 1962 – November 13 David Ball (born 3 May 1959 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English producer and electronic Musician David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting, 5 March 1960 in Batu Gajah, Malaysia) is a British poet and Artist who Douglas Rushkoff (born 18 February 1961) is a New York -based writer columnist and lecturer on technology Rose McDowall (born 21 October 1959, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish Musician, most notably as a vocalist Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson ( also known as HÖH (date and place of birth April 23, 1958 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an accomplished John Balance (first name also spelled Jhon and Jhonn; born Geff Rushton/Geoffrey Laurence Burton February 16, 1962 – November 13 John "Zos Kia" Gosling is an industrial Musician. Gosling is most well known as a member of Psychic TV. Larry Thrasher ( 1959 -) is an American experimental musician Monte Cazazza is an American Artist and Composer best known for his seminal role in helping shape the early landscape of Industrial music through Peter Martin Christopherson, aka Sleazy (born February 27, 1955) is a musician video director and designer and former member of the influential British William Breeze is an American musician and Occultist best known as a member of Coil and as the current international leader of Ordo Templi Orientis David Martin or Dave Martin may refer to Politicians David Martin (Nebraska politician (1907–1997 Republican party U The band was formed by performance artist Genesis P-Orridge and video director Peter Christopherson (after the break up of Throbbing Gristle) with Alex Fergusson, musician and producer (a key member of Alternative TV for whom P-Orridge had played percussion). "Neil Megson" redirects here For the soccer player see Neil Megson (soccer. Peter Martin Christopherson, aka Sleazy (born February 27, 1955) is a musician video director and designer and former member of the influential British Throbbing Gristle are a British Avant-garde music and Visual arts group that evolved from the Performance art group COUM Transmissions For the Scottish politician of the same name see Alex Fergusson (politician. Alternative TV (often referred to by fans as ATV) were an influential British Punk rock and Post-punk band, formed in London
The band began publishing a monthly series of 23 live albums in 1986, but stopped without explanation after only 17. This article is about the number 23 For the year see 23. For the movies see 23 (film and The Number 23. The tenth, a picture disk most commonly referred to as Album 10, could only be obtained by submitting tokens contained in each of the previous nine releases. Album 10 (also known as Psychedelic Violence or Thee Yellow Album) is the tenth album in the series of live albums by Psychic TV. The band subsequently earned an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for most records released in one year. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U
Contributions to Psychic TV have include artists such as Coil, Current 93, Hafler Trio, The Cult, White Stains, Soft Cell, Fred Giannelli, XKP, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Matthew Best, Daniel Simon Black, Bill Breeze, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Derek Jarman, John Gosling, Timothy Leary, Rose McDowall, Stephen Kent, Vagina Dentata Organ, Andrew Weatherall, Larry Thrasher, Z'EV, Zef Noi$e, and many others. Current 93 are an eclectic British Experimental music group working since the early 1980s in folk -based musical forms The Hafler Trio is a conceptual and sound art collaborative between Andrew M The Cult are an English rock band which gained a dedicated following in their native Britain with mid-'80s singles like " She Sells Sanctuary " White Stains is a poetic work written by Aleister Crowley under the pseudonym "George Archibald Bishop" Soft Cell are an English Synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s Massachusetts born Fred Giannelli began experimenting with electronics in the late 1970s as Turning Shrines William Breeze is an American musician and Occultist best known as a member of Coil and as the current international leader of Ordo Templi Orientis Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson ( also known as HÖH (date and place of birth April 23, 1958 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an accomplished Derek Jarman ( January 31 1942 – February 19 1994) was an English Film director, Stage designer John "Zos Kia" Gosling is an industrial Musician. Gosling is most well known as a member of Psychic TV. Timothy Francis Leary ( October 22, 1920 &ndash May 31, 1996) was an American Writer, Psychologist, Futurist Rose McDowall (born 21 October 1959, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish Musician, most notably as a vocalist Vagina Dentata Organ is an art and sound project by Jordi Valls Andrew Weatherall (born 6 April 1963, Windsor, England) is a DJ, producer, and Remixer. Larry Thrasher ( 1959 -) is an American experimental musician Z'EV (born Stefan Joel Weisser, at 758 am on February 8, 1951 in Los Angeles California) is an American text
Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (aka T. Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth ( TOPY) was founded in 1981 by members of Psychic TV, Coil, Current 93, and a number of other individuals O. P. Y. ), was formed as an organisation at the same time as the band. T. O. P. Y. was intended to be the philosophical wing of Psychic TV, but also presented an image of being a cult-like fanclub for the group. P-Orridge left it in 1991.
Psychic TV released early albums of acid house music in (1988) as fake compilations, such as Jack The Tab and Tekno Acid Beat. Acid house is a sub-genre of House music that emphasizes a repetitive hypnotic and trance -like style with samples or spoken lines usually used rather than sung lyrics Jack The Tab - Acid Tablets Volume One is an album of material by Psychic TV released under the guise of a various artists compilation album Tekno Acid Beat is an album of material by Psychic TV released under the guise of a various artists compilation album After breaking up in 1999, Psychic TV reformed as PTV3 with a new line-up in 2003.
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History of the band
Since Genesis P-Orridge primarily wrote the lyrics instead of the music, he would assemble different groups of musicians together to create the music. This accounts for the changing musical nature of PTV. Thus the history of Psychic TV can be broken up into the periods of the main songwriter that was working with him at the time.
1981-1987: Alexander Fergusson period
Psychic TV was formed with the core membership of Genesis P-Orridge and Alex Fergusson in 1981. Alexander Fergusson was a member of the punk outfit Alternative TV, upon whose 1978 album Vibing Up The Senile Man (Part One) had played percussion, and contributed the latter half of the name Psychic TV [1]. Alternative TV (often referred to by fans as ATV) were an influential British Punk rock and Post-punk band, formed in London Peter Christopherson got involved in 1982 and claimed that the 'TV' component of the name was intended to focus on the visual elements of the outfit.
P-Orridge once claimed that "Psychic TV is a video group who does music unlike a music group which makes music videos". Similarities can be seen in the artwork for Alternative TV and early Psychic TV releases, with a recurring pastiche on the 'as seen on TV' marketing style.
In the earliest live performances, Psychic TV maintained much of the noisy atmosphere as P-Orridge's previous band, Throbbing Gristle, although now with an increased use of exotic acoustic drums and other instruments. Psychic TV were signed to WEA Records and subsequently CBS based on the infamy of Throbbing Gristle. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal This article is about the record label founded in 2006 For the earlier CBS Records label see Columbia Records.
Their first albums Force The Hand Of Chance and Dreams Less Sweet featured high production values, catchy pop songs written by Fergusson (with barbershop quartet vocals arranged by Andrew Pearson), and sound experiments primarily created by Peter Christopherson and Geff Rushton, a. Force The Hand Of Chance was the debut album of English group Psychic TV. Dreams Less Sweet is the second proper album by Psychic TV. The album was released in Holophonic sound. Peter Martin Christopherson, aka Sleazy (born February 27, 1955) is a musician video director and designer and former member of the influential British k. a. John Balance - foreshadowing the pair's later work as Coil. John Balance (first name also spelled Jhon and Jhonn; born Geff Rushton/Geoffrey Laurence Burton February 16, 1962 – November 13 Marc Almond was also involved. Marc Almond (born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond on 9 July, 1957 in Southport, Lancashire, (now in the county of Merseyside
The live shows continued to bear improvised noise elements until Peter Christopherson left the group and Fergusson implemented musicians capable of improvisational pop music, known as hyperdelic, such as that featured on the singles Godstar and Roman P. This led to a series of 23 live show recordings being released, which dominated most of Psychic TV's output until 1988. Towards the end of this period Fergusson/P-Orridge completed their third proper studio album Allegory and Self: Thee Starlit Mire. Allegory And Self is a LP released by Psychic TV in 1988 that comprises a varied selection of their work It was at this point that P-Orridge became interested in acid house and techno. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Alex Fergusson left and was replaced with techno artist Fred Giannelli.
1988-1992: Fred Giannelli period
During this period Fred Giannelli and other techno artists released music not only as Psychic TV, but also a variety of 'fake' names. Massachusetts born Fred Giannelli began experimenting with electronics in the late 1970s as Turning Shrines The idea behind this was to release 'compilations' of these imaginary artists, creating a sense that a healthy acid house scene existed in the UK. The key studio albums of this period were Jack The Tab, Tekno Acid Beat, Towards the Infinite Beat and Beyond the Infinite Beat (2x12" remixes which could be played at 33 or 45 rpm), as almost all of the live shows in this period were based around the songs on these albums. From '88-90 PTV was very stable as a live unit and did more gigs and touring than any other version of PTV before or after. A long tour of the USA and UK in 1988, Europe in 1989 and another long tour of the USA in 1990.
1992-1993: Exile
P-Orridge claimed initially that he was deported, although later admitted that he decided not to return to England from Kathmandu, where he and his family had been working with Tibetan refugees, instead going into "self-imposed exile". This was after a video he had created was falsely presented as evidence of Satanic ritual abuse in an edition of Channel 4 TV's Dispatches. Satanic ritual abuse ( SRA, sometimes known as ritual abuse, cult related abuse, ritualized abuse, sadistic ritual abuse, ritual The programme was later discredited, though not before his house was raided by the police and the allegations had been repeated in the tabloid press. He said that he felt he would not get a fair hearing if he returned to England, so the family moved to California.
Shortly after moving to the US, P-Orridge underwent a divorce which traumatized him immensely. Most of the output during this period was made up of re-releases of earlier albums, especially by industrial music record labels who released the albums as a "paying of respects" to the founder of industrial music. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music.
1993-1999: Larry Thrasher/Michael Campagna period
In 1992 Kim Cascone (founder of Silent Records) introduced P-Orridge to Larry Thrasher, co-founder of the mid 80's San Francisco experimental noise band Thessalonians. Kim Cascone (December 21 1955 Albion Michigan is an American Composer of Electronic music, who is best known for his releases in the ambient Larry Thrasher ( 1959 -) is an American experimental musician In turn, Larry Thrasher introduced P-Orridge to veteran guitarist & close friend, Michael Campagna which gave birth to a fresh & ever evolving ambient sound. This began a new period with Psychic TV returning to its psychedelic pop roots with Thrasher co-producing & Campagna co-writing the critically acclaimed Trip/Reset as well as the album "Cold Blue Torch" and new experimental explorations which centered around the spoken word poetry of P-orridge in releases like "Thee Fractured Garden" and "Breathe". Trip Reset is a 1996 album credited to Genesis P-Orridge and Psychic TV featuring The Angels of Light. "Thee Fractured Garden" was a seminal example of this period where Psychic TV blended ambient music, samples and sound collages with spoken word. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Spoken word is a form of literary Art or artistic performance in which Lyrics, Poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung This eventually led P. Orridge, Thrasher & Campagna to the create several offshoot groups Splinter Test and later Thee Majesty, which focused on the spoken word and sonic experimentations. Splinter Test was used as group name for Larry Thrasher and Genesis P-Orridge along with other Psychic TV musicians during departure of PTV and foundation In 1998, Genesis P-Orridge was ending his association with the name Psychic TV, the band he created after the termination of Throbbing Gristle.
Other notable releases upon which P-Orridge collaborated with Thrasher were the Electric Newspapers, a series of open source sample releases that blurred the sampling CD concept with a stream of consciousness listening experience. Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge Material from the Electric Newspaper series of releases (there are six in total, but only four have been released) is mostly taken from the CDs PTV released with Thrasher along with contributors such as Skinny Puppy and other notable musical allies of this time. Skinny Puppy is an industrial band formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982.
The original motivation for the Electric Newspaper series was to ensure that the PTV sample files were archived after the loss of the entire PTV sampling library in the dramatic five alarm fire at the Houdini Mansion on Laurel Canyon in Hollywood while PTV was on tour. This fire, which burned down the 18,000 sq foot mansion, left P-Orridge in the intensive care unit at Cedar Sinai hospital with life-threatening injuries after he (along with members of the band Love and Rockets ) jumped from their bedroom windows to escape the flames. Results of this event sent P-Orridge on a two-year health sabbatical to recover, during which he was involved in a million dollar lawsuit against Rick Rubin, who owned the Houdini Mansion. Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10 1963 in Lido Beach New York) is an American Record producer and is currently P-Orridge won the case, but was left with a metal plate and eight screws in his permanently disabled and reconstructed arm.
In 1998 P-Orridge announced that he primarily wanted to move into spoken word, which is when Campagna left the band to pursue his own projects, and turned to focus on Thee Majesty with musical lineup of Larry Thrasher and Bryin Dall. In 1998, Genesis P-Orridge was ending his association with the name Psychic TV, the band he created after the termination of Throbbing Gristle. Thee Majesty continues to perform to large halls and galleries in Europe playing improvised sound sculpture to mostly improvised spoken word and they released a CD called "Time's Up" up 1999.
In 2005, the Voiceprint record label in England re-released several older Psychic TV and Genesis P-Orridge albums under the name Thee Majesty, and also a new album recorded with the band Cotton Ferox. Also, a 2005 release "Mary Never Wanted Jesus" credited to Genesis P-Orridge & Thee Majesty featured archive PTV material alongside new Thee Majesty recordings. PTV, as a rock entity, had a "final show" in 1999 at The Royal Festival Hall in London. Royal Festival Hall is a concert dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This show also marked the end of P-Orridge's exile from the UK.
2003-Present: PTV3
An all new lineup of Psychic TV returned to the stage in 2003 with a concert in New York under the guise of PTV3. In September 2004, an extensive tour of Europe (covering 16 countries) and North America was launched. 2005 saw the band return to the studio, recording their first album in over 10 years (P-Orridge also spent 2005 working with Throbbing Gristle on what will be their first album in over 25 years). Throbbing Gristle are a British Avant-garde music and Visual arts group that evolved from the Performance art group COUM Transmissions Additionally, a few more dates were performed in Europe throughout the year. In January 2006, the new PTV album was announced by P-Orridge on his website. Hell is Invisible. . . Heaven is Her/E, the album, was recorded in New York and features Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers) guesting on some tracks. Nicholas Joseph Zinner (born December 8, 1974) is the Guitarist for the New York Rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York City -based Alternative rock band Gibson Jerome "Gibby" Haynes (born 1957 is an American musician radio personality painter and the lead singer of the group Butthole Surfers. Butthole Surfers (also referred to as simply "the Buttholes" is an American Alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary P-Orridge describes it as "Dark Side of the Moon for the 21st century". The Dark Side of the Moon (titled Dark Side of the Moon in the 1993 CD edition is a Concept album by the British Progressive Release is expected mid-Spring (Northern Hemisphere) 2007 and it will be followed by a tour that may last up to 18 months. [2] In February 2007 Side-Line announced the news that the Fee Lee record label has released a Psychic TV live album, "Live in Russia". Side-Line was an online music magazine History Side-line was started in 1989 by two university students David Noiret and Seba Dolimont who noticed that there was a distinctive [1]
Concerts across the UK have been announced for 2006 (Sheffield, Birmingham and London) as well as Brussels, Amsterdam and Moscow.
The line up is:
- Genesis Breyer P-Orridge - Vocals / Noise bass
- Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge - Samples
- Eddie O'Dowd aka. Morrison Edley (Toilet Boys) - Drums
- Alice Genese (Candy Ass / Pretty Boys) - Bass
- David Max (HIT) - Guitars.
- Markus Aurelius Cirkus Maximus Dangerous Fabulous Persson - Keyboards
- Zef Noi$e - Electric Violin
The 2006 shows included an 'all new video light show' by Sterile Cowboys & Co. (a. k. a. Nicolas Jenkins) -- three screens of heavily overlaid video with the middle screen overlaid by yet another layer of "analog" projections including moiréd overlays and liquid/oil effects performed by "something human" aka Caleigh Fisher a friend from the TOPY years. Videos from the upcoming album and DVDs were previewed as works in process. Much of the video work revolves around Breyer P-Orridges exploration of the 'pandrogyne'.
Lady Jaye died suddenly on Tuesday 9th October 2007 at home in Brooklyn, New York from a previously undiagnosed heart condition which is thought to have been connected with her long-term battle with stomach cancer. Lady Jaye collapsed and died in the arms of her heartbroken "other half" Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.
Psychic TV on the radio. . . . .
P-Orridge and Mo Edley performed a DJ set and were interviewed on New York's station WNYU on Tuesday September 5, 2006. WNYU is a non-commercial radio station owned and operated by New York University. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. PTV3 performed several songs on WFMU in Jersey City on Thursday September 7. WFMU is a listener-supported non-commercial Radio station based in Jersey City New Jersey, broadcasting at 91 Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. The band were interviewed as well. This was the first time ever Psychic TV had played live on air.
To inaugurate the release of HELL IS INVISIBLE. . . HEAVEN IS HER/E, PTV3 hosted a five night residency in September 2006 at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, USA, followed by the above mentioned tour. Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Bushwick
Psychic TV live
Psychic TV have performed countless times in their live career with an ever-changing and eclectic selection of musicians. Concert tours for the Electronic music group Psychic TV. 1982 1983 Live releases account for about half of Psychic TV's discography and with one series of live releases they released fourteen live albums in eighteen months, enough to earn them a record in the Guinness Book of World Records. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U [3]
Discography
See also
References
External links
- Genesis P-orridge.com
- Psychic TV History
- Master Musicians of Joujouka
- Alex Fergusson
- Official Psychic TV myspace
- Freenoise - Promoter
- Fred Giannelli
- Fred Giannelli
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