Category: Throbbing Gristle & related artists

Artist:
Throbbing Gristle

Title:
The Taste Of TG (A Beginner’s Guide To The Music Of Throbbing Gristle)

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
TGCD14 | TGLP14

Release Date:
03rd May 2004
2017 (re-release)

Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Industrial Introduction

02.
Distant Dreams – Part Two

03.
Persuasion U.S.A.

04.
Something Came Over Me

05.
Dead On Arrival

06.
Hot On The Heels Of Love

07.
We Hate You (Little Girls)

08.
United

09.
Cabaret Voltaire
(Live at Industrial Training College Wakefield 1st July 1978)

10.
Exotic Functions

11.
Zyklon B Zombie

12.
Walkabout

13.
Hamburger Lady

14.
His Arm Was Her Leg
(Live at The Factory Manchester 18th May 1979 – Edit)

Press Info:
When dubbing Throbbing Gristle as the Wreckers of Civilisation, the late Tory MP Sir Nicholas Fairbairn couldn’t have provided the industrial music/art/guerrilla media troupe with a better manifesto. For Genesis P. Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson and Chris Carter, Throbbing Gristle advocated total musical and personal freedom and the self-empowerment to achieve it. Between 1975 and 1981 they troubled eardrums, shattered preconceptions and changed lives, and the repercussions of their sonic, ideological and industrial experiments are still being felt today.

These repercussions were most recently highlighted by some of today’s electronic peers paying homage to TG’s pioneering experiments. “Mutant TG” (novamute) is the first ever TG remix collection whereby contemporary producers such as Carl Craig, Two Lone Swordsmen and Simon Ratcliffe provide stunning reworks of classic TG.

Now with “The Taste Of TG” you can sample their unadulterated majesty, a Beginner’s guide to the enigmatic and elusive Throbbing Gristle.

Unlike many of their punk peers Throbbing Gristle deployed their music as a weapon attacking the apparatus of the music industry. TG set up their own imprint, Industrial Records, for the distribution of their noises and even incorporated the art gallery practice of making special limited edition hand-assembled LPs, pre-packaged videos and live cassettes. In addition, they sent out regular pop profile communiqués, including special postcards, patches and badges, which detailed the activities of the various members. Nothing was beneath them.

TG have never been afraid to confront, confound and expose. Whilst 1978’s ‘United’ sounds like an eerie football chant referencing occultist Aleister Crowley’s “Love Is The Law…”, over a crackled electro groove, its B-side – named for the chemical used in Nazi death chambers, ‘Zyklon B Zombie’ was deliberately recorded so as to sound like it was being broadcast through a haze of gas. Other equally disturbing TG classics include the queasy ‘Hamburger Lady’, where Genesis intones a letter describing the plight of a woman with horrific fat burns in a feeble voice echoed by nagging electronics. TG also often displayed a more harmonious and gentle side that was adeptly shown on their most accessible album, 1979’s “20 Jazz Funk Greats” and the disco hypnosis of ‘Hot on The Heels of Love’ whilst ‘Weeping’ originally from “The Third And Final Report” reverberates beautifully around four types of acoustic violin through a space echo. Indeed, if tracks such as ‘Dead On Arrival’ further underpin TG’s status as electronic funk pioneers then the ultra-disturbing and grating ‘We Hate You (Little Girls)’ seems only to further prove that TG were and still are unique outsiders who consistently buckled the mould and in doing so laid the foundations for today’s maverick producers. As Throbbing Gristle were to later state. “We wanted to re-invest Rock music with content, motivation and risk. Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.”

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Special:
“Post Punk Britain: In Focus 160523 – Throbbing Gristle”

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Artist:
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Title:
Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
LTGCD21 | TGLP21

Release Date:
16th May 2025

Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Trumpet Herald
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

02.
Convincing People
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

03.
Splitting Sky
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

04.
Slug Bait
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

05.
Rabbit Snare
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

06.
Almost A Kiss
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

07.
Greasy Poo
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

08.
The Endless Not
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

09.
Vow Of Silence
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

10.
PA Destroyer
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

11.
Hamburger Lady
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

Press Info:
Throbbing Gristle’s Live at the Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005 has been announced as as a stand-alone vinyl, CD and digital release, due out via Mute on 16 May 2025.

The 11-track live album was originally available on the recent acclaimed box set, TG Berlin, which chronicled unreleased work recorded around a series of live events curated by the band at the Berlin Volksbühne in 2005/2006.

Recorded 20 years ago at the New Year’s Eve show at the Volksbühne, the album previewed five songs from Part Two: The Endless Not, the band’s first album in 27 years, several years before its release. The set – described by Uncut as “magisterial” – also included ‘Convincing People’, ‘Slug Bait’, and ‘Hamburger Lady’ (their first encore in 25/26 years, and what an encore!) – tracks that had lost none of their potency in the intervening years.

The box set – which comprises of 4 CDs, a Blu-ray, a 10” vinyl and a booklet featuring unseen photographs from the time by Paul Heartfield as well as a specially commissioned piece of writing by the award winning Scottish visual artist Lucy McKenzie – includes two full performances from the event, alongside the TG Berlin Studio Session which is comprised of the final Throbbing Gristle single (two unreleased tracks, ‘Scabs & Saws’ and ‘Wotwududo’,) and an unreleased 48-minute piece titled ‘TG Berlin Studio Session 2005 – 2006’, recorded at Planet Roc studios during the time they were in the city. TG Berlin also includes the “rehearsal” for the improvised In The Shadow of the Sun, performance, giving two different perspectives on their soundtrack to Jarman’s work.

In 2004, Throbbing Gristle – Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) and Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson (1955-2010) – regrouped and the following six years became a period of renewed creativity for the band. Back in the studio after 20 years, they found group intuition when performing was intact, and their ability to break down barriers and forge connections with an audience was more powerful than ever.

TG Berlin and Live at the Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005 are the latest releases in an ongoing collaboration with Mute, compelling documents of Throbbing Gristle performing and recording as a four-piece with a renewed vigour. From the opening beats and serrated electronics of one of their final tracks recorded together, ‘Scabs & Saws’, it’s clear that TG are not revisiting ground already tread, but bringing two decades of individual experience back into the studio to create a new exploration of sound. The vocals have a different depth, the groove is deeper, and the atmosphere has lost none of its potency.

Throbbing Gristle:
– Chris Carter: Rhythms, Loops, Synth
– Cosey Fanni Tutti: Guitar, Cornet, Melodica, Sampler
– Genesis P-Orridge: Vocals, Violin, Bass
– Peter Christopherson: Sampler, Persephone keyboard

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“Almost A Kiss (Live at The Volksbühne Berlin, 2005)”

“Convincing People (Live at The Volksbühne Berlin, 2005)”

Videos:
“Rabbit Snare (Live at The Volksbühne Berlin, 2005)”

“Hamburger Lady (Live at The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)”

Special:
“Post Punk Britain: In Focus 160523 – Throbbing Gristle”

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Chris Carter’s “Mondo Beat” on Mute
Chris Carter’s “Disobedient” on Mute
Chris Carter’s “Archival Recordings 1973-1977” on Mute
Carter Tutti’s “Carter Tutti Remix Chris & Cosey” on Conspiracy International
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Artist:
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Title:
The Third Mind Movements (Reissue)

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
TGCD22 | TGLP22

Release Date:
23rd August 2024

Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
The Man From Nowhere

02.
PreMatur

03.
Secluded

04.
Perception Is The Only Reality

05.
Not That I Am

06.
The Third Mind: First Movement

07.
The Third Mind: Second Movement

08.
The Third Mind: Third Movement

Press Info:
Throbbing Gristle unveils a brand new reissue of The Third Mind Movements, released commercially for the first time on CD and vinyl via Mute.

Formed in 1975, Throbbing Gristle, aka Chris Carter, Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson (1955-2010), Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020), fully delivered on punk’s failed promise to explore extreme culture as a way of sabotaging systems of control. Their impact on music, culture, and the arts has been immeasurable and still felt today.

Having reformed in 2004, Throbbing Gristle’s The Third Mind Movements initially emerged as an exclusive release only available on the band’s last ever American tour in 2009, before they split again in 2010. The tour, which saw them perform in the US for the first time in 28 years, included their first shows in NY and an appearance at Coachella festival. The Third Mind Movements album, recorded during the Desertshore sessions at the ICA, London several years earlier – a series of six live recordings from the ICA attended by an attentive audience – journeys through manipulated, time-stretched and distorted samples, with rhythmical breakbeats and hypnotic oscillations of electronics.

The Third Mind Movements is released alongside TGCD1 – both vital additions for dedicated Throbbing Gristle and industrial music fans.

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“The Man From Nowhere”

“The Third Mind: First Movement”

“Not That I Am”

Special:
“Post Punk Britain: In Focus 160523 – Throbbing Gristle”

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Throbbing Gristle’s “Mutant TG (Re-Issue)” on NovaMute
Throbbing Gristle’s “TG Berlin” on Mute
Chris Carter’s “Mondo Beat” on Mute
Chris Carter’s “Disobedient” on Mute
Chris Carter’s “Archival Recordings 1973-1977” on Mute
Carter Tutti’s “Carter Tutti Remix Chris & Cosey” on Conspiracy International
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Artist:
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Title:
TG Berlin

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
TGCD21

Release Date:
06th December 2024

Format:
Box Set (4xCD, 10 inch, Bluray, Photo Book)

Tracklist:
CD1-01.
Trumpet Herald
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-02.
Convincing People
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-03.
Splitting Sky
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-04.
Slug Bait
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-05.
Rabbit Snare
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-06.
Almost A Kiss
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-07.
Greasy Poo
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-08.
Endless Not
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-09.
Vow Of Silence
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-10.
Pa Destroyer
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD1-11.
Hamburger Lady
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

CD2-01.
In The Shadow Of The Sun
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Day, 2006)

CD3-01.
In The Shadow Of The Sun
(Rehearsal At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Day 2006)

CD4-01.
TG Berlin

CD4-01.
Scabs & Saws

CD4-01.
Wotwududo

Vinyl-A.
A Scabs & Saws

Vinyl-B.
Wotwududo

BLUERAY-01.
Trumpet Herald
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
Convincing People
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
Splitting Sky
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
Slug Bait
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
Rabbit Snare
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
Almost A Kiss
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
Greasy Poo
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
The Endless Not
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
Vow Of Silence
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
PA Destroyer
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

BLUERAY-01.
Hamburger Lady
(Live At The Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005)

Press Info:
Throbbing Gristle and Mute’s partnership continues with the release of TG BERLIN, a lavish box set chronicling their previously unreleased work in Berlin around a very special series of live events at the Volksbühne in 2005/2006, set for release on 6 December 2024. The event, curated by Throbbing Gristle, saw the band perform a live set on New Year’s Eve and an improvised live soundtrack to a new 16mm print of Derek Jarman’s In The Shadow of the Sun (1981) on New Year’s Day, and, while the band were in Berlin, they recorded two final songs alongside a 48-minute piece of new music.

The box set – which comprises of 4 CDs, a Blu Ray, a 10″ vinyl and a booklet featuring unseen photographs from the time by Paul Heartfield as well as new sleeve notes by the award winning Scottish visual artist Lucy McKenzie – collates both of these performances, alongside the TG Berlin Studio Session, which comprises of the final Throbbing Gristle single (two unreleased tracks, ‘Scabs & Saws’ and ‘Wotwududo’, and an unreleased 48-minute piece titled ‘TG Berlin Studio Session 2005 – 2006′, recorded at Planet Roc studios during the time they were in the city.

TG Berlin will also include the “rehearsal” for In The Shadow of the Sun, recorded on New Year’s Day at the iconic Volksbühne (“people’s theatre”). The performance of In The Shadow of the Sun was improvised, so the two documents offer a different perspective on the soundtrack to Jarman’s work.

The New Year’s Eve show previewed five songs from the band’s first album in 27 years, Part Two: The Endless Not, several years before its release, on a set list that included ‘Convincing People’, ‘Slug Bait’, and ‘Hamburger Lady’ (their first encore in 25/26 years, and what an encore!) – tracks that had lost none of their potency in the intervening years – plus the released track, ‘Splitting Sky’ and more. The performance is also included as a Blu-ray.

In 2004, Throbbing Gristle – Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) and Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson (1955-2010) – regrouped and the following six years became a period of renewed creativity for the band. Back in the studio after 20 years, they found group intuition when performing was intact, and their ability to break down barriers and forge connections with an audience was more powerful than ever.

This new box set, the latest release in an ongoing collaboration with Mute, is a compelling document of Throbbing Gristle performing and recording as a four-piece with a renewed vigour. From the opening beats and serrated electronics of one of their final tracks recorded together, ‘Scabs and Saws’, it’s clear that TG are not revisiting ground already tread, but bringing two decades of individual experience back into the studio to create a new exploration of sound. The vocals have a different depth, the groove is deeper, and the atmosphere has lost none of its potency.

Throbbing Gristle formed in 1975, and for the next six years they fully delivered on punk’s failed promise to explore extreme culture as a way of sabotaging systems of control. During that time, they released crucial records such as The Second Annual Report Of Throbbing Gristle (1977), D.O.A The Third And Final Report Of Throbbing Gristle (1978), and 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979) and were infamously named “wreckers of civilisation” by the Conservative MP Nicholas Fairbairn in 1976.

From 2004, they embarked on a series of live performances that included the Coachella and Primavera festivals, Tate Modern, and Heaven, and returned to the studio to produce several albums, including TG Now (2004), and Part Two: The Endless Not (2007), as well as a 3-day “studio installation” at the ICA before disbanding in 2010. Their impact on music, culture and the arts has been immeasurable, and still felt today across music, film, theatre, and fine art.

Snippets:
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Full Track Streaming:
“Scabs & Saws”

Special:
“Post Punk Britain: In Focus 160523 – Throbbing Gristle”

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