1981-1987: Alexander Fergusson period Psychic TV was formed with the core membership of GP-O, 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. 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. Genesis once claiming 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.

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1. Jack the Tab/Tekno Acid Beat is an album of material by Psychic TV released under the guise of a various artists compilation album. The album is compiled from the.
2. It's never a bad day for Psychic TV—so why not today? After spending the weekend repeatedly listening to Tekno Acid Beat, we're still not unplugged.

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In the earliest live performances, Psychic TV maintained much of the noisy atmosphere as Genesis' 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. 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), sound experiments primarily created by Peter Christopherson and Geoff Rushton (also known as John Balance). Marc Almond was also involved. The live shows continued to be improvised noise 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.

It was at this point that Genesis became interested in acid house and techno. Alex Fergusson left and was replaced with techno artist Fred Gianelli. 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. 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 and Towards the Infinite Beat, as almost all of the live shows in this period were based around the songs on these albums. 1992-1993: Exile Genesis claimed initially that he was deported,citation needed 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.

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, Genesis 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. 1993-1999: Larry Thrasher period In 1992 Kim Cascone (founder of Silent Records) introduced Genesis to Larry Thrasher, co-founder of the mid 80's San Francisco experimental noise band Thessalonians.

Cz full auto. This began a new period with Psychic TV returning to its psychedelic pop roots with Thrasher co-producing the critically acclaimed Trip/Reset as well as new experimental explorations which centered around the spoken word poetry of P-orridge in releases like 'Thee Fractured Garden' and 'Breathe'. 'Thee Fractured Garden' was a seminal example of this period where Psychic TV blended ambient music, samples and sound collages with spoken word. This eventually led to the offshoot groups Splinter Test and later Thee Majesty, both with Thrasher, which focused on the spoken word and sonic experimentations. Other notable releases upon which Genesis 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.

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. 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 Genesis 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 Genesis 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. Genesis won the case, but was left with a metal plate and eight screws in his permanently disabled and reconstructed arm.

In 1998 Genesis announced that he primarily wanted to move into spoken word and turned to focus on Thee Majesty with musical lineup of Larry Thrasher and Bryin Dall. 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. This show also marked the end of Genesis' exile from the UK. BLISS 91 comp.tape. NOTRE DAME tapes. TANT QU’IL Y AURA DU TANGO tape.

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Formed: 1981 in Hackney, London, United Kingdom by Genesis P-Orridge and (after ceased to exist) with. Soon, PTV became a post industrial supergroup, expanding the core line-up with the talents of frequent collaborators, and, which led to the classic 1983 album. After Peter and John's departure in late 1984 to concentrate on their project, Psychic TV's style evolved more in the direction of psychedelic or acid rock, then called 'hyperdelic' rock by the band, a style they would return to in later years.

In 1988, departed, and a move back to more electronic based music took place, featuring the talents of, and. PTV were found at the forefront of acid house with the fake compilations ', ', and various releases featuring rotating line-ups under different monikers (, & ). Well documented constant touring and recording took its toll. A relocation to the USA in 1993, the closure of the band's independent label in 1994, and perhaps most prominently the separation from left Genesis P. Orridge to be the only permanent member of Psychic TV. The name 'Psychic TV & Genesis P-Orridge' was used for a number of Psychic TV re-releases and experimental projects by Genesis P-Orridge and, before Genesis formed with.

A final concert was announced and held at the Royal Festival Hall, London in May 1999. In 2003, Genesis P. Orridge (now Breyer P. Orridge) toured with a new line up as PTV3, musically leaning towards the 'hyperdelic' phase. Silently, he restarted the once dismissed TOPY and re-activated the dormant Temple Records for a batch of new and old releases. A curious melange of styles as GPO tried to settle on something that would make money, I fear.

The early material, for those of us who were there, was outstanding in the post-industrial genre. Hyperdelia offered much more in terms of accessibility but didn't deliver at the time commercially. The ritual side projects (Themes) were great if you were a Templar or just a fan of bizarre noise. The Acid House era was energising and fun but also not always the best works of the band. Later material has been harking back to Hyperdelia to a degree, not sure where I stand with it.

I loved the Tellies, and I guess I always will, difficult to identify a single stand-out album. PTV have amazing tracks for each individual to choose and dared to speak about many things that nobody else dared until them (like creating a religious movement devoted mainly to Magick and the Individual). In truth PTV is GPO and members who play with him on each record with some problems arising btw GPO and many musicians.

GPO doesn't seem stable enough. If 2 days ago he was into industrial music, 1 day ago into trance, today into spoken word nobody can really guaratee you that todays true isn't tomorrows lie. Interesting to observe and study, but not much more (this is warning, lol!). Sometimes he reminds me of a modern Crowley version. But not so amazing.