Throbbing Gristle Reports On State Of Music Today

There is an excellent article in the UK Times Online today about the current reunion of Throbbing Gristle. It discusses with the band their reasons for reforming, their recent performances, and how easy it was to start working together again. They recently released their first album in 26 years, PART TWO The Endless Not which is available from their online store.

Tracklist For PART TWO The Endless Not

1. Vow Of Silence2. Rabbit Snare3. Separated4. Almost A Kiss5. Greasy Spoon6. Lyre Liar7. Above The Below8. Endless Not9. The Worm Waits It Turn10. After The FallLast month, the group played with a choir of 20 singers at the Donau Festival in Austria. This last weekend, they played a live musical score for early Super 8 films by Derek Jarman. Chris Carter has a flickr page with photos from the Donau, likely he will be adding photos from the performance this weekend as well. But, there is still another chance to see them live if you are in London and it sounds as if they will be scheduling more shows in the future. According to the Times Online article:

“It seems to us now,” says Christopherson on their reasons for reforming, “that the record business is in as bad a situation as it was in the 1970s, if not worse. It’s not really able to make a statement unless it’s directly related to putting cute boys and cute girls onstage. We felt it was important that our message could be heard again, and people could realise that music can mean something.”

Cosey Fanni Tutti, who has remained active with a solo career as well as the excellent duo Chris and Cosey with fellow TG member Chris Carter (who also maintained an amazing solo experimental electronica careers), went on to say in the article that it was incredibly easy to start working as TG again because each member continues to share the same desire and message to communicate through music. Christopherson elaborates by stating that the next project with TG is always the most exciting one. Good news for TG fans that would like to see a revival of their controversial interpretations on what popular music sounds like and how it is presented and integrated with the public sphere!

Shows

June 1-3 TG - The Desertshore Installation at the Institute Of Contemporary Art, LondonTG return to the ICA London (ica.org.uk) for a series of public 'Recording Sessions'.

Links

Throbbing GristleTG music $paceTimes Online article