force the hand of chance
[another selection from the musical vaults of my youth]
here’s a couple of tracks from Psychic TV’s 1982 ‘Force The Hand of Chance’ album which i was given as a gift sometime way back then..
I could probably write pages about Psychic TV, their eccentric frontman Genesis P.Orridge, and his previous band Throbbing Gristle due to their mad innovations in the world of electronic music, as well as their highly unconventional attitudes and lifestyles, but I’ll do my best to keep it simple.
Over the years Genesis has had his finger in many musical pies - from the psychedelic 70’s thru to punk rock, industrial music, acid house and much more. And even though he’s responsible for coining the term “industrial music” way back in the 70’s his musical output has been far too diverse to be categorized beyond very loose terms like “innovative” and “experimental”. It certainly has very litle in common with today’s bland and predictable incarnations of “industrial music”.
His interest in magick, ritual and other more esoteric spiritual, philosophical and artistic realms got him written off by many in the mainstream UK press as a nut-job, in fact he was branded the “evilist man in Britain” in the early 90s and was forced into exile as a result of bogus and trumped up indecency charges. As a result of being “on the run” Genesis ended up in California where amongst other things he worked on projects with psychedelic guru Timothy Leary, and even made a track with our old friend Markie from Wicked called “Kondole 3″. When i dig out my copy of that collaboration I’ll post it for you..
Genesis has long since put his troubles with the law behind him and now lives in New York. He’s still as eccentric as ever, and performs regularly with the most recent incarnation of his band - Psychic TV 3, as well as with Throbbing Gristle occasionally. I don’t really follow their more recent projects but I do regularly play old Psychic TV and Throbbing Gristle trax on my VOID show. Alot of the early stuff is ahead of it’s time and IMHO still sounds fresh and interesting up against the best of todays electronic music. Even if you’re not a listener of my VOID shows you may recognize the “OV Power” track from some of my live dj sets in the past..
so listen and enjoy -
