The extended Genesis P-Orridge universe

jadis · 06-25-2021, 01:06 PM

I've seen that there's a thread on Throbbing Gristle from a while ago, but it makes sense to me to start a new one under this wider heading.

Fans or haters, few would deny that the phenomenon known as Genesis Breyer P-Orridge was at the center, on the periphery or at the background of some extraordinary and extraordinarily diverse artistic activity. Whether as a soloist, producer, collaborator, author or just former band member, Genesis is linked to a huge number of musicians, bands, trends, movements, cults, scandals, you name it.

Which is why I think this headline makes sense: it allows you to group together a lot of disparate subjects, from Psychic TV and Coil to gender and the occult, whatever your attitude to each and every one of those may be.

I'll start with what I think was one of TG's triumphs, the reunion show. Just tremendous. When you see members of the audience twitching involuntarily to the rhythm, you know it's the good sh*t.

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jadis · 07-01-2021, 03:19 AM

An incredibly dated production, everything screams 1988-1991, but still pretty enjoyable.

jadis · 02-03-2023, 10:02 AM

Gen should get more cred as a maker of creepy trip hop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFok...l=pelodelperro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2i...reCanBeOnlyOne

jadis · 02-08-2023, 03:37 AM

A Gen-less TG, aka X-TG, in a superb cover of the Nico classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0bIqr5Fqc

jadis · 10-05-2023, 10:32 AM

What a ridiculously charming accent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcnU...nnel=StellaC93

oldcurmudgeon · 11-07-2023, 09:41 PM

I was Gen's PA for a considerable time during the 00's. What do you want to know?

jadis · 11-13-2023, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by oldcurmudgeon

I was Gen's PA for a considerable time during the 00's. What do you want to know?

Oh wow... Everything! Every single thing.

First of all, how was Gen as a person? Cause in interviews and documentaries they sometimes come across as very psychologically shrewd and even down to earth (yes!) while on other occasions as a complete megalomanic with a bad case of mythomania...

~~mjolnir~~ · 09-14-2024, 05:16 PM

I don't know much of the discography, yet "Cold Blue Torch" (Psychic TV) is one of my favorite remix albums!
such a classic!

jadis · 10-04-2024, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by mjolnir

I don't know much of the discography, yet "Cold Blue Torch" (Psychic TV) is one of my favorite remix albums!
such a classic!

Never heard of it. I LOVE the opening track! thanks very much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKwT...nnel=SvsPls365

jadis · 10-13-2024, 03:34 PM

Saw the new Gen documentary at the Tel Aviv cinematheque. Amazing. Genuinely moving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmJb...erFilmFestival

06-25-2021, 01:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,360	The extended Genesis P-Orridge universe I've seen that there's a thread on Throbbing Gristle from a while ago, but it makes sense to me to start a new one under this wider heading. Fans or haters, few would deny that the phenomenon known as Genesis Breyer P-Orridge was at the center, on the periphery or at the background of some extraordinary and extraordinarily diverse artistic activity. Whether as a soloist, producer, collaborator, author or just former band member, Genesis is linked to a huge number of musicians, bands, trends, movements, cults, scandals, you name it. Which is why I think this headline makes sense: it allows you to group together a lot of disparate subjects, from Psychic TV and Coil to gender and the occult, whatever your attitude to each and every one of those may be. I'll start with what I think was one of TG's triumphs, the reunion show. Just tremendous. When you see members of the audience twitching involuntarily to the rhythm, you know it's the good sht.

10-13-2024, 03:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,360	Saw the new Gen documentary at the Tel Aviv cinematheque. Amazing. Genuinely moving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmJb...erFilmFestival __________________ "In postwar Europe, on the whole, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and equally absurd hatreds rooted in ancient religious texts became a disgraced and dead relic buried in the ruins of the Third Reich. But in the postwar Middle East, these notions persisted in elements of radical nationalist and Isl?mist politics."

07-01-2021, 03:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,360	An incredibly dated production, everything screams 1988-1991, but still pretty enjoyable.

02-03-2023, 10:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,360	Gen should get more cred as a maker of creepy trip hop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFok...l=pelodelperro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2i...reCanBeOnlyOne

02-08-2023, 03:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,360	A Gen-less TG, aka X-TG, in a superb cover of the Nico classic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0bIqr5Fqc

10-05-2023, 10:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,360	What a ridiculously charming accent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcnU...nnel=StellaC93

11-07-2023, 09:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
oldcurmudgeon Groupie Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 4	I was Gen's PA for a considerable time during the 00's. What do you want to know?

09-14-2024, 05:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
~~mjolnir~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Sep 2024 Posts: 17	I don't know much of the discography, yet "Cold Blue Torch" (Psychic TV) is one of my favorite remix albums! such a classic!