Mission Of Dead Souls

Performer: Throbbing Gristle
Distributor: Caroline Distribution

Notes: MISSION OF DEAD SOULS documents Throbbing Gristle's last concert. It includes two additional studio tracks. Throbbing Gristle: Genesis P-Orridge, Peter Christopherson, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter. Engineers include: Monte Cazazza. Principally recorded live at Kezar Pavillion, San Francisco, California on May 29, 1981. Includes original release liner notes by John Savage. Digitally remastered by Chris Carter. Audio Mixer: Stan Bingo. Unknown Contributor Roles: Genesis P-Orridge; Peter Christopherson; Cosey Fanni Tutti. As the title of this album suggests, Throbbing Gristle had for all intents split up before this final show was played in San Francisco in May 1981. The group split for the usual reasons--boredom, having taken the concept as far as it could go, the fact that Cosy Fanni Tutti had broken up with Genesis P-Orridge and was now Chris Carter's girlfriend--but this performance is not the bored, tiring plod you might expect under those circumstances. Rather than spinning one or two improvisations out for a half-hour apiece and leaving it at that (as Throbbing Gristle often did in the early days), the foursome deliver 10 relatively concise separate pieces, making this a much more varied release than many of the literally dozens of live TG albums and tapes out there. P-Orridge is comparatively subdued, but he still sounds like he could kick Trent Reznor's whiny ass without half trying.

Throbbing Gristle combined primitive electronics, tape loops, avant-garde techniques, and post-punk energy to create a dark, experimental sound that was a tremendous influence on industrial and electronic music from the 1980s on. They evolved from a mid-'70s London performance-art group, but by 1977 they were committing acts of sonic terrorism on vinyl. After disbanding in the early '80s, they splintered off into Psychic TV and Chris And Cosey, but reunited for a 2004 festival that was put together to pay tribute to Throbbing Gristle's long-lasting influence.

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