Just read the sad news that Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson ofThrobbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Coil has died aged 55. Here's an interview he gave in The Quietus a couple of months ago.
"we are all only temporary curators of our present bodies, which will all decay, sooner or later. In a hundred years or so ALL the humans currently alive will have died. I take great comfort in knowing, with certainty, that thing that makes us special, able to enrich our own lives and those of others, will not cease when our bodies do, but will be just starting and new (and hopefully even better) adventure..."
Sleazy, 2010
Here's the amazing Psychic TV album, 'Dreams Less Sweet' from 1983
I saw this promo on Chris Carter of Throbbing Gristle's blog, it's apparently the first ever promotional video they've made, which is quite mental . . .wish I was able to go and see them on tour, you Leeds punters might be able to go to one, where's Minehead? It sounds like it should be up north but I have a feeling it isn't . . .
Was also interested to read that Twitch has convinced him to bring some of his 1980 cassette 'The Space Between' out on vinyl via Optimo Music which everyone should buy, it was totally ahead of it's time and still sounds great today, listen . . .
Tech details: The Dirty Carter Experimental Sound Generating Instrument uses a dual 4-stage shift register. Each register is controlled independently. Two oscillators are used per register: one as a clock, the other as input data that is cascaded through the four stages. The outputs from the stages are mixed together. A fast clock rate produces a crude form of wavetable synthesis, whilst a slow clock rate creates audible pulses and clicks. The clock speed and the data input’s frequency are controlled by touch electrodes/pads. By tilting the instrument, sound from both the 4-stage shift registers can be mixed together. Glitchy noise, deep drones and percussive peeps!
