2010 was a tumultuous year for the venerable industrial group Throbbing Gristle. In October, Genesis P-Orridge announced that he would no longer be performing with the group. Just under a month later, Peter Christopherson passed away. But with the announcement that the remaining members of TG have restarted their Industrial Records label, Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti are once again proving the adage that you can’t keep a good band down.
The group’s contract with Mute Records expired in June 2010, which is when members started thinking about doing their own thang and reissuing the Industrial Records/Throbbing Gristle catalogue via a revived Industrial Records. The TG webstore is now your exclusive record label distributor of all things Throbbing Gristle, and come September 26, Industrial will get into the limited deluxe vinyl reissue game with new editions of The Second Annual Report, D.O.A. The Third & Final Report, Heathen Earth, 20 Jazz Funk Greats and Throbbing Gristle’s Greatest Hits. The albums will also be available on CD and in a myriad of digital formats.
All well and good, right? Well, it gets better. TG are also starting a “Time Capsule” series, which includes the albums listed above, with the addition of a bonus live disc chronicling the band’s performance history. And whoa whoa WHOA: Industrial will also be releasing the final TG studio recording, a re-interpretation of Nico’s Desertshore album. Amazing. My brain just exploded.
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