''TG Now'' is an album by English
industrial band
Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle were an English music and visual arts group formed in 1975 in Kingston upon Hull by Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson, and Chris Carter. They are widely regarded as pioneers of industrial music. Evol ...
. It was released in 2004 through the band's own record label
Industrial Records
Industrial Records is a record label established in 1976 by industrial music and visual arts group Throbbing Gristle. The group created the label primarily for self-releases but also signed several other groups and artists. The label gave a ...
and was their first album of original material since 1982's ''
Journey Through a Body
''Journey Through a Body'' is the fourth studio album by industrial music pioneers Throbbing Gristle, released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.
Background
The album was recorded in Rome in March 19 ...
''.
Release
The album's
12" vinyl
The twelve-inch single (often written as 12-inch or 12″) is a type of vinyl ( polyvinyl chloride or PVC) gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time with a 'single' or a few related sound tracks on each surfac ...
version was limited to 500 copies and the CD version was limited to 3,000 copies.
Critical reception
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PopMatters
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...
'' called the album "an appetizing return from a band that had toyed significantly with the idea of what an artistically valid record release might be."
Track listing
Personnel
; Throbbing Gristle
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Genesis P-Orridge
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson; 22 February 1950 – 14 March 2020) was a singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist, and occultist who rose to notoriety as the founder of the COUM Transmissions ar ...
– uncredited performance, recording
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Cosey Fanni Tutti
Cosey Fanni Tutti (born Christine Carol Newby; 4 November 1951) is an English performance artist, musician and writer, best known for her time in the avant-garde groups Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey.
Tutti first performed under the name ...
– uncredited performance, recording
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Peter Christopherson
Peter Martin Christopherson (also known as Sleazy, 27 February 1955 – 25 November 2010) was an English musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, and former member of British design agency Hipgnosis.
He also fou ...
– uncredited performance, recording
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Chris Carter – uncredited performance, recording
References
External links
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Throbbing Gristle albums
2004 albums