Psychic TV
| Psychic TV | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Post-industrial |
| founding | 1981 |
| resolution | 2020 |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, bass |
Genesis P-Orridge |
guitar |
Jeffrey Berner |
bass |
Alice genesis |
Keyboards |
John Weingarten |
Drums |
Edward O'Dowd |
Psychic TV was a British-American techno and rock band that existed from 1981 to 2020 and is one of the main representatives of the post-industrial scene. Some of the band's albums were released under the names Psychick TV , PTV3 and Splinter Test , from 1999 there was also the project Thee Majesty , which was partly identical in terms of personnel . The only constant in the group is their mastermind Genesis P-Orridge . Depending on the musicians or composers involved, the entire work of the band can be divided into different epochs. The band's reputation is mainly based on the 1980s, when the band gave itself a sect-like image , flirted with topics such as occultism and genital piercings and relied on Charles Manson , Jim Jones , William S. Burroughs , Brion Gysin and Austin Osman Spare , among others related. From around 1987 the band turned to techno and acid house , and then increasingly to ambient and spoken word in the 1990s . From 2003 until Genesis P-Orridge's death, the band toured again with a rock line-up.
history
The years with Alex Fergusson 1981–1987
Psychic TV was founded in 1981 by Genesis P-Orridge (* 1950 as Neil Andrew Megson ) and Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson (1955-2010) - both previously with Throbbing Gristle , co-founder of Industrial . The third founding member was Alex Fergusson (* 1952), who lived in the immediate vicinity of P-Orridge and was previously a guitarist at Alternative TV , to which P-Orridge was associated as a drummer and producer in the mid- 1970s . With the end of Throbbing Gristle, a new project was to emerge, which, according to a joint idea by P-Orridge and Monte Cazazza around 1975, should also use sublime manipulation through films as the central medium of their work, and thus radically anticipated the intention of today's video clips . They also wanted to use the cut-up techniques in the style of Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs and the deconstruction of language and be guided by occultism and expanded states of consciousness in order to create new sound structures within improvised, psychedelic rock music. The band later called the resulting sound image hyperdelic . The group name should express the ideology. Because the term magic seemed to have too negative connotations, psychic was chosen instead and the addition TV was added, both as a reminiscence of Fergusson's previous band Alternative TV and as a reference to the new band's audiovisual approach. Peter Christopherson, who had previously worked as a photographer and designer for Hipgnosis , a design agency that has designed numerous well-known record covers, brought creative knowledge to implement the visual appearance of the project .
The trio recorded the debut album Force the hand of chance with Marc Almond ( Soft Cell and others), the Spanish performance artist Jordi Valls (alias Vagina Dentata Organ ) and the orchestral arranger Andrew Poppy , which was released on the major label in November 1982 WEA Records was released. In addition to pop ballads such as Just drifting or new wave- influenced titles such as Ov Power , the LP also contains songs in the classic industrial tradition. The first edition was accompanied by a bonus LP ( Themes ) with ritual recordings that were recorded with human bones , headhunter flutes , temple bells and the like. On October 2, 1982, the band then appeared in public for the first time - as part of The Final Academy with William S. Burroughs organized by P-Orridge in London .
In 1983 the second album Dreams Less Sweet, recorded again with the help of numerous classically trained musicians, was released on CBS , which was recorded using the Zuccarelli Holophonic recording process, a kind of 3D stereo . David Tibet ( Current 93 ) and Monte Cazazza were guest musicians, and for the first time P-Orridge's wife Paula ( percussion ) and Geoff Rushton (bass) were part of the permanent cast . Like its predecessor, this album is also stylistically multifaceted, from pseudo- Gregorian singing to worn piano pieces and classical industrial numbers to sound collages of howling wolves and machine gun fire. The first edition of this LP was also accompanied by a bonus record ( The Full Pack ).
Due to the complex production and the complex arrangements of the first two LPs, the repertoire could not be played adequately live, so that the band hardly performed in the first two years. The first regular appearance as a live band was the concert at the Ritz in Manchester on November 6, 1983. Psychic TV was heard for the first time in Germany on December 2, 1983 in Berlin at the Berlin Atonal Festival. The concert was released in 1984 in excerpts on two LPs ( Berlin atonal Vol. 1 and 2).
For WEA and CBS , the first two studio albums were not a great commercial success, so that the record companies tried to influence the further development of the band. To avoid this, P-Orridge and his colleagues founded their own record label Temple Records in 1984 . The label's aim was also to undermine the bootlegger scene through a large number of publications . In addition to the future vinyl, around 100 different cassettes were also sold - mostly with live recordings, but also with interviews and readings as well as instructions for building Gysin's Dreamachine . The manager of Temple Records was Paula P-Orridge, the organization Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (TOPY), which was given the appearance of a sect-like group and which, in addition to often occult and ideologically designed record and cassette catalogs ( Temple Bulletins ) also distributed purely occult writings such as the Gray Book . Various initiation rites were requested for admission to the temple , for example the submission of a sigil-magic picture painted with body fluids.
The religious reference of Psychic TV is also expressed in the group's logo ( Psychic Cross ), a vertical bar with two long and one short crossbar in the middle that was worn by musicians and fans as a tattoo or carving . The cross was designed by Genesis P-Orridge. He sees the Christian cross and the inverted satanic cross as components, as well as a reference to a similar cross on the packaging of the Zyklon B poison gas used in the concentration camps . In addition, the groups used seemingly antiquated spellings of words ( thee for the , ov for of , E for i , etc.) in order to mystify communication in a certain way. Psychic TV and TOPY remained connected until 1986, after which they went their separate ways, with both groups continuing to use the Psychic Cross as their logo.
With the display of genital piercings on stage and in publications, the piercing iconography of the cover of Dreams less sweet and the collaboration with the piercing activist Alan Oversby ( Mr. Sebastian , spokesman for Force the hands of chance and Roman P./Neurology ) the band anticipated body modification topics in the 1980s that P-Orridge would later focus on.
Several publications appeared on Temple Records and under their own direction in 1984: the LP NY Scum , the picture LP Pagan Day and the maxi single Unclean . In NY Scum and Unclean to fill in 1983 still was now John Gosling to tapes and percussion to hit. The production technology, which is much simpler than in previous years, is also reflected in the much rougher sound of these releases. The LP Pagan Day was recorded by Genesis P-Orridge and Alex Fergusson in just one day with a small set of instruments. Some pieces on the album were released fully orchestrated on later records.
The B-side of Unclean , the instrumental piano piece Mirrors , was created as a film score for Derek Jarman , on whose behalf other titles were produced in the following years. Conversely, Jarman directed in 1984 when Spanish television shot a video for the Psychic TV title Catalan in Cadaqués , Catalonia . The title, published for the first time on the bonus record for the album Dreams Less Sweet from 1983, addresses a car accident by Jordi Valls, who can be seen in the video clip as a bloodied undead with his actual accident vehicle. Psychic TV was then seen alongside Valls and Jarman in the Spanish TV show La Edad d'Oro as interview partners and live. Also in 1984 P-Orridge and Burroughs starred in the film Decoder , whose soundtrack was largely recorded by P-Orridge and Dave Ball of Soft Cell .
In 1984 the band also toured extensively across Europe for the first time. The live repertoire differed greatly from the studio recordings - due to changing musicians and changing states of consciousness - extensive improvisation on stage was the program. The stage show struggled to achieve rapture and breaking taboos, in addition to frequent nudity, especially through the projection of provocative or shocking videos. Video tapes were also among the sales products of Temple Records , on which were specially produced music clips and interviews and ideological writings were read out, often posed or real sadomasochistic practices were also to be seen. The film Thee First Transmission , which also shows the torture and mutilation of children, achieved dubious fame .
At the end of 1984 Peter Christopherson and Geoff Rushton (who now called himself John Balance ) left the band to devote themselves fully to their own project Coil . The core line-up (Genesis and Paula P-Orridge, Alex Fergusson, John Gosling) then recorded the LP Themes 2 in 1985 , which follows on from the record with ritual recordings that came with the first LP from 1982. Themes 2 uses samples from the angel language according to Enoch as well as endless loops from compositions by Alexander Skriabin . Even ballet music for the piece Mouth of the Night of the Mantis Dance Company , the Genesis P-Orridge, together with Monte Cazazza and Roc stand Fort had recorded, was published under the name Psychic TV 1985 Temple Records.
The French retail label Sordide Sentimental released a CD in 1985 with a recording of the Psychic TV concert at the Exo Rouen in 1984 ( Descending ), one of the first publications to be exclusively on CD.
That same year, P-Orridge was planning a film about the late Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones . Numerous guest musicians were hired for the soundtrack at the Dick James Music Studio in London, in addition to Dave Ball, his wife Gini Ball , Rose McDowall ( Strawberry Switchblade ) and her husband Drew McDowall . Also with a view to a tour at the end of 1985, the core line-up of the band had already been strengthened by the keyboardist Philip Erb , the bassist Mouse and the drummer Matthew Best (previously with Knox ' Urban Dogs ). This rhythm section shaped the band's sound immensely, which made it sound much more rocky than before. The first result of the studio recordings from London was the single Godstar, dedicated to Brian Jones, on Temple Records and becoming a respectable independent hit. However, the planned film was not realized and the remaining recordings disappeared for the time being in the drawer.
At the end of 1985, an extended tour took the band back through Europe, and in January 1986 they gave three consecutive guest appearances in Tokyo . In the spring of 1986 numerous concerts took place in Europe again. Some concerts had been initiated through the Temple Bulletins , with which the band was in contact with the fans.
P-Orridge and Fergusson recorded the maxi- single Magick Defends Itself with Dave Ball and sound engineer Ken Thomas in 1986 , which contains samples from Pope John Paul II , Anton LaVey and John F. Kennedy , but was unsuccessful. On Good Vibrations / Roman P. , another single release from 1986, the cover version of the Beach Boys irritated industrial fans, the second A-side of the single, a new recording of the 1984 novel P. , but became another independent Hit. The title refers to Roman Polanski , or to the murder of Sharon Tate by the Manson Family . On another single from 1986 the musicians processed Je t'aime by Serge Gainsbourg , again with the help of Dave Ball, while Paula P-Orridge took over the part of Jane Birkin .
A recording of one of the concerts in Tokyo from the beginning of 1986 was released later that year as Live in Tokyo on Temple Rec. The accompanying text of the record announced that this was the first of a series of 23 live records, which from now on should appear on the 23rd of each month in a row. The tenth record in the series was only available to those who were able to send in all of the coupons enclosed with the first nine LPs (put together they resulted in a motif with a skull). The second release in the series was Live in Paris within a month . The series was continued but never completed, in total only about 15 of the 23 planned titles appeared at irregular intervals.
In 1987 the following LPs of the live series were released on Temple Rec: Live in Heaven , Live in Glasgow , Temporary Temple , Live in Gottingen , Live in Toronto , Live en Suisse and Live in Reykjavik . The recordings of these publications came from concerts of the current line-up (G. P-Orridge, A. Fergusson, M. Best, Mouse, P. Erb), but also reached back to November 1983 in Reykjavík . Most of Psychic TV's live releases on Temple Rec. Are characterized on the one hand by modest sound quality, but on the other hand by detailed editorial comments on the back of the record covers. Many studio records also appeared in their first edition as picturedisks or with inserts such as postcards or stickers. The volume of the band's releases was immense, earning them an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for most albums released within a year.
In 1987 the LP Themes 3 was released on Temple Rec., Again an LP with ritual recordings, which follows on from the two Themes releases that had already been released and contains recordings that had been recorded for a media art exhibition in Chicago in 1984 .
After the label Sordide Sentimental had already presented an innovation in 1985 with the album Descending, which was only released on CD, the CD Listen Today was released on the same label in 1987 , one of the first multimedia CDs that contained audio as well as video material and for the back then there were almost no playback devices.
The years with Fred Gianneli from 1987 to 1991
The next change in style at Psychic TV was announced in mid-1987 when Alex Fergusson left the band and was replaced as guitarist by the American Fred Giannelli , who had already released an EP on Temple Rec. In 1985 under the name Turning Shrines . In the years that followed, Giannelli was not only the band's tour guitarist, but also its composer and pushed the use of sequencers and drum computers. The band also opened up to producers and artists in the nascent techno and house scenes. With the participation of Richard Schiessl (founder of the house label Sperm Records) and Richard Norris ( The Grid ), Tune in, turn on to the acid house , Joy , Tekno Acid Beat , Jack the Tab and appear on Temple Records in 1988 some other publications from the pen of Giannelli, which are now counted among the classics of the acid house .
Despite the reorientation towards electronic dance music, Psychic TV also released the album Allegory and Self in 1988 , which contains the recordings made in 1985 for the planned film about Brian Jones and whose optical design is influenced by one of the founders of sigil magic, Austin Osman Spare . With She was surprised , this album already contains a song based on sequencer and sampling, which can be seen as the forerunner of the later acid house productions. The live series, meanwhile, continued with the albums Live at the Circus and Live at Thee Mardi Gras . The tenth LP of the live series, Psychedelic Violence , a picturedisk with studio recordings, was also available in the same year for the senders of the collector's coupons for the first nine live records at Temple Rec., The rest of the limited edition went to regular record stores.
In the years that followed, the policy of publication continued. In addition to techno-oriented new productions (e.g. Love War Riot ), other albums with live concerts from previous years ( A Real Swedish Live Show , Live at the Ritz ) were released on Temple Records in 1989 . The live record from 1985, simply titled Bregenz , runs completely backwards. Live at Thee Pyramid was released as a psychedelically designed picture disc . The cover version of Je t'aime , which appeared on Sub Rosa in 1986 , was re-released in 1989 on Temple Records.
The regular line-up at that time consisted of Genesis and Paula P-Orridge, Fred Giannelli (guitar & sequencer), Daniel Black (keyboards) and Matthew Best (drums). 1990 Psychic TV had a scene hit with IC Water , a techno-pop homage to the late singer Ian Curtis of Joy Division . In the production of the album Towards Thee Infinite Beat , which was largely composed by Giannelli, helped again Dave and Gini Ball and Jordi Valls. On the accompanying remix album Beyond Thee Infinite Beat, John Gosling, who used to be part of the band, and Andy Falconer (from The Orb ) also played, drummer Matthew Best made his debut as a remixer. Due to the success of these releases, the US label Wax Trax reissued various house titles that had been created since 1987 on two compilations. In the same year, the in-house label Temple Records continued the live series with the two CDs Live at the Berlin Wall Part One and Thee Berlin Wall Part Two and also released some of the series' albums that were previously only released as LPs on CD.
Under the name Psychic TV, a co-production between Genesis P-Orridge and the Swedish band White Stains under the title At Stockholm was published in 1990 . This CD is the first publication with spoken text to mostly very calm ambient music under the name Psychic TV. In the following year, a co-production by P-Orridge and the industrial percussionist Z'EV was released under the name Psychic TV ( Direction ov Travel ) with minimal ambient electronics. House label Temple Records presented another CD release of an old live LP that had previously only been released on vinyl, and in the USA, where the house wave had reached Europe for a few years, Wax Trax again released other house remixes of current productions ( Ultrahouse - The LA Connection ).
From 1991 onwards it was quiet about Psychic TV. Although the releases of the previous year were relatively successful, the tours from 1988 to 1990 had proven to be a financial disaster for the musicians. Personal differences and not least the amount of fees during the tours led to a dispute between P-Orridge and Giannelli, whereupon the successful and productive team broke up. Fred Giannelli left the band and founded the techno label Telepathic Recordings , on which he now mostly published his own productions. P-Orridge concentrated more and more on the writing of esoterically inspired texts, appearances by Psychic TV only took place sporadically in improvised line-ups. In the winter of 1991 P-Orridge flew with his family to Kathmandu to encounter Buddhism and to take part in social projects.
The years in exile 1992–1994
The year 1992 marked a low point in the band's history. Although shock and provocation had been part of the tools of the trade of Genesis P-Orridge at Coum Transmissions , Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV for almost 20 years , P-Orridge was now the focus of the British press and justice . The Guardian and other newspapers referred to him as the leader of a satanic sect or called him the most evil man in Britain . The TV documentary Dispatches on Channel 4 also raised allegations against P-Orridge. The press took offense at pornographic material that had been shown on stage during a Psychic TV concert or that the two underage daughters of the P-Orridges, Caresse and Genesse, had been involved in the band's events again and again since the beginning of the band's history, or were taken The impetus for the torture scenes on children on the video Thee first transmission . The English judiciary then occupied Genesis P-Orridge's London property on February 15, 1992 on suspicion of pedophilia , the musician's extensive archive was confiscated and P-Orridge himself, who was still with his family in Nepal, was wanted by an arrest warrant. P-Orridge saw himself as politically persecuted and decided not to return to England and to live in the USA in self-declared “exile”.
Without P-Orridge as a driving force, the Temple Records label quickly came to an end. Various people and distributors continued to run it for a short time before the publications ceased. The English arm of the Temple ov Psychic Youth , which seemed to have grown into an independent movement, also broke after P-Orridge left England. The North American branch of the movement, however, continued as Temple ov Psychic Youth North America . Some enthusiasts registered the movement as a recognized religious community that also regards ancient Temple bulletins as scriptures. In 2008 the movement was renamed the Autonomous Individuals Network .
1992 together with the Syard label released P-Orridge, the formerly only as a bonus LP to the first Psychic TV record from 1982 available album themes for the first time on CD under the new title Cold Dark Matter , both the mood of the music contained and aptly described the mood of the exiled musician at the time. In the booklet, P-Orridge also commented on his situation in California , where he was supported by the parents of Winona Ryder , relatives of Timothy Leary . In 1993 Orridge released a series of six CDs ( Splinter Test AF ) on the Syard label , which contained old Psychic TV material, soundtracks to films by Derek Jarman and unreleased material.
At that time, Genesis and Paula P-Orridge separated. Paula did not return to England with their two daughters, but stayed in the USA as well, where in the following years she first set up a spiritually inspired travel agency for women and later a writer's workshop. She took the name Alaura O'Dell and released a solo album under the pseudonym Alaura with Sacred Dreams in 1995 , before she completely withdrew from the music industry.
It wasn't until 1993 that a new Psychic TV album, Peak Hour , was released after over two years . Critics have called this CD, which was formally released again on Temple Records, as one of the best classical techno albums ever. In addition to Matthew Best, who has repeatedly been involved as a drummer or remixer since 1985, Richard Schiessl and Andrew Chatterley (from Yum Yum and Sperm Rec.) Have also participated. It was produced in London , San Francisco and Nepal . This and the sparse use of P-Orridge samples, however, lead to the conclusion that this is not a “real” Psychic TV album that was created in joint group work, but an English Yum-Yum production with applied samples . The decoupled maxi single Re-Mind became a hit in the techno scene not least as part of Sven Väth's playlists at that time.
The years with Larry Thrasher 1994–1999
In 1994 the band's crisis was over. Together with the American musician Craig Ellenwood , Genesis P-Orridge made a few appearances in the USA as a duo under the name Psychic TV. The repertoire included spoken texts to ambient sounds. The content of P-Orridge's texts at that time was more and more about identity and gender issues. With AL - OR - AL , a new album was also released with this line-up under the name Psychic TV. The CD is a dedication to Paula P-Orridge, who had called herself Alaura for the past few years. She had been separated from Genesis P-Orridge for over a year. The reasons for releasing an album dedicated to her at this time, in which she is depicted half-naked and in lingerie, are unclear; especially since Genesis P-Orridge had already found a new partner in Jackie Breyer who also supported him in his artistic process. Alaura himself asserted in an interview in 2004 that she neither knew the motivation nor had heard the album at all.
A co-production with Larry Thrasher with the title Breathe , which was also released under the name Psychic TV, was a further continuation in 1994 of the direction towards spoken texts with ambient accompaniment, which first started in 1990 on A Stockholm and was further defined with Craig Ellenwood. In general, the beginning cooperation between the increasingly brilliant lyricist P-Orridge and the open-minded and versatile musician Thrasher was very fruitful. Another spoken word album was released in the same year with the same line-up A Hollow Cost and also in 1994 P-Orridge and Thrasher mastered the first episode of Electric Newspaper . In this series there were four episodes with samples and loops from the archive of Psychic TV, which are in the public domain according to the CD-Text . With Ultradrug , a remix album for the Peak Hour album from the previous year was also released, and numerous older records were re-released on CD.
In 1995, P-Orridge and Thrasher published the Spoken Word album Thee Fractured Garden under the project name Splinter Test and, as Psychic TV, continued the sample series Electric Newspaper with episodes 2 and 3, which had begun in the previous year . Another techno album was created with mixer Andrew Weatherall: Sirens as the sequel to Ultradrug . The remix album Cathedral Engine , which builds on the CD A Hollow Cost from the previous year, was also released in 1995 under the direction of P-Orridge / Thrasher.
Live performances did not take place during this period, probably also because Genesis P-Orridge suffered serious injuries in April 1995 in a fire in the house of producer Rick Rubin while working on recordings for the band Love and Rockets , the consequences of which he suffered for several years Restrict movement. In 1998, P-Orridge was awarded $ 1.5 million in damages for career opportunities lost due to the limitations.
In 1996, the album Spatial Memory was released again under the project name Splinter Test , on which, in addition to P-Orridge / Thrasher, guitarist Michael Campagna and keyboardist Billy Goodrum also participated. In the same line-up, the album Trip Reset was recorded, which was released again under the name Psychic TV. This was followed in the same year by the associated remix album Cold Blue Torch . Trip Reset contains unusually harmonious pop songs, including a cover version of the Pink Floyd piece Set the controls for the heart of the sun . The fourth and final episode of the Electric Newspaper sample series appeared again in 1997 under the group name Splinter Test, a mini LP ( Sulfur Low Seed Replication ) as Psychic TV.
Especially since Larry Thrasher's involvement since 1994, numerous albums had been released under the name Psychic TV, which differed fundamentally from previous releases, musically and conceptually. The use of the project name Splinter Test twice - even once within an album series - had partly confused the fans. So it was decided around this time to fundamentally rethink the concept of the group. P-Orridge and Larry Thrasher were joined by avant-garde guitarist Bryin Dall. Together they wanted to concentrate on spoken word to industrial / ambient sounds and the joint project was to operate under the name Thee Majesty from now on . Psychic TV, on the other hand, was to be finally buried with a big final concert in London, where P-Orridge was no longer advertised for a manhunt.
In 1998, three different compilations of older material were released by Psychic TV, followed by another in 1999. Also in 1999, Thee Majesty's first CD, Time's Up , was released, and on May 1, 1999, Psychic TV's final concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London was announced, with former guitarist Alex Fergusson and longtime drummer Matthew Best found. A recording of the concert was released on DVD ( Time's up Live ) in 2001 .
The years without existence 2000–2003
2000 to 2003 the band formally ceased to exist, but some older recordings were re-released by Psychic TV. Genesis P-Orridge often appeared with Larry Thrasher and Bryin Dall as Thee Majesty , for example at the renowned Sonar Festival in Barcelona . At the same time, P-Orridge, now in a team with partner Jackie Breyer, took part in exhibitions under the common name "Breyer P-Orridge" . He announced that in a process of physical modification that was now beginning, he would merge with his partner into a pandogynous hybrid being. The transformation was captured by Marie Losier in the documentary The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye .
While Genesis P-Orridge underwent the first cosmetic surgery, a partner was found in the English label Voiceprint Records who was ready to continue the excessive release policy of the Temple Records label, which had been discontinued about ten years earlier. In particular, the live series of 23 different live records, which began in 1986 but was never completed, was now to be completed in the form of CDs. In 2003 alone, Voiceprint released 12 CDs. Their appearance and the level of editorial detail were similar to the first live records in the series from the 1980s. Some of them were re-releases from the old series, but some also contained previously unreleased live concerts from earlier years.
In 2002 and 2003, Genesis P-Orridge resumed the collaboration with the Swedish White Stains (now: Cotton Ferox ), who were already involved in 1990 on the Psychic TV album At Stockholm . In 2004, under the group name Thee Majesty, both a compilation of current collaborations ( Word Ship ) and new editions of spoken word albums by the duo P-Orridge / Thrasher from the 1990s were released. With Godstar - Thee Director's Cut , a double CD was also released with revised mixes of the titles recorded as film music by Psychic TV in 1985 as an homage to Brian Jones.
Meanwhile, former band members Andrew Chatterley, Richard Norris and Matthew Best formed the electroclash band The Droyds , which released several singles between 2001 and 2008.
The years as PTV3 since 2003
The initiative to found Psychic TV went back to Edward O'Dowd , drummer, graphic artist and longtime friend of P-Orridge's partner Jackie Breyer. With his help, P-Orridge - now after numerous operations with female body shapes - gathered a new group of musicians as PTV3 - thee third couming ov Psychic TV : partner Jackie Breyer P-Orridge on sampler, Edward O'Dowd on drums, as well from his environment the New York musicians Alice Genese on bass and David Max on guitar. The American journalist and writer Douglas Rushkoff fulfilled a long-cherished wish and briefly took over the band's keyboards. At first they only played “unclean versions ov thee hyperdelic hits” from 20 years of Psychic TV at a few concerts in the USA. With the permanent keyboardist Markus Persson, an extended tour through Europe, USA and Canada followed in autumn 2004. On the occasion of this tour a DVD of a concert in New York from 2003 was released ( Live at Thee Coral Room ). However, the end of the concert series was also overshadowed by a scandal with the Berlin group Column One , which had presented several PTV tribute publications and was supposed to appear as the opening act for four concerts in Poland, as well as the tragic death of former band member Geoff Rushton (aka. John Balance ) on November 13, 2004. The three planned guest appearances in Canada had to be canceled due to organizational problems.
The Thee Majesty project ended with the revival of Psychic TV . The longtime musical head of Psychic TV and Thee Majesty, Larry Thrasher, was at the concerts of Thee Majesty less and less. The group gave financial reasons; allegedly it is too expensive to fly in Thrashers for individual guest performances. From September 2004 on, O'Dowd, who also took on the design tasks for record covers, posters and flyers, also worked for Thee Majesty . In January 2005 Thee Majesty completed another guest appearance with the cast of G. P-Orridge, Bryin Dall, Eddie O'Dowd and now Lady Jaye. Thee Majesty's last studio album from the summer of 2007 was only recorded by P-Orridge and Dall, live performances under the group name Thee Majesty only took place sporadically.
In September 2006, PTV3 appeared live for the first time in a radio station (WFMU) with an unchanged line-up (J. & G. Breyer-P-Orridge, D. Max, A. Genese, E. O'Dowd, M. Persson) and then graduated six consecutive guest performances at the Galapagos Club in New York City, each evening being musically and visually dedicated to a different theme. In October 2006, a short European tour followed, which was committed in England, Belgium, Russia and Holland as PTV3 , but in Switzerland as Thee Majesty . As part of festivals, the band played with Peaches , Lydia Lunch and Black Sun Productions, with the video show for the latter being co-designed by former Psychic TV in-house graphic artist Val Denham (silver star Amoeba). In late 2006 the CD Live in Russia was released with a concert from the 2004 tour.
In June 2007 the studio album Hell Is Invisible, which was recorded in spring 2006, was released . . . Heaven Is Her / e the band's first new studio album in over ten years. O'Dowd was again responsible for the visual appearance and has shaped the image of the group ever since. In addition to the musicians of the then tour line-up, guest musicians such as Gibson Haynes ( Butthole Surfers ) on vocals and Larry Thrasher on various instruments could be heard on the album .
Lady Jaye Breyer died on October 9, 2007 of stomach cancer in Brooklyn. PTV3 then canceled their North American tour planned for November. Since 2008, the band has been back in the rest of the cast in numerous guest performances, including a. also for the promotion of her 2008 album Mr. Alien Brain vs. The Skinwalkers , on which Jackie Breyer can still be heard on some tracks, while Hannah Haddix serves the sampler on other tracks on the album.
In the years after 2010, the band was often seen live, including in December 2011 and November 2012 on two mini-tours in the USA, as well as on tours across several continents in 2013 and 2014.
In 2012 keyboardist Markus Persson and guitarist David Max left the group. During the tours and for the recording of the masingle Silver Sundown Machine vs. Alien Lightning Meat Machine and the 2014 album Snakes Jessica Stewart on keyboards and Jeffrey Berner on guitar. John Weingarten , who previously worked for the New York band Naam , has been the band's keyboardist since 2016 . With him the last album Alienist from 2016 was recorded.
Musical creation
According to the band's personal and organizational development, the musical work of Psychic TV encompasses a wide variety of genres. The first two albums from 1982 and 1983 for WEA and CBS respectively , Force the Hand of Chance and Dreams Less Sweet are dark, orchestral works with a ritual touch and industrial sound collages. The studio productions of the following years such as Mouth of the Night (1985) and Magick Defends Itself (1986) combine stylistic elements of industrial and new wave on a technically less demanding level , whereby the band presented another lavishly orchestrated album with the album Allegory and self, also recorded in 1986 , which can best be described as industrial pop. In the early years, Psychic TV offered live classic industrial with a ritual character, such as the one on Live in Reykjavik from 1983 with Edda recitations by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson . After the line-up was expanded to include bass and drums at the end of 1985, mainly industrial rock was offered. With the entry of Fred Giannelli in 1987, studio albums in the style of acid house and techno were created , for example Tekno Acid Beat from 1988 or Towards the infinite beat from 1990, whose titles also found their way into the live repertoire. Further albums with electronic dance music in the broadest sense appeared until the mid-1990s. From 1990, however, beginning with At Stockholm , several albums with spoken word to ambient sound collages as well as experimental works such as the minimalist percussion album Direction ov Travel (1991) or the sample CD series Electric Newspaper (1995–1997) were released. With Trip Reset , the group's last new studio album for several years was released in 1996, again best described as industrial pop. The side project Thee Majesty has continued the band's spoken word phase live and in the studio since 1999, while the re-establishment of PTV3 in 2003, both on stage and on their 2007 studio album, initially mainly industrial rock versions of old Psychic TV Played pieces and only developed his own program over several years, which contains new pieces and often also cover versions (for example Hurry on sundown and Silver Machine by Hawkwind and Mother Sky by Can ).
The group's best-known piece outside of the industrial scene is probably Roman P. in the Fireball Mix from 1986, which became known as the background music for a VW commercial.
Participating musicians
In addition to Genesis P-Orridge , around 100 musicians have been involved in Psychic TV publications over the years:
- Carl Abrahamsson , an Icelandic artist, member of the White Stains and Cotton Ferox groups , on At Stockholm (1990), Wordship (2004 as Thee Majesty).
- Marc Almond ( Soft Cell ), on Force the Hand of Chance (1982)
- Penny Ansell on Black (VHS, 1991)
- Pär Aronsson on At Stockholm (1990)
- Dave Ball ( Soft Cell ), on Live in Heaven (1987), Magick Defends Itself (single, 1986), Beyond Thee Infinite Beat (1990), Towards Thee Infinite Beat (1990)
- Gini Ball , wife of Dave Ball, has also worked with Siouxsie & The Banshees , Soft Cell and the Manic Street Preachers , on Towards Thee Infinite Beat (1990), Direction ov Travel (1991), Black (VHS, 1991)
- Jeffrey Berner , guitarist on Snakes (2014), Alienist (2016)
- Matthew Best (aka.DJ Global, longtime drummer for Psychic TV) on Live en Suisse (1986), Live in Paris (1986), Live in Tokyo (1986), Live in Toronto (1986), Live at Thee Mardi Gras (1988 ), Live in Glasgow (1987), Psychedelic Violence aka Thee Yellow Album (1988), Kondole / Dead Cat (1989), Live at Thee Pyramid (1989), Love War Riot (single, 1989), Towards Thee Infinite Beat (1990 ), Beyond Thee Infinite Beat (1990), Live at the Berlin Wall Part One (1990), Thee Berlin Wall Part Two (1990), Black (VHS, 1991), Peak Hour (1993), Time's up Live (1999)
- Jeremy Birchill on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Daniel Black , keyboard player on Psychedelic Violence (1988), Kondole / Dead Cat (1989), Live at Thee Pyramid (1989), Towards Thee Infinite Beat (1990), Live at the Berlin Wall Part One (1990), Thee Berlin Wall Part Two (1990), Black (VHS, 1991)
- Don Bolles ( Celebrity Skin ) on Ultradrug (1994)
- William Breeze ( Coil ), violinist on Thee Fractured Garden (1995 as Splinter Test; re-released in 2004 as Thee Majesty), Cold Blue Torch (1996), Trip Reset (1996), Spatial Memory (1996 as Splinter Test)
- Jaye Breyer P-Orridge (performed live with PTV3 from 2003 to 2007) on Live at Thee Coral Room (2004), Live in Russia (2006), Hell Is Invisible. . . Heaven Is Her / e (2007), Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers (2008)
- David Brooks on Live in Bregenz (1990)
- Steve Broughton on Godstar (single, 1985), Allegory & Self (1988)
- Andy Calard on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Michael Campagna , guitarist on Thee Fractured Garden (1995 as Splinter Test; re-released in 2004 as Thee Majesty), Trip Reset (1996), Spatial Memory (1996 as Splinter Test)
- Monte Cazazza on Dreams Less Sweet (1983), Godstar (Single, 1985), Mouth of the Night (1985), Southern Comfort (1986), Live in Heaven (1987), Themes 3 (1987), Allegory & Self (1988) , A Real Swedish Live Show (1989)
- Andrew Chatterley (Yum Yum, Sperm Rec.) On Peak Hour (1993)
- Peter Christopherson ( Coil ) on Force the Hand of Chance (1982), Dreams Less Sweet (1983), NY Scum (1984), Berlin atonal Vol.1 (1984), Berlin atonal Vol.2 (1984)
- Dickie Daws on Black (VHS, 1991)
- Val Denham (aka. Silverstar Amoeba) designed several PTV record covers and occasionally contributed musically
- Claude Deppa (South African trumpeter who also worked with Miriam Makeba and Manu Dibango ) on Force the Hand of Chance (1982)
- Craig Ellenwood (XKP) on Ambient Indoctrination (1993), AL - OR - AL (1994)
- Richard Evans on Tekno Acid Beat (1988), Psychedelic Violence (1988)
- Evil Eddie on Beyond Thee Infinite Beat (1990)
- Philip Erb (keyboardist) on Live en Suisse (1986), Live in Paris (1986), Live in Tokyo (1986), Live at Final Wars (1986), Live in Glasgow (1987)
- Andy Falconer (sound engineer, worked with The Orb 1991–1994 ) on Beyond Thee Infinite Beat (1990)
- Alex Fergusson on Force the Hand of Chance (1982), Dreams Less Sweet (1983), Live in Reykjavik 1983, Mein * Goett * In * Gen (1984), NY Scum (1984), Pagan Day (1984), Those Who Do Not (1984), Roman P. (Single, 1984), Unclean (Single, 1984), Berlin atonal Vol.1 (1984), Berlin atonal Vol.2 (1984), Descending (1985), Godstar (Single, 1985) , Themes 2 (1985), Magick Defends Itself (Single, 1986), Live en Suisse (1986), Live in Paris (1986), Live in Tokyo (1986), Live in Glasgow (1987), Allegory & Self (1988) , A Real Swedish Live Show (1989), Time's up Live (1999)
- Mark Fishlock (sound engineer) on Godstar (single, 1985), Allegory & Self (1988)
- Alice Genese , bassist on Live at Thee Coral Room (2004), Live in Russia (2006), Hell Is Invisible. . . Heaven Is Her / e (2007), Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers (2008), Snakes (2014), Alienist (2016)
- Fred Giannelli on Tekno Acid Beat (1988), Kondole / Dead Cat (1989), Live at Thee Pyramid (1989), Love War Riot (single, 1989), IC Water Single 1990, Towards Thee Infinite Beat (1990), Beyond Thee Infinite Beat 1990, Live at the Berlin Wall Part One (1990), Thee Berlin Wall Part Two (1990), Black (VHS, 1991), Ultrahouse 1991, Painkiller 1994, Ultradrug (1994), Thee Fractured Garden (1995 as Splinter Test ; Re-released in 2004 as Thee Majesty)
- Terry Gilmore on Time's Up Live (1999)
- Billy Goodrum on Thee Fractured Garden (1995 as Splinter Test; re-released in 2004 as Thee Majesty), Trip Reset (1996), Spatial Memory (1996 as Splinter Test)
- John Gosling (aka Zos Kia ) on Live in Reykjavik 1983, Live in Gottingen (1984), Mein * Goett * In * Gen (1984), NY Scum (1984), Those Who Do Not (1984), Roman P. (single , 1984), Unclean (Single, 1984), Berlin atonal Vol.1 (1984), Berlin atonal Vol.2 (1984), Descending (1985), Themes 2 (1985), Live at Thee Mardi Gras (1988), Live in Heaven (1987), Themes 3 (1987), A Real Swedish Live Show (1989), Beyond Thee Infinite Beat (1990)
- Greedy Beat Syndicate ; a band consisting of Matthew Best (drums), Sean Maher (guitar) and Hugo Longden (bass), which has both remixed tracks on PTV discs and released their own tracks
- Emmett Grogan on Love War Riot (single, 1989)
- Mickey Groome (has also worked with Joan Jett and Robert Plant ) on Godstar (single, 1985), Allegory & Self (1988)
- Hannah Haddix , sampler and percussion on Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers (2008)
- Mark Harris on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Kevin Harris on Ultradrug (1994)
- Nick Haeffner on Love War Riot (single, 1989)
- Gibson Haynes ( Butthole Surfers ), vocals on Hell Is Invisible. . . Heaven Is Her / e (2007)
- Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson on Live in Reykjavik 1984, Those Who Do Not (1984), Godstar (Single, 1985), Live in Heaven (1987), Allegory & Self (1988)
- Jessica Ilbert on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Bill Laswell on Electric Newspaper Issue Three (1995)
- Simon Limbrick (percussionist with the London Symphony Orchestra ) on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Anthony Longden (called "Hugo") on Peak Hour (1993), Ultra Drug 1994
- Lex Luther on Direction ov Travel (1991)
- Sean Maher on Black (VHS, 1991), Peak Hour (1993)
- Dave Martin (bassist) on Live in Paris (1986), Live in Toronto (1986), Live at Thee Mardi Gras (1988), Psychedelic Violence (1988), Black (VHS, 1991)
- David Max , guitarist on Live at Thee Coral Room (2004), Live in Russia (2006), Hell Is Invisible. . . Heaven Is Her / e (2007), Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers (2008)
- Drew McDowall on Allegory & Self (1988)
- Rose McDowall ( Coil , Current 93 , Death in June ) on Godstar (single, 1985), Allegory & Self (1988)
- Dave McKintosh on Godstar (single, 1985), Allegory & Self (1988)
- Tony Menzies on Live at Thee Mardi Gras (1988)
- Mouse (Sharon Beaumont), bassist on Godstar (single, 1985), Live en Suisse (1986), Live in Heaven (1987), Live in Tokyo (1986), Live at Final Wars (1986), Live in Glasgow (1987) , Allegory & Self (1988)
- Scott Nobody on Live at Thee Mardi Gras (1988), Psychedelic Violence (1988), Love War Riot (single, 1989)
- Richard Norris on Jack The Tab 1988, MESH 1988
- Edward O'Dowd (aka Morrison Edley), drummer on Live at Thee Coral Room (2004), Live in Russia (2006), Hell Is Invisible. . . Heaven Is Her / e (2007), Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers (2008), Snakes (2014), Alienist (2016)
- Alan Oversby ( Mr. Sebastian ), speaker on Force the Hand of Chance (1982) and Roman P./Neurology (1984)
- Caresse P-Orridge on Psychedelic Violence (1988), RU Experienced Single 1989, Black (VHS, 1991), Trip Reset (1996)
- Enjoy P-Orridge on Trip Reset (1996)
- Paula P-Orridge (aka.Mistress Mix, aka Alaura) on Dreams Less Sweet (1983), Live in Gottingen (1984), Mein * Goett * In * Gen (1984) as Alaura, NY Scum (1984), Roman P. (Single, 1984), Unclean (Single, 1984), Berlin atonal Vol.1 (1984), Berlin atonal Vol.2 (1984), Descending (1985), Godstar (Single, 1985), Themes 2 (1985), Live in Heaven (1987), Live in Paris (1986), Live in Tokyo (1986), Live in Toronto (1986), Live at Thee Mardi Gras (1988), Live in Glasgow (1987), Psychedelic Violence (1988), Allegory & Self (1988), Kondole / Dead Cat (1989), A Real Swedish Live Show (1989), Live at Thee Pyramid (1989), Love War Riot (single, 1989), At Stockholm (1990), Live at the Berlin Wall Part One (1990), Thee Berlin Wall Part Two (1990), Towards Thee Infinite Beat (1990), Direction ov Travel (1991)
- Markus Persson , keyboard player on Live in Russia (2006), Hell Is Invisible. . . Heaven Is Her / e (2007), Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers (2008)
- Andrew Poppy on Force the Hand of Chance (1982), Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Dave Powel on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Eric Random on Love War Riot (single, 1989)
- Paul Reeson ( aka.Grimsby ) on Live in Gottingen (1984), Mein * Goett * In * Gen (1984), Descending (1985), Temporary Temple 1987, Listen today 1987, Allegory & Self (1988), Were you ever bullied at school? (1999)
- Chris Redgate on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Gavin Redman , additional keyboard on Peak Hour (1993)
- Dave Richardson on Condole CD 1993
- Janet Rienstra (co-producer of Bill Laswell) on Electric Newspaper Issue Three (1995)
- Douglas Rushkoff , keyboardist on Live at Thee Coral Room (2004)
- Geoff Rushton (aka. John Balance), on Dreams Less Sweet (1983), NY Scum (1984)
- Alex Russell on Ultrahouse (1991), Ultra Drug (1994)
- Mark Sangerman on Themes 3 (1987)
- Anthony Scales on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Rob Scales on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Richard Schiessl (Sperm Rec.) On Tekno Acid Beat (1988), Jack the Tab 1988, Kondole / Dead Cat (1989), Live at the Berlin Wall Part One (1990), Thee Berlin Wall Part Two (1990), Black ( VHS, 1991), Ultrahouse 1991, Peak Hour (1993), Ultradrug (1994)
- Isaiah Singer on Live at Thee Coral Room (2004)
- Roc Stanford on Mouth of the Night (1985)
- Jessica Stewart , Keyboards on Snakes (2014)
- Bill Stokes on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Ken Thomas , sound engineer for several PTV records and producer of other big names in the scene ( Laibach and others), is also mentioned as a musician on Magick Defends Itself (single, 1986)
- Larry Thrasher on Electric Newspaper Issue One (1994), A Hollow Cost (1994), Ultradrug (1994), Cathedral Engine 1995, Electric Newspaper Issue Two (1995), Electric Newspaper Issue Three (1995), Thee Fractured Garden (1995 as Splinter Test; republished in 2004 as Thee Majesty), Sirens (1995), Trip Reset (1996), Breathe, Spatial Memory (1996 as Splinter Test), Electric Newspaper Issue Four - The Human Voice (1997 as Splinter Test), Time's up Live ( 1999)
- Thomas Tibert (White Stains), on At Stockholm 1990, Wordship (2004 as Thee Majesty)
- David Tibet ( Current 93 ), on Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
- Jordi Valls on Force the Hand of Chance (1982), Towards Thee Infinite Beat (1990)
- Andrew Weatherall ( Sabers of Paradise ), remixer on Sirens (1995)
- John Weingarten , keyboardist on Alienist (2016)
- Kennie Wellington on Force the Hand of Chance (1982)
- Z'EV on Berlin atonal Vol.1 (1984), Direction ov Travel (1991)
Discography (excerpt)
Psychic TV's number of official releases is around 150.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "retinal stimulation", cf. http://www.brooklynvoice.com/2012/03/25/an-interview-with-the-wreckers/ and liner notes such as B. on Live in Tokyo , Temple Records TOPY 015 (1986).
- ↑ http://www.brooklynvoice.com/2012/03/25/an-interview-with-the-wreckers/
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Psychic-TV-Force-The-Hand-Of-Chance/release/188301
- ↑ The appearance is documented in a short excerpt on Mission Is Terminated / Nice Tracks , Nice Label, EX 29 LY2, Italy 1983, see also the liner notes ibid.
- ↑ http://www.beatdom.com/?p=2022
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Psychic-TV-Dreams-Less-Sweet/release/186371
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Psychic-TV-Live-At-Thee-Ritz/release/3944340
- ↑ "... a series designed to beat the bootleggers ...", cf. also http://www.discogs.com/Psychic-TV-Live-In-Tokyo/release/93097
- ↑ Own representation cf. http://www.ain23.com/topy.net/index.html
- ↑ http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos626.htm
- ↑ http://www.ain23.com/topy.net/23_sigils.html
- ↑ To Interview With the Wreckers of the Civilization (Psychic TV) - (Interviewed by Eric Goldstein and Asheka Troberg), The Brooklyn Voice, March 25, 2012. http://www.brooklynvoice.com/2012/03/25/an -interview-with-the-wreckers /
- ↑ Extensive photo series from V. Vale and Andrea Juno: Modern Primitives , Re / Search Publications 1989, in the booklet of the Psychic TV CD Descending , Sordide Sentimental SSCD001 (1985) or in the Berlin Tempo magazine 1986
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/869093-Mr-Sebastian
- ^ Charles Neal: Tape Delay: Confessions from the Eighties Underground , Saf Pub 2001.
- ↑ http://dangerousminds.net/comments/psychic_tvs_infamous_first_transmission_underground_video_very_very_nsfw
- ↑ http://www.filmbizarro.com/view_review.php?review=psychictv.php
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Turning-Shrines-Face-Of-Another/master/141054
- ↑ http://www.dustscience.com/live/artists/fred-giannelli
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Psychick-TV-Allegory-And-Self/release/168994
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/allegory-and-self-mw0000120254
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Psychick-TV-Album-10/release/77262
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Psychic-TV-IC-Water/master/18078
- ↑ Interview with Fred Giannelli, December 2000. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/113961012/Gen-had-a-big-dick-or-WAS-a-big-dick
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/label/1722-Telepathic-Recordings
- ^ Richard Metzger: Disinformation: The Interviews: Uncut & Uncensored, 2002
- ^ Richard Metzger: Disinformation: The Interviews: Uncut & Uncensored, 2002
- ↑ Thee Psychick Bible: Thee Apocryphal Scriptures Ov Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Thee Third Mind Ov Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth , Feral House, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.ain23.com/
- ^ Clubnight Playlist from June 25, 1994 (The title "Re-Mind" is erroneously listed as "Rewind").
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/release/148324-AL-OR-AL/images
- ↑ http://fopi.net/inter/alaura2004.htm ( Memento from December 20, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/350146/genesis-p-orridge-wins-15-million-suit-against-rick-rubin/
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/label/2067-Voiceprint
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/78671-Droyds-The
- ↑ http://www.agitreader.com/features/psychic_tv-12.01.html
- ↑ Column One ironically pretended to be Psychic TV when they performed in Gdynia on September 25, 2004, whereupon the group was removed from the program of the remaining concerts in Poland. Column One later artistically processed the incident with the "symbolic penance" I am not Psychic TV . Detailed information: Column One Newsletter, December 2004. See also http://www.column-one.de/topic/ptv_im/im_1.html
- ↑ https://motherboardsnyc.hoop.la/topic/on-the-death-of-lady-jaye-breyer-aka-shecky-domination
Web links
- Official site of Genesis P-Orridge / Psychic TV
- Psychic TV on Facebook
- Blog entry on the WFMU website with video and audio files of a show on the radio station from September 2006, during which Psychic TV played for about 45 minutes live.
- Psychic TV at Discogs (English)