Recent Articles about Throbbing Gristle
The Emperor’s Vintage Clothes: how Goth and EBM recycled themselves
Like a rather bedraggled and dusty phoenix, goth has rebirthed itself in a way that echoes its 30+ year history as well as explores new ground. – more
Matmos’ Drew Daniel on Schneider TM’s Construction Sounds
Drew Daniel is best known for his work with avant-electronic duo Matmos, together with partner M. C. (Martin) Schmidt. The couple make toe-tapping, conceptual electronic pop from unusual sound sources. – more
Post-subcultural Noise: Tomas Hemstad recommends Cut Hands’ Black Mamba
From music so extreme as to be almost unbearable for the average listener to a live show at Berlin’s most famous dance club, explore the roots, politics and evolution of William Bennett’s work. – more
Mr. Style Icon: Grimes on the importance of Marilyn Manson
While some artists do their damndest to identify themselves with the coolest possible influences and constantly update a carefully curated list of musical forebearers, Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, just doesn’t give a fuck. That’s something she learned from her style icon, Marilyn Manson—a master of popularizing the subversive. Here, Boucher explains how daring to be – more
André Vida recommends Carter Tutti Void’s Transverse
Hungarian-American saxophonist and composer André Vida is co-founder of the NYC collective Creative Trans-Informational Alliance and a frequent collaborator with musicians as diverse as Oni Ayhun, Anthony Braxton and Kevin Blechdom. His most recent release is the three-volume retrospective Brud, put out last year by PAN Records. I’ve been listening to Transverse mostly on the – more
EB Listening: Carter Tutti Void’s ‘Transverse’ live album
This is when musical legends and talents collide: Carter Tutti Void, the collaboration from Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti (both of Throbbing Gristle-fame) and Factory Floor‘s Nik Void, was initiated exclusively for an appearance at Mute Records‘ 2011 ‘Short Circuit presents Mute’ festival at London’s Roundhouse. This special set was already great news for – more
2011 Editor’s Picks: Gareth
Another year, another list and a chance to share what we thought were some of the highlights of 2011. Here music editor Gareth Owen picks his five moments from a momentous year. In no order whatsoever a strictly personal selection of five things I enjoyed – mostly music. I loved the House of Balloons mix-tapes, – more
Remembering Sleazy & Coil
Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson was a vastly influential musician; he helped create what would become the industrial genre as part of Throbbing Gristle, and made some of the greatest music ever as a member of Coil. Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of his tragic death, and in honor of his work as well as the – more
