Live in Tokyo (Psychic TV album)
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Live In Tokyo is a live album by Psychic TV
. Although the album was only released as a 12" vinyl LP, it was later coupled with a New York performance and released on CD as Thee City Ov Tokyo/Thee City Ov New York
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"This record is a document of Psychic TV live. Edited and shaped to capture a moment in time and those feelings and impressions connected with that moment. Time is that which ends, thus we preserve fragments as a library service. It is no longer the event itself but it remains history.
"Psychic TV played 4 disconcerts in Tokyo on the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th of January 1986. Approximately 2000+ people attended each night. All the music on this record is taken from the last night. It is not necessarily the most perfect moments musically. Rather we have chosen parts that reflect our mood, the element of chance, and otherwise not released material.
"This record is the first in a series designed to beat the bootleggers and documents a body of work. The process is the product. There will be 23 live albums. One released every month for 23 months on the 23rd of each month. The First Will And Testament of Psychic TV. The December issue will be "Live in Paris". Some issues will be more limited than others."
Psychic TV
Psychic TV or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, punk, electronic and experimental music...
. Although the album was only released as a 12" vinyl LP, it was later coupled with a New York performance and released on CD as Thee City Ov Tokyo/Thee City Ov New York
Thee City Ov Tokyo/Thee City Ov New York
Thee City ov Tokyo/Thee City ov New York is a live album by Psychic TV which combines two concerts on a single disc. The New York concert was originally released on N.Y...
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Liner notes
History 4- Retinal Stimulation Video was Controlled by Andrew Rawlings
- Live Mix was by Ken Thomas
- Record Produced from Mixer Cassette
- Film and Video Production by David Dawson, Akiko Hada and Genesis P-Orridge
"This record is a document of Psychic TV live. Edited and shaped to capture a moment in time and those feelings and impressions connected with that moment. Time is that which ends, thus we preserve fragments as a library service. It is no longer the event itself but it remains history.
"Psychic TV played 4 disconcerts in Tokyo on the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th of January 1986. Approximately 2000+ people attended each night. All the music on this record is taken from the last night. It is not necessarily the most perfect moments musically. Rather we have chosen parts that reflect our mood, the element of chance, and otherwise not released material.
"This record is the first in a series designed to beat the bootleggers and documents a body of work. The process is the product. There will be 23 live albums. One released every month for 23 months on the 23rd of each month. The First Will And Testament of Psychic TV. The December issue will be "Live in Paris". Some issues will be more limited than others."
Personnel
- Bass, clarinet: Mouse
- Drums: Matthew Best
- Lead guitar: Alex FergussonAlex Fergusson (musician)Alex Fergusson is a Scottish guitarist / record producer.Fergusson formed the punk band Alternative TV with Mark Perry in 1977, and a few years later Psychic TV with Genesis P Orridge...
- Mixed live by: Ken Thomas
- Percussion, Vibraphone: Paula P-OrridgePaula P-OrridgePaula P-Orridge , also known as Alaura O'Dell, is an English musician.P-Orridge's musical career began in 1979 when she met musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge while working at a Tesco supermarket in Hackney, East London.Prior to meeting Genesis she had had some connection to the Industrial...
- E-mu Emulator II synthesizer, keyboards: Philipp Erb
- Vocals, bass, congas, violin: Genesis P-OrridgeGenesis P-OrridgeGenesis Breyer P-Orridge is an English singer-songwriter, musician, writer and artist. P-Orridge's early confrontational performance work in COUM Transmissions in the late 1960s and early 1970s along with the industrial band Throbbing Gristle, which dealt with subjects such as prostitution,...