The Desertshore Installation is a box set that was released by Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

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. The 12-CDr set documents recording sessions for the Desertshore album (a cover of the Nico

Nico

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 record - see Desertshore

Desertshore

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). These sessions were open to the public and a short question and answer session is included in the recordings. Each session lasted for approximately 2 hours and there were 2 sessions per day, an afternoon and an evening session. The box set only had one pressing.

A number of jams recorded during the installation appear on Throbbing Gristle's tour-only album release The Third Mind Movements

The Third Mind Movements

The Third Mind Movements is an album released by British industrial group Throbbing Gristle in April 2009 from recordings made at the 2007 Desertshore Installation at the Institute of Contemporary Art on 1 to 3 June 2007. All of the original line-up were present...

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CDr information

1. Friday Afternoon Disc A - (1:09:02)
2. Friday Afternoon Disc B - (1:04:30)
3. Friday Evening Disc A - (1:02:47)
4. Friday Evening Disc B - (0:54:06)
5. Saturday Afternoon Disc A - (0:48:08)
6. Saturday Afternoon Disc B - (0:47:36)
7. Saturday Evening Disc A - (1:07:58)
8. Saturday Evening Disc B - (0:55:46)
9. Sunday Afternoon Disc A - (0:47:15)
10. Sunday Afternoon Disc B - (1:01:42)
11. Sunday Evening Disc A - (0:46:01)
12. Sunday Evening Disc B - (1:07:02)

Session set-lists

Friday, Session 1:

• My Only Child - Gen Vox & Jam;
• Janitor of Lunacy - Gen Vox & Jam

Friday, Session 2:

• Afraid - Gen Vox;
• Jam to rhythm tracks;
• The Falconer - Gen Vox;

Saturday, Session 3:

• Mutterlein - Gen Vox;
• Jam Session to Mae Blue Gray;
• Le Petit Chevalier - Gen Vox

Saturday, Session 4:

• Abschied- Check;
• Springbankistan - Jam;
• Abschied - Gen Vox;
• Janitors of Lunacy - Vox; Mental Jam;
• The Falconer - Gentle Vox

Sunday, Session 5:

• All that is my own - Jam & Vox;
• The Falconer - Jam & Vox;
• Janitor of Lunacy - Jam & Vox;
• My Only Child - Jam & Vox; Mental Jam;

Sunday, Session 6:

• Le Petit Chevalier - Jam & Vox;
• Mutterlein - Jam & Vox (mental end);
• Afraid - Jam & Vox;
• Abschied - Jam & Vox