Industrial Records

INDUSTRIAL RECORDS

Industrial Music for Industrial People

THEE INDUSTRIAL RECORDS STORY:

Industrial Records began as an investigation. The 4 members of Throbbing Gristle wanted to investigate to what extent you could mutate and collage sound, present complex non entertaining noises to a popular culture situation and convince and convert. We wanted to re-invest Rock music with content, motivation and risk. Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.

We wanted to also investigate music as a Business phenomenon and propose models for entirely new and innovative modes of commercial operation. A parody and an improvement. Industrial Records was founded before any of thee better known of the English Independents and was at its close the 3rd largest, yet the most elusive. We wanted to make music and records more effective and relevant to our Industrial society, and we wanted to make business more efficient and creative as well. Industrial Records Limited was born. Named as the most unromantic yet appropriate title we could envisage. Big records companies produce records like cars; we are connected to a contemporary social situation, not a blues orientated past style; we work hard for what we want, we are industrious; we parody and challenge large industrial companies and their debasing ethics and depersonalisation; we work in an old factory; industrial labour is slavery, destructive, a redundant institution so we call it the Death Factory. Music From The Death Factory, from the world, from life. Records in English also mean files, documents, as collected by Government agencies, employers, schools and police forces. Our Records are a combination of files on our relationship with the world and a Newspaper without censorship. Monte Cazazza suggested our business slogan should be INDUSTRIAL MUSIC FOR INDUSTRIAL PEOPLE. You Get what you deserve. Or do you? Well, from the people with a vested interest in controlling and guiding society to follow their recommendations as to what attitudes you should have, what motivations should govern your bebaviour and what goals you should be satisfied with, you DO NOT get what you deserve. You get what you are given, and what you are given is primarily conditioning that pushes you towards blind acceptance, wasted labour, frustrated relationships and a vast sense of hopelessness. We are trained to feel we are not responsible or in control of our society and world so that we will continue to let "Leaders" look after us like parents with retarded children.

Leaders are not essential, we are TAUGHT to believe we need them, that we are not able to assume responsibility for ourselves. Lies created leaders, lies perpetuate leaders, lies destroy joy and creativity and hope. There are NO LIES on these records, no one here is a leader. We assume full responsibility for ourselves. We will not be deflected from our destiny. OUR LIFE.
There is currently a trend back towards total control and safety in the record and music industry. Groups are styled, hyped and successful before they even release a record. Old outlaws and thinkers are opting for security, comfortable records that apply radical discoveries to banal musical ends. Show business and its inherited goals and justifications are triumphant again. The public is seduced and cheated by emptiness packaged alluringly in cheap tinsel. Fear is the Government once more. On this record are people who were not afraid to think, did not avoid risks. People of all ages are here, from 16 years old to 70 years old. Truth and hope have no boundaries, no set style, they are implicit most clearly in the way you choose to live. The title of the last record issued by industrial tells the rest. "Nothing here now but the recordings."

Or perhaps there is...

Genesis P-Orridge (from TG CD 1)

IR DISCOGRAPHY

IR0002 THROBBING GRISTLE, "2ND ANNUAL REPORT"                       1977 (LP)
IR0003 THROBBING GRISTLE, "UNITED"/"ZYKLON B ZOMBIE"                1978 (7")
IR0004 THROBBING GRISTLE, "D.O.A. THE THIRD AND FINAL REPORT"       1978 (LP)
IR0005 MONTE CAZAZZA, "TO MOM ON MOTHER'S DAY"/"CANDY MAN"          1979 (7")
IR0006 THE LEATHER NUN, "SLOW DEATH" EP                             1979 (7")
IR0007 THOMAS LEER AND ROBERT RENTAL, "THE BRIDGE"                  1979 (LP)
IR0008 THROBBING GRISTLE, "20 JAZZ FUNK GREATS"                     1979 (LP)
IR0009 THROBBING GRISTLE, "HEATHEN EARTH: THE LIVE SOUND OF TG"     1980 (LP)
IR0010 MONTE CAZAZZA, "SOMETHING FOR NOBODY" EP                     1980 (7")
IR0011 SURGICAL PENIS KLINIK, "MEAT PROCESSING SECTION"             1980 (7")
IR0012 ELISABETH WELCH, "STORMY WEATHER"/"YOU'RE BLASÉ"             1980 (7")
IR0013 THROBBING GRISTLE, "SUBHUMAN"/"SOMETHING CAME OVER ME"       1980 (7")
IR0014 DOROTHY, "I CONFESS"/"SOFTNESS"                              1980 (7")
IR0015 THROBBING GRISTLE, "ADRENALIN"/"DISTANT DREAMS (PART TWO)    1980 (7")
IR0016 WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, "NOTHING HERE NOW BUT THE RECORDINGS"  1981 (LP)

IRC00  THROBBING GRISTLE, "BEST OF....VOLUME I"                     1976
IRC01  THROBBING GRISTLE, "BEST OF....VOLUME II"                    1976
IRC02  THROBBING GRISTLE, "I.C.A., LONDON"                          1976
IRC03  THROBBING GRISTLE, "WINCHESTER/AIR GALLERY"                  1976
IRC04  THROBBING GRISTLE, "NAGS HEAD, HIGH WYCOMBE"                 1977
IRC05  THROBBING GRISTLE, "BURLINGTON POLYTECHNIC"                  1977
IRC06  THROBBING GRISTLE, "NUFFIELD THEATRE, SOUTHAMPTON"           1977
IRC07  THROBBING GRISTLE, "RAT CLUB, PINDAR, LONDON"                1977
IRC08  THROBBING GRISTLE, "HIGHBURY ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON"             1977
IRC09  THROBBING GRISTLE, "WINCHESTER ART SCHOOL"                   1977
IRC10  THROBBING GRISTLE, "RAT CLUB, VALENTINO ROOMS, LONDON"       1977
IRC11  THROBBING GRISTLE, "BRIGHTON POLYTECHNIC"                    1978
IRC12  THROBBING GRISTLE, "ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION, LONDON"       1978
IRC13  THROBBING GRISTLE, "GOLDSMITH'S COLLEGE, LONDON"             1978
IRC14  THROBBING GRISTLE, "INDUSTRIAL TRAINING COLLEGE, WAKEFIELD"  1978
IRC15  THROBBING GRISTLE, "FILM MAKERS CO-OP, LONDON"               1978
IRC16  THROBBING GRISTLE, "CRYPTIC ONE CLUB, LONDON"                1978
IRC17  THROBBING GRISTLE, "CENTRO IBERICO, LONDON"                  1979
IRC18  THROBBING GRISTLE, "AJANTA CINEMA, DERBY"                    1979
IRC19  THROBBING GRISTLE, "SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY"                    1979
IRC20  THROBBING GRISTLE, "THE FACTORY, MANCHESTER"                 1979
IRC21  THROBBING GRISTLE, "GUILD HALL, NORTHAMPTON"                 1979
IRC22  THROBBING GRISTLE, "Y.M.C.A., LONDON"                        1979
IRC23  THROBBING GRISTLE, "TG IN THE STUDIO"                        1979
IRC24  THROBBING GRISTLE, "BUTLERS WHARF, LONDON"                   1979
IRC25  THROBBING GRISTLE, "FAN CLUB, LEEDS"                         1979
IRC26  THROBBING GRISTLE, "SCALA CINEMA, LONDON"                    1979
IRC27  THE LEATHER NUN, "SCALA CINEMA"/"MUSIC PALAIS KUNGSGATAN"    1980
IRC28  MONTE CAZAZZA, "LIVE AT LEEDS FAN CLUB"/"SCALA CINEMA"       1980
IRC29  THROBBING GRISTLE, "AT GOLDSMITH'S COLLEGE"                  1980
IRC30  THROBBING GRISTLE, "OUNDLE PUBLIC SCHOOL"                    1980
IRC31  CLOCK DVA, "WHITE SOULS IN BLACK SUITS"                      1980
IRC32  CHRIS CARTER, "THE SPACE BETWEEN"                            1980
IRC33  THROBBING GRISTLE, "AT SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY"                 1980
IRC34  RICHARD H. KIRK, "DISPOSABLE HALF TRUTHS"                    1981
IRC35  CABARET VOLTAIRE, "1974-1976"                                1981

IRCD02 THROBBING GRISTLE, "I.C.A., LONDON"                          1976
IRCD03 THROBBING GRISTLE, "WINCHESTER/AIR GALLERY"                  1976
IRCD04 THROBBING GRISTLE, "NAGS HEAD, HIGH WYCOMBE"                 1977
IRCD05 THROBBING GRISTLE, "BURLINGTON POLYTECHNIC"                  1977
IRCD06 THROBBING GRISTLE, "NUFFIELD THEATRE, SOUTHAMPTON"           1977
IRCD07 THROBBING GRISTLE, "RAT CLUB, PINDAR, LONDON"                1977
IRCD08 THROBBING GRISTLE, "HIGHBURY ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON"             1977
IRCD09 THROBBING GRISTLE, "WINCHESTER ART SCHOOL"                   1977
IRCD10 THROBBING GRISTLE, "RAT CLUB, VALENTINO ROOMS, LONDON"       1977
IRCD11 THROBBING GRISTLE, "BRIGHTON POLYTECHNIC"                    1978
IRCD12 THROBBING GRISTLE, "ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION, LONDON"       1978
IRCD13 THROBBING GRISTLE, "GOLDSMITH'S COLLEGE, LONDON"             1978
IRCD14 THROBBING GRISTLE, "INDUSTRIAL TRAINING COLLEGE, WAKEFIELD"  1978
IRCD15 THROBBING GRISTLE, "FILM MAKERS CO-OP, LONDON"               1978
IRCD16 THROBBING GRISTLE, "CRYPTIC ONE CLUB, LONDON"                1978
IRCD17 THROBBING GRISTLE, "CENTRO IBERICO, LONDON"                  1979
IRCD18 THROBBING GRISTLE, "AJANTA CINEMA, DERBY"                    1979
IRCD19 THROBBING GRISTLE, "SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY"                    1979
IRCD20 THROBBING GRISTLE, "THE FACTORY, MANCHESTER"                 1979
IRCD21 THROBBING GRISTLE, "GUILD HALL, NORTHAMPTON"                 1979
IRCD22 THROBBING GRISTLE, "Y.M.C.A., LONDON"                        1979
IRCD24 THROBBING GRISTLE, "BUTLERS WHARF, LONDON"                   1979
IRCD25 THROBBING GRISTLE, "FAN CLUB, LEEDS"                         1979
IRCD26 THROBBING GRISTLE, "SCALA CINEMA, LONDON"                    1979
IRCD29 THROBBING GRISTLE, "AT GOLDSMITH'S COLLEGE"                  1980
IRCD30 THROBBING GRISTLE, "OUNDLE PUBLIC SCHOOL"                    1980
IRCD33 THROBBING GRISTLE, "AT SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY"                 1980
IRCD36 THROBBING GRISTLE, "S.O. 36 CLUB BERLIN 7/11/80"             1980
IRCD37 THROBBING GRISTLE, "S.O. 36 CLUB BERLIN 7/11/80"             1980
IRCD38 THROBBING GRISTLE, "KUNSTHOFSCHULE FRANKFURT"                1980
IRCD39 THROBBING GRISTLE, "RAFTERS CLUB, MANCHESTER"                1980
IRCD40 THROBBING GRISTLE, "HEAVEN, LONDON"                          1980
IRCD41 THROBBING GRISTLE, "LYCEUM, LONDON"                          1981
IRCD42 THROBBING GRISTLE, "VETERANS AUDITORIUM, LOS ANGELES"        1981
IRCD43 THROBBING GRISTLE, "KEZAR PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO"           1981