Psychic TV "Origin of the Species Volume Too!" Invisible Records INV 100 1999
Third Tablet of Acid (68:51)
Aquarius Rising pt. 1 (:20)
Joy (Joy-Orgasm-Youth Mix) (5:16)
Balkan Red Alert (Dave Ball Gridlock Mix) (4:59)
Turn On, Tune In to the Acid House (Original PTV Mix)
(5:35)
Disc-Omen (DJ Doktor Megatrip & Musta Luv Mix) (6:12)
Last Night (Wolves of the Sun Mix) (1:05)
Abstract Reality (Godstar Movie Mix) (3:45)
Terminate (Over the Brink Mix) (5:46)
Love - War - Riot (Vocoder Mix) (6:56)
Youth (Vernon Castle Mix) (1:22)
Gristliserising (:29)
Meet Every Situation Head On (Noise & Mista Luv Mix)
(5:23)
Molecular Uprising (Castalia Breakfast Mix) (2:16)
Blue Pyramid (Virginia & Mista Luv Mix) (5:24)
Your Body (Psychedelic Violence Mix) (6:42)
Oxygen (Smoggy Notion Mix) (3:45)
Loaded Angels (:46)
Secret Tabman (Telepathica Sexualis Mix) (2:50)
Fourth Tablet of Acid (65:54)
"Ultrahouse"
Kinda Groovy (Ultrahouse Mix) (5:36)
Still Tempted (Phallic Rub Mix) (2:49)
It's L.A. (L.A. Connection) (10:27)
Bloodstream (Instrumental Mix) (7:47)
B-on-E (3:38)
Constant High (2:44)
Interqualude (6:01)
The Eagle has Landed (3:10)
S.U.C.K. or Know! (White Stains Trip) (2:10)
Metameaner Kat (Mindfeeled Mix) (7:37)
Being-on-E (Adam and Eve Sperm Mix) (5:41)
Sir Francis E. Dec (Kitten Sparkle Mix) (5:56)
Loose Nut (One Foot in the Grave Mix) (2:18)
For the realization of these recording projects the musicians were: Gini Ball (violins, viola on "Blue Pyramid"), Dave Ball, aka Mista Luv (keyboards, samples, drum programming), Don Bolles (samples all over the place. Especially Frances E. Dec recording), Alex Ferguson (guitar on "Bloodstream"), Fred Giannelli (guitars, programming, samples, keyboards on "Secret Tabman"), Hugo Longden (post modernist funk bass guitar), Richard Norris (vocals, samples, drum programming, guitars), Richard Schiessl (sampling, mixing, processing, everything electronic), Genesis P-Orridge (samples, drum programs, keyboards) and Z'ev (percussion on "Loose Nut").
"Origin of the Species Volume Too!" is the 2nd volume (see also Volume One) of a 3 part series to chronicle the "Infinite Beat" era of PTV, roughly 1988 to 1994. This installment, the third and fourth 'tablets of acid', gather up tracks from "Jack the Tab", "Tekno Acid Beat", "Ultrahouse" and "Ultradrug", all originally released on WaxTrax! Records and long out of print. The music is a natural progression of the sound, noise and sample collages that PTV had been doing for years, only now much of it had become more dance oriented taking on elements of psychedelic trance, funk and piano rave. Genesis and friends communicated the joys of drugs (plenty of Timothy Leary samples to be found here), sex and the 'infinite beat' at the heart of everything through the music and the technicolor, video enhanced cross-country bus tours done to perform it live. Unfortunately there are no live songs to be found here, which is especially ironic considering that the majority of the insert's liner notes are about the tours. Disc 1 features a combination of short pieces, collage type tracks and dance tracks. Disc 2 ("Ultrahouse") concentrates more on dance but also includes the previously unreleased, bizarre Splinter Test track "Metameaner Kat". Much of this music sounds a bit dated now but it is 10+ years old which, after all, is an eternity in electronic music. But, it'll still get your groove on. Genesis would have you believe that this was indeed the 'origin of the species', i.e. the beginning of dance music ... but most (myself included) know better. Regardless of the historical accuracy, this music was indeed a big part of my own personal musical growth and I'm pleased to be able to reclaim it on cd. Once again, the box set looks fantastic and comes with a cool 30 page full color insert with at least an hours worth of liner notes by tour member Tom Hallewell and Genesis. I'm looking forward to the 3rd and final chapter, probably due out next year ...
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Where did I get this cd? - mail order via CD World.