Thee Majesty "Time's Up" Suffering Clown Inc. SCICD 0400 1999 (48:59)
Eshu Yes You (6:05)
I.T. (:29)
Source Are Rare (9:33)
Wisdom (1:13)
Flowering Pain Give Space (5:52)
Kreeme Horne (4:42)
When I Was Young (:38)
All Beauty is Our Enemy (8:23)
Possession (a Perfect Restraint) (3:47)
The Truth (:48)
I Don't Remember His Name (7:29)
Frequency of Truth: Bryin Dall, Divination of Word: Genesis P-Orridge
Genesis P-Orridge put Psychic TV to permanent rest with a final show at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 1st. His new project, Thee Majesty also performed that evening. Thee Majesty is more of a spoken word than musical offering from Genesis. On "Time's Up" Bryin Dall provides some minimal sounds capes as background to Genesis' words: waves of noise, clangings, bangings, thumpings, drones, samples, guitar tinkerings, etc. Three tracks here (Flowering Pain Give Space, Source Are Rare and Kreeme Horne) can also be found on the recent Genesis P-Orridge / Merzbow disc "A Perfect Pain". As usual with most of what Genesis says, I'm not really sure I "get it", but I always enjoy listening to his hypnotic voice and at least trying to make my own sense out of his musings on life. I suspect much of this is done with a sense of humor. Several lines seem to convey this to me: "first I.T. was, then I.T. knew I.T. was ... and that was I.T.", "you're going to have to concentrate or you won't understand anything I'm saying ... so do please refer to your dictionaries and remember that cynicism is always the way of the truth and certainly if one has a parent you understand what I'm saying" and "everyone is telling the truth all of the time ... well, it's just that times change". The final track is the only one that bugs me because Genesis simply repeats the title throughout. I have to be in a very particular mood to listen to these sort of albums. "Time's Up" was too price-y at $18, so it's probably only for the GPO completist and spoken word fan. I prefer "A Perfect Pain" for it's more intriguing musical backing. I'm going to miss Psychic TV too, "Trip Reset" being one of my favorites which was never properly followed up on ...
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Where did I get this cd? - mail order via Riouxs Records.