| Journey Through a Body | ||||
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| Released | April 1982 | |||
| Recorded | March 1981 | |||
| Genre | Industrial | |||
| Length | 39:17 | |||
| Label | Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien | |||
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 1993 UK reissue cover | ||||
Journey Through a Body is the fourth studio album by English industrial music group Throbbing Gristle, released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.
Journey Through a Body was a piece of "radio art" commissioned by Italian national radio. The album was freely improvised and recorded in Rome in March 1981 at the RAI studios. [1]
Journey Through a Body was released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien. [2] The album was reissued in the UK in 1993.
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The Wire called Journey Through a Body the group's "scariest" album. [4]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Medicine" | 15:22 |
| 2. | "Catholic Sex" | 8:10 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Exotic Functions" | 4:18 |
| 2. | "Violencia (The Bullet)" | 8:00 |
| 3. | "Oltre La Morte, Birth and Death" | 3:27 |
Whitehouse were an English noise music band formed in 1980. The group is largely credited for the founding of the power electronics genre. Whitehouse was founded and ended as a duo consisting of electronics player Philip Best and vocalist William Bennett, however the group is perhaps best–recognized for their 20-year-tenure as a three-piece with synthist Peter Sotos as a member, who joined the band in 1983 and left in 2003.
Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive or provocative sounds and themes. AllMusic defines industrial music as the "most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music" that was "initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments and punk provocation". The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by members of Throbbing Gristle and Monte Cazazza. While the genre name originated with Throbbing Gristle's emergence in the United Kingdom, artists and labels vital to the genre also emerged in the United States and other countries.
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Chris & Cosey, sometimes known as Carter Tutti, are a musical duo formed in 1981, consisting of couple Chris Carter (electronics) and Cosey Fanni Tutti, both previously members of industrial music pioneers Throbbing Gristle. Since the release of their 1981 debut album Heartbeat, the group have expanded on the rhythmic ideas of Throbbing Gristle while adding synthesized pop elements to their sound.
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