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Psychic TV is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, electronic and experimental music. The band was formed by performance artist Genesis P-Orridge and video director Peter Christopherson (after the break up of Throbbing Gristle) together with musician and producer Alex Fergusson (ex-Alternative TV). Christopherson left to form Coil with fellow PTV member John Balance around 1984, and Fergusson left in 1987, leaving P-Orridge in charge of a rotating band lineup.

Contributions to Psychic TV have included artists such as Coil, Current 93, The Hafler Trio, The Cult, White Stains, Soft Cell, XKP, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Matthew Best, Daniel Simon Black, Bill Breeze, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Derek Jarman, Fred Giannelli, John “Zoskia” Gosling, Timothy Leary, Rose McDowall, Stephen Kent, Vagina dentata organ, Andrew Weatherall, Z’EV, Zef Noi$e, and many others.

PTV can not be seen as regular band/group but more as a collective of musicans, artists, painters and others that made their contribution under the PTV umbrella. PTV had for many years their own record label Temple where they released music by PTV as well as Dave Ball (ex Soft Cell) and others. In many ways PTV followed in the same lane as Throbbing Gristle did, but did it into something more. The first years of PTV the music was experimental and sometimes industrial. Later they changed their musical direction into electronica as well as techno.

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Hell Is Invisible...Heaven Is Here
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Allegory and Self
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Towards Thee Infinite Beat
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Top Tracks

1	Godstar full track	153
2	We Kiss full track	106
3	Maximum Swing full track	79
4	In Thee Body full track	76
5	Baby's Gone Away full track	72
6	The Orchids full track	70
7	New York Story full track	66
8	Infinite Beat	59
9	Just Because full track	57
10	Caresse	55
11	BB full track	47
12	White Nights full track	42
13	Ov Power	41
13	She Was Surprised full track	41
15	Botanica full track	40

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little_doll wrote:
yesterday evening

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pgjesper wrote:
13 days ago

For me Psychic Tv's "Kondole " Album is one of the most essential recorded albums ever. Not that I listen much to it lately, but its such a hardcore piece of sound. And a wonderful DJ tool as well. And acts like The Orb has sampled it... check it out if you can find a copy.. ;-)

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hudgie wrote:
last month

PTV ...so hard to get the whole picture on this group with one record, quite a mistake to try to do that with anyone. They where so willfully wrong and underground. pop when you least expected it, terrifying at other times.... some literature by Robert Anton Wilson, Terrence McKenna, and of course Burrows might help. Ultimately they wanted a good time for all in an extremely individualistic way, rather than the sheepish pop of their time and ours now. It was truly the free dangerous and hedonistic spirit of rock and roll even if they avoided sounded like the obvious expression of it.

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phillip360 wrote:
last month

go deeper with 'pataphysics

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keptblue wrote:
last month

o god buy this cd now!!! http://www.extlabs.com/yourinfamousharp/

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Grindfucked wrote:
last month

I've only heard Hell Is Invisible... and Allegory and Self yet. Hell Is Invisible... is pretty great but Allegory and Self quite alot sucks (in my opinion of course). which one of the older records should I check out?

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Lord_Viracocha wrote:
August 2008

I prefer the pic I uploaded :-D

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nancykitten wrote:
August 2008

Current picture must stay forever.

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iozephus wrote:
August 2008

At Stockholm (the album) is a fucking masterpiece.

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HepatitisSundae wrote:
July 2008

Godstar is actually really sexy, if you ask me. In a way that only GPO can pull off. ;D

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theapril-sea wrote:
June 2008

lady maybe is a real smth special.incredible vocal

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bonus_beast wrote:
June 2008

pagan day is my favorite!!! was it really recorded @ the YMCA?

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bignewprinz wrote:
June 2008

Dreams Less Sweet is sublime.

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Gravecore wrote:
June 2008

Shut up, daydream_juliet.

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CWbridd wrote:
May 2008

yesterday found compilation of Psychic TV clips, that was amazing! i heard them before but yesterday saw their video-art and that was like revelation! and P-Orridge's "psychodelic drugs made democracy" speech kicks ass!!!

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flAntasmagorico wrote:
May 2008

Sheeeeeeeee touuuched me agaaaaiinn

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hturt_ylno_eht wrote:
May 2008

Amazing show yesterday in Prague.

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pamflet_u wrote:
May 2008

I have a Decoder. I took it in eMule programme

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unaesthetic wrote:
May 2008

anyone know where i can get hold of a copy of the film decoder? it stars fm einheit, genesis p-orridge, william burroughs... i have the soundtrack on vinyl and absolutely have to see it! it's certainly not out on dvd and ebay has nothing...

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MissUndead wrote:
April 2008

she-male

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