Exclusive website-only limited release. Unavailable elsewhere.
LIMB is an archival release of experimental and
minimalist compositions recorded from 1980-1983, from the early days of
Foetus and pre-Foetus. Though the material is largely unreleased, some of
the pieces have been previously released on the compilation albums by Coil
and United Dairies. Some were excavated and some of it was reconstructed or
re-edited from compositions on cassette. One piece is constructed from an
organ part written in 1982, which JG took the liberty of finishing in 2008.
These pieces were made before the introduction of MIDI and sampling
technology. It shows the lineage and genesis of some of the methods that JG
is working in today.
LIMB is released as a deluxe double disc package. The music disc
contains 12 tracks at 50+ minutes with an additional 20 minute bonus mp3
track.
The second disc is a DVD on which director Clement Tuffreau kindly allowed
us to include his 2005 documentary about JG Thirlwell, NYC FOETUS
with this package. The film features interviews with JG Thirlwell, Matt
Johnson, Alex Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten), Michael Gira, Richard Kern,
Lydia Lunch, Martin Bisi and Elysian Fields along with a lot of never before
seen footage of Foetus, Steroid Maximus, Manorexia and more. There is also
45 minutes of bonus extras, comprised of Steroid Maximus 18 piece
ensemble live in France, Foetus live in Hannover, Manorexia live at The
Stone NYC and a snippet of JG's LEMUR commission at 3 Legged Dog in NYC. The
film is subtitled in French.
This deluxe package also contains a 48 page perfect bound book with minimal
designs by JGT (all in his signature red, white, gray and black palette).
This is all held in an attractive sturdy plastic slipcase printed with
another of JG's designs.
The DVD is available in NTSC or PAL format (chosen when ordering), both region-free.
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- Sick Minutes (Ectopic Version) 8'39"
- Ezekiel's Wheels 1'38"
- Te Deum 4'50"
- The Anxious Figure 4'03"
- Primordial Industry 6'12"
- Industrial Go-Slow 3'37"
- That We Forbid 2'49"
- Sjogren's Syndrome 7'17"
- Echolation 1'22"
- TO 45 Tag 1'37"
- Piano Piece 4'03"
- The Caterpillar Kid 5'52"
- bonus track (mp3 file)
You Have To Obey 20'00"
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The long-awaited score from the hit Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros, composed and performed by JG Thirlwell.
"JG Thirlwell's brilliant music for The Venture Brothers injects new energy to the world of cartoon soundtracks. An extension of his work with Steroid Maximus, the music is filled with honesty, imagination and excitement. Like all great soundtrack composers, JGT is a compendium of music history and he jumps easily from one genre to another with flamboyant style - mambo, drum 'n' bass, electronica, 20th century classical, lounge, calliope carousel, big band jazz - nothing seems to escape his unerring ear, but no matter where he goes, he always remains uniquely himself. ...This is great music." John Zorn NYC 2008 (from the sleeve notes)
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- Brock Graveside
- Tuff
- Tenssacts
- 13 BigMon / Boys as Transformers
- Node Wrestling
- Thunder-Bro
- Damion
- Assclamp!
- Mississippi Noir
- Spag
- Bolly
- Gawker
- Descension
- Warped Carousel
- Sexy Sultry
- In a Spaceage Mood
- X1 Krashi / Woozzy
- Warped Span
- Fumblestealth
- No Vacancy (VB Theme)
To regard VEIN as purely a remix album is to underestimate its intentions and ambitions.
VEIN has material from 2005's LOVE fractured and re-imagined by some of today's most notable
artists.
It is an immersive, powerful and sometimes harrowing cinematic journey through sound and emotion.
Includes contributions by Fennesz, Mike Patton, Jay Wasco, Tujiko
Nuriko, Jason Forrest, TRZTN (of Services), Tweaker, Matmos, Tom
Recchion and J.G. Thirlwell.
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- Pareidolia (Fennesz remix)
- How To Vibrate (Mike Patton remix)
- Mon Agonie Douce (J.G. Thirlwell remix)
- L'overture (Jay Wasco remix)
- Don't Want Me Anymore (Tujiko Nuriko remix)
- Not Adam (Jason Forrest remix)
- Thrush (TRZTN remix feat. Jennifer Charles)
- Aladdin Reverse (Tweaker remix)
- Not in Yr Hands (Matmos remix)
- Corrodia Gravis (Tom Recchion remix)
Exclusive website-only limited release. Unavailable elsewhere.
Ectopic Ents has released DAMP, a new Foetus album which is a "satellite appendix" album, exclusively thru the Shoppe page on this website.
The music consists mainly of unreleased material as well as some rare material.
The DAMP cover is a ten panel foldout with lyrics, featuring photos and design by JG Thirlwell.
The complicated printing process involves spot hi-gloss lamination which is unreproducable here.
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Track List
- I Hate You All
- Antabuse
- Chimera
- Into the Light
- Shrunken Man
- Mine is No Disgrace (w/ Melvins)
- Hemo the Cuckold
- Not In Your Hands
- Paging Dr Strong (w/Rotoskop)
- Blessed Evening (Phylr remix)
- Sieve
- Cold Shoulder
LOVE is a sweeping dramatic epic drenched in harpsichord and orchestras with jarring left turns, bombast and seduction. It features duet with Jennifer Charles of Elysian Fields and an appearance by the amazing Pamelia Kurstin, the world's foremost thereminist!
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CD Track List
- (not adam)
- mon agonie douce
- aladdin reverse
- miracle
- don't want me anymore
- blessed evening
- pareidolia
- thrush (w/ jennifer charles)
- time marches on
- how to vibrate
Steroid Maximus is the instrumental guise of the inscrutable J.G.Thirlwell (aka FOETUS)
This highly acclaimed long awaited album contains the cinematic stylings of JGT encompassing twisted neo-blaxploitation, spy/crime noir-intrigue, haunting
soundscapes, sinuous carnal funk, exotic soundtracks of the unimagined and ethnic music from civilisations yet to be invented!
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Track List
- The Trembler
- Seventy Cops
- L'espion Qui A Pleure
- Naught
- Chain Reaction
- Bad Day In Greenpoint
- Aclectasis
- Tarmac a Gris Gris
- "Pusher" Jones
- Wm
- Chaiste
- Enzymes
The second Manorexia album, The Radiolarian Ooze, takes a distinct right turn on the incredible journey begun with the first Manorexia album.
Sometimes darkly disorienting, sometimes rhythmic and occasionally almost treading on Steroid Maximus territory, the first thirty-five minutes (eight pieces), gradually build to a frenzy, through soundscapes, alien ethnicities, passing the eavesdropped sounds of sinister goings-on, on into haunting lullabies culminating in a epic eleven-minute-plus chase-opera...
Then, the second part of the album, the final four pieces, are beautiful and twisted and enveloping, sometimes best listened to in a semi-somnambulistic state; by the end, the listener may find themselves in paroxysms of ecstasy at the beauty and sadness and strangeness and other-wordly quality of this cycle.
This release is not available in stores or anywhere else online; it is only available from this website and is a limited edition.
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Track List
- Planet Of The Aches
- The Harpoon Jockey
- Backwards From "Z"
- Confessions Of Zsolt Vadaszffy
- Fluorescent Radiation
- Canaries In The Mineshaft
- The Edison Medicine
- Ataxia
- Chloe Dont Know Im Alive
- Cosmos Brutile
- Armadillo Stance
- Self Inflicted Concussions...
Thirlwell has embarked on yet another side-project, this one christened Manorexia. The first release, an all-instrumental monsterpiece suite titled Volvox Turbo, was released in June 2001, available online exclusively via this website. Tapping into his instincts, Thirlwell completed the instrumental album within six weeks - a record time for him. An intensely psychological symphony, the album orbits several multiethnic soundscapes - from Moroccan to Martian - and manipulates those studio mistakes others try to avoid into 14 strangely compelling merging movements. It's been called "a noir narrative filled with anticipation, foreboding and icy climaxes." It resonates more with deep listening. It’s a killer acid trip without the LSD.
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Track List
- The Hardened Artery
- Ice on the Equator
- Zithromax Jitters
- Impedimentia
- A Womb is Waiting
- Helicobra
- Tiki Envy
- Toxodon Mourning
- The Cringe Factory
- Melting at the Temple
- Tongue of Uncertainty
- Bruxism
- Tubercular Bells
- Tranque