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4.5
This disc is a compilation of strange and curious vocal samples, evidently from the archives of Genesis P-Orridge and the Psychic TV crew. It's not even music, mind you, just a collage of audio snippets taken from old sex education records, religious television performances, obscure radio broadcasts, and God knows where else. A few quotes:"This should be the order of the day when building up hypotheses: use a shotgun, not a rifle.""We tolerate anybody, even the intolerable.""If you see Brother Love on the street, just nod your head, so I know it's you... blow your mind..."There are hundreds of bizarre and fascinating snippets like these, if they catch your fancy. Some of them are quite pornographic in nature, but I'm unwilling to quote them here.Incredibly, the disc makes for a strangely fascinating listening experience. None of the samples are longer than a few seconds, and all the samples have been packed together randomly with little space between them, ultimately making the disc feel like some sort of postmodern commentary on the human experience, and as such, it's actually sort of interesting.However, this also makes the disc sort of difficult to use for music production. The tracks are not organized in any manner, so samples about, say, the Roman Catholic church can be found in track 10, or track 30, or track 53, or track 66... if you hear something you like, make a note of it immediately. Furthermore, the tight positioning of the audio samples means you might be doing a bit of manual truncating, so I hope you like pressing the buttons of your sampler.Unless you generally make experimental instrumental electronic music, the disc is probably not very useful (speaking of which: clearance? Psychic TV don't need no stinkin' clearance), but if you happen to come across an inexpensive copy of the disc, it is probably worth purchasing.
