The Innova label has released “NYFA collection : 25 years of New York New Music”, a six hour 5 CD set devoted to recipients of The New York Foundation for the Arts’ fellowships in Music Composition and Sound. Thirlwell, who received a fellowship in sound and composition from NYFA in 2010, is featured on this collection, with the track “Ten Ton Shadow”. This huge and stunning collection also includes works by Annea Lockwood, Aaron Jay Kernis, Pauline Oliveros, Annie Gosfield, Meredith Monk, Elliott Sharp, Stefan Tcherepnin and many more. “Ten Ton Shadow” will also appear, in a different form, on the forthcoming Manorexia album.
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Foetus HOLE and NAIL finally on iTunes
The seminal Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel albums HOLE (1984) and NAIL (1985) are now finally available worldwide on iTunes. Released by Some Bizzare, the albums are in their remastered form.
Foetus album "HIDE" released
Ectopic Ents is proud to announce the release of the long awaited new studio album by Foetus, entitled HIDE.
HIDE features ten new compositions by JG Thirlwell, who describes it as a “neo-symphonic avant-psychedelic concept album informed by the culture of fear”. Kicking off with a nine minute operatic opus featuring the guest vocal talents of opera singer Abby Fischer, HIDE is an immersive album infused with strands of progressive and contemporary classical, as well as Thirlwell’s twisting cinematic journeys, bombast and sombre interludes.
Thirlwell produced the album and performs most of the music. Also guesting on the album are long time collaborator Steven Bernstein on trumpet and Leyna Marika Papach from Thirlwell’s Manorexia ensemble on violin. In addition Elliot Hoffman of Carbomb plays drums on a track, and there are appearances from Ed Pastorini, Jeff Davidson and Christian Gibbs (Lucinda Blackbear).
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Go to the HIDE page to preview and order.
Hydroze Plus now available digitally
The Hydroze Plus EP is now available as a digital download.
Hydroze Plus is a collaboration between JG Thirlwell and Fred Bigot of Electronicat. The EP consists of the songs “Overcoat” and “Calm Calm”, as well as JG’s remix of “Overcoat”, which is entitled “Epi-Dose”, and Bigot’s remix of “Calm Calm”, which is entitled “Belladonna”.
The EP is still available in physical form from Optical Sound. It is a limited clear vinyl 10″ record with extremely elaborate and unusual packaging.
Please note for other downloads and physical product visit the Foetus shoppe.
JGT Vs Z's
JG Thirlwell has completed a remix for NYC experimental post-avant band Z’s. It will be released later this year by Social Registry. The release will also include remixes by Matt Shadetek from Dutty Artz, Zebrablood (aka Nathan from Excepter), Weasel Walter, Genesis Breyer P. Orridge, Gabe Andruzzi from The Rapture, Cex, and Matt Papich from Ecstatic Sunshine.
Kronos play Thirlwell's Eremikophobia in NYC
On October 8 and 9 2010, Kronos Quartet will have a two night run at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge.
On the 9th, Kronos Quartet will once again playing JG Thirlwell’s second commission for them, Eremikophobia, which they had premiered at Carnegie Hall in March. They will also be playing pieces by Michael Gordon, Clint Mansell and Dan Visconti. Le Poisson Rouge is located at 158 Bleecker Street NYC. Tickets are $25.
The Venture Bros Season 4.5 Premieres
The second half of season four of The Venture Bros premieres September 12, 2010 on Adult Swim/Cartoon Network. This season, which is considered number 4.5, consists of eight episodes, the last of which is a double episode. There is a lot of exciting new music scored for the show by JG Thirlwell. Here is a sneak preview.
JG Thirlwell plays Christian Marclay at The Whitney Museum, NYC
JG Thirlwell will be performing Christian Marclay’s Screen Play piece at his Festival exhibition at The Whitney Museum in New York City. Marclay’s Festival exhibition consists of many of his graphic scores, sculptural objects and film archives of his actions and performances, and features concerts daily. Screen Play is a graphic / film score to be performed as a trio. JG, who will play samples/electronics, will be performing in a trio with Kenny Wollesen (percussion) and Okkyung Lee (cello) on Sep 1 and 17, and with Kenny Wollesen (percussion) and Elliot Sharp (guitar) on Sep 16.
Performance times are as follow:
September 1 show at 2.30pm
September 16 show at 12 noon
September 17 show at 2.00 PM
Watch live streaming video from whitneymuseum at livestream.com
JG Thirlwell four channel sound installation at Latitude Festival
JG Thirlwell’s four channel sound installation piece “Krzysztl” (pronounced “crystal”) will be in a 4 channel sound gallery in the contemporary art arena at the Latitude Festival, UK. The festival runs from July 15-18 and Thirlwell’s piece, previously featured at the Enter exhibition at Tou Scene in Norway, will play on July 17. On the same day they will be playing sound pieces by Kim Gordon, Carsten Nicolai and Matmos. During the festival, the sound art tent will also host pieces by Oren Ambrachi, Pauline Oliveros, Camille Norment, Charlemagne Palestine, Stephen O’Malley and more . The sound tent is curated by Ben Borthwick , Anne Hilde Neset and Louise Gray .
Located in Suffolk, England, the Latitude festival features music, theater, opera, literature, poetry and more, and will feature performances by Belle and Sebastian, Grizzly Bear, Crystal Castles, Tom Jones and many more.
JG Thirlwell in exhibition at Galerie Frederic Giroux
JG Thirlwell has a piece in the art show “Previously on Optical Sound…”, which will take place at Galerie Frederic Giroux in Paris from July 6-24 2010. Curated by Pierre Belouin, the show features artists responding to each others’ works. Thirlwell’s piece, entitled “Controlled Coma”, is a response to French composer Norscq. Other artists featured in the show include Rebecca Bournigault, Pascal Broccolichi, Pierre-Laurent Cassière, Jill Gasparina, Olivier Huz, P.Nicolas Ledoux, Norscq, Jérôme Poret and Black Sifichi.