JG Thirlwell contributed a vocal performance to a project by his friend and colleague Teho Teardo. It’s a suite and it’s titled Dial S which was created for the new Sportmax fashion show. JGT performed the hypnotist voice at the beginning and Olwen Fouéré takes you through the six “rooms” of the suite with her vocals. You can hear the piece here.
‘Pareidolia’ live video by JG Thirlwell + Ensemble
We just published a video of JG Thirlwell + Ensemble at the Dec 7 2021 concert at Roulette NYC, performing the Foetus classic ‘Pareidolia’. This is re-edited from the Roulette Intermedium live stream, with additional footage shot by Gabe Garcia.The ensemble featured Evan Allen on piano, Leah Asher on violin, Rebecca El-Saleh on harp, Simon Hanes on acoustic guitar/bass, Pete Moffett on percussion and JG Thirlwell on vocals. You can watch the video here.
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JG Thirlwell exclusive for Teho Teardo’s Rai 3 show
JG Thirlwell created a new composition exclusively for a radio broadcast on the show Battiti on Italian station Rai 3 for his colleague Teho Teardo, who was guest curating. The piece is entitled ‘Cosmosis’ and was created entirely with manipulated and processed piano. Thirlwell’s section starts at 19.15 on this stream.
Faith No More release JGT’s remix on all services
Faith No More just released the JG Thirlwell remix “Motherfucker (Calcitonin Mix)” on all digital services. It was created seven years ago, but previously available as the b-side to the “Cone Of Shame” 7”. Don’t expect something that sounds like FNM! You can hear it on YouTube here
Thirlwell scores Archer Season 13
JG Thirlwell has begun work composing the musical score for Season 13 of Archer, which will begin airing in the fall of 2022 on FXX. Thirlwell joined the show on season 7, so this is his seventh season writing the music.
In addition, a soundtrack album of Thirlwell’s scores from Archer, drawn from seasons 7-9, will be released later in 2022 via the Disney Music Group / Iam8bit. Go team Archer!
JG Thirlwell records an album of string works with Mivos Quartet
JG Thirlwell has recorded an album of his string quartets with Mivos Quartet. They were initially scheduled to make the album in 2020 but it was delayed due to the pandemic. Recording took place at Shiny Things Studio in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with Mike Tierney recording and engineering. The album, entitled Dystonia, was made possible with funding from the Australia Council for the Arts. It should be released in late 2022.
JG Thirlwell + Ensemble live at Roulette NYC
JG Thirlwell + Ensemble played to a packed house at Roulette NYC on Dec 7 2021, performing chamber versions of some Foetus repertoire. With Evan Allen on piano, Leah Asher on violin, Rebecca El-Saleh on harp, Simon Hanes on acoustic guitar/bass, Pete Moffett on percussion and JG Thirlwell on vocals. The video stream of the show is available on YouTube. We will be re-editing some songs with additional footage and enhanced sound, which will be published later. Photo by Dan Efram
JG Thirlwell guests on Mike Pride’s MDC tribute
Mike Pride has taken material from punk band MDC’s iconic 1982 debut album, Millions of Dead Cops, and reinterpreted the songs as jazz standards. On the album, entitled I Hate Work, the virtuosic drummer Pride is accompanied by pianist Jamie Saft and bassist Bradley Christopher Jones. It was released on Nov 19 2021 on Rare Noise Records.
JG Thirlwell guests-vocalizes on the track ‘America’s So Straight’. A video for the song was directed by Anais Blondet, which you can see here.
The album also features appearances by Mick Barr (Ocrilim, Krallice), Sam Mickens (The Dead Science) and MDC frontman Dave Dictor.
Xordox live in Denver with Itchy O
JG Thirlwell’s Xordox will be performing at the Summit in Denver on October 30 2021, opening for Itchy O as part of their three night Hallow Mass extravaganza. Tickets are available here
Photo by Dustin Dis.
Thirlwell joins Alan Licht Allstars for Futurist Intonarumori concert at Performa Festval
As part of the 2021 Performa Arts Festival NYC, on Oct 15 2021 JG Thirlwell joined Alan Licht, Keith Fullerton Whitman, MV Carbon, Laura Ortman and Seth Cluett in an ensemble performance on Intonarumori instruments, directed by Luciano Chessa . Intonarumori are experimental musical instruments which were invented and built by the Italian futurist Luigi Russolo between roughly 1910 and 1930.
The performance took place at the former Top Shop department store at the Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, with broadcast direction by Victoria Keddie and an additional performance by Zach Layton‘s Nepenthae.
The performance will be broadcast here on Oct 20 2021 at 7pm EST, followed by a second performance for Intonarumori instruments featuring Margareth Kammerer, Nick Hallett, Zeena Parkins, Frank J. Oteri, Joan La Barbara, Elliott Sharp and others.
