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Hell Is Invisible Heaven Is Here

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This new incarnation of Psychic TV, or PTV3, sounds great. Gen's new band sounds powerful, and their grooves can make your body move without conceding to rock stereotypes. This album sacrifices none of PTV's experimental side, or their songwriting side. On most of their albums, you have some experimental songs, and some songs that are more in the classic style of songwriting. On this album, it's experimental pop songs or poppy experimental songs all the way through (and I mean pop like early Pink Floyd or The Stones, not in a demeaning way). The way the band rocks and grooves draws one in, while the structures and textures sound fresh, new, and challenging.
I love all of their albums, and every phase of their evolution, but I think this may be their best. If you haven't listened to PTV lately, you're in for a pleasant surprise. If you haven't heard them at all, this is a great place to start.

wonders never cease! First I'll say that this is a cyber glam record, only it's very analogue, with a Ziggy Star Dust 2007 sound. I wouldn't have guessed a sound like this, a sound that I associate as an old rock sound, could sound so fresh, so right so now, i am of the avante guard variety when it comes to music, but some how this works! on glam pop rock estetics as well as pagan occultic modes of expression and also on the poetic museing level, there is no industrial sound here but definately a dose of psychedelic. I might also add that this is a great summer time record.

Mick Jagger, Tom Waits, Paul McCathy, Trent Reznor, Bob Dylan, John "Rotten" Lydon, David Bowie, Ogre Nivek, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Keith Richards, John Waters, Syd Barret, Tommy page, Neil Young and the rest don't porduce anything as important as their early work.

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge still pushes the limits of what to expect from music when you put a portable recording into your player. Over 30 years of music making and this human still makes music with all the power and creativity he began with in his innocent and ignorant, as intelligent as he was, twenties.

Another reviewer said this is laughable, to laugh at this is like laughing a Andy Warhol, it means you just don't get it. Laugh at The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Skinny Puppy, David Bowie, Tom Waits, you just don't get it. Nothing here is "PUNK" but punk is a park of rock and there is punk, lower case p, here along with Rock, Psychedelic, funk and roll, this is light years or a dozen years beyond Radiohead or anything else out there.

I almost wish those samples wheren't there because they give you almost nothing of what to expect.

(a review in process)

PTV/3- Hell is invisible Heaven is her/e
I waited 10 years for this album. It was well worth the wait. This is the best album of the Early 2000's let alone 2007. PTV3 is a loving family and the caring that they feel is inevitably permeating the album. There are several totally new songs, like "MILK BABA", "MAXIMUM SWING", "B.B."; and "I DON'T THINK SO" amongst others. Then there are definitive recordings of works that were in progress. This is the tightest incarnation of PTV, and the most ROCKING. To top it all off Genesis P. Orridge gave an amazing concert when I saw him in Boston. Also on a sad note his gorgeous and loving partner and band member Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge died suddenly on Tuesday 9th October 2007 at home in Brooklyn. This album is a must have and I urge everyone to rush out and buy it.

By far their best album to date! Marcus has been a great addition to this great band!

A more Rock&Roll'n selection from tee third incarnation ov Psychic TV. Introduces some old thematic rhythms from their first albums, along with Genesis's philosophies on polydrogeny ascetics. Best PTV recording out since "Allegory & Self"/"Godstar". Mr. P-orridge tries harder than ever to actually sing-doing a much bettre job than the latest Throbbing Gristle Project "Endless Not".

It seems that Genesis P-Orridge has finished with Acid House for the moment. This album made a shift to rock, with traditional set-up and linear song structure. Makes for great listening, headphones or speakers.

Saw the CD release show, my first time to a Psychic TV event and it blew myself and friends away. Psychic TV made at least two new fans that night. One of the best shows I have been to, the main set went on for nearly three hours.

Douglas Rushkoff also has keyboard credits on this album, so check it out.

(PS: PTV3 has a new lineup and completely different style from PTV's previous incarnations. Embrace the change.)

Let me start by saying that I am a big fan of experimental music of all kinds. I'm always ready and willing to dive into something which is unlike anything I've heard before. I'm also no stranger to Genesis P. Orridge's work, having heard all of Throbbing Gristle's albums, many Psychic TV albums, and having enjoyed his work with Pigface.



TG is a mixed bag for me. I appreciate the dynamic of the group and the balls it took to make and stand by the music when they did... but now it just seems trite. Only very occasionally did they manage to break through the gimmick of banging on things to make noise and create a piece of "musick" that affected me on anything more than a basic visceral level.



What I've heard of Psychic TV affects me the same way, only instead of making noise, they are writing the most obnoxiously meaningless imitations of pop songs imaginable. Whenever I'm reminded of them, I always wonder why so many people who are into underground type experimental music enjoy PTV so much. The only thing I can figure is that it's the corny pseudo-religious aspects of their philosophies. Whatever the case may be, it usually ends up sounding much like everything I've always hated about popular music, but done badly. The only exception is their album Trip/Reset, which I do still listen to on occasion. I really can't tell you why I enjoy that album and not the rest, but I think it has something to do with the consistency of mood throughout it. It's very mellow, and aptly named.



I bought this album anyway. I got it because of the quick sound samples I heard on Amazon. It sounded different from the things I hate about PTV, but some of it also reminded me of the things I liked about Trip/Reset. I thought it might be a new direction for the group.



Well.. it is a new direction for them. But unfortunately, hearing the songs in full turned out to be a tedious experience. The albums opener sounds like a dumbed down Johnny Rotten/PIL imitation. The second song was entirely forgettable. The third song sounded like a different version of the first. Maximum Swing, my favorite song off the album, starts out a little bit interesting, but quickly degenerates into an unbearably repetitive waste of bytes. The next two songs have a similar vibe as some of the tracks I liked off of Trip/Reset, but holy crap.. they just drone on and on with no point whatsoever. The rest of the album is entirely throwaway. Hookah Chalice and Just Because sound like retreads of tracks 1 and 5, and BB sounds like The Cult with an even more annoying and whiny singer. The last song is simply a joke. Sitar samples with stilted vocal drones. The song is 7 minutes long, but it sounds like it took less than a minute to "write".



Bottom line:



Most of these songs have some sort of potential, but they have no business being as long as they are, and Genesis sounds younger and more immature as he gets older.



On the other hand, this might be the "punkest" album I've heard in years. I guess I just grew out of the "punk" thing a long time ago.



If they would start focusing on actually writing music and stop trying so hard (and failing so hard) to be scary or edgy, they might be onto something. As it stands now, they are simply laughable to me.