--- release: artist....: Psychic TV album.....: A Prayer For Derek Jarman type......: album source....: WEB/MP3 tracks....: 6 label.....: Cold Spring store date: 2025-06-27 catalogue#: CSR351CD encoder...: LAME3.99r quality...: 320 kbps / 44100Hz / Joint stereo URL.......: https://open.qobuz.com/album/efqi9pm0d2anc genre.....: Electronic genres....: - avantgarde - electronic - psychedelic - experimental - industrial similar...: - Cabaret Voltaire - The Legendary Pink Dots - Chris & Cosey - Throbbing Gristle - Coil artist links : allmusic : https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000375945 discogs : https://www.discogs.com/artist/17926 spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/3oi0s3WIuxBU5oh87n7za2 deezer : https://www.deezer.com/artist/15393 interview : http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/psychic-tv/6217 myspace : https://myspace.com/ptv3 d-nb : https://d-nb.info/gnd/16040896-9 rateyourmusic : https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/psychic_tv whosampled : https://www.whosampled.com/Psychic-TV/ secondhandsongs : https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/7137 songkick : https://www.songkick.com/artists/304440 wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2115954 last.fm : https://www.last.fm/music/Psychic+TV label links : bandcamp : https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/ discogs : https://www.discogs.com/label/9578 myspace : https://myspace.com/coldspring official site : http://coldspring.co.uk/ rateyourmusic : https://rateyourmusic.com/label/cold_spring/ metal-archives : https://www.metal-archives.com/labels/Cold_Spring_Records/1536 facebook : https://www.facebook.com/coldspringhq instagram : https://www.instagram.com/coldspringrecords/ wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3438119 release links: discography entry: https://coldspring.co.uk/csr351cd co : https://coldspring.co.uk/csr351cd tracklist.: - [ 01. The Loops Of Mystical Union 17:56.52 ] - [ 02. Elipse Of Flowers 10:59.53 ] - [ 03. Mylar Breeze, Pts 1 & 2 07:52.52 ] - [ 04. Mylar Breeze, Pt. 3 11:57.65 ] - [ 05. Prayer For Derek 17:22.50 ] - [ 06. Rites Of Reversal 07:40.85 ] biography.: | Formed: 1981 in Hackney, London, United Kingdom by Genesis P-Orridge and Peter Christopherson (after Throbbing Gristle ceased to exist) with Alex Fergusson. Soon, Psychic TV became a post-industrial supergroup, expanding the core line-up with the talents of frequent collaborators Monte Cazazza, David Tibet, and John Balance, which led to the classic 1983 album "Dreams Less Sweet." After Peter and John's departure in January 1984 to concentrate on their Coil project, Psychic TV's style evolved more in the direction of psychedelic or acid rock, then called "hyperdelic," rock by the band, a style they would return to in later years. In 1987, Alex Fergusson departed, and a move back to more electronic based music took place, initally featuring the talents of Richard Norris and Dave Ball, and then Fred Giannelli, Greedy Beat Syndicate, and Richard Schiessl. Psychic TV were found at the forefront of acid house with the fake compilations "Acid Tablets Volume One," "Tekno Acid Beat," and various releases featuring rotating line-ups under different monikers (Mistress Mix, Sickmob, & DJ Doktor Megatrip). Well documented constant touring and recording took its toll. A relocation to the USA in 1993, the closure of the band's independent label Temple Records in 1994, and perhaps most prominently the separation from Paula P-Orridge left Genesis P. Orridge to be the only permanent member of Psychic TV. The name "Psychic TV & Genesis P-Orridge," was used for a number of Psychic TV re-releases and experimental projects by Genesis P-Orridge and Larry Thrasher, before Genesis formed Thee Majesty with Bryin Dall. A final concert was announced and held at the Royal Festival Hall, London in May 1999. In 2003, Genesis P. Orridge (now Breyer P. Orridge) toured with a new line up as PTV3, musically leaning towards the "hyperdelic," phase. Silently, they restarted the once dismissed TOPY and re-activated the dormant Temple Records for a batch of new and old releases. Genesis P-Orridge died after a long battle with leukaemia on 14th March 2020.