{"id":517,"date":"2013-12-09T10:19:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T15:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=517"},"modified":"2013-12-16T10:05:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T15:05:36","slug":"coum-transmissions-home-aged-the-18th-month-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/coum-transmissions-home-aged-the-18th-month-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"COUM Transmissions <br>Home Aged &#038; The 18th Month Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/coum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-518\" alt=\"COUM Transmission, Home Aged &amp; The 18th Month Hope\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/coum.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/coum.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/coum-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Look up the word \u201cprovocateur\u201d and you ought to find a picture of Genesis P-Orridge. As leader of industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle and lysergic renaissance men Pyschic TV, he\u2019s been constantly pushing the definitions of art and music, while at the same time exploring the deepest realms of his psyche. He\u2019s embraced the taboo, and has even treated his body as a pliable form able to be redefined in his own vision. If he\u2019s caused others to rethink and question their assumptions, it\u2019s because he himself has been constantly searching the limits of human existence for meaning and understanding, or at the very least, some new kind of kick.<\/p>\n<p>But before Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, Genesis began this exploration with COUM Transmissions, a collective operating out of the British seaside town of Hull in the late \u201960s and early \u201970s. While COUM eventually included future Throbbing Gristle members, it was not a band, but a performance art group. Staging their happenings at pubs and public spaces around Hull, they soon gained a reputation as the village freaks and were banned by several establishments. That notoriety spread after Genesis and then-girlfriend Cosey Fanni Tutti moved to London, where they staged the <i>Prostitution<\/i> exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art that earned them the tag of \u201cwreckers of civilization\u201d from the Arts Minister.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise then that <i>Home Aged &amp; The 18 Month Hope<\/i> (Dais Records) isn\u2019t a typical collection of recordings. The eight tracks here certainly aren\u2019t what you\u2019d consider songs, and at times, seem like the product of someone randomly turning on a tape recorder while they were mucking about the Ho-Ho Funhouse (the abandoned warehouse COUM occupied). There are musical elements, most noticeably \u201c18-Month Hope,\u201d which consists of P-Orridge sawing away at his violin, but otherwise even the recording taken from COUM\u2019s performance opening for Hawkwind, a piece titled\u201cEdna and The Great Surfers,\u201d is largely a jumbo of noise and words.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice to say, <i>Home Aged<\/i> is most interesting as a historical artifact (as opposed to an entertaining listen). As such its best moments are when Genesis speaks directly, as on the opening interview, or candidly, as on the closing conversation with David Mayor, where he seems to already have launched his plans for Throbbing Gristle\u2014and perhaps even Psychic TV\u2014in his mind. Without the visual element to COUM\u2019s work, this is indeed a bizarre little record. 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