Dreams Less Sweet
by Psychic TV
- Type: Album
- Released: December 1983
- Label: Some Bizzare
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 43:23
- Community rating: 3.75/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Dennis Guiver, Genesis P-Orridge, Geoff Rushton, Alex Fergusson, Mr. Sebastian, Micky Groome, temple bells, Christopher Redgate, Andy Calard, David Powell, Charles Manson, Jordi Valls, Monte Cazazza, Bill Stokes, Jessica Ilbert, Simon Limbrick, Paula P-Orridge
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded largely in binaural sound, Psychic TV's second album is a chillingly sparse, deeply experimental collage exploring occult themes and liturgical aesthetics. Genesis P-Orridge abandons industrial noise for heavily atmospheric neo-psychedelia, blending acoustic instruments with field recordings and esoteric sound collages to construct a profoundly mysterious, nocturnal experience.
Genres
Descriptors: occult, piercing, experimental, avant-garde, diverse, theatrical, lo-fi
Tracklist
- Hymn 23 (0:41)
- The Orchids (2:57)
- Botanica (0:41)
- Iron Glove (1:56)
- Always Is Always (1:39)
- White Nights (3:53)
- Finale (1:32)
- Eleusis (2:07)
- Medmenham (0:52)
- Ancient Lights (2:34)
- Proof on Survival (2:27)
- Eden 1 (4:04)
- Eden 2 (3:28)
- Eden 3 (1:33)
- Clouds Without Water (2:37)
- Black Moon (1:30)
- Silver and Gold (2:14)
- In the Nursery (5:10)
- Circle (1:18)
Credits
- Psychic TV - primary artist, cover [concept], producer, written-by, arranged by
- Andrew Poppy - arranged by [original choral and orchestral arrangments], synthesizer [emulator]
- Geoff Rushton - bass guitar, vibraphone, trumpet [tibetan thigh bone], temple bells [tibetan singing bell]
- Mark Manning - design
- Peter Christopherson - design, synthesizer [emulator], loops [digital], bells, organ [church], voice
- Paula P-Orridge - drums, vibraphone, percussion
- Ken Thomas - engineer, producer
- Mike King - engineer [for zuccarelli labs ltd.]
- Alex Fergusson - guitar, bells, tambourine, voice
- Simon Limbrick - orchestra, marimba, snare, temple block
- Christopher Redgate - orchestra, oboe, cor anglais
- Jessica Ilbert - orchestra, oboe, cor anglais
- Andy Calard - orchestra, trumpet
- Bill Stokes - orchestra, trumpet
- David Powell - orchestra, tuba
- Bruce Eden - photography by [original orchid photo]
- Genesis P-Orridge - vocals, bass guitar, violin, synthesizer [emulator], drums, trumpet [tibetan thigh bone], temple bells [tibetan singing bell]
- Jeremy Birchill - voice [choral voices], bass vocals
- Mark Harris - voice [choral voices], countertenor vocals, recorder
- Anthony Scales - voice [choral voices], tenor vocals
- Rob Scales - voice [choral voices], tenor vocals
- Thomas Tallis - written-by [traditional]
- Monte Cazazza - voice, lyrics by
- Charles Manson - written-by
- Micky Groome - harmony vocals
- Steve Broughton - organ [hammond]
- David Tibet - trumpet [tibetan thigh bone], temple bells [tibetan singing bell], singing bowls [tibetan]
- Bob Breen - voice [background]
- Mr. Sebastian - voice
- Dennis Guiver - voice
- Jordi Valls - voice