From Grows Rampant - 2022 European Mental Groove Records Label Black Vinyl 5-track LP

Threshold Houseboys Choir 2LP

41,33 €

By The Threshold HouseBoys Choir (Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson of Coil) 

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The Threshold HouseBoys Choir was a project by Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson. Operating out of Bangkok, Thailand, the Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV founding member started this audio and visual endeavour after Coil’s conclusion.

Despite the name, it was a solo project relying heavily on computer generated vocals. The name was derived from a play on words, combining the terms houseboy, house of boys, boys' choir, and Threshold House, which was Coil’s own label. "Form Grows Rampant" is the soundtrack of a film shot by Christopherson (a video capture at the GinJae Vegetarian Festival in the south of Thailand) and his first major musical project since the tragic death of John Balance and Coil’s subsequent demise.

The music is a suite of lengthy dense atmospherics that combine shuddering electronics with sampled vocals, eerie digitalia, buried melodies and sinister undercurrents hinting at a gleaming heart of darkness, with a joyful melodic progression that sounds positively triumphant towards the end of the album. It's both Coil-esque and quite different, and is undoubtedly the worthy successor of the essential project that Christopherson created with his partner John...  more

Tracklisting.

1. A Time Of Happening 07:01
2. Intimations Of Spring 11:26
3. So Young It Knows No Maturing 14:31
4. So Free It Knows No End 08:23
5. As Doors Open Into Space 07:06

Artist Threshold Houseboys Choir
Media 2LP
Land UK & Europe
Label Musique Pour La Danse
Udgivelsesår 2022
Grading New/Still Factory Sealed
Genre Electronic
Sub Genre 1 Experimental Electronic
Condition New