Limb (album)

Limb
Compilation album by Foetus
Released May 15, 2009
Recorded 1980-1983
Genre Minimalist
Length 71:59 (Limb)
1:59:36 (NYC Foetus)
Label Ectopic Ents
Producer J. G. Thirlwell
Foetus chronology
Vein
(2007)		 Limb
(2009)		 Hide
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Brainwashed (favorable)[1]

Limb: Minimal Compositions, Instrumentals and Experiments 1980-1983 is a compilation album of early musical pieces written by J. G. Thirlwell for his band Foetus. It was released on May 15, 2009 by Thirlwell's Ectopic Ents label.

Limb collects out-of-print and previously unreleased instrumental tracks from the early days of Foetus (Thirlwell's instrumental tracks would later be released under the names Steroid Maximus and Manorexia). Many of the pieces on Limb are influenced by minimalist composers, with Thirlwell citing John Cage, Steve Reich (particularly his phasing technique) and Terry Riley in the liner notes.[2] A 20-minute phase piece of a looped Vincent Price sample is included as a bonus track in audio MP3.

In keeping with Limb's minimalist theme, the album comes packaged with a book of minimalist art in Thirlwell's "signature color palette of red, white, black and gray."[2] The pieces are in the styles of individual artists including Joan Miró, Bridget Riley and Wassily Kandinsky and art movements like Constructivism.[2]

Limb is packaged with a DVD featuring Clément Tuffreau's NYC Foetus documentary about Thirlwell's life in New York, along with several live performances of Thirlwell's ensembles and commissioned music.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by J. G. Thirlwell. 

Limb
No. Title Length
1. "Sick Minutes" (from Finely Honed Machine) 8:36
2. "Ezekiel's Wheels"   1:38
3. "Te Deum" (from Bethel compilation) 4:50
4. "The Anxious Figure"   4:03
5. "Primordial Industry" (from An Afflicted Man's Musica Box compilation) 6:12
6. "Industrial Go-Slow" (from An Afflicted Man's Musica Box compilation) 3:37
7. "That We Forbid"   2:49
8. "Sjogren's Syndrome"   7:17
9. "Echolation"   1:22
10. "TO 45 Tag" (edited from Custom Built for Capitalism) 1:37
11. "Piano Piece" (from Bethel compilation) 4:03
12. "The Caterpillar Kid"   5:52
13. "You Have to Obey" (MP3 bonus track) 20:00
NYC Foetus: The DVD
No. Title Length
1. "NYC Foetus"   1:18:55
2. "Steroid Maximus: Live in France"   19:28
3. "Foetus: Live in Hannover"   6:29
4. "Manorexia: Live at The Stone NYC"   11:35
5. "J.G. Thirlwell: LEMUR Commission Performance Extract"   3:09

References

  1. ^ Brainwashed review
  2. ^ a b c Thirlwell, J. G.. Album notes for Limb.

External links

J. G. Thirlwell
Foetus studio albums
Deaf · (1981) · Ache (1982) · Hole (1984) · Nail (1985) · Thaw (1988) · Gash (1995) · Flow (2001) · Love (2005) · Hide (2010)
Foetus live, remix and compilations
Rife (1988) · Sink (1989) · Male (1992) · Boil (1996) · Blow (2001) · Damp (2006) · Vein (2007) · Limb (2009)
Foetus EPs, singles and misc.
Calamity Crush (1984) · Bedrock · Butterfly Potion (1990) · Überschall 1996 · Null/Void (1996) · (not adam) (2004)
With Wiseblood
Dirtdish (1987)
With The Flesh Volcano
Slut (1987)
With Lydia Lunch
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