Throbbing Gristle, the industrial pioneers fronted by the late Genesis P-Orridge alongside Chris Carter, Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson (1955-2010) and Cosey Fanni Tutti, continue to uphold their legacy via the reissues of TGCD1 and The Third Mind Movements on CD and vinyl on August 23, 2024 via Mute. 

In anticipation, Mute have made available “The Third Mind: First Movement”, an eight-minute piece recorded during the ICA Desertshore sessions, previously only available on a CD release sold on Throbbing Gristle’s final US tour in 2009. Listen to it here, or hear the audio below.

Throbbing Gristle’s TGCD1 will be available on vinyl for the first time and on CD for the first time since The Grey Area of Mute’s release in 1986. TGCD1 comprises 42 minutes of studio recordings from a TEAC 8-Track in TG’s infamous Martello Street studio on March,18, 1979. The release, which comes with a booklet featuring the original 1986 sleeve notes by the band, was originally an exclusive piece of material for Throbbing Gristle’s first-ever CD release.

In 2004 Throbbing Gristle reformed after 23 years and between 2004 and 2007 the band released Part Two: The Endless Not, TG Now and A Souvenir of Camber Sands, which were all all recently reissued via Mute.

The Third Mind Movements, recorded during the Desertshore sessions at the ICA in London, UK, and available for the first time on vinyl and commercially for the first time on CD, was sold during the band’s final US tour in 2009.