So I'd heard the name throbbing gristle, but had always assumed that they were a punk band... I was not prepared for the world of weird, electronic, often loop-based music I encountered.
The band make imaginative use of field recording equipment, early sampling techniques and sonic manipulation. Some of the tracks are just a stream of barely coherent sound, other sections are a mix of drone and electronic sounds and drifting vocals that create a sound somewhere in the middle of a Venn diagram with the velvet underground, Kraftwerk and the Residents. This is certainly nobody's idea of "easy listening"!
The bad went on to become an influence on sonic experimenters such as Depeche Mode and Trent Reznor.
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