Big thanks to Modern Music Movement for getting us some air Time with JG Thirlwell. We are leaking this out ahead of schedule to help raise awareness of the Event Silver Mantis at Timucua.com This coming Friday nite.Thanks to Daniel Fuller for riding shotgun..on this one.. Please enjoy..JB :
JG Thirlwell is a composer/producer/performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Melbourne, he moved to London in 1978, then relocated to NYC in 1983, where he has been based ever since. As well as his own name, he works under many pseudonyms including Manorexia, Foetus, Xordox, Steroid Maximus, Baby Zizanie, Hydroze Plus, Clint Ruin and Wiseblood.
He has released over thirty albums. If there is a common thread to his varied musical styles, it is a dramatic intensity and an evocative, cinematic quality. Thirlwell has also featured as producer, remixer, collaborator or arranger for a wide variety of artists including Karen O, Noveller, Excepter, Zola Jesus, Melvins, Swans, Nine Inch Nails, Lydia Lunch, Coil, Z’s, The The, Simon Hanes, Nick Cave and many more.
JG Thirlwell presents ‘Silver Mantis’, a four channel solo performance using prepared piano, electronics, and theremin, performed in front of new visuals by Swedish visual artist Sten Backman.