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Dreams Less Sweet (Album) by Psychic TV

Artist Biography For Psychic TV

Psychic TV Is A Video Art And Music Group That Primarily Performs Psychedelic Electronic Punk And Experimental Music. The Band Was Formed By Performance Artist Genesis P-Orridge And Video Director Peter Christopherson After The Break Up Of Throbbing Gristle Together With Musician And Producer Alex Fergusson Ex-Alternative TV . Christopherson Left To Form Coil With Fellow PTV Member John Balance Around 1984 And Fergusson Left In 1987 Leaving P-Orridge In Charge Of A Rotating Band Lineup. Contributions To Psychic TV Have Included Artists Such As Coil Current 93 Hafler Trio The Cult White Stains Soft Cell XKP Master Musicians Of Jajouka Matthew Best Daniel Simon Black Bill Breeze Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson Derek Jarman Fred Giannelli John "Zoskia" Gosling Timothy Leary Rose McDowall Stephen Kent Vagina Dentata Organ Andrew Weatherall Z'ev Zef Noi$e And Many Others. PTV Can Not Be Seen As Regular Band/group But More As A Collective Of Musicans Artists Painters And Others That Made Their Contribution Under The PTV Umbrella. PTV Had For Many Years Their Own Record Label Temple Where They Released Music By PTV As Well As Dave Ball Ex Soft Cell And Others. In Many Ways PTV Followed In The Same Lane As Throbbing Gristle Did But Did It Into Something More. The First Years Of PTV The Music Was Experimental And Sometimes Noise. Later They Changed Their Musical Direction Into Electronica As Well As Techno. Psychic TV Is Also Responsible In Part For The Popularity Of The Acid House Movement. Some Will Even Argue That They Played A Huge Part In Starting The Movement.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Dreams Less Sweet

Dreams Less Sweet Is The Second Proper Album By Psychic TV. The Album Was Released In Holophonic Sound. Holophonics Is A Trademark For A Specific Form Of Sound Recording That Is Based On The Unsupported Claim That The Auditory System Acts As An Interferometer. The Sound Characteristics Of Holophonics Are Most Clearly Heard Through Headphones Though Can Be Demonstrated To Be Effective With Ordinary 2 Channel Stereo Speakers. To Optimize This Effect Loudspeakers Have Also Been Specifically Designed For Reproducing Holophonic Recordings.
There Has Been Some Controversy Over The Claims Made By Hugo Zuccarelli Regarding This Recording Technique. The Effects Achieved Are Comparable To Traditional Binaural Recording Using Mannequin Heads Or Via More Traditional 3D Audio Techniques Via HRTFs. There Is No Evidence Nor Studies Conducted That Indicate That The Holophonic Technique Is Substantially Different From Or Superior To These Methods Nor Has Zuccarelli Ever Published His Technique Nor Has He Allowed Independent Study Of The Results.
While Otoacoustic Emissions Do Exist There Is No Evidence To Support His Assertion That These Play A Role In Sound Localization Nor Is Any Mechanism For This "interference" Effect Claimed By Zuccarelli Supported. On The Contrary There Is Abundant Literature Proving That Properly Presented Spatial Cues Via HRTF Synthesis Mimicking Binaural Heads Or Binaural Recording Is Adequate To Reproduce Realistic Spatial Recordings Comparable To Real Listening.