Psychic TV came into being in the London borough of Hackney in 1982, when Genesis P-Orridge, encouraged by his friend Alex Fergusson of the punk band Alternative TV and initially reluctant, got back to active service to create new music following the disbanding of Throbbing Gristle in 1981. Six months after that, with another TG renegade Peter Christopherson on board, the original line-up of the new project crystallised. Already in the early phase of its existence, Psychic TV presented a highly innovative and invariably provocative music, merging elements of psychedelia and dance music with the industrial sound, for which Genesis coined the term “hyperdelic”. Unquestionably, Psychic TV cannot be called an ordinary music group – it’s closer to a conglomeration of artists fulfilling themselves in various areas of art, where music – as being in the foreground – is merely the most visible one. Psychic TV is first and foremost a phenomenon that – manifesting itself in diverse guises for over three decades – still invariably affects the minds of new generations, not only in terms of sound but also intellectually, mystically and psychedelically.
PSYCHIC TV (USA/UK)
