Dreams Less Sweet

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Released 1983 (1983) Artist Psychic TV Label CBS Records International		Recorded February–March 1983 Release date 1983 Producer Ken Thomas

Dreams Less Sweet(1983) Those Who Do Not(1984) Genres Industrial music, Rock music, Experimental music Similar Force the Hand of Chance, Allegory and Self, A Pagan Day, Towards Thee Infinite Be, Mouth of the Night

Dreams Less Sweet is the second studio album by English experimental band Psychic TV, released in 1983.

Psychic tv hymn 23

Release

It was released in 1983 by record label Some Bizzare. The album was released in Holophonic sound. Early copies came with a limited 12-inch EP, Thee Full Pack, containing additional unreleased tracks.

Reception

Trouser Press called it "another remarkable record, no less appealing for its equally abundant bizarrity. [...] PTV display an ineffable mastery of avant-garde dadaism as well as traditional musicmaking. Like tuning into a radio station overrun by university-educated acid-freaks, Dreams Less Sweet provides a thoroughly unpredictable and unsettling, yet profound, experience."

Personnel

Psychic TV

Peter Christopherson – emulator (synth), digital loops, bells, church organ, voice, production

Alex Fergusson – guitar, bells, tambourine, voice, production

Genesis P-Orridge – vocals, bass guitar, violin, emulator (synth), drums, kangling, Tibetan singing bells, production

Additional personnel

Andrew Poppy – original choral and orchestral arrangements

Geff Rushton – bass guitar, performer (vibes), kangling, Tibetan singing bells

Paula P-Orridge – drums, performer (vibes), percussion

Jeremy Birchill – bass vocals

Anthony Scales – tenor vocals

Rob Scales – tenor vocals

Mark Lintern Harris – counter tenor vocals and recorder

Simon Limbrick – marimba, snare drums, percussion (Temple Blocks)

Chris Redgate – oboe, English horn

Jessica Ilbert – oboe, English horn

Andy Calard – trumpet

Bill Stokes – trumpet

Dave Powel – tuba

Technical

Ken Thomas – production

Songs

1Hymn 230:42
2The Orchids2:58
3Botanica0:41

References

Dreams Less Sweet Wikipedia

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