Limb (Foetus album)

Limb
Compilation album by Foetus
Released May 15, 2009 (2009-05-15)
Recorded 1980 (1980)-1983 (1983)
Genre Industrial, experimental rock
Length 71:59 (Limb)
1:59:36 (NYC Foetus)
Label Ectopic Ents
Producer J. G. Thirlwell
Foetus chronology
Vein
(2007)		 Limb
(2009)		 Hide
(2010)
J. G. Thirlwell chronology
The Venture Bros.: The Music of JG Thirlwell
(2009)		 Limb
(2009)		 The Mesopelagic Waters
(2010)

Limb is a compilation album Foetus, released on May 15, 2009 by Ectopic Ents.[1][2] Limb collects out-of-print and previously unreleased instrumental tracks from the early days of Foetus (Thirlwell's instrumental tracks would later be released under the names Steroid Maximus and Manorexia). Limb is packaged with a DVD featuring Clément Tuffreau's NYC Foetus documentary about Thirlwell's life in New York, along with several live performances of Thirlwell's ensembles and commissioned music.[3]

Music

Many of the pieces on Limb are influenced by minimalist composers, with Thirlwell citing John Cage, Steve Reich (particularly his phasing technique) and Terry Riley in the liner notes.[4] A 20-minute phase piece titled "You Have to Obey", comprising a looped Vincent Price sample, is included as a bonus track in audio MP3.

Artwork

In keeping with Limb's minimalist theme, the album comes packaged with a book of minimalist artin Thirlwell's "signature color palette of red, white, black and gray."[4] The pieces are in the styles of individual artists including Joan Miró, Bridget Riley and Wassily Kandinsky and art movements like Constructivism.[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by J. G. Thirlwell. 

No. Title Length
1. "Sick Minutes" (from Finely Honed Machine) 8:39
2. "Ezekiel’s Wheels"   1:38
3. "Te Deum" (from Bethel compilation) 4:50
4. "The Anxious Figure"   4:03
5. "Primordial Industry" (from An Afflicted Man's Musica Box compilation) 6:12
6. "Industrial Go-Slow" (from An Afflicted Man's Musica Box compilation) 3:37
7. "That We Forbid"   2:49
8. "Sjogren's Syndrome"   7:17
9. "Echolation"   1:22
10. "TO 45 Tag" (edited from Custom Built for Capitalism) 1:37
11. "Piano Piece" (from Bethel compilation) 4:03
12. "The Caterpillar Kid"   5:52
13. "You Have to Obey" (CD bonus track) 20:00

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 2009 Ectopic Ents CD ECT ENTS 030

References

  1. ↑ Thirlwell, J. G. (2014). "Foetus: Limb". foetus.org. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Limb". Allmusic. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Coley, Byron (2009). "Foetus: Limb". The Wire. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Limb (booklet). Foetus (band). Brooklyn, New York: Ectopic Ents. 2009.

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