Title: Early Worm - Blue Artist: Genesis P-Orridge Label: Dais Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 683950558267 Genre: Electronic Release Date: 2025-07-11 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: COLORED VINYL, BLUE
Second ever vinyl pressing, remastered, and available for the first time digitally, in celebration of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge's 75th Birthday. In the summer of 1968, an 18-year-old Genesis P-Orridge (then Neil Andrew Megson) gathered with friends in a modest attic space to experiment with sound. The result was Early Worm, a collection of recordings that capture the nascent creativity of an artist who would later become a pivotal figure in avant-garde music. These sessions, pressed to a single acetate in 1969, showcase a fearless exploration of noise, improvisation, and tape experiments, reflecting influences from psychedelia, Fluxus, John Cage, and beatnik Bohemia. Early Worm stands as a testament to P-Orridge's early commitment to pushing musical boundaries. The album's raw and unfiltered soundscapes offer listeners a rare glimpse into the foundational moments that would eventually lead to the formation of COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle, and Psychic TV. Remastered and preserved in a limited vinyl pressing, with liner notes written by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge recalling the zeitgeist of the late 60's UK underground. "If nothing else, (Early Worm) revealed that P-Orridge's approach to music was defiantly left-field from the start: noise, improvisations and tape experiments that sounded a little like a more chaotic version psychedelic folkies the Incredible String Band." - The Guardian
Tracks: 1.1 Joint Effort 1.2 Firesong 1.3 Mourning To Thee Dusk 1.4 Waltz Of Thee Newt 1.5 Prelude 1.6 Clockwork Cloud 1.7 Rather Hard to Libel 1.8 A Very Short Middle 1.9 Balloon 1.10 Lament 1.11 Breakfast 1.12 Thee Early Worm
