About this item

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 Wormstands serves 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.

Previously thought to be missing, these never-before-available songs were created on extremely primitive equipment in the attic of 6 Links Drive, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and friends using Thee Early Worm as their collective group name. Only one copy had originally been pressed on an acetate. This disc and its corresponding analogue reel-to-reel master tape were discovered in the Porridge With Everything Archives by Ryan “Gelik” Martin during a recent reorganisation. This album is mastered directly from the original reel-to-reel tape and is made available to devotees of GenesisBreyer P-Orridge’s life-long musical body of work as a missing link, and curiosity, that reveals significant structural themes and sonic textures that, with hindsight, can be seen to have remained central to her creative processes ever since. Please be aware that this is inevitably a low-fire recording intended for collectors and researchers.

TRACK LISTING

1. Joint Effort
2. Firesong
3. Mourning To Thee Dusk
4. Clockwork Cloud
5. Rather Hard To Libel
6. A Very Short Middle
7. Balloon
8. Lament
9. Breakfast
10. Thee Early Worm