Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
A good decade before DJs like Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, and others began using the term to signify music that was a dreamy, well-polished, dancefloor-filling tonic, Throbbing Gristle members Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti were labeling their synthetic output "trance" in a way that would have been approved by William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and others looking for that perfect hypnopompic state. The head trip was more LSD than ecstasy and the music more headphones than dancefloor, something post-millennium bands like Factory Floor returned to on their droney disco journey toward the heart of the loop. On Transverse, the two generations meet as Chris & Cosey are joined by Factory Floor guitarist Nik Coik (aka Nik Void) for an improvisational set recorded live at London's Roundhouse during the Mute label's Short Circuit festival in 2011. The results should satisfy any post-industrial shaman with warm, slowly developing, and often cavernous synth soundscapes providing the welcoming base. Cosey's vocals -- a unique combination of detached and certain -- are always at home in this atmosphere, and Void's art-noise guitar work -- bowed, plucked, or otherwise -- once again proves she is simpatico with machines (sequencers and drum machines would ring her up for jam sessions if they could). These two touches, along with some creaks and groans beamed in from deep space, provide this dream machine's "flicker" and allow for multiple levels of engagement, working fine if you just turned on your work station or licked a psychoactive toad. Still, the perfect complement is active listening as this free-flowing work remains engaging throughout, thanks to its participants chemistry and shared sense of purpose. The jack booted Gristle fans used to call it "magick" and often with levity, but the organic/mechanic Transverse also goes back to the Crowley spelling of the word, where "the reconciliation between free will and destiny" is at the heart of every experiment.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From €13,50/month
Chris Carter, Composer, MainArtist - Carter Tutti Void, MainArtist - Cosey Fanni Tutti, Composer, MainArtist - Nik Colk Void, MainArtist - Nik Void, Composer
2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited 2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited
Chris Carter, Composer, MainArtist - Carter Tutti Void, MainArtist - Cosey Fanni Tutti, Composer, MainArtist - Nik Colk Void, MainArtist - Nik Void, Composer
2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited 2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited
Chris Carter, Composer, MainArtist - Carter Tutti Void, MainArtist - Cosey Fanni Tutti, Composer, MainArtist - Nik Colk Void, MainArtist - Nik Void, Composer
2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited 2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited
Chris Carter, Composer, MainArtist - Carter Tutti Void, MainArtist - Cosey Fanni Tutti, Composer, MainArtist - Nik Colk Void, MainArtist - Nik Void, Composer
2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited 2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited
Chris Carter, Composer, MainArtist - Carter Tutti Void, MainArtist - Cosey Fanni Tutti, Composer, MainArtist - Nik Colk Void, MainArtist - Nik Void, Composer
2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited 2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited
Album review
A good decade before DJs like Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, and others began using the term to signify music that was a dreamy, well-polished, dancefloor-filling tonic, Throbbing Gristle members Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti were labeling their synthetic output "trance" in a way that would have been approved by William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and others looking for that perfect hypnopompic state. The head trip was more LSD than ecstasy and the music more headphones than dancefloor, something post-millennium bands like Factory Floor returned to on their droney disco journey toward the heart of the loop. On Transverse, the two generations meet as Chris & Cosey are joined by Factory Floor guitarist Nik Coik (aka Nik Void) for an improvisational set recorded live at London's Roundhouse during the Mute label's Short Circuit festival in 2011. The results should satisfy any post-industrial shaman with warm, slowly developing, and often cavernous synth soundscapes providing the welcoming base. Cosey's vocals -- a unique combination of detached and certain -- are always at home in this atmosphere, and Void's art-noise guitar work -- bowed, plucked, or otherwise -- once again proves she is simpatico with machines (sequencers and drum machines would ring her up for jam sessions if they could). These two touches, along with some creaks and groans beamed in from deep space, provide this dream machine's "flicker" and allow for multiple levels of engagement, working fine if you just turned on your work station or licked a psychoactive toad. Still, the perfect complement is active listening as this free-flowing work remains engaging throughout, thanks to its participants chemistry and shared sense of purpose. The jack booted Gristle fans used to call it "magick" and often with levity, but the organic/mechanic Transverse also goes back to the Crowley spelling of the word, where "the reconciliation between free will and destiny" is at the heart of every experiment.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 5 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:14
- Main artists: Carter Tutti Void
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mute
- Genre: Electronic
2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited 2012 CARTERTUTTIVOID under exclusive licence to Mute Artists Limited
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.