Transverse

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