Chris Carter, ex- Throbbing Gristle and half of Chris and Cosey, has a back catalogue that I can never seem to get much further than scratching the surface with. Whenever I look there's more- and it's all equally worthy of exploring. Last year he released three volumes of Electronic Ambient Remixes, reworkings and new versions of tracks from his past. The first volume contains updated and remixed versions of a 1991 album The Spaces Between, itself a collection of tracks recorded between 1977 and 1980 while Throbbing Gristle were still active and the TG Industrial Records studio was a place for experimentation in analogue sound. Poptone (nothing to do with PiL) is five and a half minutes of wonderful ambient drones, warm sounds and dubby delays, and despite sounding minimal and murky at first, when you really listen in there's many layers of sound and so much more happening than it seems.
Chris & Cosey snuck onto a random shuffle playlist recently and had a similar effect. I like what I hear but have remained largely ignorant of any TG member's subsequent exploits. This really is immersive, deceptively complex music and I'm going to belatedly explore further. Thanks, Adam.
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