{"product_id":"genesis-p-orridge-with-pigface-the-howler-an-english-breakfast","title":"Genesis P-Orridge With Pigface - The Howler: An English Breakfast","description":"\u003ch6\u003eSome records are meticulously planned. \u003cem\u003eThe Howler: An English Breakfast\u003c\/em\u003e exists because the right collection of strange minds happened to collide in a Chicago studio at exactly the right moment.\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in \u003cstrong\u003e1996–97\u003c\/strong\u003e at Martin Atkins’ Mattress Factory \/ Invisible Records studio in Chicago, \u003cem\u003eThe Howler: An English Breakfast\u003c\/em\u003e brings \u003cstrong\u003eGenesis P-Orridge\u003c\/strong\u003e into the constantly shifting orbit of Pigface. Atkins had assembled a murky foundation of dub rhythms, loops, tape delays, and experimental electronics, with source material from \u003cstrong\u003eMick Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e of Scorn and Napalm Death, when P-Orridge entered the studio to deliver the sprawling spoken-word performance at its center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting music is closer to \u003cstrong\u003eexperimental dub, industrial psychedelia, and sound collage\u003c\/strong\u003e than conventional industrial rock. Bass frequencies crawl underneath echoing percussion while loops and unidentified sounds drift in and out of focus. P-Orridge’s voice hangs above everything, shifting between narration, incantation, provocation, and stream-of-consciousness performance. It feels less like a collection of songs than stumbling into a transmission already in progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a wonderfully improvised quality to its creation. P-Orridge arrived without the text they intended to read, forcing the pages to be faxed from their Brooklyn office to Invisible Records, enlarged on a photocopier, and taken directly into the session. Atkins later described the recording as a snapshot of the rampant creativity surrounding Pigface and Invisible Records during the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of this material previously surfaced in connection with Pigface’s 1997 \u003cem\u003eA New High in Low\u003c\/em\u003e, but \u003cstrong\u003ethis 2026 Overdrive\/Invisible Records release gives the complete session its first dedicated vinyl edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, newly remastered by Tom Whittaker and divided into four extended parts totaling nearly 50 minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Howler: An English Breakfast\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating artifact from the experimental industrial underground of the 1990s: \u003cstrong\u003edub-heavy, hypnotic, confrontational, and gloriously unrestrained\u003c\/strong\u003e, with Genesis P-Orridge and Pigface operating far outside the boundaries of anything resembling a conventional song.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigface","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl","offer_id":47878981451830,"sku":"ODR131LP | INV301LP","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Yellow Vinyl","offer_id":47878981484598,"sku":"ODR131LP | INV301LP","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/2592\/7222\/files\/genesis-pigface-the-howler.jpg?v=1790387614","url":"https:\/\/greycatrecords.com\/products\/genesis-p-orridge-with-pigface-the-howler-an-english-breakfast","provider":"Greycat Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}