''I, Thighpaulsandra'' is the debut album by Thighpaulsandra. ''I'' showcased Thighpaulsandra's interests in

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, experimental and industrial music and featured his only single to date, " Michel Publicity Window". Closing song "Beneath the Frozen Lake of Stars" was originally recorded for a third album by

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, which featured Thighpaulsandra and

Julian Cope Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician and author. He was the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band the Teardrop Explodes and has followed a solo career since 1983 in addition to working on musical side proj ...

, but was revised and expanded for inclusion on this album. The vinyl edition was limited to 1000 copies on "moon's milk" white vinyl, with an additional 55 copies on

amethyst Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek αμέθυστος ''amethystos'' from α- ''a-'', "not" and μεθύσκω (Ancient Greek) / μεθώ (Modern Greek), "intoxicate", a reference to the belief that t ...

-coloured vinyl; this smaller batch, along with being autographed, had its sleeve personally damaged by Thighpaulsandra to the extent that the recipient saw fit.

Track listing

CD pressing

LP pressing

Personnel

* Thighpaulsandra - vocals, piano,

hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

, vox organ,

mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, trumpet, French horn,

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

, theremin, CS80, electronics, tapes, filters, ring modulators * Martin Schellard - guitars; bass on "Optical Black" and "Home Butt Club" * Malcolm Cross - drums on "The Angelica Declaration", "Michel Publicity Window" and "Home Butt Club"; marimba and antique

cymbal A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs soun ...

s on "Abuse Foundation IV" * Dorothy Lewis - vocal on "Lycraland" * The Boy Anal:

VCS3 The VCS 3 (or VCS3; an initialism for ''Voltage Controlled Studio, version #3'') is a portable analog synthesizer with a flexible modular voice architecture introduced by Electronic Music Studios (London) Limited (EMS) in 1969. EMS released ...

on "The Angelica Declaration"; drum loop on "Terrible" *

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baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

on "The Angelica Declaration" * Dave Temple -

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

on "The Angelica Declaration";

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

on "Abuse Foundation IV" * Siôn Orgon - percussion on "The Angelica Declaration" *

Xeno Xeno may refer to: Prefix ''xeno''- Greek prefix meaning "foreign" * "xeno-" as used in taxonomy Geography *Xeno, Salamis, an area in Salamis Island People *Xeno Müller (born 1972), Swiss athlete *Randy Hogan (musician), nicknamed Xeno, the or ...

- backing vocals on "The Angelica Declaration" and "We, the Descending" * John Balance - vocals on "Optical Black" *

Peter Christopherson Peter Martin Christopherson (also known as Sleazy, 27 February 1955 – 25 November 2010) was an English musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, and former member of British design agency Hipgnosis. He also found ...

- computers on "Optical Black" * Hans-Jürgen Rausch -

Tam tam The tamtam, sometimes spelled tam-tam, is a type of gong. TamTam, Tam-Tam, tamtam, or tam-tam may also refer to: * ''Tam-Tam'' (album), a 1983 album by Amanda Lear * Tam Tam (''Samurai Shodown''), a character from the fighting game ''Samurai Sh ...

on "Abuse Foundation IV"; vocals and PPG Wave on "Beneath the Frozen Lake of Stars" * Butros Müller-Stall -

on "Abuse Foundation IV"; drums on "We, the Descending", "Celine and Julie Go Boating" and "Beneath the Frozen Lake of Stars"; percussion on "Beneath the Frozen Lake of Stars" * The Maureen Wilson Quartet - strings on "Abuse Foundation IV" * Michael Mooney - Gibson

lap steel guitar The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional ...

on "Michel Publicity Window" *

Simon Norris Ossian Brown (born 3 April 1969, London, England) is an English musician and artist, most notable for being a member of the groups Coil and Cyclobe. He joined Coil in 1999 and remained with them until the band’s cessation following the deat ...

- water recording of " Nash Point, South Glam" on "Terrible" * Rolan Nolan - guitar on "Home Butt Club" *

Doubleneck guitar A multi-neck guitar is a guitar that has multiple fingerboard necks. They exist in both electric and acoustic versions. Although multi-neck guitars are quite common today, they are not a modern invention. Examples of multi-neck guitars and lutes ...

on "Beneath the Frozen Lake of Stars"

References

2xCD entry at discogs.com2x12" vinyl entry at discogs.com
{{Authority control Thighpaulsandra albums 2001 debut albums