Consenting Guinea Pig
{{Infobox album
| name = Consenting Guinea Pig
| type = ep
| artist = T.H.C.
| cover = THC - Consenting Guinea Pig.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1996|11|26}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Institute of Gizmology
{{small|(Anaheim, California)}}
| genre = {{hlist|Electronic|trip hop}}
| length = 30:24
| label = Full Contact
| producer = George Sarah
| prev_title = Death by Design
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Adagio
| next_year = 1999
}}
Consenting Guinea Pig is the EP by T.H.C., released on November 26, 1996 by Full Contact Records.{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000904515|pure_url=yes}}|title=T.H.C.: Consenting Guinea Pig EP > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=August 21, 2020}}
Reception
In their review of Consenting Guinea Pig, Aiding & Abetting compared the band favorably to Ob1 and Virtualizer, commended the band's blend of EDM with trip hop and stated that "not many folks do this stuff better."{{cite journal|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archT.html#THC |title=T.H.C.: Consenting Guinea Pig EP |journal=Aiding & Abetting |date=January 13, 1997 |issue=126 |accessdate=August 21, 2020}} A critic at Sonic Boom was negative in his review towards the album, calling it "a derivative project" and "nothing more than a minimalistic collection of rather bland bass and percussion."{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/thc-2.html |title=T.H.C.: Consenting Guinea Pig |journal=Sonic Boom |date=February 1997 |volume=5 |issue=1 |accessdate=August 21, 2020}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Consenting Guinea Pig
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|George Sarah|Timothy Wiles}}
| music1 = {{hlist|George Sarah|Timothy Wiles}}
| length1 = 6:26
| title2 = Sinkhole
| lyrics2 = Sarah
| music2 = Sarah
| length2 = 0:40
| title3 = Need to Destroy
| lyrics3 = Sarah Folkman
| music3 = Sarah
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = Researching Sleep
| lyrics4 = Sarah
| music4 = Sarah
| length4 = 6:22
| title5 = Coexistance
| lyrics5 = Sarah
| music5 = Sarah
| length5 = 5:20
| title6 = Need to Destroy
| note6 = Bigod 20 Mix
| lyrics6 = Folkman
| music6 = Sarah
| length6 = 7:29
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Consenting Guinea Pig liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Consenting Guinea Pig |title-link=Consenting Guinea Pig |others=T.H.C. |year=1996 |type=booklet |publisher=Full Contact Records |location=Washington, D.C.}}
T.H.C.
- George Sarah – instruments, producer, recording (1, 2)
Additional performers
- Sarah Folkman – vocals (3)
- Thomas Franzmann (as Zip Campisi) – remixer (6)
Production and design
- Zalman Fishman – executive-producer
- Wrex Mock – mastering
- Timothy Wiles (as Q) – recording (1, 4, 5), engineering (3), additional programming (4, 5),
Release history
class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
United States
| 1996 | CD | 9868-63245 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/THC-Consenting-Guinea-Pig/release/140411 Consenting Guinea Pig] at Discogs (list of releases)