THEMES / COLD DARK MATTER

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII
Part IX (only on CD reissues)

1982 Some Bizarre (only available with Force the Hand of Chance)
1992 Mayking Records
1994 Cleopatra
Lineup:
    Stan Bingo
    Peter Christopherson
    Genesis P-Orridge
    Paula P-Orridge
    David Tibet
Notes:
  • Themes came with the first 5000 copies of Force the Hand of Chance and then was reissued in 1993 as "Cold Dark Matter" originally on its own, and then part of the Splinter Test box and also in a limited numbered edition of 1000 in 1995 by Cleopatra.
  • Part IX appears only on the CD reissues and features an uncredited "TOPY Spokesman", the same man who speaks on "Message From thee Temple" on Force the Hand of Chance.
  • Cold Dark Matter is close to a one-hour long track, so the following is the best estimation of where the parts are divided:
Part I	  00:00 - 07:34	Piano and Clarinet
Part II	  07:35 - 13:45	23 Tibetan Human Thigh Bones
Part III  13:46 - 26:00	Cowbell, Bicycle Wheels and Vibes
Part IV   26:01 - 32:05	New Guines Headhunters pipe, Large and Small Drum
Part V	  32:06 - 39:25 Piano and String Machine
Part VI   39:26 - 41:10 Recording made at Jonestown, Guyana at the suicides.
Part VII  41:10 - 48:25 African Initiation Drum and Animal Tusk Horn
Part VIII 48:26 - 55:24 Various Temple Bells, Gongs, Cymbals and Vibes
Part IX	  55:25 - 58:38	spoken message