purge.xxx #33 - Polari Bible: Genesis (part una)

purge.xxx releases music. It has been celebrated by The Wire magazine for its ‘disregard for the music industry, self-promotion and prevailing cultural norms,’ and an ‘ability to elevate distinct works and the obscure artists behind them.’ purge.xxx only releases music physically, unless a digital alternative has specifically been requested by a collaborating artist. It considers even the recording a compromise, but advocates things.

Running weekly, the series will broadcast the entire catalogue so far in chronological order, continuing here with Polari Bible: Genesis (part una) read by Stanley Schtinter.

Recorded live in a single-sitting at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, New York City: chapters 1—20 (or ‘part una’) of Genesis from the King James Bible translated into Polari by the Manchester house of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Spoken by Stanley Schtinter under the cosh of The Colloquium for Unpopular Culture (chapters 1—23 recorded but edited down (1—20) to meet maximum duration available in a single cassette format, 96 minutes total).

The second part premieres in full on Resonance FM on Christmas Day in 2024.

This series for Resonance Extra is the first time much of the label's catalogue has been available to hear outside of its material form. It accepts the invitation by Resonance on the basis that none of these sounds are stored. If you want to hear it you need to be able to access the radio at midnight every Thursday.