Foetus - Dystonia (2023) Hi-Res

JG Thirlwell is a Brooklyn based composer who is known for his musical projects Foetus, Manorexia, Xordox, Steroid Maximus and more. He creates the musical scores the animated shows Archer and Venture Bros. He has collaborated with Melvins, Zola Jesus, Lydia Lunch, Simon Steensland, Tredici Bacci and many more. He has composed for Kronos Quartet, Bang On A Can, Dither, Alarm Will Sound and more.

You’re about to listen to a powerful collection of string quartets written by JG Thirlwell, dynamically performed by the brilliant Mivos Quartet. Released collectively under the title Dystonia, they represent Thirlwell’s dark and jagged vision of past, present and future. Although Dystonia refers to a medical condition that causes involuntary contractions of the muscles, I can’t help making associations — Dys-Ton(e)-ia, Dissonance, Dysrhythmia, Destiny. All five works here project different shades of a bodily, psychological, and societal Dysfunction through a bold, insistent music that grabs you and takes you where it wants to go. — Michael Gordon