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Industrial elder J.G. Thirlwell, aka Foetus, has gathered nine of his most glitched-out comrades-in-arms to reimagine Love, Foetus' 2005 album, on a collection called Vein.

Matmos, Mike Patton, Fennesz, Jason Forrest, and Tujiko Noriko are all part of the charge. And in addition to the regular helping of remixes, two of Vein's tracks, Jay Wasco's "L'overture" and Tom Recchion's "Corrodia Gravis", contain elements of several Love songs.

Vein comes out October 16 via Birdman and features album art designed by Thirlwell himself, as well as an animated video for "Time Marches On" by director Sam Sohlberg.

Adding a whole extra layer of meta to the project is Thirlwell's remix of the remix album into a single track, which he and the label have done to avoid the file-sharing of advance copies. They're calling it a trailer for the record, and you can listen to it at the link below.

Thirlwell also has a few other projects with which to busy himself, including the soundtrack to the third season of Cartoon Network show "The Venture Bros." and two forthcoming shows under his Manorexia alter ego. The first of those shows-- at New York City Whitney Museum on November 2-- will feature two sets, the second of which involves robots!

Vein:

01 Fennesz: "Pareidolia"
02 Mike Patton: "How to Vibrate"
03 J.G. Thirlwell: "Mon Agonie Douce"
04 Jay Wasco: "L'overture"
05 Tujiko Noriko: "Don't Want Me Anymore"
06 Jason Forrest: "(Not Adam)"
07 Trztn (Services) [ft. Jennifer Charles]: "Thrush"
08 Tweaker: "Aladdin Reverse"
09 Matmos: "Not in Yr Hands"
10 Tom Recchion: "Corrodia Gravis"

Manorexia:

11-02 New York, NY - Whitney Museum (two sets)
11-21 London, England - St Giles-in-the-Fields