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Member Since: 6/28/2007
Band Website: http://www.scientology.org/
Band Members: Jonathan Dean and a revolving cast of collaborators.
Influences: James Bidgood, William S. Burroughs, Wilhelm Reich, David Cronenberg, Antonin Artaud, science fiction, the gorgeous and the primal, glamour, the Industrial Culture Handbook, disco, delusion, sidereal sound, ugly ecstasy, discipline and punishment, The Theater of Cruelty, The Theater of Panic, zealotry, the Left Hand Path, psychic photography, remote viewing, the non-local quantum experience, crowded subway frottage.
Sounds Like: Mutant disco for awkward bodies.
Record Label: Sea Org
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Two new compilations featuring the Penetralia.

The first compilation is a label sampler of the web-based Pimalia.net, started by the folks behind 400 Lonely Things and the Bronson Unlimited label. The sampler is entitled Smatterings, Vol. 1, and f...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:16:00 GMT

Amoebas are very small

zShare - A Very Cellular Song.mp3The link above will allow you to download a soundboard recording of last night's performance by the Penetralia Collective at Cafe Annapurna for the Red Hills Rising 1 ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:49:00 GMT

Upcoming Events in Iterandria

The Penetralia, as it has existed thus far, is going on a bit of a hiatus for the foreseeable future. Do not despair. Eros and Thanatos are still very much alive, but various pressures, volatilities a...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:00 GMT

The retina of the eye quivers with the dance of sound waves

DJ Thanatos opened up for Tensor Tympani and A Faulty Chromosome last night at Cafe Annapurna, playing a special set mixed in honor of Tallahassee's trippers. Expect searing psychedelic rock, wacked-o...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:45:00 GMT

Three epic Saturdays

Saturday, July 12 >> The Penetralia perform in Gainesville at the AR/ESS joint show along with The Viirus, Lissajou, Arbol Trancemissions and others...Saturday, July 19 >> The Penetralia perform at a ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:41:00 GMT

Gainesville show: Eros, Thanatos, Pathos

Greetings succulent mammals,We were thoroughly impressed by the city of Gainesville last night. The Action Research + Electronic Sub South team-up show was quite a success, and we savor the young Amer...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:34:00 GMT

I mugged Phil Harris

Late last night at the OAF House shed and homegrown community meth lab, Thanatos played the Phil Fest, a benefit for Philip Harris following his brutal mugging. This particular mashed and spasticated ...
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Campaign to buy hazmat suits for the homeless

For those who missed the Thanatos solo mashup set last night at All Saint's Cafe in Tallahassee, and even for those who were there, you can listen to a recording here:TwangoAnd for a limited time, you...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:41:00 GMT

The Inauguration of the Theater of Cruelty

Strumpets,It is through third-rate meat that we express our love for you.We solemnly swear to give you the Plague when you come to see us inaugurate the Theater of Cruelty at the OAF house this Thursd...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:22:00 GMT

The Penetralia voted best on-air performance of 2007

WVFS recently wrapped up 2007 with a series of end-of-the-year countdowns, including a four-hour broadcast counting down the 50 best albums of the past year as voted by the DJs and staff of V89, one o...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:52:00 GMT