Bio -
ECT
ECT can have a beneficial effect and in some cases be life-saving. We are
aware that some people experience short-term memory loss and other side
effects, but as with any treatment the risks must be balanced against the
benefits...
Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock, is a well-established, albeit controversial, psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect.
Alternatively, it is the nom de plume of Welsh-born, London-based musician / producer / DJ Leigh Griffiths, a veteran of the London psychedelic party scene of the early / mid 90s.
His early tunes, released on Phantasm and Psychic Deli Records in 1997-98, are now widely considered to be all-time classics of the genre, and indeed cited as an influence on a new generation of so-called 'dark-psy' producers.
Subsequent releases on the Sphere and Optica labels also broke new ground, but were slightly less well-received by those who preferred their trance to be more formulaic.
No matter, the whole point of the ECT project has always been to test all accepted boundaries of psychedelic dance music - rhythmically, sonically, whatever.
(... and to have a bit of a laugh along the way...)
Over the past ten years, Leigh has performed live and DJed all over the world, and has continued to push the envelope with his productions, in recent years releasing on the forward-thinking labels Gi'iwa and Apoxina.
In his autobiographical book Electroboy, American writer Andy Behrman describes undergoing ECT as a treatment for bipolar disorder while under house-arrest:
"I wake up thirty minutes later and think I am in a hotel in Acapulco.
My head feels as if I have just downed a frozen margarita too quickly.
My jaws and limbs ache.
But I am elated."
Links –
http://www.myspace.com/extremelyjolly
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