Hugh Metcalfe is a musician and filmmaker from London and Suffolk, England. He is best known as the promoter of
The Klinker
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in London, a club which he has run in various venues since at least 1982 (stories vary). He plays guitar, violin, hi-hat and gas mask. He performs in several bands including Bicycle Clip Sex, The Small Faeces, The Cross-Dressed Quartet and Fuck Off Batman. He also performed with noted sound poet
Bob Cobbing
Bob Cobbing (30 July 1920 – 29 September 2002) was a British sound, visual, concrete and performance poet who was a central figure in the British Poetry Revival.
Early life
Cobbing was born in Enfield and grew up within the Plymouth Brethre ...
, saxophonist
Lol Coxhill
George Lowen Coxhill (19 September 1932 – 10 July 2012) known professionally as Lol Coxhill, was an English free improvising saxophonist. He played soprano and sopranino saxophone.
Biography
Coxhill was born to George Compton Coxhill ...
and dancer Jennifer Pike in Birdyak, up until Cobbing's death in 2002.
Metcalfe's experimental film work began in 1978,
and uses
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methods to produce silent films, often used later as a springboard for free musical improvisation, either by Metcalfe himself or other musicians. During some of the 1980s, Metcalfe ran a record label, 'Klinkerzoundz', releasing records by Metcalfe, Cobbing, the Bow Gamelan Ensemble, and more.
The Klinker has, in its 30-year lifespan, acquired a reputation as London's leading forum for
free improvisation
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and marginal music and performance.
External links
Klinker Club websiteHugh MetcalfeHugh Metcalfe 2013 Tour
References
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Living people
English rock guitarists
English male guitarists
Crossover (music)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from London