The Artaud Beats is a

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band consisting of

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(bass, vocals),

Chris Cutler Chris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of other bands, including Art Bears, Ne ...

(drums) and

Geoff Leigh Geoff Leigh (born 5 October 1945) is an English jazz and progressive rock musician, playing primarily soprano saxophone and flute. He was a member of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow and founded several bands himself, including Red Balu ...

(soprano sax, flute, vocals, electronics), all formerly members of

Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...

, and

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(piano, vocals).

History

Cawkwell and Leigh had released an album together, ''Upstream'', and were booked to play the Avantgarde Festival (

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, Germany) in 2009 having previously toured Japan. Cutler and Greaves were both attending the same festival to play with the

Peter Blegvad Peter Blegvad (born August 14, 1951) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, writer, and cartoonist. He was a founding member of German/English avant-pop band Slapp Happy, which later merged briefly with Henry Cow, and has released many sol ...

Trio and

Dagmar Krause Dagmar Krause (born 4 June 1950) is a German singer, best known for her work with avant-rock groups including Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, and Art Bears. She is also noted for her coverage of songs by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler. Her ...

. However, the four decided to play an improvised set together in Cawkwell and Leigh's slot as a partial Henry Cow reunion, under the name Not Henry Cow. Adopting the name The Artaud Beats, they performed at the in 2011 and played a ten-date Japanese tour in June 2012. They returned to Japan in 2013 for fourteen concerts; in 2014 they performed at the first

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Festival in Tokyo, and the Fort Process experimental music festival in Newhaven, near Brighton, UK. The CD ''Logos'' was released in 2015 – they played a presentation concert in Paris.

Discography

*''Logos'', 2015, Bonobo's Ark Records: BAR004

References

External links

Official Facebook page
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