Quiet Sun was an English jazz-rock band from London, initially active circa 1970/71 and briefly reactivated in 1975 by guitarist Phil Manzanera during a break from his main act, Roxy Music. Their singular album, Mainstream, appeared that year on Island/Antilles. Drummer/vocalist Charles Hayward subsequently formed the experimental trio This Heat and later headed Camberwell Now. […]
This Heat was an English avant-garde rock trio that made the 1979–81 titles This Heat, Health and Efficiency, and Deceit, produced by David Cunningham. Their first blends musique concrète and proto-industrial noise rock with experimental tape editing from live and studio sources. Rough Trade issued Deceit, a more song-based set in the post-punk vein. Drummer […]
Camberwell Now was an English art-rock trio that debuted with a five-song EP on small-press Duplicate Records in 1983, followed in 1986 by The Ghost Trade LP and the following year’s Greenfingers EP on Red Flame-subsidiary Ink. The band was formed by drummer/composer Charles Hayward, formerly of the bands Quiet Sun and This Heat. Members: […]
Massacre was an English-American avant-rock/No Wave trio based in NYC that released the album Killing Time on Celluloid in 1981. The band comprised guitarist Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Art Bears, Skeleton Crew), bassist/producer Bill Laswell (Material), and drummer Fred Maher, who subsequently joined Scritti Politti. In 1998, the Material nameplate was resurrected with drummer Charles […]
The Hat Shoes were a multinational avant-rock super-project assembled in 1990 by English musician Bill Gilonis (The Work) with drummer Charles Hayward (Quiet Sun, This Heat, Camberwell Now), Belgian vocalist Catherine Jauniaux (Aksak Maboul), and American cellist Tom Cora (Curlew, Skeleton Crew, Nimal). The project yielded the 1991 album Differently Desperate on RecRec, the Swiss […]
The Ghost Trade is the singular full-length album by English art-rock trio Camberwell Now, released in 1986 on Ink/RecRec. Tracklist: A1. “Working Nights” (7:41) A2. “Sitcom” (4:40) A3. “Wheat Futures” (6:11) B1. “Speculative Fiction” (6:09) B2. “Green Lantern” (3:11) B3. “The Ghost Trade” (11:11) Credits: Trefor Goronwy — voice, bass, guitar, erh hu, percussion Charles […]
Eden is the debut album by English sophisti-pop duo Everything but the Girl, released on June 4, 1984, on Blanco y Negro. The album showcases the songwriting talents of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn Ben Watt composed “Tender Blue,” “Crabwalk,” and the final two tracks. He co-wrote three songs (“Each and Every One,” “Another Bridge,” […]
Mainstream is an album by English jazz-rock band Quiet Sun, released in 1975 on Island/Antilles. Tracklist: A1. “Sol Caliente” (8:02) A2. “Trumpets With Motherhood” (1:30) A3. “Bargain Classics” (5:37) A4. “R.F.D.” (3:09) B1. “Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy Was a Small Non-stick Kitchen Utensil” (6:09) B2. “Trot” (5:00) B3. “Rongwrong” (9:39) Credits: Charles Hayward — drums, […]
