Chris & Cosey performing in 2014 | |
Background information | |
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Also known as | Carter Tutti, CTI, Conspiracy International, Carter Tutti Void |
Genres | Electronic, synthpop, dance, post-industrial |
Years active | 1981–present |
Labels | Rough Trade Conspiracy International Nettwerk Play It Again Sam Staalplaat Wax Trax! World Serpent |
Associated acts | Throbbing Gristle |
Website | http://chrisandcosey.com/ |
Members | Chris Carter Cosey Fanni Tutti |
Chris & Cosey, now performing as Carter Tutti, are a band formed in 1981, consisting of couple Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti, both previously members of industrial music pioneers Throbbing Gristle.[1][2]
- 1History
- 2Discography
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History[edit]
When Throbbing Gristle broke up in 1981,[3] members Carter and Tutti signed with Rough Trade Records and began recording as Chris & Cosey.[4][5] They recorded four albums for the label using electronics, sampling, Cosey's vocals and cornet playing.[6] In 1983, they formed their own independent record label Creative Technology Institute (aka CTI)[7] to release more experimental works and collaborations.[5] The first CTI projects, Elemental 7 and European Rendezvous, were released through Cabaret Voltaire's DoubleVision label.[8]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the duo worked with a number of independent labels such as Nettwerk (Canada), Play It Again Sam (Belgium), Staalplaat (Netherlands), and Wax Trax! (USA), and World Serpent Distribution (UK).[9] In 1992, for artistic and health reasons, the duo stopped touring and concentrated on studio work.[10] They returned to performing live in 1998, documented on the Union album.
Since the couple began collaborating, Carter and Tutti have worked with a variety of similarly respected and recognized avant-garde artists including, Monte Cazazza, Coil, Current 93, John Duncan, Erasure, Eurythmics, Boyd Rice, and Robert Wyatt. The 1988 album Core is a collection of these collaborations.[11]
Carter and Tutti's tracks have been remixed by world-renowned DJs including Carl Craig, Cosmic Connection, Fred Giannelli, Daniel Miller, μ-Ziq, Vapourspace[12] and Andrew Weatherall.[13]
Carter and Tutti have released two ongoing CD series of instrumental music: The Library Of Sound (L.O.S.) and Electronic Ambient Remixes (E.A.R.), currently with four volumes each. The E.A.R. series are remixes of material released solo by Carter or Tutti. Tracks from both these instrumental series have been used internationally in gallery installations, performed at numerous electronic music festivals, utilized on TV and radio broadcasts and within Hollywood movie trailers.[14]
2000 to present[edit]
To greet the 21st century, Chris & Cosey became Carter Tutti, celebrating the rebirth with a series of concerts which were documented on the live album LEM Festival October 2003. The rebirth was completed by the release of the studio album Cabal later that year. Both also appeared as guests on the 2006 Current 93 album Black Ships Ate the Sky.
Carter and Tutti re-engaged with Throbbing Gristle, which reformed with all four original members for a December 2004 All Tomorrow's Parties festival appearance, and recorded several new studio albums over the following years - TG Now (2004) and Part Two (2007). They also performed a short series of concerts in Europe and the United States in 2009, with a rare tour-only release album, The Third Mind Movements. (Ostensibly, the few remaining copies were sold via mail-order through the Throbbing Gristle website[15] upon completion of the tour).
In October 2010 Throbbing Gristle began a European tour; however, several days following the band's first tour date at the Hackney Dissenting Academy,[16] London, Throbbing Gristle's website announced that Genesis P-Orridge was no longer willing to perform with the band, and would return to his home in New York. Chris, Cosey and Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson finished the tour without P-Orridge, performing under the name X-TG.[17][18]
Carter and Tutti performed with Nik Colk Void of Factory Floor at Mute's Short Circuit Festival in May 2011. A live album of the show, with an additional studio track, was released as Transverse in 2012, under the name Carter Tutti Void.[19][20]
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- Heartbeat (1981), Rough Trade
- Trance (1982), Rough Trade
- Songs of Love & Lust (1984), Rough Trade
- Technø Primitiv (1985), Rough Trade
- Allotropy (1987), Staalplaat
- Sweet Surprise (1987), Dragon
- Exotika (1987), Play It Again Sam
- Trust (1989), Play It Again Sam
- Pagan Tango (1991), Play It Again Sam/WaxTrax!
- Musik Fantastique (1992), Play It Again Sam
- Twist (1995), T&B Vinyl
- Skimble Skamble (1997), World Serpent
- Cabal (2004), CTI - Carter Tutti
- Feral Vapours of the Silver Ether (2007), CTI - as Carter Tutti
- Transverse (2012), Mute - as Carter Tutti Void
- f(x) (2015), Industrial Records - as Carter Tutti Void
- Triumvirate (2019), Industrial Records - as Carter Tutti Void
Live albums[edit]
- Action! (1987), LD
- Union (1999), World Serpent
- C&C Luchtbal (2003) CTI, live album
- LEM Festival October 2003 (2004) GliptotekaMagdalae, as Carter Tutti
- Transverse (2012), Mute, as Carter Tutti Void
- as CTI
- Elemental 7 (1984), DoubleVision
- European Rendezvous - CTI Live 1983 (1984), DoubleVision
- Core (1988), Nettwerk/Play It Again Sam
- Metaphysical - 'The library of sound' Edition One (1993), World Serpent
- Chronomanic - 'The library of sound' Edition Two (1994), World Serpent
- In Continuum - 'The library of sound' Edition Three (1995), World Serpent
- Point Seven - 'The library of sound' Edition Four (1998), World Serpent
- Compilations
- Collectiv One: Conspiracy International (1989), Play It Again Sam
- Collectiv Two: The Best of Chris and Cosey (1989), Play It Again Sam
- Collectiv Three: An Elemental Rendevous [sic] (1990), Play It Again Sam
- Collectiv Four: Archive Recordings (1990), Play It Again Sam
- Reflection (1990), WaxTrax!
- The Essential Chris & Cosey Collection (2002), World Serpent
- Collected Works 1981 - 2000 (2006), Conspiracy International
EPs[edit]
- Take Five (1986), Licensed
- C + C Musik (1995), T&B Vinyl - promotional only
Singles[edit]
- 'Night Shift' (1982) - flexi-disc with Vinyl magazine, split with Minimal Compact
- 'This is Me' (1983), Music Time - split with Wahnfried-Brown
- 'October (Love Song)' (1983), Rough Trade
- Sweet Surprise (1985), Rough Trade
- 'Obsession' (1987), Play It Again Sam
- 'Obsession (remix)' (1987), Nettwerk
- 'Exotika' (1988), Play It Again Sam
- 'Exotika (extended remix)' (1988), Nettwerk
- 'Rise' (1988), Play It Again Sam
- 'Synaesthesia' (1991), Play It Again Sam
- 'Passion' (1991), World Serpent
- as Conspiracy International
- 'Hammer House' (1984), CTI
- 'Thy Gift of Tongues' (1985), CTI
Videos[edit]
- Live Vol. 1 (1996), Conspiracy International (VHS)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'CURRENT BIOGRAPHY (abridged version)'. Coseyfannitutti.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'Chris Carter: BIOGRAPHY'. Chriscarter.co.uk/. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'Throbbing Gristle – Live At Kezar Pavillion, San Francisco, CA (May 29, 1981)'. Filter27.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^[1]Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ abStrong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN1-84195-335-0, p. 262-3
- ^'Interview with Cosey Fanni Tutti'. Brainwashed.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'Creative Technology Institute'. Kicktokill.blogspot.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'Doublevision: Profile'. Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'About Conspiracy International (CTI)'. Ctimailorder.co.uk/. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHRIS & COSEY/CARTER TUTTI : Biographies'. Chrisandcosey.com/. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'CHRIS AND COSEY'. Trouserpress.com/. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'Vapourspace'. Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'A Brief History Of Chris And Cosey'. Chrisandcosey.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'Chris And Cosey'. The Thing On The Doorstep. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'Throbbing Gristle.com Shop Front'. Throbbinggristle.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'THROBBING GRISTLE : HACKNEY DISSENTING ACADEMY'. HACKNEY DISSENTING ACADEMY #1.2. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THROBBING GRISTLE!'. Throbbing--gristle.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^'X-Industrial'. Sleazybkk.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^Pitchfork Media: Carter Tutti Void: Transverse
- ^R. Kellie (10 January 2012). 'Mute to Release 'Transverse''. Straight To Video. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
Bibliography[edit]
- Neal, Charles (1987). Tape Delay: Confessions from the Eighties Underground. SAF Publishing Ltd. ISBN9780946719020 – via Internet Archive.
- Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN9780199832606 – via Google Books.
- Whittaker, Simon (1999). 'Chris & Cosey (CTI)'. In Buckley, Jonathan; Duane, Orla; Ellingham, Mark; Spicer, Al (eds.). Rock: The Rough Guide (2nd ed.). London, New York: Rough Guides. p. 181. ISBN1-85828-457-0 – via Internet Archive.
External links[edit]
- Chris & Cosey discography at Discogs
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_%26_Cosey&oldid=925051058'
Rough Trade Shops Compilations – The Not Necessarily Festive Fifty
I miss John Peel. There are very few things in this world that have less credibility than a Radio 1 DJ, but Peel had an instinctive sense for the new and exciting and somehow managed to carve his own niche, retaining his cred (even into his 60s) while still holding down a slot on the most fickle of our national radio stations for almost 40 years.
If he played a track on his show that, on first hearing, sounded like an assault on all our brains understood as music, you would still be prepared to give it a second listen, because you trusted his taste. And most times he was right. But trust like this has to be earned, and John Peel had spent his entire working life earning it. Then he went and died.
I always used to tape his annual Festive 50, edit it down to a single ‘best-of’ C90 on a 2-deck tape recorder, then this tape would become my soundtrack for the following year. Looking back now on the Festive Fifties of the 90s, they trace the music of my twenties (just as last-fm is now tracking the slightly more pedestrian tastes of my thirties). But when John Peel died, so did my trust in the new sounds of the underground, because without Peel I had no longer had a crap filter.
Until now. Part of my bday present from Deb was exactly the same as she got me last year (and I would be happy to receive every year) – two of the previous year’s Rough Trade Shops compilations. These compilations have been trickling out over the last few years, to very little fanfare, but have all been superb. They are compiled by the uber-geeks behind the counter at London’s Rough Trade shops, who are obviously a bunch of hyper-obsessive 30 and 40 somethings who listen to *every single record ever released*. They are the bastard children of John Peel, and with their regular ‘best of the year’ Counter Culture CDs, they are providing a Festive Fifty for the iPod generation.
As a service to the world (because I can’t even find this list on the rough trade website), the discography to date is as follows:
2001
- 25 yrs of … (Box Set)
- 25 yrs of … (Box Set)
2002
- Electronic 01
- Rock And Roll 1
- Electronic 01
- Rock And Roll 1
2003
Counter Culture 02
- Post Punk 01
Country 1
Counter Culture 02
- Post Punk 01
Country 1
2004
– Counter Culture 03
– Indiepop 1
– Counter Culture 03
– Indiepop 1
2005
– Counter Culture 04
– Counter Culture 04
2006
- Counter Culture 05
- Singer-Songwriter 1
The Record Shop – 30 years of …
- Counter Culture 05
- Singer-Songwriter 1
The Record Shop – 30 years of …
2007
- Counter Culture 06
Counter Culture 76
Protest 1 (coming soon)
- Counter Culture 06
Counter Culture 76
Protest 1 (coming soon)
Every release comes with copious sleeve notes and artwork, perhaps the only reason for not buying music down a pipe these days. And, unless you are considerably hipper than me (which isn’t hard), the vast majority of the artists/tracks featured you will have never heard of before. Whatsmore
you can rely on every track being played at the right speed.
you can rely on every track being played at the right speed.
If these keep coming I can allow JP to RIP.
tags: john peelrough tradefestive fify
-- 30th January 2007 --
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