| The Hafler Trio | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | h3o |
| Origin | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Genre(s) | Experimental, Ambient, Electronic, Industrial, Avant-Garde |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Label(s) | Doublevision, Touch, Korm Plastics, Staalplaat, Important, Nextera, Soleilmoon, Die Stadt, Phonometrography |
| Associated acts | Flesh |
| Website | http://brainwashed.com/h3o |
| Members | |
| Andrew M. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music McKenzie | |
| Former members | |
| Chris Watson | |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Tapes, computers, microphones | |
The Hafler Trio is a conceptual and sound art collaborative between Andrew M. Chris Watson is a musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history Conceptual art is Art in which the Concept (s or Idea (s involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns McKenzie, the only permanent member, and guest musicians. The project has seen the release of numerous albums and CDs in experimental musical styles ranging from electronica, cut-up, ambient, environmental soundscape, musique concrete, electro-acoustic, and audio-montage as cinema for the ears from 1986 to present, each of which utilise graphic design and text for contextual juxtaposition with the recordings, as well as having a diverse but concrete philosophical and sometimes quasi-religious framework to place them in. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range The cut-up technique, also known as fishbowling, is an Aleatory Literary technique or genre in which a text is cut up at Random Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Musique concrète ( French; literally "concrete music" is a style of Avant-garde music that relies on recorded sounds including natural Electroacoustic music includes several different sonic and Musical genres or musical techniques The term graphic design can refer to a number of artistic and professional disciplines which focus on visual communication and presentation Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos
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History
Despite the name, The Hafler Trio is essentially the work of one man, Andrew M. McKenzie, born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1963. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. McKenzie released his first 7" single at the age of 14, having formed a punk rock group named Flesh.
There have been numerous members and collaborators alongside Andrew M. McKenzie, including Cabaret Voltaire co-founder Chris Watson, the fictitious Dr. Cabaret Voltaire were a British music group from Sheffield, England. Chris Watson is a musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history Edward Moolenbeek, Adi Newton of Clock DVA, Z'ev, Fluxus artist Willem de Ridder, David Tibet (of Current 93), Genesis P-Orridge, Annie Sprinkle, Jónsi Birgisson (of Sigur Rós), Michael Gira (of Swans and Angels of Light), Chloe Vevrier, Erla Þórarinsdóttir, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, and John Lacey of COUM Transmissions, among many others. Clock DVA is an Industrial music / Post-Punk group from Sheffield, England. Z'EV (born Stefan Joel Weisser, at 758 am on February 8, 1951 in Los Angeles California) is an American text Fluxus —a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting, 5 March 1960 in Batu Gajah, Malaysia) is a British poet and Artist who Current 93 are an eclectic British Experimental music group working since the early 1980s in folk -based musical forms "Neil Megson" redirects here For the soccer player see Neil Megson (soccer. Annie M Sprinkle (born Ellen F Steinberg on July 23, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is a former Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson ( (b April 23, 1975) plays Guitar and sings lead vocals for the Icelandic Post-rock Sigur Rós ( are an Icelandic Post-rock band with melodic classical and minimalist elements Michael Rolfe Gira (pronounced jeer-AH (born 1954 is an American musician author and artist Swans was an influential American Post-punk band active from 1982 to 1997 led by singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. See also The Angels of Light (UK band The Angels of Light are an experimental new folk group that was formed circa 1998 Chloe Vevrier (born September 18, 1968) is a German erotic model and former Pornographic actress. Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson ( also known as HÖH (date and place of birth April 23, 1958 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an accomplished COUM Transmissions was a Performance art group interested in pushing boundaries influenced by Dada and the Merry Pranksters
In addition to the 6-part retrospective set released by The Grey Area of Mute Records titled The Golden Hammer (including many early LPs and EPs such as The Sea Org, "Bang" - An Open Letter, Three Ways of Saying Two, All That Rises Must Converge, Seven Hours Sleep, A Thirsty Fish and more), CD releases include: Intoutof, A Bag of Cats, Mastery of Money, How to Reform Mankind, with several notable stand-out collaborations: 12 Ecomomical Stories by Peter Greenaway, Nurse With Wound And The Hafler Trio Hit Again! (collaboration with Nurse with Wound), Snuff (with Willem De Ridder), Soundtrack to Brion Gysin's 'Dreamachine' (which included detailed historical documentation and instructions for use), a substantial 2-part collaboration with Autechre, and most recently a three part collaboration with Jónsi Birgisson of Sigur Rós. Mute Records is a Record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single "T Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is an English Film director born in Wales. Nurse with Wound (or shortened as NWW) is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Brion Gysin ( January 19, 1916 - July 13, 1986) was a painter, Writer, Sound poet, and Performance The dreamachine (or dream machine) is a Stroboscopic flicker device that produces visual stimuli Autechre are an English Electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth both natives of Rochdale, England. Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson ( (b April 23, 1975) plays Guitar and sings lead vocals for the Icelandic Post-rock Sigur Rós ( are an Icelandic Post-rock band with melodic classical and minimalist elements
Selected Body Of Audio Work
- “BANG” - An Open Letter (1984 LP, Re-issued on CD with extra material in 1994)
- Soundtrack To "Alternation, Perception, And Resistance" - A Comprehension Exercise (1985 12", Re-issued as part of the 1994 CD, "Walk Gently Through the Gates of Joy")
- Seven Hours Sleep (1985 Double LP, Re-issued on CD in 1994 and re-issued/re-mastered again on CD in 2006)
- Hotondo Kiki Torenai (1985 Cassette, Limited edition of 100)
- Brain Song (1986 12", Limited edition of 1000, Re-issued in 1987 as the A side of a split LP with Luciano Dari titled "Ben, Ruach, Ab, Shaloshethem, Yechad Thaubodo / Idrogeni Superiori", Re-issued again on CD with extra material as part of the 1994 CD, "All That Rises Must Converge")
- Redintegrate (1986 Cassette, Re-issued on CD in 1991)
- The Sea Org (1986 10", Re-issued on CD with extra material as part of the 1994 CD, "All That Rises Must Converge" and re-issued/re-mastered again in 2004 on CD with completely different extra material under the original title of "The Sea Org")
- Three Ways of Saying Two (1986 LP, Re-issued on CD with extra material as part of the 1994 CD, "Four Ways of Saying Five")
- A Thirsty Fish (1987 Double LP, Re-issued on CD in 1994 with fewer tracks, then re-issued/re-mastered in full on Double CD in 2005)
- Dislocation (1987 Cassette, Re-issued on CD in 1990)
- Nurse With Wound And The Hafler Trio Hit Again! (with Nurse With Wound) (1987 Cassette, Re-issued on CD in 1995 under the title, "The Murray Fontana Orchestra Plays The Hafler Trio" in a limited edition of 1000)
- Untitled (with Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth) (1987 Cassette, Limited edition of 100, somewhat re-issued on the 1989 release, "Present Brion Gysin's Dreamachine")
- Inoutof (1988 LP, Re-issued on Limited edition CD in 1990 and again in 1998)
- Ignotum per Ignotius (1989 CD, Re-issued/re-mastered in 2007)
- Present Brion Gysin's Dreamachine (with Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth) (1989 LP and CD, larger scale re-issue of 1987 cassette, "Untitled")
- A Bag of Cats (1990 CD, Re-issued in 1992)
- Alaura/Slave Priest (1990 CD Single)
- Kuklos (1990 Cassette)
- Kill The King (1991 CD, Re-issued/re-mastered in 2003)
- Masturbatorium (with Annie Sprinkle) (1991 CD)
- The Hafler Trio Play The Hafler Trio (1991 CD)
- The Hafler Trio Play The Hafler Trio Play The Hafler Trio (1991 Cassette, Limited edition of 30)
- FUCK (1992 CD)
- Mastery of Money (1992 CD, Re-issued/re-mastered in 2004)
- Snuff (with Willem De Ridder) (1992 CD)
- Resurrection (with The Sons of God) (1993 CD)
- Walk Gently Through the Gates of Joy (1994 CD)
- Four Ways Of Saying Five (1994 CD)
- All That Rises Must Converge (1994 CD)
- Designer Time (with Reptilicus) (1994 CD)
- How To Reform Mankind (1994 CD, Re-issued/re-mastered in 2004)
- Negentropy (1994 LP, Limited edition of 1000)
- One Dozen Ecomomical Stories by Peter Greenaway (1994 CD)
- Unentitled (with Zoviet France and Jim O'Rourke) (1995 CD)
- An Utterance Of The Supreme Ventriloquist (1996 LP, Limited edition of 451, then re-issued/re-mastered in 2005 on a CD limited to 1000 copies)
- I Was There/That Would Be (with Stilluppsteypa) (1996 7", Limited edition of 500)
- Infidelity to Reason (1996 7", Limited edition of 111)
- Right Here Where You Are Sitting Now (1996 7", Limited edition of 333)
- The Day I Married The World (1996 7", Limited edition of 479)
- Who Sees Goes On #1: Timerape (1997 10", Limited edition of 333, 111 of which are signed)
- Who Sees Goes On #2: Broadcast In White (1997 10", Limited edition of 333, 111 of which are signed)
- Who Sees Goes On #3: Lipchamber (1997 10", Limited edition of 333, 111 of which are signed)
- Who Sees Goes On #4: Godfood (1997 10", Limited edition of 333, 111 of which are signed)
- Who Sees Goes On #5: Solvitur Ambulado (1997 10", Limited edition of 333, 111 of which are signed)
- Who Sees Goes On #6: Dream Adjustments (1997 10", Limited edition of 333, 111 of which are signed)
- Who Sees Goes On #7: Avec Le Vide Les Pleins Pouvoirs (1997 10", Limited edition of 333, 111 of which are signed)
- Who Sees Goes On (1998 Boxed 10" Set with bonus CD titled "Hand Wave", Limited edition of 46, 25 without the original cover)
- Hljóðmynd (2000 CD, Limited edition of 1000)
- Cleave: 9 Great Openings (2002 CD)
- La Chanson Dada (2002 10", Limited edition of 500)
- A House Waiting For It's Master (2003 10", Limited edition of 400)
- A Small Child Dreams Of Voiding The Plague (2003 CD, Limited edition of 500, 100 of which come with a signed photo)
- æ³o & h³æ (with Autechre) (2003 Double CD)
- How To Slice A Loaf Of Bread (2003 Triple CD, Limited edition of 500, Re-issued again in 2004 in a second limited edition of 500 under the title, "How To Slice A Loaf of Bread (Lengthwise)")
- Kisses With Both Hands From Gods Little Toy (2003 CD, Limited edition of 500, 100 of which come with a signed photo)
- No Man Put Asunder: 7 Fruitful and Seamless Unions (2003 CD, Limited edition of 1500)
- No More Twain, Of One Flesh: 11 Unequivocal Obsecrations (2003 CD, Limited edition of 1000)
- Normally (with Blixa Bargeld) (2003 Double CD, Limited edition of 500)
- The Birds Must Be Eliminated (2003 10", Limited edition of 500)
- The Man Who Tried To Disappear (2003 10", Limited edition of 500)
- The Moment When We Blow The Flour From Our Tongues (2003 10", Limited edition of 500)
- Untitled (with Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg) (2003 7", Limited edition of 500, 200 of which come with an additional 7" by Kontakt Der Jünglinge and Asmus Tietchens)
- Whistling About Chickens (2003, Double CD)
- Anything That Anyone Else Tells You Is Not Good Enough (2004 12", Limited edition of 500)
- Where Are You? (with David Tibet) (2004 CD, A separate limited edition of 93 copies also exists)
- Exactly As I Say (with Jónsi Birgisson) (2004 CD, A separate limited edition of 111 copies also exists)
- I Never Knew That's Who You Thought You Were (2004 CD, Limited edition of 500, 100 of which come with a signed photo)
- Only The Hand That Erases Can Write The True Thing (2004 Double 10", Separate limited editions of 500 and 100 respectively)
- Scissors Cut Arrow (2004 Double CD with DVD, Limited edition of 500)
- The Concentrated Recapturing Of Thought (2004 10", Limited edition of 500)
- Wolf Sheep Cabbage (Evidence Pertaining To The Destroyer (2004 7", Limited edition of 333, the first 33 of which are signed)
- Wolf Sheep Cabbage (Evidence Pertaining To The Creator) (2004 7", Limited edition of 333, the first 33 of which are signed)
- Wolf Sheep Cabbage (Evidence Pertaining To The Preserver) (2004 7", Limited edition of 333, the first 33 of which are signed)
- Á Ég Að Halda Áfram? (2005 CD, Limited edition of 500, 100 of which come with a signed photo)
- æo³ & ³hæ (with Autechre) (2005 Double CD)
- Being A Firefighter Isn't Just About Squirting Water (2005 CD, Limited edition of 500, 100 of which come with a signed photo)
- Exactly As I Am (with Jónsi Birgisson) (2005 Double CD)
- Exactly As I Do (with Jónsi Birgisson) (2005 Double CD)
- If Take, Then Take: Tricks, Half-Tricks and Real Phenomena (2005 LP, Limited edition of 400)
- No One Remains (with Willem De Ridder) (2005 10" Boxed Set, Limited edition of 200)
- The Explanation (with Fovea Hex) (2005 CD, Limited edition of 300)
- The Water Has No Hair To Hold On To (2005 10", Limited edition of 500)
- 3 Eggs (with Colin Potter and Andrew Liles) (2006 CD, Limited edition of 1000)
- A Pressed On Sandwich (with Colin Potter) (2006 CD, Limited edition of 1010)
- The Discussion (with Fovea Hex) (2006 CD, Limited edition of 300)
- An Answer (with Fovea Hex) (2007 CD, Limited edition of 300)
- Who Gave You The Ability To Envisage Perfection? (2007 7", Limited edition of 333)
Selected Writings
- Plucking Feathers From A Bald Frog (1991 Psychic Release Cerebrum and Press in Stockholm, A collection of Andrew M. Nurse with Wound (or shortened as NWW) is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth ( TOPY) was founded in 1981 by members of Psychic TV, Coil, Current 93, and a number of other individuals Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth ( TOPY) was founded in 1981 by members of Psychic TV, Coil, Current 93, and a number of other individuals Annie M Sprinkle (born Ellen F Steinberg on July 23, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is a former Reptilicus, a giant monster film about a fictional prehistoric Reptile, is a Danish - American co-production produced by American International Zoviet France (also known as:$OVIETFRANCE, Soviet France,:zoviet-france and latterly usually written as:zoviet*france Jim O'Rourke can refer to a vast number of different people most notably Jim O'Rourke, the baseball player Æo³ & ³hæ is a collaboration album between Autechre and Hafler Trio. Autechre are an English Electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth both natives of Rochdale, England. Blixa Bargeld (born Christian Emmerich on January 12, 1959 in West Berlin, Germany) is a composer author actor singer musician Asmus Tietchens (born 1947 Hamburg) who also records under the Monikers Hematic Sunsets and Club of Rome, is a German composer of David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting, 5 March 1960 in Batu Gajah, Malaysia) is a British poet and Artist who Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson ( (b April 23, 1975) plays Guitar and sings lead vocals for the Icelandic Post-rock Ƴo & h³æ is a collaboration album by Autechre and Hafler Trio. Autechre are an English Electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth both natives of Rochdale, England. Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson ( (b April 23, 1975) plays Guitar and sings lead vocals for the Icelandic Post-rock Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson ( (b April 23, 1975) plays Guitar and sings lead vocals for the Icelandic Post-rock ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the McKenzie's texts from 1978 to 1991, Limited edition of 500)
- Just Because A Cat Has Her Kittens In The Oven Doesn't Make Them Biscuits (1992, Temple Press Limited in Brighton, UK, A film treatment in 31 scenes printed as part of a larger publication titled "Ratio 3/TransMediators" )
Andrew M. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located McKenzie's Medical Condition
In 2004, Andrew announced that he was suffering from diagnosed Hepatitis B and Auto-immune Hepatitis. Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies injury to the Liver characterized by the presence of Inflammatory cells in the tissue of Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies injury to the Liver characterized by the presence of Inflammatory cells in the tissue of Both of these conditions require drugs which Andrew has stated he cannot afford.
References
External Links
- The Hafler Trio at Brainwashed
- Record labels: Important Records, Touch, Korm Plastics, Nextera, Staalplaat, Die Stadt, Soleilmoon, and Mute
- The Hafler Trio at Allmusic
- The Hafler Trio at Discogs
- The Hafler Trio at Last.fm
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