Henry Cow - Amygdala {1973}

Описание: #progressive_music

Album/Single/EP : Leg End

Henry Cow was an English avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. An inherent anti-commercial bias kept them at arm's length from the mainstream music business, enabling them to experiment at will. They remained in existence for 10 years, breaking up in 1978, and produced a body of music that was challenging, provocative and influential for years to come. Collaborations with the similarly-minded band Slapp Happy led to an eventual but brief merger of the two bands in 1974, and demerging in 1975. Cutler, Frith and Krause also continued on as Art Bears from 1978 as disagreements set in and the band dissolved.

Henry Cow was among the founding members of the movement dubbed Rock in Opposition (RIO).

A number of people passed through Henry Cow over the years:

Georgie Born - Cello, Bass (1976-1978)
Lindsay Cooper - Bassoon, Reeds (1974, 1975-1978)
Chris Cutler - Drums, Percussion (1971-1978)
Fred Frith - Guitar, Violin, Bass, Piano, Xylophone (1968-1978)
John Greaves - Bass, Piano (1970-1976)
Tim Hodgkinson - Keyboards, Reeds (1968 - 1978)
Dagmar Krause - Vocals (1975 - 1978)
Geoff Leigh - Flute, Reeds (1972 - 1973)

Henry Cow's repertoire included elaborately scored pieces (often with complex time signatures), tape manipulations, free improvisation and songs. It incorporated elements of jazz, rock, classical music and the avant-garde. Dagmar Krause's vocals added another dimension to their sound, giving it a dramatic, almost Brechtian flair.