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Tim Hodgkinson

Tim Hodgkinson (born 1949 in Salisbury) plays reeds, keyboards and lap steel guitar. With Fred Frith he co-founded Henry Cow in 1968 while studying at Cambridge (social anthropology, graduated 1971) and stayed until the group ended in 1978. He later formed The Work (1980) and the improvising trio Konk Pack (1997). From the early 1990s he returned to composition, after meeting the Romanian composer Iancu Dumitrescu, working with the behaviour of sounds and unstable acoustic systems. His book Music and the Myth of Wholeness was published by MIT Press in 2016. Mode has released his Onsets and Sketch Of Now.

Tim Hodgkinson (born 1949 in Salisbury) plays reeds, keyboards and lap steel guitar. With Fred Frith he co-founded Henry Cow in 1968 while studying at Cambridge (social anthropology, graduated 1971) and stayed until the group ended in 1978. He later formed The Work (1980) and the improvising trio Konk Pack (1997). From the early 1990s he returned to composition, after meeting the Romanian composer Iancu Dumitrescu, working with the behaviour of sounds and unstable acoustic systems. His book Music and the Myth of Wholeness was published by MIT Press in 2016. Mode has released his Onsets and Sketch Of Now.

The Last Nightingale (LP)
Original and only edition of the 1984 compilation of exclusive tracks released by Rē Records in a limited edition of 2500 copies pressed to raise money for the UK Coal Miners and never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Let's Het (LP)
Sole album by experimental art-rock duo with RIO connections on The Work's Woof label, released in 1984 and featuring Henry Cow's Tim Hodgkinson and Catherine Jauniaux among others as well as music based on pieces by the mighty Furious Pig.
Libelocus-(alpha), Libelocus-(beta), Libelocus-(gamma)
Big tip! Romanian composer, conductor, and musicologist Iancu Dumitrescu is often described as one of the leading figures of spectral music, yet he has produced a body of powerful works resonating with explosive sound and friction that places him ver…
Haiku In The Wide World
This is a lovely and surprising treat indeed. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Hodgkinson (Henry Cow and much more) partners with vocalist Atsuko Kamura (Mizutama Shobodan aka PolkaDot Fire Brigade and Frank Chickens) to present 37 compositions…
Hums
2009 release ** "... We faced each other around a large table in Gandolfo's luminous flat. It felt like a group of scientists at a conference. Until we started playing. The sessions were hard and long. Sometimes with saturated and wrenching sound. Th…
Ilan Volkov Conducts And Plays Ana-Maria Avram And Iancu Dumitrescu
2015 release (RARE) ** "World premieres of new compositions by Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana-Maria Avram performed live with the Hyperion International Ensemble under the batton of Ilan Volkov at the 15th George Enescu Festival in 2015."
Live Improvisations
1990 release ** "For fans of that particular brand of noisy avant-gardism for which Robert Christgau coined the term "skronk," guitarist/violinist Fred Frith and saxophonist Tim Hodgkinson need no introduction. Charter members of the 1970s avant rock…
Teshuvah
"Teshuvah' reflects a first meeting between of two experienced veteran improvisors: Tim Hodgkinson (Henry Cow, Konk Pack, etc.) and Milo Fine. The career of Fine goes back to 1969 when he started The Milo Fine Free Jazz Ensemble. Throughout his caree…
Under The Void
Three fascinating contemporary classical compositions from Henry Cow alumnus Tim Hodgkinson for flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, horn, trombone, violins, violas, cello, bass, piano, percussion, virtual strings, accordion, Siberian frame drums, gongs, …
Cuts
Tim Hodgkinson about Cuts: "These rambles concern technical aspects of the pieces on this CD. In the first piece, a solo for bass clarinet, I did not apply any mathematical thinking to the time organisation. It is one of a series of pieces in which I…
Onsets
Five chamber works by Tim Hodgkinson, co-founder of Henry Cow, for ensemble and electronic sound, bass clarinet and strings, and string quartet with harp, trombone and synthesizer, played by Hyperion Ensemble and others.
Sang
Tim Hodgkinson's new album is another intense collision of contemporary classical music and rock energy. Perhaps best known as a founding member of avant rock group Henry Cow, Tim has since displayed many musical personalities. What is so effective i…
Pragma
Tim is best known as a founding member of the legendary avant rock group Henry Cow [1968-1978]. Pragma is an intense fusion of contemporary classical music and rock energy. There are six substantial compositions focusing on horns, violins, percussion…
Sketch of Now
Six compositions from 2001-2004 by Tim Hodgkinson, co-founder of Henry Cow, for ensembles, clarinets and electronics, with the Hyperion Ensemble and other guests and Hodgkinson himself on clarinet and bass clarinet.
Dentro
Somewhere between Musique Concrete and a kind of abstract improvisational work, using extended techniques and electrification that disconnects sound from any recognisable source. A fascinating first record that sits between studio improvisation and e…
Musique-action
Compositions for the Hyperion ensemble by Dumitrescu, Avram, Hodgkinson and Cutler recorded at the Nancy-Vanoeuvre festival. Contents: New Meteors and Pulsars (Dumitrescu, 1982). For Tape and Percussion. Tape by Iancu Dumitrescu, Soloist, Chris Cutle…
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