The Guardian - Music Weekly Podcast

Me and Cosey Fanni Tutti discuss Throbbing Gristle and the remastered album reissues with Alexis Petridis, music critic for The Guardian.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE GUARDIAN WEBITE TO LISTEN

In Conversation With TG, at Rough Trade

WED 2ND NOV, 7PM
To celebrate the release of the remastered TG back catalogue Cosey and myself are doing an ‘In-Store’ at Rough Trade East in London on 2nd November. There will be a Q&A chaired by Luke Turner (The Quietus) and we’ll be “discussing the rich and unique history of TG” and we’ll also be available to sign albums.
Get your free wristbands here... www.roughtrade.com

Trying to avoid burning out

Well after many months of intense work (February to September!) the remastered Throbbing Gristle albums have finally been completed and have gone into production (see the TG website for release dates).
We decided very early on (even before dear Sleazy passed) that the albums would be remastered and rereleased specifically for each format - Vinyl, CD and DDL. So each of the five vinyl albums comes with an 8-page booklet, as do the five double-CD editions - which include different 8-page booklets to the vinyl. The five digital albums also include 6-page PDF booklets, which are different from the vinyl and CD booklets. So as you can see, this project meant the not inconsiderable task of remastering 20 different album masters, compiling, editing and laying out 100 pages of graphics and photos, and reconstructing (visually remastering) fifteen different 20-year old album covers.

In the past this amount of workload for this type of project would have been split between myself, Cosey, Sleazy and Mute (as with TGV, TG24 etc.). But having left Mute last year, and with Sleazy refusing to work from the afterlife, Cosey and myself decided to undertake the bulk of the work ourselves. Although I guess you may be asking yourself why didn’t we ‘farm out’ some, or all of the work to an outside design/production company? Well there are a number of issues to consider that would be familiar to anyone running an independent label. Obviously a major factor for not using an outside company (or even friends/acquaintances) would be the considerable additional costs for so much high quality production work. But also… historically TG (and Chris & Cosey) have functioned independently in as many areas as possible and between us we have acquired an extensive skill-set to cope with producing these kinds of projects. In fact you name it and one of us has probably done it, or would be willing to learn how to do it. But… this approach also has its drawbacks, as we’ve become ‘control freaks’ and any work we do assign to outsiders or non-TG-extended-family ends up going through endless revisions, tweaks, adjustments and rewrites… or is just rejected. Years ago we realised that for the majority of what we ‘do’ it’s often a lot faster and more cost effective in the long run to just “do it yourself”.

Which brings me back to the TG catalogue. Because, the remastered albums aside, there are still a few choice projects left to be released on Industrial Records from our reacquired Throbbing Gristle archive. The first of these will be TG’s Desertshore project in 2012, which me and Cosey (and a few friends) have been continuing to work on this year, between the TG remastering. Hopefully in 2013 we should be in a position to release the ‘TG in Berlin’ project (recorded 2005-06) and recordings and videos from our TG 2009 USA tour.

Well now I say ‘hopefully’ because Cosey and me also have to factor in our own non-TG projects, which are many. Even without all the TG work we’ve done, this year has been unbelievably busy for us - with Chris & Cosey and Carter Tutti performances, projects, collaborations and remixes and of course Cosey’s own successful Art career. Basically what I’m saying is be patient and bear with us, we’re doing the best we can but we’re only human and are trying to avoid burning out to soon.


btw: Genesis’ contribution to the ‘TG Remastered’ project was to offer some photos from his archive, which we agreed to… but he sent us nothing.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by Chris Carter are his alone and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Industrial Records Ltd.

Last Chris & Cosey/Carter Tutti performances of this year

Carter Tutti at Sonic City Festival - Kortrijk, Belgium
Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter will be performing their new CARTER TUTTI/HARMONIC COACTION set at the Liars curated Sonic City Festival, Belgium on 29th October. Please visit the www.soniccity.be site for more details.
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Chris & Cosey at Unsound Festival - Krakow, Poland
Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter will be playing their new CHRIS & COSEY set at the Unsound Festival in Poland on 15th October. Please visit the Unsound website for more details.
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Chris & Cosey at Bodies of Babel Festival - Frankfurt, Germany
We’ll be playing our new CHRIS & COSEY set at the Bodies of Babel Festival in Frankfurt on 29th September.
Please visit the Mousonturm.de website for more details.
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New Look Chris & Cosey Website

The new Chris & Cosey / Carter Tutti website is now up and running. The site contains many new features, including free audio and video clips, extensive discographies, interviews and photos. www.chrisandcosey.com

The Wire - Invisible Jukebox

Cosey and myself took part in an 'Invisible Jukebox' session for the October issue of The Wire. Details here.

The Wire are also hosting two previously unreleased Carter Tutti tracks, which can be streamed via this link.

S.C.U.M. Remixed by Carter Tutti

Me and Cosey have recently remixed the new S.C.U.M. track Whitechapel, from their debut album Again Into Eyes. It is available now on 12" vinyl. Listen to the remix HERE.

The Opiates Remix

Myself and Cosey have an exclusive Chris & Cosey remix on The Opiates (Billie Ray Martin) new 'Rainy Days and Remixes' EP. For more details click HERE. To hear the track click HERE

Goodbye MySpace...

From Friday July 1st 2011 my Chris Carter MySpace pages will no longer be updated or maintained. This includes MySpace mailing lists, Bulletins and Blogs - NO further mail-shots or newsletters will be sent using MySpace and emails and messages will NOT be read or answered.

To subscribe to the combined Carter Tutti & CTI mailing lists please visit:
http://chrisandcosey.com/mailinglist/mailinglist.html

For all the latest information on my activities please continue to use my official website right here.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REDISTRIBUTE THIS INFORMATION

Chris & Cosey at MIMI Festival, France

Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter will be performing their new Chris & Cosey set IMI Festival, Marsaille, France - 7th July

Festival LINK - and HERE.

Chris & Cosey at Wave Gothic Festival

Me and Cosey Fanni Tutti (left) will be performing our new Chris & Cosey set at the Wave Gothic Festival in Leipzig, Germany on 13th June - FESTIVAL LINK.

More Chris & Cosey photos here: http://www.flickr.com
and here: http://www.flickr.com

Collaborating With Factory Floor

As exclusively reported by The Quietus earlier today I am excited to announce that anyone at the Primavera Festival or Chris Cunningham's Roundhouse extravaganza will be lucky enough to see two unique collaborations between myself and Factory Floor. Due to Factory Floor's electronics guru Dominic Butler being unavailable for the two dates, I will be temporarily taking over as the third part of their immovable pyramid.

Of course it's no secret that I am a fan of FF and this weekend at the Mute Short Circuit Festival will see Factory Floor return the favour as they lend guitarist/vocalist Nik Void to Carter Tutti for another one-off collaborative performance. FESTIVAL LINK

Factory Floor play the ATP Stage on the Thursday night of Primavera, and open for Chris Cunnigham's Roundhouse AV performance on June 1st. For information and tickets go here.

Carter Tutti - Harmonic Coaction Three

Harmonic Coaction Three (live excerpt) by chris_carter


This is a short clip (actually it’s Part 6 of 8) from a live performance of Harmonic Coaction by myself and Cosey Fanni Tutti at the Avatarium Festival in St Etienne, France on 16th April 2011.

The visuals and some of the sounds you hear are edited and manipulated from field recordings and photos made at the location of the performance prior to the concert.

VBS.TV - Electric Independence: Chris & Cosey Docu

text from VBS.TV:
"It’s not everyday you get to meet two of your favorite, honest to god heroes. But on a recent trip to Norfolk in the United Kindom, we got the chance to spend some time at the country house of the music making powerhouse – and long time couple – Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti.

Not only did Carter and Tutti change the entire electronic music game as founding members of the legendary avant-garde industrial group Throbbing Gristle: they continued their love affair with music, gear and each other over the next 30-odd years with their mind-blowing, ahead-of-the-curve approach to drum machines, sampling and all manner of electronic skullduggery.

Between the electro-pop of Chris & Cosey, the spooky ambience of Carter Tutti or their continuing aural experiments under their mysterious ‘CTI’ moniker, these two epitomize artistic overachievement and we salute and thank them for it.

They took us for a spin around the home studio they’ve been recording in for 25 years, demonstrated some of the bits and pieces they’re using in their current incarnation, performed a special improvised track for us, and taught us how to give an asthmatic cat his daily dosage of medicine."

http://www.vbs.tv/en-gb/watch/motherboard/mbd-vbs-elec-indy-chris-and-cosey

Upcoming Chris & Cosey and Carter Tutti Performances

photo by Julie Kane

Throughout 2011 myself and Cosey Fanni Tutti will be performing together as Carter Tutti and Chris & Cosey and also collaborating with other artists and musicians. This page will be updated in the coming weeks with info regarding dates and locations of these performances. . See above...
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CARTER TUTTI - 'HARMONIC COACTION'
Avatarium 12 Festival, St Etienne, France - 16th APRIL
FESTIVAL LINK

CARTER TUTTI & YANN MARUSSICH - 'CRÉATION'
Electron Festival, Geneva, Switzerland - 21st/22nd/23rd APRIL
FESTIVAL LINK

CARTER TUTTI & NIK VOID
Mute at Short Circuit, Roundhouse, London - 13th MAY
FESTIVAL LINK

CARTER TUTTI PLAY CHRIS & COSEY
Wave Gothic Festival, Leipzig, Germany - 13th June
Festival LINK - ticket link soon...

CARTER TUTTI PLAY CHRIS & COSEY
Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland - 25th June
Tramway LINK

CARTER TUTTI PLAY CHRIS & COSEY
MIMI Festival, Marsaille, France - 7th July
Festival LINK - and HERE


further announcements soon...

Eureka moment

Recently while reorganising a studio cupboard I came across an old Korg MS20 USB controller. This reduced sized facsimile of the original MS20 synth was intended as a hardware controller for the MS20 soft synth plug-in that was part of the Korg Legacy Collection, back in 2004. But in one of those classic Eureka moments I wondered if there was a chance it would work with the new Korg iMS20 iPad app. And it does, perfectly.

Actually the reason this remote possibility even popped into my head was by way of a similar occurrence a few weeks earlier, when I found out my new Roland V-Synth XT (while in retro D-50 mode) could be controlled by the original 25 year old Roland PG-1000 controller - sorry to digress.

Anyway... as fascinating as this is to me I think most people find it all a bit too techy and nerdy so I’ll continue it over on my Chemistry Lessons blog.

Quietus Mix008 by Chris Carter & Cosey Fanni Tutti

To start the New Year off we have compiled a 90 minute ‘mix tape’ for The Quietus from some of our favourite tracks. You can listen to it on Mixcloud for free right now... right here > The Quietus Mix 008: Chris & Cosey