CHRIS CARTER – who recently released his first solo album release in 17 years, the acclaimed
Chemistry Lessons Volume One – has announced details of
Chemistry Lessons Volume 1.1 Coursework, a new EP featuring remixes from
Daniel Avery,
Chris Liebing, and the
BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Also included is the rare track,
“Bongo Glow,” which was previously only available on the Japanese edition of the album.
The
BBC Radiophonic Workshop – an important influence to Carter on the recent album – have remixed very few artists, but for this EP the recently reactivated pioneering electronic experimenters have reworked “Blissters.”
Chris Liebing’s reworking of “Tones Map” is the latest in his
Burn Slowseries (which includes remixes of Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp and a brand new album release).
“Bongo Glow” was recorded after
Chemistry Lessons Volume One was completed.
Daniel Avery’s remix of “Uysring” is the first track to be shared from the EP. Listen to the remix and pre-order
Chemistry Lessons Volume 1.1 Coursework here.
Avery explains, “Chris Carter has been a true musical inspiration for me over the years. He remains a unique figure in music and art in general, constantly creating and doing everything on his own terms. I kept most of the original sounds for the remix as they were so beautiful but extended them out and pushed the whole thing a little towards the strobe light. Play it loud. DA xx”
In addition, Chris Carter has announced the first details of a new box set of his early work, collating remastered (and mastered for the first time) solo albums alongside a disc of unreleased archival recordings from 1973-1977.
Chris Carter’s Miscellany is limited to 1000 units and will consist of a 6-piece vinyl box set with a 12-page, 12”-sized booklet featuring rare and unseen images, synthesiser schematics and ephemera from Chris Carter’s archive. Both
Disobedient and
Small Moon will be available here for the first time on vinyl. The CD box set will contain four CDs and a 24-page booklet.
Each edition will contain the following solo albums:
Mondo Beat (1985) – clear vinyl
Disobedient (1998) – double purple vinyl, includes new track “Disobedient Redux”
Small Moon (1999) – double white vinyl, includes new track “Small Moon Redux”
Archival Recordings 1973 to 1977 – blue vinyl, unreleased
Pre-order
Miscellany here.
Chris Carter joins the Mute takeover at
Rough Trade East on
Saturday, October 13 for a lunchtime modular performance. The event also features performances from A Certain Ratio, Simon Fisher Turner, Lost Under Heaven and a DJ set from Maps. Full details of the event – part of Mute’s 4.0 anti-versary – can found
here.
As a founding member of Throbbing Gristle alongside Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Chris Carter has had a significant role in the development of electronic music – a journey which has continued through his releases as one half of Chris & Cosey, Carter Tutti and a third of Carter Tutti Void, as well as with his own solo and collaborative releases.
He is also credited with the invention and production of ground-breaking electronics – from the legendary Gristleizer self-built effects unit through to the Dirty Carter Experimental Sound Generating Instrument, the sold-out
TG One Eurorack module (designed with Tiptop Audio, these modules can be heard during Carter’s set at a recent
Rough Trade event) and the
Future Sound Systems Gristleizermodules – Carter has created the means to make sounds as well as making the sounds themselves.
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