COSEY FANNI TUTTI
SHARES NEW TRACK, ‘NEVER THE SAME’
LATEST TO BE TAKEN FROM FORTHCOMING SOLO ALBUM, 2t2
OUT 13 JUNE VIA CONSPIRACY INTERNATIONAL
“An unfettered expression of challenges and frustrations, partly made from darkness, like all of Cosey’s work, 2t2 is a product of love: of the self, family and primarily of life itself, in all its permutations” – The Wire cover feature
“Art thus imitates life. 2t2 represents an astute rumination on Cosey’s own personal struggles and our collective dysphoria” - Electronic Sound
Cosey Fanni Tutti has shared a new track, the latest taste of what to expect from her forthcoming solo album, 2t2, set for release on the artist’s own imprint, Conspiracy International, on 13 June 2025 on vinyl, CD, and digitally (including Dolby Atmos / Spatial Audio).
Listen to ‘Never The Same’ (edit) HERE
Composed, performed and produced by Cosey Fanni Tutti, the 9-track album moves between propulsive beat constructions and expansive electronic explorations, continuing themes from 2019’s acclaimed album TUTTI. It is a personal reflection; a sonic realisation of her life, drawing on her powerful inner resolve and expressing it through music.
The album finds Cosey making sense of some very tough years, dealing with personal bereavements alongside swingeing world events that have impacted us all. Centring on her own strength and self will, the album’s two distinct sides – one rhythmic, one more meditative – are connected by an overwhelmingly positive mood.
She explains, “My overtone chanting on the track ‘Stound’ was part of that, tapping into the inner self, to the core of your being, emotionally, physically, allowing the sounds to permeate and soothe as well as create a sense of power, resistance and resilience to what we face.”
Even in the more melancholic moments, there’s a lightness that she explains is an “acknowledgement that it’s alright to be sad, that’s part of life, but there is so much joy too in our memories of people we lose and in the moments we share with each other. Joy is our resistance.”
There are also threads from her most recent projects running through 2t2. Her latest book RE-SISTERS and the score she wrote for Caroline Catz’s film Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes are acknowledged, most directly on ‘Threnody’ which is dedicated to Delia Derbyshire and Andy Christian, an artist friend of Delia’s. He sent Cosey an abstract drawing of the same name, created one night from an improvised evening where he drew while Derbyshire intoned and sang softly as she looked at the drawings, as if reading a score expressing how they made her feel.
Cosey’s process and the different strands that make up her work form a totality of vision. She goes on to say, “Once you get creating and listening, weaving, collaging sound it’s a wonderfully fulfilling feeling that takes you both out of yourself at the same time as essentially deep within.”
The artwork reflects this idea that the album is a “sound cameo”, reflecting the light within the music, and the buzz of life that exists within all of Cosey’s work.
Musician, artist and author Cosey Fanni Tutti has continually challenged boundaries and conventions through her work. As a founding member of the hugely influential avant-garde band Throbbing Gristle, one half of electronic pioneers Chris and Cosey, and as an artist channelling her experience in pornographic modelling and striptease, her work on the margins has reshaped the mainstream.
Her first solo album, Time To Tell (1983) was followed by 2019’s Tutti and 2022’s Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes. Her debut book, the Penderyn Music Book Prize shortlisted Art Sex Music, was published in 2017, followed by RE-SISTERS in 2022 (both Faber), which will soon get a Spanish edition.
Pre-order 2t2 HERE
2t2 TRACKLISTING (cat # CTI2T2CD2025)
1. Curæ
2. To Be
3. Stound
5. Stolen Time
6. Respair
7. Threnody
8. Sonance
9. Limbic
SOLO DISCOGRAPHY
2t2 (2025, Conspiracy International)
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes (2022, Conspiracy Int)
TUTTI (2019, Conspiracy International)
Time To Tell (1983, Flowmotion)
RECENT PRAISE FOR COSEY FANNI TUTTI
“Ultimately, what comes through, and is truly inspiring, is strength of character, strength of creativity…” – The Wire (review of Re-sisters)
“…emanates an enthralling power.' MOJO (review of Re-sisters)
“… a direct statement of identity” – Uncut (review of Tutti)
“… a wonderfully free feeling, experimental album” – Loud & Quiet (review of Tutti)
“…marks Cosey Fanni Tutti as the auteur of her own sound world” – The Quietus (review of Tutti)
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