Chris Watson
Musician
Cabaret Voltaire (band)Cabaret Voltaire were a British music group from Sheffield, England. Initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson , the group was named after the Cabaret Voltaire , a nightclub in Zurich, Switzerland that was a... In this article: Cabaret Voltaire, Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, Sheffield, Chris Watson, The Crackdown, Bourgeoisie, Rough Trade Records, Sandoz, and Inpress |
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The Australian | September 28, 2009
Altmusic is very proud to present Chris Watson
...29 September 2009, 5:27 pm The Audio Foundation Presents An Altmusic Tour With Chris Watson Altmusic is very proud to present Chris Watson. Chris Watson is a heavyweight in the avante garde world for his work with field recordings. A...
In this article: David Attenborough, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Hafler Trio, Cabaret Voltaire, Cumbria, Christchurch, Art Gallery, and Inverness
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Wikipedia | August 20, 2009
2x45
...Area in 1990. The title comes from its original format - two 45 RPM 12" discs. This was the last studio album by the band to feature Chris Watson as a member. Sides A & B were recorded at Western Works, Sheffield, October 1981. Sides C &...
In this article: 2x45, Cabaret Voltaire, and Sheffield
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Chris Watson (musician)
...of five, fifteen-minute radio programmes, broadcast weekly on Radio Four from 22 May 2007 Stepping into the Dark (1996, Touch Music) Outside the Circle of Fire (1998, Touch Music) Weather Report (Chris Watson album) (2003, Touch Music)
In this article: Touch Music, Sheffield, Stepping, University of the West of England, Pan Sonic, Bjnilsen, and Hafler Trio
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Metro | June 17, 2009
Caught By The River is worth a dip
...linking the escapist nature of water with that of pop music, with contributors including Bill Drummond and Jarvis Cocker. Chris Watson, former member of Cabaret Voltaire and now a leading wildlife sound recordist, muses on the...
In this article: Roger Deakin, Bill Drummond, Heavenly Recordings, Jarvis Cocker, and Cabaret Voltaire
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Red Mecca
...band Cabaret Voltaire . Released in 1981 on Rough Trade Records (ROUGH 27), it was their final album before the departure of Chris Watson. It reached No.1 on the UK Independent chart in September 1981 In November 1979 Cabaret...
In this article: Red Mecca, Cabaret Voltaire, Post-punk, Rough Trade Records, Three Mantras, Richard H Kirk, Stephen Mallinder, and Sheffield
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B. J. Nilsen
...bands. in 1996, Nilsen founded Hazard. He has since then focused on the sound of nature and its effect on humans, field recordings and the perception of time and space as experienced through sound. He closely collaborates with Chris Watson.
In this article: B. J. Nilsen and Stockholm, Sweden
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Guardian Unlimited | March 12, 2009
Twitchin' the night away
...feather - you get a blend of sound and vision to match the thrill that comes with seeing an unbelievable band for the first time. Chris Watson, formerly of the avant-garde Sheffield electro-pop group Cabaret Voltaire, is someone who bridges...
In this article: Guy Garvey, Jimi Goodwin, Doves, Elbow, Edwyn Collins, British Sea Power, and Slavonian Grebe
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The Australian | February 22, 2009
Aural sex and the sounds of violence
...what I was hearing outside." Sound artist is a title that jars slightly with him. "I'm a sound recordist, that's what I do," says Watson, sitting in noisy Perth airport, where he observes that the metal roof sphere above us is acting as a...
In this article: Edvard Grieg, Cabaret Voltaire, Orchestration, Killer Whale, Zebra, Unemployment, Perth International Arts Festival, Academy Award, and Leeds College of Music
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Pick of the best of a dazzling array of internet radio stations Culture The Guardian
...entertaining material, including field recordings, interviews and live performances. There are audio diaries from Chris Watson, where he illuminates his work as a wildlife sound recordist in the Galapagos Islands, taking in the Alcedo...
In this article: Touch Radio, WFMU, This American Life, Ira Glass, Robert Krulwich, London, and Banana
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Guardian Unlimited | July 03, 2008
Deep funk
...from all over the world. These were whittled down to two hours of sound. "In the end, I got mostly water sounds," he says, although Chris Watson, a sound recordist who has worked for David Attenborough and was in Cabaret Voltaire in the...
In this article: Shock, IPod, David Attenborough, Cabaret Voltaire, UK, and London
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Chris Watson is a musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history. His work as a sound wildlife sound recordist includes both work for television documentaries and experimental musical collaborations.
Christopher Richard Watson was born in Sheffield where he attended Rowlinson School and Stannington College (now part of Sheffield College). He was a founding member of two influential experimental music groups, Cabaret Voltaire and The Hafler Trio.
His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television.
He has released three solo albums of field recordings: Outside the Circle of Fire, Stepping into the Dark (which won an Award of Distinction at the 2000 Prix ARS Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria), and Weather Report. He has also released a variety of works in collaboration with other artists, including Star Switch On, a collaboration with Mika Vainio of Pan Sonic, Philip Jeck, Hazard, Fennesz, AER, and Biosphere. In 2007 he released Storm with BJNilsen. All of these recordings were released on Touch.
His television work includes Bill Oddie Back in the USA.
In 2006 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Technology degree by the University of the West of England "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to sound recording technology, especially in the field of natural history and documentary location sound".
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