Bill Drummond
Bill Drummond (real name William Ernest Drummond , born April 29, 1953 in Butterworth , South Africa ) is a British musician and conceptual artist .
Bill Drummond was born in South Africa because his father worked there for the Church of Scotland . As a toddler, Drummond came back to the UK. In the early 1970s Drummond studied painting in Liverpool , after which he was employed as a theater painter for a few years. In 1977 he and colleagues founded the band Big in Japan . In 1978 he founded the short-lived indie label Zoo Records . In the early 1980s he worked for the major label WEA Records . In 1986 he released the folk solo album The Man on Creation Records . In 1987 he founded the pop group The KLF with Jimmy Cauty , with whom he had several No. 1 hits. The duo published the book The Manual , which describes the instructions for making a chart hit.
In 1993 he founded the K Foundation , a multimedia art project, with Cauty . A sensation caused a stir in which one million pounds sterling was burned in front of the camera in a furnace on the Scottish island of Jura . This is said to have been the profit of their band The KLF .
Another Drummond project is the The17 choir , in which 17 people form a choir and freely improvise music. Recordings or recordings are not intended.
In 2005, Drummond proclaimed No Music Day .
Web links
- Bill Drummond in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documentation at vimeo.com
- ↑ the17.org website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drummond, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drummond, William Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British musician and conceptual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Butterworth (South Africa) |