Charles Hayward
Charles Hayward (born 1951 ) is a British drummer who first became known as the leader of the experimental rock band This Heat . He then devoted himself to solo projects and worked with numerous fusion and alternative rock bands.
Live and act
Hayward started playing drums when he was eleven. Between 1970 and 1972 he was a member of Quiet Sun . He then performed with Gong without appearing on an album. In 1976 he began practicing with Charles Bullen and Gareth Williams. The group played material until 1978, but did not release a first album as This Heat until 1979. After the release of the second album Deceit (1981), the band broke up.
Hayward worked as a studio musician for Lora Logic , The Raincoats and Everything but the Girl , before recording several albums for Recommended with bassist Trefor Goronwy and tape manipulator Stephen Rickard as Camberwell Now . When the band broke up in 1987, Hayward began a solo career. The debut album Survive the Gesture (1987) was followed by Skew-whiff (1989) Switch on War (1991) and My Secret Alphabet (1993, with bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas). In 1998 Fred Frith and Bill Laswell brought him to the band Massacre , which had released five albums by 2013. Heiner Goebbels engaged him for his project The Man in the Elevator (ECM 1988). In 2001 he worked as a drummer in Ted Milton's band Blurt .
Since then, Hayward has worked in various band projects, some of which were closer to improvised music:
- Shape Moreton with Rob Mills, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, Ashleigh Marsh and Chris Cornetto
- Albert Newton with Harry Beckett , John Edwards and Pat Thomas
- Clear Frame with Lol Coxhill , Hugh Hopper, and Orphy Robinson
- Mathilde 253 with Han-earl Park and Ian Smith
- Monkey Puzzle Trio with Viv Corringham and Nick Doyne-Ditmas (album White World 2010)
- About Group with John Coxon, Pat Thomas and Alexis Taylor
He is also on Phil Manzanera's albums Diamond Head (1975) and Firebird V11 (2008) and on Billy Jenkins Songs of Praise Live! to listen.
Discography
Solo albums
- Survive the Gesture (1987) Sub Rosa
- Skew Whiff - A Tribute to Mark Rothko (1990) Sub Rosa
- Switch on War (1991) Sub Rosa
- Escape from Europe - Live in Japan vol 1 (1996) Locus Solus
- Double Agent (s) - Live in Japan vol 2 (1999) Locus Solus
- Near + Far - Live in Japan vol 3 (1999) Locus Solus
- Abracadabra Information (2004) Locus Solus
- Live at Tone Deaf 10-27-11 (2012) Otoacoustic, 12xFile, MP3, Album, 320
- One Big Atom (2011) Continuity… Records
- Trademark Ground (2012) Otoacoustic
- Anonymous Bash (2014) Samarbeta Residency, LP + DVD
- Objects of Desire (2019) Blank Editions
Collaboration projects (selection)
- Charles Hayward, Gigi Masin: Les Nouvelles Musiques De Chambre Volume 2 (1989) Sub Rosa
- Charles Hayward, Nick Doyne-Ditmas: My Secret Alphabet (1993) Sub Rosa
- La 1919 ( Chris Cutler , Charles Hayward, Roberto Zorzi ): Jouer. Play. To Play (1994) Materiali Sonori
- Percy Howard, Charles Hayward, Fred Frith , Bill Laswell : Meridiem (1998) Materiali Sonori
- Massacre: Funny Valentine (1998) Tzadik
- Massacre: Meltdown (2001) Tzadik
- Clear Frame (2007) Continuity… Records (with Lol Coxhill , Hugh Hopper , Orphy Robinson , and Robert Wyatt )
- Massacre: Lonely Heart (2007) Tzadik
- Charles Hayward, John Coxon, Pat Thomas, Alexis Taylor: About (2009) Treader
- GOL & Charles Hayward: GOL & Charles Hayward (2010) Planam
- Monkey Puzzle Trio (Charles Hayward, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, Viv Corringham): White World (2010) Slowfoot
- Mathilde 253 with Lol Coxhill: Mathilde 253 (2011) Slam Productions
- Massacre: Love Me Tender (2013) Tzadik
- John Coxon, Charles Hayward, Ashley Wales, Rupert Clervaux, Eben Bull, Beatrice Dillon: Disarm (2013) Lisson Gallery
- Monkey Puzzle Trio: The Pattern Familiar (2014) Slowfoot
- Uneven Eleven (Charles Hayward, Guy Segers , Kawabata Makoto): Live at Cafe Oto (2015) Sub Rosa
- Charles Hayward, Thurston Moore : Improvisations (2017)
Web links
- Charles Haywards Facebook
- Charles Hayward at Allmusic (English)
- interview
- Charles Hayward interview
- Charles Hayward at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nick Doyne-Ditmas interview for the Charles Hayward Recorded film (video clip 9m 28s) . Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hayward, Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British rock and fusion musician (drums) |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |