Electronic Sound  |  Issue 94
It’s hard to think of anyone in the world of electronic sound who commands more respect than Cosey Fanni Tutti. It’s easy to understand why that is, though. From her earliest work with the radical performance group COUM Transmissions and her pivotal role in Throbbing Gristle, through her many years as half of Chris & Cosey and more recently Carter Tutti, she has never compromised on her art. Not for one second. Even when she flirted with pop – and pop doesn’t come any better than Chris & Cosey’s ‘October (Love Song)’ – it was always on her terms. As Neil Mason writes in this month’s cover feature, the publication of Cosey’s 2017 autobiography, ‘Art Sex Music’, “compounded the admiration of those familiar with her, as well as attracting a whole new audience”. Her new book, ‘Re-Sisters’, looks set to do the same.
As well as containing further autobiographical material, it details the lives of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire and a medieval mystic named Margery Kempe, exploring the many connections between Cosey, Delia and Margery across the centuries. It’s an epic work, and the fact that it’s out at the same time as Cosey’s brilliant soundtrack to Caroline Catz’s film about Delia Derbyshire means the subject of Delia looms large in our absorbing interview.
We have a strong supporting cast for this issue too. Michael Rother talks about his 50 years in the music industry, including his often fractious relationship with Neu! partner Klaus Dinger, while another of our major interviews is Editors, whose line-up now features Benjamin John Power, better known to us as Blanck Mass. We also have William Orbit, The Advisory Circle, Gabe Gurnsey, Clare Grogan and Maximum Joy, plus a piece about Einstürzende Neubauten playing a gig with Showaddywaddy in London in 1987, which must be one of the oddest pairings ever. We’re hoping to interview Aphex Twin about his Mud remixes next month.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Electronic Sound Issue 94.