ARTISTS

Tim Hodgkinson, keyboard, sax, clarinet
Chris Cutler, drums and percussion
Fred Frith, electric guitar
Annemarie Roelofs, violin and trombone

Programme

At a time when scores of bands are reappearing from the past to cash in on nostalgia, we can be grateful that three of the original members of Henry Cow (Fred Frith, Tim Hodgkinson and Chris Cutler) and one of their latest collaborators (Annemarie Roelofs) have reunited without looking back. The ‘Now’ in the band’s name marks a preventive distance against any temptation to return to the past, which would go against the logic pronounced by one of the most adventurous and groundbreaking British experimental rock groups. Indescribable and contemporary music open to the permanent transformation of open improvised music. Nobody should expect a revival. The only thing they’ve brought from the past is their principles.