Nurse with Wound

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Nurse with Wound

Nurse With Wound or NWW is the main recording vehicle of British musician Steven Stapleton. NWW was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak.[1]

Musical output

Their early recordings, all made quickly, were heavily influenced by free improvisation and Krautrock and were generally considered industrial music, despite the objections of the group.

By 1981, only Stapleton was left from the original trio and he now regards 1982's Homotopy to Marie, as being the first proper Nurse With Wound release. There are now over 30 full length NWW titles. Stapleton's fondness for dada, surrealism and absurdist humor are demonstrated in much of NWW's output, which, though it draws directly on nearly every musical genre imaginable (from cabaret music to nursery rhymes to John Cage to The Beach Boys to krautrock to pop music to ambient music) retains a distinctive and recognizable aura. Musique concrete may be the most prominent touchstone, due to Stapleton's frequent – and often humorous – use of creative tape loops and editing. This aesthetic is fully represented in the artwork that features on the album covers, virtually all of which is created by Stapleton, mostly under the pseudonym "Babs Santini".

Members

Although Stapleton has sole curatorship of NWW, the group has a long and illustrious list of collaborators: John Fothergill, Heman Pathak, Rose McDowall, Diana Rogerson, Clint Ruin, Roman Jugg, Chris Wallis, Ruby Wallis, Andrew Cox, Barry McCarus, Brian Williams, Chris Furse, Christine Glover, Darren Kingaby, David Elliott, David Kenny, Dorothea Bendik, Edward Ka-Spel, Fiona Anne Burr, Flora McCrindell, Geoff Cox, Glenn Michael Wallis, Graeme Revell, Hapunkt Fix, Iva Morgan, John Murphy, John Orr, Jonathan Stone, Karl Blake, Laura Calland, Lisa Donnan, Marc Monin, Margaret Evers, Marlene, Mary Dowd, Nikki, Paul Donnan, Paul Hurst, Peter McGee, Ritva Ross, Robbie Sylvester, Ross Canon, Sinan Leong, Stephen Holmes, Tathata Wallis, Tracy Roberts, Trevor Reidy, Wilf Harris, Tony Wakeford, Peat Bog, Bradford Steer, Konori Suzuki, Alan Trench, Clive Graham, Laetitia Sadier, Mary Hansen, Sean O'Hagan, Tim Gane, David Kenny, Steve Mack Anita Plank, Werner Funk, James Rhodes, Joolie Wood, Jac Berrocal, Jim Haynes, Sarah Dawson, Dizzy, Michael Cashmore, Blind Dave Andrews, Taut Nishizato, Scara Nishizato, Suzi Firenza, Petr Vastl, Amantine Dahan Steiner, Isabelle Gaborit, Alice Potter, Hansi Fischer, Tim Belbe, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Sarah Fuller, and including James George Thirlwell of Foetus, Tony Wakeford, David Jackman of Organum, Andrew McKenzie of The Hafler Trio, Jim O'Rourke, Christoph Heemann, William Bennett of Whitehouse, Robert Haigh, Annie Anxiety, Jhonn Balance, Matt Waldron of Irr. App (Ext) and most regularly David Tibet of Current 93. At time of writing, NWW is a core duo of Stapleton and Colin Potter, the latter having first worked with NWW on 1992's "Thunder Perfect Mind" when it was recorded at Potter's ICR studio. Potter has appeared on almost every NWW release since.

Current work: 2006–Present

In 2006 Nurse With Wound returned to live performance after a 20 year absence, first appearing at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and in December at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival organized by Thurston Moore. Stapleton recently reported to a Dutch radio station that he is working on a collaboration with British sound artist Andrew Liles and is halfway through his long-promised "hip-hop" album, with around 5-6 female rap artists guesting. On February 14th 2007, Stapleton played a DJ set at the experimental music night Stress!! in Club De Burgo's, Galway City, Ireland. 2007 has seen NWW appear in Austria, Belgium, France, London, and Moscow. November 2007 will see the appearance of NWW and Blind Cave Salamander at the (21/11/2007) Volksbuehne, Berlin, Germany (http://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/) and in Venice, Italy at the (24-25/11/2007) Teatro Fondamenta Nuove (http://www.teatrofondamentanuove.it/).

Discography

(selected, a full discography can be obtained from the official website – see links below)

(all records on United Dairies, except where indicated)

Compilation appearances

See also

External links

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