Charles Hayward (born 1951) is an English drummer and was a founding member of the experimental rock groupsThis Heat andCamberwell Now.[1] He also played with Mal Dean's Amazing Band, Dolphin Logic, and gigged and recorded withPhil Manzanera in the groupQuiet Sun project as well as a short stint withGong.[2] He was asession musician onThe Raincoats' second album,Odyshape,[3] and on one occasion played drums for theanarchistpunk bandCrass.[4] Since the late 1980s, Hayward has released several solo projects and participated in various collaborations, most notablyMassacre withBill Laswell andFred Frith.[1]
In 1976, Hayward and fellow musician Charles Bullen began practising with bassistGareth Williams under the nameThis Heat. They began to experiment with tape loops, found sounds and keyboards on several sessions (recorded from 1976 to 1978, but not released until 1979). Finally, in 1979,This Heat released their self-titled debut album. 1981'sDeceit marked the final new album fromThis Heat, Williams leaving just after its release. While Bullen began working as a studio engineer, Hayward did sessions forLora Logic,The Raincoats andEverything but the Girl before formingCamberwell Now with bassistTrefor Goronwy and tape manipulator Stephen Rickard.[1] The trio released 2 epsMeridian,Greenfingers and 1 albumThe Ghost Trade through the Swiss Recommended label.[2]
When Camberwell Now disbanded in 1987 Hayward embarked on a solo career which has continued to the present day. He debuted withSurvive the Gesture (1987),Skew-whiff (1989)Switch on War (1991) andMy Secret Alphabet (with Nick Doyne-Ditmas) in 1993. Three live albums recorded in Japan followed in the late 1990s (released on Japanese labelLocus Solus). In 2003Abracadabra Information was released and 2011 saw the release ofONE BIG ATOM. In 1998, he joinedMassacre withFred Frith andBill Laswell.[2]
Throughout the 1990s up to the present he has initiated a large number of events and performances, including the seriesAccidents + Emergencies at theAlbany Theatre inDeptford;[5]Out of Body Orchestra; music made using sounds from the construction of the new Laban Dance Centre (now theTrinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance), which was choreographed for the institution's official opening; music for a circus (part of theNational Theatre's 'Art of Regeneration' initiative); and the full-on installation/performanceAnti-Clockwise (with Ashleigh Marsh and David Aylward) for multiple strobes, maze structure of diverse textures, 2 drummers, synthesizers and your nervous system. Recent developments include theCONTINUITY evenings as part ofCamberwell Arts. Over the past ten years Hayward has developed these attitudes and insights into a wide range of soundwork, both collaboratively and as a solo artist/performer. These include 30 Minute Snare Drum Roll,[6][7][8] Zigzag+Swirl, a solo song set at the drums using a system of controlled chance electronics, beginanywhere a set of songs centred around the piano,[9] collaborations withLaura Cannell,[10]Thurston Moore,Keiji Haino amongst many others. Recent work with theIslington Mill crew in the project Anonymous Bash has led to new work with many younger players, including Harmergeddon, Data Quack (with Ben Vince, Merlin Nova andCoby Sey) and projects for an array of new record labels including Samarbeta, Care in the Community and Unknown Gods. He also releases material on his own label Continuity..... His long term relationship with theAlbany continues with a twice yearly series of performances, workshops and installation, sound is sound is sound which he curates on behalf of Lewisham Arthouse.
In 2019 Whistling Arrow - a sextet comprising three members ofEx-Easter Island Head,Laura Cannell, André Bosman and Charles Hayward published an album out on 22 November via God Unknown records.[11]
As well as his solo performance, Hayward's recent projects include:
Albert Newton withHarry Beckett,John Edwards andPat Thomas has been playing since its first performance atAccidents and Emergencies in the mid-1990s.
Mathilde 253 with Han-earl Park and Ian Smith[13][14]
Monkey Puzzle Trio with Viv Corringham (vocals/electronics) and Nick Doyne-Ditmas (double bass). An albumWhite World was scheduled for release in September 2010 on the Slowfoot label.[15][16]
Hot Chip:One Life Stand contributed drums to tracks "Hand Me Down Your Love" and "One Life Stand" and drums and chorus vocals to "Slush" (2010) Parlophone[20]
GOL & Charles Hayward:GOL & Charles Hayward (2010) Planam
Monkey Puzzle Trio (Charles Hayward, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, Viv Corringham):White World (2010) Slowfoot
Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park and Ian Smith) withLol Coxhill:Mathilde 253 (2011) Slam Productions
Charles Hayward, Nick Doyne-Ditmas: "Where Is Chaos Now" 20m 56s, track on compilationChaos In Expansion (1993) Sub Rosa
David Shea, Charles Hayward, Nûs: "the new world order, who decides ?" 8m 27s, "accidents & emergencies" 7m 12s, "no bones" 5m 02s, 3 tracks on compilationSub Rosa Sessions Bari, October 1996 (1997) Sub Rosa
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