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Name
  
Robert Worby

Role
  
Composer

Music group
  

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Albums
  
John Cage: Song Books, So Good It Hurts, The Mekons Rock 'n R, I Love Mekons, Fear and Whiskey

Similar
  
Langham Research Centre, Gregory Rose, The Mekons

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Robert Worby is a London-based composer, sound artist, writer and broadcaster.

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In the late 1970s he played guitar and tapes in a post-punk band called The Distributors. The band released several singles, recorded two Radio 1 sessions for John Peel and played regularly with This Heat, The Raincoats and other bands of that era.

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In the 1980s Robert received awards from the Arts Council of Great Britain to work as a composer and undertake a number of residencies. At this time he also worked with The Mekons. In 1989, he was invited to work with John Cage, at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

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In 1994 he began assisting the composer Michael Nyman working on several films, concert music and the opera 'Facing Goya'.

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In the mid 90s Robert began broadcasting on Radio 3 presenting a five-part series entitled 'Cacophony Now!' that explored how dissonance and noise, interface with contemporary music. Most recently, he has been a regular presenter of 'Hear and Now', the BBC's main contemporary music programme. In addition, Robert has made several features on subjects including the work of Daphne Oram, the founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and the music of Luigi Russolo. Along with colleagues from the BBC and Sonic Arts Network, Robert founded the Cut & Splice festival of electronic music and sound art in 2002.

References

Robert Worby Wikipedia


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