Phil Minton is one of the great virtuoso experimental voice among others like David Moss, Demetrio Stratos, Jaap Blonk, Charmaine Lee, Catherine Jauniaux, Shelley Hirsch, Diamanda Galàs, Joan La Barbara, Carla Kihlstedt ... ...
He played trumpet and sang with the Mike Westbrook Band in the early 1960s, then in dance and rock bands in Europe for the later part of the decade.
Phil is best known for his completely free-form work, which involves "extended techniques" that can be as unsettling as they can be mesmerising. His vocals often include the sounds of retching, burping, screaming, and gasping, as well as childlike muttering, whining, crying and humming; he also has an ability to distort his vocal cords to produce two notes at once.
Phil Minton at Cafe Oto, February 2012
Drawing by Geoffrey Winston.
Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved
"Phil Minton has been exploring the liminality of the human voice for the
best part of four decades, with a series of solo records (the
“doughnut” albums) beginning in 1982... Utilizing a
number of unorthodox techniques — utterances, gasps, belches, whistles,
etc. — Minton has forged an alternative lexicon, one that seemingly
forgoes the constraints of tradition and language. The result is a
perverse, evocative set, the kind of performance that forces a reaction
and demands attention be paid to it — music that has the power to cause
unrest and revulsion in the listener." Soe Jherwood for Tiny Mix Tapes
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official Minton's website and discography
a solo performance:"eaaa variations" at Kunstraum Düsseldorf, February 27, 2014
& don't miss the famous quartet 4 Walls (Minton with Luc Ex, Veryan Weston & Michael Vatcher)
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