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Henry Now

Then Again

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November 1978. Henry Cow disbands after a decade of music that redefined the boundaries of experimental rock. November 2022. Four founding members return to the stage. Not to look back - but to improvise the present.

Fred Frith (guitar, violin, electronics), Tim Hodgkinson (keyboards, saxophone, lap steel, electronics), Chris Cutler (drums, percussion), John Greaves (bass, vocals): reunited under the name Henry Now.

No scores. No prepared material. Only the instinct honed over fifty years of sonic exploration. Then Again documents the concert of November 18, 2022 in Piacenza - an hour of fully improvised music, abstract, constantly shifting, without predetermined climaxes. Four voices that don't need to look at each other to understand. Ideas emerging, interweaving, dissolving. Rhythms in harmony and counterpoint. Structures building and collapsing.

Edited and mixed by Frith in two distinct versions for vinyl and CD - two different paths through the same sonic territory.

Bold, forward-looking, uncompromising.

Details
Cat. number: DC030
Year: 2025

Format

Reunion of the avant-prog British band Henry Cow

Release notes

Reunion of the avant-prog British band Henry Cow

Tracklist
1Now Then Part I
2Now Then Part II
3Now Then Part III
4Now Then Part IV
5Now Then Part V
6Now Then Part VI
7Now Then Part VII
Credits
John Greaves
Bass Guitar, Voice
Tim Hodgkinson
Clarinet, Lap Steel Guitar, Electronics
Max Marchini
Graphics, Executive Producer
Fred Frith
Guitar, Violin, Percussion, Producer
Chris Cutler
Percussion

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