Hugh Metcalfe
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Hugh Metcalfe is a musician and filmmaker from London and Suffolk, England. He is best known as the promoter of The Klinker in London, which he has run in various venues since 1982. He plays guitar, violin, hi-hat and gas mask. He performs in several bands including Bicycle Clip Sex, The Small Faeces and Fuck Off Batman. He also performed with noted sound poet Bob Cobbing
as Birdyak, up until Cobbing's death in 2002.
Metcalfe's experimental film work began in 1978, and uses 8mm film methods to produce silent films, often used later as a springboard for free musical improvisation, either by Metcalfe himself or other musician. During some of the 1980s, Metcalfe ran a record label record label, Klinkerzoundz", releasing records by Metcalfe, Cobbing, the Bow Gamelan Ensemble and more.
The Klinker has, in its 28-year lifespan, acquired an reputation as being one of London's leading forum for improvisation and marginal music and performance. In December 2010 Metcalf announced via the Klinkerzoundz website that the club would be taking 2010 off. Klinker events have not so far re-emerged in 2011.
Bob Cobbing
Bob Cobbing was a British sound, visual, concrete and performance poet who was a central figure in the British Poetry Revival.-Early life:...
as Birdyak, up until Cobbing's death in 2002.
Metcalfe's experimental film work began in 1978, and uses 8mm film methods to produce silent films, often used later as a springboard for free musical improvisation, either by Metcalfe himself or other musician. During some of the 1980s, Metcalfe ran a record label record label, Klinkerzoundz", releasing records by Metcalfe, Cobbing, the Bow Gamelan Ensemble and more.
The Klinker has, in its 28-year lifespan, acquired an reputation as being one of London's leading forum for improvisation and marginal music and performance. In December 2010 Metcalf announced via the Klinkerzoundz website that the club would be taking 2010 off. Klinker events have not so far re-emerged in 2011.