Nurse With Wound or NWW is the main recording vehicle of British musician Steven Stapleton. NWW was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak.[1] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... “Present” redirects here. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Steven Stapleton (born 1957) is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse With Wound. ... David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting, 5 March 1960) is a British apocalyptic folk musician and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only constant member. ... John Fothergill may mean: John Fothergill (physician) (1712-1780), English physician John Fothergill (merchant), English merchant Category: ... Steven Stapleton (born 1957) is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse With Wound. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

Musical output

Their early recordings, all made quickly, were heavily influenced by free improvisation and Krautrock and were generally considered industrial music, despite the objections of the group. Krautrock, also known as Kosmische Musik, is a generic name for the experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s. ... It has been suggested that Chicago Industrial be merged into this article or section. ...

By 1981, only Stapleton was left from the original trio and he now regards 1982's Homotopy to Marie, as being the first proper Nurse With Wound release. There are now over 30 full length NWW titles. Stapleton's fondness for dada, surrealism and absurdist humor are demonstrated in much of NWW's output, which, though it draws directly on nearly every musical genre imaginable (from cabaret music to nursery rhymes to John Cage to The Beach Boys to krautrock to pop music to ambient music) retains a distinctive and recognizable aura. Musique concrete may be the most prominent touchstone, due to Stapleton's frequent – and often humorous – use of creative tape loops and editing. This aesthetic is fully represented in the artwork that features on the album covers, virtually all of which is created by Stapleton, mostly under the pseudonym "Babs Santini". Homotopy To Marie is the fifth album by Nurse With Wound, released in 1982. ... Cover of the first edition of the publication, Dada. ... Max Ernst. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem taught to young children, originally in the nursery. ... For the Mortal Kombat character, see Johnny Cage. ... The Beach Boys are an American rock and roll band. ... Krautrock, also known as Kosmische Musik, is a generic name for the experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s. ... Ambient music refers to a kind of music that envelops the listener without drawing attention to itself [1] // The term ambient music was first coined by Brian Eno in the mid-1970s to refer to music that can be either actively listened to with attention or as easily ignored, depending... Musique concrète is the name given to a class of electronic music produced from editing together fragments of natural and industrial sounds. ... Tape loops are loops of prerecorded magnetic tape used to create repetitive, rhythmic musical patterns. ...

Members

Although Stapleton has sole curatorship of NWW, the group has a long and illustrious list of collaborators: John Fothergill, Heman Pathak, Rose McDowall, Diana Rogerson, Clint Ruin, Roman Jugg, Chris Wallis, Ruby Wallis, Andrew Cox, Barry McCarus, Brian Williams, Chris Furse, Christine Glover, Darren Kingaby, David Elliott, David Kenny, Dorothea Bendik, Edward Ka-Spel, Fiona Anne Burr, Flora McCrindell, Geoff Cox, Glenn Michael Wallis, Graeme Revell, Hapunkt Fix, Iva Morgan, John Murphy, John Orr, Jonathan Stone, Karl Blake, Laura Calland, Lisa Donnan, Marc Monin, Margaret Evers, Marlene, Mary Dowd, Nikki, Paul Donnan, Paul Hurst, Peter McGee, Ritva Ross, Robbie Sylvester, Ross Canon, Sinan Leong, Stephen Holmes, Tathata Wallis, Tracy Roberts, Trevor Reidy, Wilf Harris, Tony Wakeford, Peat Bog, Bradford Steer, Konori Suzuki, Alan Trench, Clive Graham, Laetitia Sadier, Mary Hansen, Sean O'Hagan, Tim Gane, David Kenny, Steve Mack Anita Plank, Werner Funk, James Rhodes, Joolie Wood, Jac Berrocal, Jim Haynes, Sarah Dawson, Dizzy, Michael Cashmore, Blind Dave Andrews, Taut Nishizato, Scara Nishizato, Suzi Firenza, Petr Vastl, Amantine Dahan Steiner, Isabelle Gaborit, Alice Potter, Hansi Fischer, Tim Belbe, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Sarah Fuller, and including James George Thirlwell of Foetus, Tony Wakeford, David Jackman of Organum, Andrew McKenzie of The Hafler Trio, Jim O'Rourke, Christoph Heemann, William Bennett of Whitehouse, Robert Haigh, Annie Anxiety, Jhonn Balance, Matt Waldron of Irr. App (Ext) and most regularly David Tibet of Current 93. At time of writing, NWW is a core duo of Stapleton and Colin Potter, the latter having first worked with NWW on 1992's "Thunder Perfect Mind" when it was recorded at Potter's ICR studio. Potter has appeared on almost every NWW release since. Foetus is the main entity of industrial music pioneer J.G. Thirlwell. ... Anthony Charles Tony Wakeford is an English Pagan folk and neoclassical musician who primarily records under the name Sol Invictus. ... David Jackman is a British musician and visual artist. ... The Hafler Trio is a conceptual and sound art group that has released numerous albums and CDs in experimental musical styles ranging from electronica, cut-up, ambient, environmental soundscape, musique concrete, electro-acoustic, and audio-montage as cinema for the ears from 1986 to present, each of which utilise graphic... ORourke in Stockholm 2005 Jim ORourke (born 1969) is an American musician and producer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Whitehouse is an English industrial noise band formed in 1980. ... Robert Haigh (born 27 March 1945 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a retired hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. ... Little Annie Bandez (also Little Annie Anxiety Bandez or Annie Anxiety) is a singer, painter, and stage actor, perhaps most widely known for her vampish performance of the song Things Happen, with the band Coil. ... For the 19th-century New Zealand premier, see John Ballance. ... David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting, 5 March 1960) is a British apocalyptic folk musician and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only constant member. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Current work: 2006–Present

In 2006 Nurse With Wound returned to live performance after a 20 year absence, first appearing at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and in December at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival organized by Thurston Moore. Stapleton recently reported to a Dutch radio station that he is working on a collaboration with British sound artist Andrew Liles and is halfway through his long-promised "hip-hop" album, with around 5-6 female rap artists guesting. On February 14th 2007, Stapleton played a DJ set at the experimental music night Stress!! in Club De Burgo's, Galway City, Ireland. 2007 has seen NWW appear in Austria, Belgium, France, London, and Moscow. November 2007 will see the appearance of NWW and Blind Cave Salamander at the (21/11/2007) Volksbuehne, Berlin, Germany (http://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/) and in Venice, Italy at the (24-25/11/2007) Teatro Fondamenta Nuove (http://www.teatrofondamentanuove.it/). All Tomorrows Parties logo projected at festival. ... Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American musician best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth. ...

Discography

(selected, a full discography can be obtained from the official website – see links below)

(all records on United Dairies, except where indicated)

• (1979) Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella (expanded, anniversary edition issued on World Serpent/United Dairies, 2001)
• (1980) To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl
• (1980) Merzbild Schwet
• (1981) Insect and Individual Silenced
• (1981) The 150 Murderous Passions (with Whitehouse)
• (1982) Homotopy to Marie
• (1984) Brained By Falling Masonry
• (1986) Spiral Insana (on Torso, rereleased on United Dairies, 1997)
• (1988) Alas the Madonna Does Not Function (12" EP on United Dairies)
• (1988) Soliloquy For Lilith (3LP set on Idle Hole, rereleased on 2CD by United Dairies, 1993, on 3CD in 2003 and finally, again on 3CD by United Jnana, 2005)
• (1988) The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion (on Laylah, reissued by United Dairies 1995)
• (1989) Soliloquy For Lilith [Parts 5 and 6]
• (1992) Thunder Perfect Mind - with Rose McDowall, David Tibet and John Balance - issued on Untied Diaries (sic)
• (1993) Crumb Duck (with Stereolab) (Clawfist, edition of 1450, expanded reissue on United Dairies 1997)
• (1994) Rock 'n Roll Station
• (1996) Who Can I Turn To Stereo
• (1997) Acts Of Senseless Beauty (with Aranos)
• (1997) Simple Headphone Mind (with Stereolab, on Duophonic)
• (1999) An Awkward Pause
• (2000) Alice The Goon (Second Edition) (release with a bonus track of a 1996 vinyl-only issue of 500 copies)
• (2001) Funeral Music For Perez Prado (a compilation featuring extended versions of previously released tracks)
• (2002) Man With The Woman Face
• (2003) Salt Marie Celeste
• (2003) She And Me Fall Together In Free Death (on Beta Lactam Ring)
• (2003) The Musty Odour Of Pierced Rectums (very limited edition, on Beta Lactam Ring)
• (2003) Chance Meeting Of A Defective Tape Machine And A Migraine (remixes)
• (2004) Angry Eelectric Finger (5 releases - one disc each in collaboration with Jim O'Rourke, Cyclobe and IrrAppExt, a vinyl only release of the source material and a disc of outtakes on United Dairies, all other editions on Beta Lactam Ring)
• (2004) Shipwreck Radio Volume One (on ICR - special edition with extra disc Lofoten Deadhead)
• (2005) Echo Poeme Sequence No. 2 (on United Jnana)
• (2005) Shipwreck Radio Volume Two (on ICR - special edition with extra disc Gulls Just Wanna Have Fun)
• (2006) Soundpooling (on ICR - special edition with extra disc A Hand Job For The Laughing Policeman)
• (2006) Stereo Wastelands (on Beta-lactam Ring - an edition of 500 CDs compiling previously unreleased mixes from Who Can I Turn To Stereo?)
• (2006) Rat Tapes One- subtitled an accumulation of discarded musical vermin 1983-2006 (on United Dairies)
• (2006) Shipwreck Radio:The Final Broadcasts (On ICR)

Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella was the debut album by Nurse With Wound, released on their own United Dairies label in 1979. ... To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl is the second album by Nurse With Wound and the last to be made by the founding trio of Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak. ... Merzbild Schwet is the third album by British cult band Nurse With Wound. ... Insect and Individual Silenced was the fourth album by Nurse With Wound. ... Whitehouse is an English industrial noise band formed in 1980. ... Homotopy To Marie is the fifth album by Nurse With Wound, released in 1982. ... Alas the Madonna Does Not Function is a 12 EP by Nurse with Wound. ... Soliloquy For Lilith is an album by Nurse With Wound The album was recorded by Steven Stapleton and his wife Diana Rogerson in May 1988. ... Soliloquy For Lilith is an album by Nurse With Wound The album was recorded by Steven Stapleton and his wife Diana Rogerson in May 1988. ... For the companion album by Current 93, see Thunder Perfect Mind (album). ... Rose McDowall in 1987. ... David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting, 5 March 1960) is a British apocalyptic folk musician and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only constant member. ... John Balance (first name also spelled Jhon and Jhonn; born Geff Rushton/Geoffrey Laurence Burton; February 16, 1962 – November 13, 2004). ... Crumb Duck is the first collaboration between prolific Anglo-French indie band Stereolab and cult avant-garde unit Nurse With Wound. ... Stereolab are an English alternative music band formed in 1990 in London. ... Simple Headphone Mind is the second collaboration between Stereolab and Nurse With Wound. ... Stereolab are an English alternative music band formed in 1990 in London. ... Shipwreck Radio Volume Two the second 2CD set Shipwreck Radio is a series of albums by Nurse With Wound documenting their residency in Lofoten, Norway during June and July of 2004. ... Shipwreck Radio Volume Two the second 2CD set Shipwreck Radio is a series of albums by Nurse With Wound documenting their residency in Lofoten, Norway during June and July of 2004. ... Shipwreck Radio Volume Two the second 2CD set Shipwreck Radio is a series of albums by Nurse With Wound documenting their residency in Lofoten, Norway during June and July of 2004. ...

Compilation appearances

• "Nana or a Thing of Uncertain Nonsense" on The Elephant Table Album (1983)
• "Think Jazz, Think Punk Attitude" and "Spooky Loop" on Foxtrot (1998)
• Brain In The Wire
• "Die, Flip Or Go To India" on X-Rated: The Dark Files (2005)

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See also

• Nurse With Wound list

The Nurse with Wound list is a list of musicians and bands which accompianied Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella, the first album by Nurse With Wound. ...

External links

• Official Website
• http://home.att.ne.jp/wood/grot/nww.html